Handel wrote some really pretty pieces. Water Music is his most popular, but a lot of otehr stuff he's done is quite beautiful as well. I learned Sarabande for piano, and while it is very simple, is the prettiest piece I know.

Orff's O Fortuna. Not Mozart.

[QUOTE=Delay Pedal Boy]Orff's O Fortuna. Not Mozart.[/QUOTE]
It's very often mislabled on file sharing programs.

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=9499578#post9499578[/url]

^ I made a thread in the guitar forum that I hope will become the official place to talk about classical guitar. If anyone is interested in this style/genre, help me out with some information and try to keep the thread alive. I will be updating it with information provided by the posters so that it can become a very helpful place for those interested in classical guitar.

Slavonic Dances (Dvorak, of course) represent :smoke: :chug:

pathetique sonata? panzerkampfwagon, more like it :cool:

[QUOTE=Damien Rhodes]Also, could someone explain to me what exactly boroque is? I couldn't find much information using Google that I actually understood.[/QUOTE]
Paganini has some classical guitar pieces if you want some older stuff. He lived late 1700s early 1800s, I believe. There are others from around that time but I'm not into classical guitar so I don't really know.

The Baroque Period:

[quote=Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music] (Fr.) Bizarre. Term applied to the ornate architecture of Ger. and Austria during the 17th and 18th cents. and borrowed to describe comparable mus. developments from about 1600 to the deaths of Bach and Handel in 1750 and 1759 respectively. It was a period in which harmonic complexity grew alongside emphasis on contrast. So, in opera, interest was transferred from recit. to aria, and in church mus. the contrasts of solo vv., ch., and orch. were developed to a high d egree. In instr. mus. the period saw the emergence of the sonata, the suite, and particularly the concerto grosso, as in the mus. of Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach. Most baroque mus. uses basso continuo. By 'baroque organ'is meant the 18th-cent. type of instr., more brilliant in tone and flexible than its 19th-cent. counterpart. Note that 18th-cent. writers used 'baroque' in a pejorative sense to mean 'coarse' or 'old-fashioned in taste'.[/quote]

I guess the harmonic complexity/emphasis on contrast is the important thing to note as far as music's development is concerned.

It is amazing how the complexity in music arose from little medevil ballods and harps to great orchestras. I wonder what spurred the musical advancement?

I just got an album of a 22 piece orchestra covering Aphex Twin songs. It's very, very cool.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have been using Soulseek for a long time now, but I can't find any specific classical music on it. Of course there is a lot of Bach variants as well as other famous composers. Is there any other program or method of getting music that I should use? I would buy albums, but I'm poor and can only afford so many a month. I use Soulseek to try out an artists sound before I buy anything. If I can't hear any of these composers, I guess I will have to start ordering random collections off of Amazon.

[QUOTE=Damien Rhodes]Thanks for the suggestions. I have been using Soulseek for a long time now, but I can't find any specific classical music on it. Of course there is a lot of Bach variants as well as other famous composers. Is there any other program or method of getting music that I should use? I would buy albums, but I'm poor and can only afford so many a month. I use Soulseek to try out an artists sound before I buy anything. If I can't hear any of these composers, I guess I will have to start ordering random collections off of Amazon.[/QUOTE]

Listen to the radio. I dunno if you live in England, but if you do just listen to classic FM or BBC Radio 3 lots - they play classical/jazz stuff. Either that or go to somewhere like Tower Records or HMV's websites and listen to the sound clips. They may be only 30 seconds long but it's enough most of the time.

EDIT: Just looked at your profile and you live in Kentucky. That doesn't help, but there must be some kinda classical radio station or something. If not, listen online. Internet radio players are dead useful.


In other news, I went out yesterday and bought Karl Jenkins' Songs Of Sanctuary suite, and his Requiem Mass. They're both very good, and highly recommended.

does anyone know the name of the piece at hand?

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It's Bach, I know that much.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]does anyone know the name of the piece at hand?

hxxp://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZFWFP7QU7GUB2Q0YH03RI6MYO[/QUOTE]

It's the Fugue part of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor :thumb:
If anyone wants that song I can probably upload it.

For whoever asked for a good program to download classical music, use Bittorrent, since you can download whole albums. Or just go to the library, borrow whatever CDs you want, and rip them to your computer.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]does anyone know the name of the piece at hand?

hxxp://s4.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2ZFWFP7QU7GUB2Q0YH03RI6MYO[/QUOTE]
I forget the name of it, but I know Ulver also uses it for a section of the "It Is Not Sound" video, and it is on Fantasia. I will find the name for you.

