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Current Favourites:
Ottorino Resphigi - Pines of Rome
Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (2nd Movement is my all-time favourite piece of music, words cannot even describe it)
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 3 (8-9 French Horns, 4 trumpets, 5 trombones and an equally large woodwind section = epic!)
Paul Hindemith - Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Ottorino Resphigi - Pines of Rome
Dimitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (2nd Movement is my all-time favourite piece of music, words cannot even describe it)
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 3 (8-9 French Horns, 4 trumpets, 5 trombones and an equally large woodwind section = epic!)
Paul Hindemith - Concert Music for Strings and Brass
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Thought you would all enjoy this
"When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
-- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted by Bettina von Arnin, letter to Goethe, 1810
"Beethoven says that music is deeper than philosophy - that's why I got that picture of Ludwig lookin' at that brother everyday. Ludwig, what do you mean that music is deeper than philosphy? He says- well in the end, we finite creatures. We don't have a language or even a linguistic elequance that can begin to be fully truthful to the experiences that we have - the short time we're here in time and space. So therefore you need some sounds, even some noise - organised noise. We need silence between the notes and the sounds that get at the deeper truths of who we are. Now that's not a statement against linguistic elequance but is one that recognises a varieties of elequance and therefore it requires a deep courage"
-Dr Cornel West
The latter from the Terence Blanchard Group album - "Choices" which I cannot recommend enough.
"When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
-- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted by Bettina von Arnin, letter to Goethe, 1810
"Beethoven says that music is deeper than philosophy - that's why I got that picture of Ludwig lookin' at that brother everyday. Ludwig, what do you mean that music is deeper than philosphy? He says- well in the end, we finite creatures. We don't have a language or even a linguistic elequance that can begin to be fully truthful to the experiences that we have - the short time we're here in time and space. So therefore you need some sounds, even some noise - organised noise. We need silence between the notes and the sounds that get at the deeper truths of who we are. Now that's not a statement against linguistic elequance but is one that recognises a varieties of elequance and therefore it requires a deep courage"
-Dr Cornel West
The latter from the Terence Blanchard Group album - "Choices" which I cannot recommend enough.
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you're HEAPS nerdy
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yep, point taken. but also i never said dvorak was classical i was just agreeing with him being good.
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Classical often bores me, I'm a rhythmic person, not so much of a melodic one.
But 20th century classical, avant garde classical and any of it where they encorporate interestic rhythmic patters is great :]
But 20th century classical, avant garde classical and any of it where they encorporate interestic rhythmic patters is great :]
Yes, almost all of the time
Chopin, Liszt, Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky (Piano concerto 1/Violin Concerto D maj are my fav Tchaik pieces) and my favourite, Rachmaninoff (whatta cool sounding name)
good luck!Yeah, lucky.
Dw I'll play the Rach 3 one day!!
SameYes, almost all of the time
Chopin, Liszt, Bach, Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky (Piano concerto 1/Violin Concerto D maj are my fav Tchaik pieces) and my favourite, Rachmaninoff (whatta cool sounding name)
and I love all of those composers you've mentioned. Plus Debussy and Wagner.
This is awesome! Haven't listened to much Debussy, or any of Wagner but I'll give them a try when my parents go to sleepSame
and I love all of those composers you've mentioned. Plus Debussy and Wagner.
I've got too many, but favourite piece is the epic Rachmaninoff prelude op.23 no.5, really motivates and props you up. Also, Chopin's A flat Major 'Heroic' Polonaise. What's ur fav?
^ Have you heard Bach's D minor Concerto 1 for Piano (Harpsichord actually)? One of the coolest things I've ever heard. How about Mozart's flute concerto in G maj? I find it quite happy and blissful (then again, so is almost all of Mozart's music anyway. I think he only wrote one Piano sonata in a minor key)
I have so many favourites but some are: Beethoven's Egmont Op. 84 Overture in F Minor. Chopin's Waltz in A-Flat Major Op. 42, "Grand valse". Chopin's Etude OP. 25 No. 9 "Butterfly". And also Nyman's The Heart Asks Pleasure First. So many to name! I can't think of them all. Pretty much all of Chopin's waltzesThis is awesome! Haven't listened to much Debussy, or any of Wagner but I'll give them a try when my parents go to sleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rgOYwjRk0 It actually sounds a little playable lol
Grande Valse is my second favourite, and yeah I'm not actually surprised why you'd like it eitherI have so many favourites but some are: Beethoven's Egmont Op. 84 Overture in F Minor. Chopin's Waltz in A-Flat Major Op. 42, "Grand valse". Chopin's Etude OP. 25 No. 9 "Butterfly". And also Nyman's The Heart Asks Pleasure First. So many to name! I can't think of them all. Pretty much all of Chopin's waltzes
Yeah Chopin's waltzes and nocturnes capture so many moods so beautifully that I'll never get bored of them (hopefully)Butterfly is just a lovely piece. Actually, most of Chopin's music is great- ballades, sonatas, and a very underrated Barcarolle. Although I do prefer to listen to orchestral more, it just gives a whole new dimension that a piano can't unfortunately. Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky Korsakov (Scheherazade!), Brahms. Respighi is not that well known, but his works are great.
One of my current favourites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7t6N5Ao4s. Unless you're a purist and you prefer the original (still spectacular): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78AslTXMp30&feature=related
But I do have to say the orchestral version makes it ten times better
