Classical Music - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

-=shikamaru=- · 07-10-2004, 10:59 PM

Along with the copious amounts of alt. rock and such I listen to, I also spend lots of my time around classical music. Maybe playing cello has something to do with it, but I love listening to classical as much as my usual fare of Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and so on. So here are some favorites:

Cello Concerto in E-Minor - Elgar
Just about anything by Shostakovich
Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev
Beethoven's 7th Symphony
Swan Lake

anti fishstick · 07-11-2004, 10:00 AM

i like a lot of bach, tchaikovsky and baroque music. as well as some impressionistic composers like debussy.

student · 07-11-2004, 06:21 PM

mozart's symphony no. 40 is one of my personal favs...also...bach's organ works

optik_nerve · 07-12-2004, 12:24 AM

There is a really cool song called "Day of Tears" by Lacrimosa.

I like Mozart's "O' Fortuna" and Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". I like the really dark pianos.

apeman · 07-12-2004, 06:09 AM

favourites:
Smetana - Ma Vlast
Shostakovitch - any
Charles Ives - 3 places in New England
Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht
Zappa - The Yellow Shark

that's in order of increasing disorder

generally, Eastern European or Russian and music that flirts with melody but sometimes just goes crazy ... I am currently experimenting with Stockhausen and want to try Edgar Varese because Zappa liked him.

opera I haven't really got into, though "Nixon in China" by John Adams is ok

ubertuber · 07-15-2004, 07:28 PM

Apeman - SWEET! I was just going to say that I have been on a John Adams kick for about 4 months. He is my favorite living composer, bar none! Check out Harmonielehre or Grand Pianola Music. It is particularly great for driving on road trips...

You guys are impressing me with your interests - shoenberg and smetana? Pretty cool!

Prokofiev has always been a favorite for me, particularly Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet, Suites 1-3.

slugo · 07-15-2004, 10:31 PM

i've always liked calssical( as well as alot of other genres). i guess it comes from playing in the school band.
the bad thing is i know very few of the names of the pieces i like.

when crap is on the radio, i put on my local npr station that plays classical all day, i like alot, but never know what they are.

i like the obvious, mozart, beethoven, bach, but lately, ive gotten into a strauss cd. he wrote great waltzes, even tho i can't dance

teethman · 07-17-2004, 06:00 PM

sweet, ill be checkin these songs out. anyone know any more classical music thats good? please tell me.

Ella · 07-17-2004, 06:17 PM

I don't listen to a lot of classical, but one I love is the aria 'La Wally' by Wilhelmenia Fernandez from the French film "Diva". Sublime stuff that will make your hairs stand on end. The film is pretty cool, too!

Kodega · 07-27-2004, 01:23 PM

I enjoy classical a lot. A few of my favorites are.

Canon - Pachelbel
The Arrival of Queen Sheba - Handel
Ronda Alla Turca - Mozart
The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Edit:

How could I forget Mandoline Concerto - Vivaldi and Bizet, Carmen - Les Troubadours.

goateebird · 07-28-2004, 07:36 PM

Toru Takemitsu is my favorite classical composer, though he's definitely not your typical type of classical music; it's very modernist, and features some interesting Eastern instrumentation at times.

I also enjoy Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Debussy.

pkeigs · 07-31-2004, 10:58 AM

My favorite peices right now would have to be

Pictures at an Exhibition
Scheherazade

I absolutley love the brass used in both and the great highs and lows for the volume

Pkeigs

Skifter2 · 07-31-2004, 12:28 PM

My favorite classical composer is Vaughan Williams. Here are a few of my favorites:

5th Symphony (especially the Romanza)

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ( apart from Fantasia on Greensleaves, maybe his best know piece )

6th Symphony ( Related to the 4th but kinda weirder, almost as disturbing)

4th Symphony ( This is really powerful stuff....very disturbing)

07-10-2004, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
-=shikamaru=- Crazy	Classical Music Along with the copious amounts of alt. rock and such I listen to, I also spend lots of my time around classical music. Maybe playing cello has something to do with it, but I love listening to classical as much as my usual fare of Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and so on. So here are some favorites: Cello Concerto in E-Minor - Elgar Just about anything by Shostakovich Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev Beethoven's 7th Symphony Swan Lake __________________ DINANZI A ME NON FUOR COSE CREATE SE NON ETTERNE, E IO ETTERNA DURO. LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VIO CH'INTRATE'.