EDIT: Beaten lol

[QUOTE=CabbageStabbage]It's the Fugue part of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor :thumb:
If anyone wants that song I can probably upload it.

For whoever asked for a good program to download classical music, use Bittorrent, since you can download whole albums. Or just go to the library, borrow whatever CDs you want, and rip them to your computer.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Where could I get Bittorrent?

[QUOTE=Damien Rhodes]
Thanks. Where could I get Bittorrent?[/QUOTE]

[URL=http://www.bittorrent.com/]Here.[/URL] Google for explanations on how to use it.

I don't use it often, because I have tons of CDs at home.

[QUOTE=CabbageStabbage]Baroque music is the style of music that preceded Classical music. Anything from J. S. Bach and earlier, after Renaissance music, is baroque.[/QUOTE]
Bach is the only composer whom an era was based off of. Starts when he's born, ends when he died.

You guys are file sharing classical music! That's awful. If there's any type of music that doesn't get a lot of sales, it's classical music. If there's any type of music where the performers have more talent but have less money than pop musicians, it's classical music. Plus, you could be downloading a version done by a youth orchestra for all you know. Do yourself a favor, and go to your local record store, go online. Get yourself some legit recordings done by proper orchestras.

Berlin is thought to be the best, just so you know. But Chicago has the best brass section, in my opinion. Joe Alessi is a beast though. You can never argue against the NY Philharmonic.

But you see, I live over an hour away from a decent record store and I rarely travel that way. I am wanting to try out some composers to see if I even enjoy their style before I go buy records.

And thank you CabbageStabbage :)

Listen to the radio.

You're a classical guitarist? Listen to Yepes.

[QUOTE=KSas]Bach is the only composer whom an era was based off of. Starts when he's born, ends when he died.[/QUOTE]

Bach was born in 1685, died 1750. Baroque music started around 1600. Bach's style is late baroque.

Downloading music is a very good way to get into music. Especially a world as large as classical music.

I just now saw [url]http://www.classicalarchives.com[/url] on the front page, and I love it.

[QUOTE=KSas]You guys are file sharing classical music! That's awful. [/QUOTE]
No it isn't. If I hadn't been able to download music first to check it out, I doubt I would be listening to classical music at all and I wouldn't have bought any of the classical CDs I own.

[QUOTE=KSas]Bach is the only composer whom an era was based off of. Starts when he's born, ends when he died.[/QUOTE]
No, the Baroque Era is never dated around 1685-1750, which is when Bach lived. It is sometimes said to have finished in 1759 with the death of Handel, but it certainly goes back to the early 1600s. I did post about it a few posts ago, see that if you want to know...

So, I found Carl Orff's Carmina Burana amongst my CDs. I just love epic songs.

[QUOTE=CabbageStabbage]It's the Fugue part of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor :thumb:
If anyone wants that song I can probably upload it.

For whoever asked for a good program to download classical music, use Bittorrent, since you can download whole albums. Or just go to the library, borrow whatever CDs you want, and rip them to your computer.[/QUOTE]

yes please, I would love it if you uplaoded it ( if it's still allowed to upload? :confused: )
otherwise I will have a look for it on p2p

thanks a lot for this :D

I downloaded BitTorrent, what sites should I be using to browse files? I can't really figure it out, and Google hasn't helped too much. I guess I could just copy albums from the library, but I am looking more for classical guitar/solo piano stuff.

Ok, since this is a classical music thread thought i could ask this here...i'm looking for some classical/baroque music to listen to, but i'm looking for something in particular. It has to have a grim, doomy, either depressive or evil kinda feeling to it. Any recommendations?

Check out some funeral marches or funeral music, they often have a very dark feel to them.

[QUOTE=Damien Rhodes]I downloaded BitTorrent, what sites should I be using to browse files? I can't really figure it out, and Google hasn't helped too much. I guess I could just copy albums from the library, but I am looking more for classical guitar/solo piano stuff.[/QUOTE]

I use [url]http://www.kerrazy-torrents.net/[/url]

[QUOTE=Meatshield]Ok, since this is a classical music thread thought i could ask this here...i'm looking for some classical/baroque music to listen to, but i'm looking for something in particular. It has to have a grim, doomy, either depressive or evil kinda feeling to it. Any recommendations?[/QUOTE]

Jón Leifs' "Dettifoss" is like standing on a cliff and looking down in Hell.
Krzysztof Penderecki's "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshime" is pure pain and creepiness.

[I]Depressive:[/I] Ludwig van Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131: Adagio quasi un poco andante (6th movement)" is very sad, but short. You may know it from Band of Brothers.
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet Nr. 3 in C-minor Op.60 Allegro Non Troppo (1st movement)