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sangha · Post by **sangha** » Fri May 20, 2005 1:36 pm

I have very little familiarity with classical music, but there are a few pieces I've liked

Grand Canyon Suite - Grofe
Pavane pour une infante morde (or something like that)
Ravel and Stravinsky (in general)

Rangtangtang · Post by **Rangtangtang** » Fri May 20, 2005 1:40 pm

Disraeli Gears - Cream

Cabinfever · Post by **Cabinfever** » Fri May 20, 2005 1:41 pm

bruckner's 7th symphony is a little heavy, but quite moving if you let yourself sink into it.

orangotangbang, please stop trolling

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:50 pm

Jazz Franco wrote:
dystonia_ek wrote:
Jazz Franco wrote:Age Of 369 Chant 2-- Merzbow
That was definitely Akita's classic period, alright! Though I would have said Pornoise Extra.
Yeah, I just mentioned one off the top of my head

Hey, annihilist stuff rules!

Thanks for listening!

beltrom · Post by **beltrom** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:16 pm

hvaring wrote:Stravinsky: Firebird; simply bottomless depths in there.
Debussy: Prelude to a faun's afternoon and lots of other works.
Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice has already been mentioned.
Dvorak's 9th symphony.
Just a few picks from my rather long favourites list

We seem to have rather similar taste in classical music - not only on Dukas and Stravinsky...

A definitive favourite I forgot - Sibelius: Finlandia

Electric Phase · Post by **Electric Phase** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:46 pm

Mozart's 40th Symphony.

Chopin - Prelude Op. 28, No. 20

Anything by Bach

deggy · Post by **deggy** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:52 pm

Messiaen-Turangalila, 20 Regards sur L'Enfant Jesu, Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, L'Ascension, etc..

and of course anything by Bartok, especially the Dance Suite, The Miraculous Mandarin, Bluebeard's Castle, Wooden Prince, the String Quartets, Piano Concertos, Concerto for Orchestra etc.

Don't forget about Charlie Ives, Ligeti, Boulez, Xenakis or Louis Andriessen

Schoenberg - Loving almost everything except Verklarte Nacht (but that's just me)

Stravinsky - Agon, Sacre du Printemps, Petrushka, Symphony in 3, Symphony in C, etc..

ahh too much to mention, I'll stop now

bugs · Post by **bugs** » Fri May 20, 2005 4:50 pm

A brief list of some of my favorites.

Machaut: Masses
Josquin: secular music
Tallis: Spem in Alium
Monteverdi: Marian Vespers and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Mozart: anything
Beethoven: Symphonies No 7 and 9
Berlioz: Te Deum and Les Troyens
Wagner: Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal
Debussy: anything
Mahler: Symphony No 2
Puccini: La Boheme and Turandot (anything really)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstacy
Katchiturian: Spactacus
Stravinsky: Firebird and Rite of Spring
Rachmaninov: Symphonies
Sibelius: Symphonies
Prokoviev: Symphonies
George Crumb: Vox Balaenae
Steve Reich: Six Marimbas
Gorecki: Symphonies
John Adams: Harmonielehrer

etc, etc big Messian, Xenakis and Ligeti fan too. Bach also--his music is really better than it sounds--hehe.

useruseruser · Post by **useruseruser** » Fri May 20, 2005 4:57 pm

All of ...
What do you think?
...

WAGNER of course.
But Tschaikowsky too...

deggy · Post by **deggy** » Fri May 20, 2005 4:57 pm

bugs wrote: Bach also--his music is really better than it sounds--hehe.

just like wagner's? - hehe

yeah, i love listening to and playing Bach. I know it's cliche but I still love Gould's recordings. I listen to his WTC and 2/3 part inventions/sinfonias on the bus all the time.

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:15 pm

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Satie. Def my favourite.

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:26 pm

'ears wrote:Bach double violin concerto Its been a favorite since I was about 10 yrs old.. the slow movement is almost painfully beautiful.

I've performed this piece with the first girl i ever fell in love with when i was 12. Such a wonderful experience, just the summum of interaction between musicians... And girls are so attractive when they play violin (or piano)...
Ha, nostalgia...

Panda · Post by **Panda** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:31 pm

In general, i like composers's attitudes rather then specific pieces, so i'm only gonna name composers:

I'm a huge Bach fan
Liked Mozart ever since i was a kid

And then there's:

Stravinsky
Poulenc
Messiaen
Berg
Debussy
Chopin

bugs · Post by **bugs** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:41 pm

deggy wrote:
bugs wrote: Bach also--his music is really better than it sounds--hehe.
just like wagner's? - hehe

yeah, i love listening to and playing Bach. I know it's cliche but I still love Gould's recordings. I listen to his WTC and 2/3 part inventions/sinfonias on the bus all the time.

I agree, the Gould stuff is amazing. have you seen 32 Short Films about Morton Gould?

deggy · Post by **deggy** » Fri May 20, 2005 7:03 pm

32 Short films about Glenn Gould is a modern-day classic(hehe). It's one of my favorite movies. I assume that's the film you're referring to. Since you mentioned a Morton though, there's this film about Morton Feldman that my friend saw when he was staying with friends in Europe. Supposedly, it was one of his fav music flicks. Does anyone know what the name of this film is? I figure that this is probably one of the better places to ask.

I know that there are prob a lot of films about feldman, so does anyone know about one of the better ones?

Your favourite classical pieces