[QUOTE=hatebreeder]Romantic period classical, Beethoven was the first but he still might be a little mechanical sounding scince he was the first to come out of the baroque, try Strauss, Mendelssohn, Chopin's piano sonatas are great if you like solo stuff too, Tchaikovsky, Isaac Albeniz.[/QUOTE]

Are you dense? Beethoven had absolutely nothing to do with the Baroque period, he was a transitional composer between the Classical and Romantic eras.

I dont know but if I listen to a song like moonlight sonata, then something like bachs grave in A minor, similarities are obvious.

[QUOTE=FillInTheBlankHere___]Are you dense? Beethoven had absolutely nothing to do with the Baroque period, he was a transitional composer between the Classical and Romantic eras.[/QUOTE]

um... dood no... Beethoven even studied with Bach for a bit... he was a transitional composer between the Baroque and Classical periods.

[QUOTE=hatebreeder]I dont know but if I listen to a song like moonlight sonata, then something like bachs grave in A minor, similarities are obvious.[/QUOTE]


a sonata is not a song

Well I meant the first movment or section of it.

oh my goodness the Rachmanninov piano concertos are amazing.so beautiful yet powerful.

[QUOTE=what]you should hear it played by Yama****a on a classical guitar :amaze:[/QUOTE]
Wew, I completely missed this post. Assuming it's Yamash[SIZE="2"]i[/SIZE]ta, I'm gonna have a search for this version.

[QUOTE=what]um... dood no... Beethoven even studied with Bach for a bit... he was a transitional composer between the Baroque and Classical periods.[/QUOTE]
It's not often someone is so horribly wrong.

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685– [B]1750[/B]

Ludwig van Beethoven [B]1770[/B] – 1827

Beethoven was a transitional composer between the Classical and the Romantic eras aswell thanks.

He might have gotten JC Bach mixed With JS.

[QUOTE=metal guitar]It's not often someone is so horribly wrong.

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685? [B]1750[/B]

Ludwig van Beethoven [B]1770[/B] ? 1827

Beethoven was a transitional composer between the Classical and the Romantic eras aswell thanks.[/QUOTE]

uh sorry,

Beethoven studied with Haydn, not Bach and I confused Haendel with Haydn so I shifted the Classical period into the Baroque and got totally mixed up.

[QUOTE=LF96]Wew, I completely missed this post. Assuming it's Yamash[SIZE="2"]i[/SIZE]ta, I'm gonna have a search for this version.[/QUOTE]

I can send all four movements to you if you want.

My favorite composer currently is Brahms. His music is just very rich.

However, right now (this past week or so) I have been obsessing with Mozart's Requiem. It is 14 pieces of extreme brilliance and perfection. Not a chord or note misplaced.

In case some of you didn't know, Mozart wrote them in his deathbed and died before fully completeing some of the masterpieces. I definately suggest everyone go out and hear every one of them (in the correct order).

Enjoy!

EDIT: I also enjoy the music of Khachaturian very much. He had a very distinct sound and feel to his compositions. Some of them were very powerful, and many of them (such as the Sabre Dance) are heard by everyone, but the composer remains unkown. Check some of his stuff out too, guys!

[QUOTE=what]I can send all four movements to you if you want.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that'd be appreciated, I've already took a small search but haven't come up with any result and my father doesn't have it either. My email is:

mcemmer@hotmail...

Could anyone recommend me some good Organ composers besides J.S Bach?

thank you :)

Could you send me Requiem? [email]mahavishnugrantkelly@gmail.com[/email]

Stravinsky's [I]Petrushka[/I] is a phenomenal piece, hard to believe people thought is was insanely dissonant on it's release.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]Could anyone recommend me some good Organ composers besides J.S Bach?

thank you :)[/QUOTE]
[B]Julius Reubke![/B]
Seriously, he may not be that famous and he died befrore he could compose many works, but his Sonata on the 94th Psalm for Organ is brilliant. Also check out Reger, a favourite of mine is his Symphonic Fantasy & Fugue Op.57 'The Inferno'.

^

Thank you, this 'Inferno' sounds espcially good!
I shall check it out.

whats some dark/creepy classical songs? i just got into classical music and i came from rock, goth-pop, and goth-rock mostly, a lot more stuff too but mostly those...

i have In The Hall Of The Mountain King (my band is working on a weird experimental version of that), a few other Grieg pieces, and The Entertainer, but none of those are really dark or creepy sounding

anybody...

Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Shostakovich has some, Prokofiev's Symphonies "Poem of Fire"... try Toru Takemitsu, well and Penderecki too.

[QUOTE=sunlee]Hi All!
I am new to the forum but I agree with Zappa about being ignorant. The more pieces I listen to, the more I realize how little I have heard. Current favorite is Mahler but love Tchaikovsky as well as Bach (especially the fugues) and thoroughly enjoy most classical as well as film music, old rock and roll etc. :wave:[/QUOTE]

Mahler's music is amazing. The 9th Symphony blows my mind. :amaze:

[QUOTE=Lydisk]oh my goodness the Rachmanninov piano concertos are amazing.so beautiful yet powerful.[/QUOTE]

Agreed...they're incredible.

anybody else like Grieg pieces?

/bumpy-bump

So yea, Mozart's two and a half centuries old.

For an attempt at discussion, I just listened to The Four Seasons for the first time in a while. What's everybody's favorite part? Mine's Summer, particularly the first movement.

