[Use Of Weapons]

From the chatroom: as a record.

• UseOfWeaponsBest Stabat Mater I've ever sung/heard is Szymanowski's
• UseOfWeaponsPergolesi
• UseOfWeaponsNot bad, bit early for my tastes
• Cyphoncan't find it Muttley
• CyphonIt's bookmarked at home
• CyphonI'll PM it to you this evening
• Muttleyah thanks hahah i like the soprano, contralto contrast in it
• MuttleyAh cool, thanks Cyph!
• UseOfWeaponshttp://www.youtube.c...h?v=TgVxnHRsqZg -- listen to that, 6th mvmt of Szymanowksi's Stabat Mater
• UseOfWeaponsBeautiful
• 12:00 PM
• Muttleythanks
• UseOfWeaponsOh, and for sheer musical fun, try a bit of the original Ride of the Valkyries, complete with 10 soprano valkyries!
• UseOfWeaponshttp://www.youtube.c...h?v=7z08snR-_04
• 12:02 PM
• MuttleyI really like the music accompanying this, feels almost like a counterpoint to the singing
• UseOfWeaponsListen to the whole thing. It's awesome
• UseOfWeaponsThe 4th movement is for choir a capella, it's ravishingly beautiful
• 12:07 PM
• Muttleyoh god ride of the valkyries is always fun isn't it? These sopranos are impressive wish i could sing like that
• UseOfWeaponsI love the insanity of it
• UseOfWeaponsHo-jo-toho!
• Muttleyyeah their faces are magic lol, they look demented singing about horses keeping quiet
• UseOfWeaponsTry this: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=i-hABvz380Q The Babylon section from Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. The chorus is awesome
• UseOfWeaponsIt has my favourite chorus line ever: "Yea! Drank from the sacred vessels!"
• 12:10 PM
• Muttleyheheh
• 12:11 PM
• Cyphondum dum dum, dum dum dum
• Cyphon^what is the choral song that goes with that?
• CyphonDante's inferno?
• UseOfWeaponsUm
• UseOfWeaponsProbably a dies irae
• UseOfWeaponsTwo famous dies irae's are Mozart's and Verdi's
• UseOfWeaponsVerdi's http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY
• 12:13 PM
• Cyphonlistening to Mozarts now
• Cyphonnot sure it's that one
• UseOfWeaponsMozart's http://www.youtube.c...h?v=j1C-GXQ1LdY
• UseOfWeaponsMozart's was also used in the Nightcrawler sequence in XMen 2
• Muttleymwahaha I love getting music recommendations off people who know more about it than i do, always end up discovering gems i'd never have found myself
• UseOfWeaponsHmm, could be O Fortuna by Carl Orff, from Carmina Burana
• 12:14 PM
• MuttleyThe translation for that is so emo hahah
• UseOfWeaponshttp://www.youtube.c...h?v=cskxziwSP2Q -- recording I was in of O Fortuna
• King Learhahah me too Muttley
• 12:15 PM
• CyphonVerdi's is better than mozarts me thinks
• UseOfWeaponsCertainly more satanic
• UseOfWeaponsI always think of it whenever people say to me that classical music is really relaxing
• 12:16 PM
• CyphonYeah
• CyphonIt's O Fortuna
• UseOfWeaponsIt's a shame that people don't know more of Carmina Burana. It's got some other amazing bits
• 12:17 PM
• CyphonKnew as the first bar broke over me
• CyphonI want to expand my classical knowledge
• Cyphonbut it's like diving into an ocean
• King Learme too
• 12:18 PM
• Cyphonso I'm starting with the estuaries I know
• UseOfWeaponshttp://www.youtube.c...h?v=BFq8vH7tPxs the Dulcissime movement
• Muttleyyeah it is that
• UseOfWeaponshttp://www.youtube.c...h?v=a7XDyOkjuvg -- In Trutina, really beautiful melody and harmony
• 12:20 PM
• Cyphondammit
• King Lear*sigh*
• CyphonNeed to keep a record of all this
• CyphonUoW
• UseOfWeaponsYeah?
• MuttleyYeah i am bookmarking in my music folder haha
• 12:21 PM
• Cyphonat, work, so having to write notes lol
• UseOfWeaponsI'll start a thread in the Music section
• Muttleyhahah
• CyphonGood man
• 12:22 PM
• King Learthat would be awesome
• CyphonWagner is amazing I hear

[QuickTidal]

I'm a big classical music fan.

