The Classical Music Thread

[Lillemor]

I suggest you search for Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky

Thanks. I didn't recognize the title or name but when I found it on youtube I immediately recognized it. Like many of my generation I associate it with Fantasia because that's the first time I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE

Now I've checked different versions of it, some faster but this is how I'm used to hearing it.

 

[irb]

• Bruckner: Symphony No. 8, in the Günter Wand performance recorded live at Lubeck cathedral.

Yes! That's phenomenal.

There's probably a certain repertoire we can mostly take for granted--Karajan / BPH thundering through Mozart, Van Cliburn's Rachy Piano Concerto, etc; I'd add to that William Byrd's masses, particularly the Catholic 4- and 5-voice (profound even to a crotchety old atheist like me), Smetana's Ma Vlast, and Elgar's Cello Concerto. Never quite found a recording of that that got it like I like it though.

 

[JennyLou]

Thanks. I didn't recognize the title or name but when I found it on youtube I immediately recognized it. Like many of my generation I associate it with Fantasia because that's the first time I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE

Now I've checked different versions of it, some faster but this is how I'm used to hearing it.

Ha I didn't realize that piece was in a film. I've never seen the Fantasia films.

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovestian Dances Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdaEpwPXes


Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sw1weml0-r0

 

[Bourbon Guy]

Lots of bumping old threads here, so I will bring this over from Club Cad.

Set it up on the computer. Hit the lights. Take off your glasses. Kick off your slippers, slide into bed. Covers up around your chin. Settle in. Hit "play." Night, night, babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKd0VII-l3A

 

[Razorman937]

I love any of the classical thunder pieces. Currently putting Beethoven's 7th and 9th on my ipod.

 

[Shangas]

Can someone please help me identify a classical piece of music?

It's a piano piece. I believe it was composed by Chopin. It's a slow, sad piano solo, it sounds kinda tragic and creepy and it's one of his more famous compositions. Does anyone know any of his pieces that might fit the bill?

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

La Mer

1st movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66hX8Ms0FwE

2nd Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHnM3RSZyKo

3rd Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doUPB0A3hFE

 

[Yeps]

A couple selections from my favorite tenor:

Au Fond du Temple Saint, from The Pearl Fishers by Bizet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZORqZv3odh8&feature=related

The Bach-Gounod Ave Maria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqSmfsw2Edo

And here is the most dramatic bit of music ever written (especially the big allargando right near the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5eryx1s2yM&feature=related

 

[Pilot99]

I love the Russian composers, strong and passionate music. Personal Favorites are Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky.

 

[Professor]

Share your favorite classical music pieces

Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" Played by Virgil Fox on the Riverside Church's Aeolian-Skinner Organ
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"Nimrod" from Elgar's "Enigma Variations" with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra
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Grieg's "Homage March"
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Tchaikovsky's "Serenade for Strings" with Eugene Ormandy and that "Philadelphia Sound"
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Saint-Saëns "Symphony No. 3", the "Organ Symphony"
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Rachmaninoff Plays "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra
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Carl Maria von Weber's "Invitation to the Dance" Played by Toscanini and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1938
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Gershwin's "Lullaby"
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[Talbot]

Firebird suite by Shostakovitch

 

[Professor]

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[Slate Shannon]

Marais -- The Bells of St. Genevieve
Saint-Saens -- Danse Macabre
Andrea Falconieri --Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarolilla de Carallenos
Wagner -- just about everything

I'm lucky, in that there is a 24-hour, all classical, listener-supported (meaning non-commercial) radio station in the local area.

 

[HosManHatter]

Cool thread!

I love classical music but don`t really know composers and/or piece titles.Here`s a few I particularly love:

Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1 Haunting melody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xe2Rft62Kg

Johann Sebastien Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (organ) This one uses the "Music Machine" and shows you notes as they are played.Nice!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o&feature=fvsr

Johann Strauss - The Blue Danube Waltz One of my absolute favorites!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKbV-q_TEVQ

I`ll even throw in a bit of opera(just to show I`m not provincial)
Di Stefano - Pagliacci Makes me wish I spoke Italian.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigHosMan#p/f/82/pn_eS2XFZ5g

Di Stefano - Rigoletto (1955)
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigHosMan#p/f/64/UaXbZTLAe6Q

And...possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
Giacomo Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigHosMan#p/f/65/zu5TkdcZA-M

Andre Rieu`s version of the Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
http://www.youtube.com/user/BigHosMan#p/f/62/dHyR4ZzA2R0

Classicaly Yours,
HMH

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

Anna Moffo/Leopold Stokowski: Rachmaninoff's 'Vocalise"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMrzLOQDTsk

Villa Lobos: Bachianas Brasileira n.5 - Anna Moffo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxdAcilnsM

Solveig's Song performed by Sarah Brightman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM5LgC0mto

 

[Son_of_Atropos]

Death of Aase by Grieg

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[Professor]

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[HodgePodge]

Beethoven -String Quartet in C sharp minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwti4feAA6k

Bruckner - Symphony no. 9 - Scherzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTgDM1HwUM

Rachmaninoff - Bogoroditse Devo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctQFWwK1yF4

Boellman - Toccata from Suite Gothique, Op. 25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jNpI6AEyUY&feature=related
Hard to find a video on youtube that does this as much justice as the tape recording I first heard it on. I personally think this piece rivals Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D for raw power, if not for intricacy and length.

 

[Yeps]

Tonight I get to see Verdi's Aida. I cannot begin to explain how excited I am about that.