07-11-2004, 10:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
anti fishstick Post-modernism meets Individualism AKA the Clash Location: oregon	i like a lot of bach, tchaikovsky and baroque music. as well as some impressionistic composers like debussy. __________________ And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anais Nin

07-12-2004, 06:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
apeman Wah Location: NZ	favourites: Smetana - Ma Vlast Shostakovitch - any Charles Ives - 3 places in New England Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht Zappa - The Yellow Shark that's in order of increasing disorder generally, Eastern European or Russian and music that flirts with melody but sometimes just goes crazy ... I am currently experimenting with Stockhausen and want to try Edgar Varese because Zappa liked him. opera I haven't really got into, though "Nixon in China" by John Adams is ok __________________ pain is inevitable but misery is optional - stick a geranium in your hat and be happy

07-15-2004, 07:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	Apeman - SWEET! I was just going to say that I have been on a John Adams kick for about 4 months. He is my favorite living composer, bar none! Check out Harmonielehre or Grand Pianola Music. It is particularly great for driving on road trips... You guys are impressing me with your interests - shoenberg and smetana? Pretty cool! Prokofiev has always been a favorite for me, particularly Alexander Nevsky and Romeo and Juliet, Suites 1-3. __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam

07-17-2004, 06:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ella Ella Bo Bella Location: Australia	I don't listen to a lot of classical, but one I love is the aria 'La Wally' by Wilhelmenia Fernandez from the French film "Diva". Sublime stuff that will make your hairs stand on end. The film is pretty cool, too! __________________ "Afterwards, the universe will explode for your pleasure."

07-11-2004, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
student Crazy	mozart's symphony no. 40 is one of my personal favs...also...bach's organ works

07-12-2004, 12:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
optik_nerve Psycho Location: Florida	There is a really cool song called "Day of Tears" by Lacrimosa. I like Mozart's "O' Fortuna" and Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". I like the really dark pianos.

07-15-2004, 10:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
slugo Upright	i've always liked calssical( as well as alot of other genres). i guess it comes from playing in the school band. the bad thing is i know very few of the names of the pieces i like. when crap is on the radio, i put on my local npr station that plays classical all day, i like alot, but never know what they are. i like the obvious, mozart, beethoven, bach, but lately, ive gotten into a strauss cd. he wrote great waltzes, even tho i can't dance

07-17-2004, 06:00 PM	#8 (permalink)
teethman Tilted	sweet, ill be checkin these songs out. anyone know any more classical music thats good? please tell me.

07-27-2004, 01:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Kodega Crazy	I enjoy classical a lot. A few of my favorites are. Canon - Pachelbel The Arrival of Queen Sheba - Handel Ronda Alla Turca - Mozart The Four Seasons - Vivaldi Edit: How could I forget Mandoline Concerto - Vivaldi and Bizet, Carmen - Les Troubadours. Last edited by Kodega; 07-27-2004 at 02:45 PM..

07-28-2004, 07:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
goateebird Tilted Location: NC	Toru Takemitsu is my favorite classical composer, though he's definitely not your typical type of classical music; it's very modernist, and features some interesting Eastern instrumentation at times. I also enjoy Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Debussy.

07-31-2004, 10:58 AM	#12 (permalink)
pkeigs Tilted	My favorite peices right now would have to be Pictures at an Exhibition Scheherazade I absolutley love the brass used in both and the great highs and lows for the volume Pkeigs

07-31-2004, 12:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
Skifter2 Tilted	My favorite classical composer is Vaughan Williams. Here are a few of my favorites: 5th Symphony (especially the Romanza) Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ( apart from Fantasia on Greensleaves, maybe his best know piece ) 6th Symphony ( Related to the 4th but kinda weirder, almost as disturbing) 4th Symphony ( This is really powerful stuff....very disturbing)