I really enjoy listening to Winter most of the time, but I don't listen to it that often.

I'm extremly ignorant to Classical Music but ever since I heard "Symphony No. 9" in it's full length a few weeks ago I've been obsessed with trying to obtain anything and everything Classical related. You guys should make a mailing list, I'd love to start it but my Classical works collection is so weak I'm embarrassed to even mention it and on top of that, my computer rejects anything and everything I try sending through YSI. I don't know I just think this thread could come back to life (and keep it going strong) and be a great place to get quality music if you guys would just start one. It's only a suggestion though....

I've read every single post in this thread and I hope to read much much more. :thumb:

[QUOTE=Schyma]I'm extremly ignorant to Classical Music but ever since I heard "Symphony No. 9" in it's full length a few weeks ago I've been obsessed with trying to obtain anything and everything Classical related.[/QUOTE]
Whose 9th symphony? There are quite a few 9th symphonys...

Anyway, I'm getting a lot into Dvorak and Mussorgsky right now. I dug up some old classical vinyl from my dad, and found some interesting stuff. Among it, Dvorak's Requiem, which is awesome. I hadn't heart from it before, but since I both liked Dvorak and Requiems in general I checked it out and wasn't disappointed at all. Good stuff.

[QUOTE=Schyma]I'm extremly ignorant to Classical Music but ever since I heard "Symphony No. 9" in it's full length a few weeks ago I've been obsessed with trying to obtain anything and everything Classical related. You guys should make a mailing list, I'd love to start it but my Classical works collection is so weak I'm embarrassed to even mention it and on top of that, my computer rejects anything and everything I try sending through YSI. I don't know I just think this thread could come back to life (and keep it going strong) and be a great place to get quality music if you guys would just start one. It's only a suggestion though....

I've read every single post in this thread and I hope to read much much more. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

i think its 'illegal' to upload anything fro dl'ing here

Several other threads have been doing it...I don't see why you guys shouldn't give it a try at least.

um lemme think

maybe because we dont believe in ripping off artists

maybe the ppl in pop punk or rock and metal dont realy care becuz the artists r already makin enuff money

but it aint lik that in clasical music


gimme a break u can get almost any classical music on naxos label for about $7

classical music is ridiculously cheap compared to the rest so jus go out and buy some

I'd better not see any YSI links to copyrighted material in here. It is against the forum-wide rules.

I've been listening to a load of J.S. Bach recently, it''s so quirky and cool. I can't wait till PianoSociety has it's download thingies working again!

I appologize I even mentioned it.

I would have liked a classical mailing list. Ah well.

So, my all-state audition piece is going to be Dragonetti's Concerto in A Major. This guy wrote bass pieces on a whole new level. Very fast, the notes go up well into treble cleff. I play notes below the finger board.

Nothin beats the brandenburg concerto's. Except mozart's reqiuem. which i am surprised is the top played mozart composition on last.fm.

p.s. Chaconne is overrated LOL

the bach chaconne is not overrated

wtf

Russian/East-European composers
 

hello evryone,

i'm new to this forum, and although my name suggests otherwise i am into classical music as well. I'm currently listening to Stravinsky's "Song of the Nightingale"...excellent. I'm really into all Russian and Eastern-European classical/romantic/neo-classical composers. Between Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Bartok, Prokovief,etc...Rachmaninof is definitly my favorite. I suggest his "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini" its a great piece of music for the piano and orchestra. I especially like its marccato and pizzicato final movement. Russian and Eastern composers just have this immense depth in their works...this emotional intensity that creates a certain atomsphere. One of my favorite compilations are the Vespers of Rachmaninov...a set of orthodox choral works...immensly powerful, melodic and harmonious...just like all of Rachmaninov's works.

Now to you all: i see all of you enjoy the basic few composers...Mozart etc. For the one who said that he enjoyed Mozarts Requiem i suggest Mozarts other mass... the "Great Mass" in C minor...same style of course but in my eyes far better.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]Could anyone recommend me some good Organ composers besides J.S Bach?

thank you :)[/QUOTE]

Dietrich Buxtehude is a great choral and organ composer. He was actually the one, JS Bach walked 200km to, for seeing a concert.

[QUOTE=jazzlife]hello evryone,

i'm new to this forum, and although my name suggests otherwise i am into classical music as well. I'm currently listening to Stravinsky's "Song of the Nightingale"...excellent. I'm really into all Russian and Eastern-European classical/romantic/neo-classical composers. Between Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, Dvorak, Bartok, Prokovief,etc...Rachmaninof is definitly my favorite. I suggest his "Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini" its a great piece of music for the piano and orchestra. I especially like its marccato and pizzicato final movement. Russian and Eastern composers just have this immense depth in their works...this emotional intensity that creates a certain atomsphere. One of my favorite compilations are the Vespers of Rachmaninov...a set of orthodox choral works...immensly powerful, melodic and harmonious...just like all of Rachmaninov's works.
[/QUOTE]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees yweweeesssse yesssess

I love Dvorak's Slavonic Dance number 8 (opus 46). The bridge is just amazing. The whole song has dramatic harmonies with some nice melodic filigree on top. I don't really know that much classical music. Can anybody give me recommendations? I'm looking for symphonic songs with dramatic harmonies but fairly rhythmically structured.