I am a huge Mozart fan and always have been. I think my favourite is actually REQUIEM, but I am fond of all his work. The TSO will be performing this one next January...and I already have tix!

Most of his concerto's are great as well.

There is also a Tchaikovsky concerto (Piano Conerto #1 in BFlat Minor) that I find absolutely amazing, saw ti performed live at the TSO.

I am also a fan of Vivaldi's THE FOUR SEASONS simply because when it was explained what Vivaldi set out to do and then to listen to the symphony in its entirety was a humbling experience. Like during the Winter section he wanted to come up with something that was like skating across ice on a pond....and you get a long scree violin note....just impressive.

I think my love of film scores is rooted in my love of classical music.

[McLovin]

The problem is that classical music listening was better in the days of vinyl turntables and big speakers. Listening to classical on the iPod just doesn't do it for me.

That said...I like the piano-centric stuff from Liszt and Debussy. Plus Gershwin, if I can count him.

Nobody stages a full-frontal brass assault like the Germans. Beethoven, Wagner (big Ring fan).

Great topic guys!

[Use Of Weapons]

Can't beat listening live! The 2011 Proms began this weekend, so no excuse!

QT, I'm a big Mozart fan myself, especially given that I'm a clarinettist and he wrote two of the most sublime works for it (the concerto and quintet). For that reason I'm also a huge fan of Brahms (the two sonatas, quintet and trio).

Tchaikovsky wrote 3 piano concertos, and while the 1st is deservedly the best known, the 2nd is also a humdinger -- the last movement I would actually consider better than the last movement of the 1st concerto.

I love concertos, especially piano concertos. Hyperion had a great series of Romantic piano concertos, which are all still available.
http://www.hyperion-.../RPCCAT2010.pdf
I've discovered so many gorgeous concertos as a result of this series. Particular favourites are the Brull No.2, Paderewski and Mackenzie concertos, but really every single disc is worth a listen. Some amazing performances and discoveries. They're doing a similar series with Romantic violin concertos.

But really my favourite form is chamber music. Weber's Clarinet quintet, the amazing Haydn and Beethoven string quartets, Mendelssohn's octet. Chamber music is teh awesome!

[Mott]

I really enjoyed the Verdi piece UoW.

One of my favourites is the Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) by Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn seems to be quite often overlooked but he has some great pieces.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=a3MiETaBSnc

Agree with you on Tchaikovsky QT, especially his concertos and of course his 1812 Overture, anyone that can work cannons into music gets my approval.

Pergolesi's Stabat Mater Dolorosa is really beautiful as well and as far as choral pieces go you can't beat Allegri's Miserere Mei.

This post has been edited by Muttley: 18 July 2011 - 03:14 PM

[Use Of Weapons]

Some other fabulous a capella choral pieces:

Barber's Agnus Dei (a setting of the Agnus Dei text to his famous Adagio for Strings)
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=KkObnNQCMtM IMO it really gains something special from using the human voice rather than the strings

Szymanowski's Stabat Mater, 4th Movement "Spraw niech płaczę z Tobą razem"
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Co_sb5xR_vA There's something about this that really tugs at the heart

Elgar's "There is sweet music"
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=rkWOaFfkp2M I was in this performance Great music. You can see me at about 3.00

Orlando Gibbons's "The Silver Swan"
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=NuCELusj5yg 400-odd years after it was written, still ravishingly beautiful

Bruckner's Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=YeXQVFd_ljM Not a capella, but still fantastic! Also check out Locus Iste (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=kkgeZaVug9c) and Christus Factus Est (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=HD8kt3I6FVo)

And some Christmas carols by William Walton:
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Uoc9NHBMPIM My favourite is "Make We Joy Now In This Fest"

And try this setting by John Rutter of "The Owl And The Pussycat" -- just listen to how he sets the word "pussy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcB9j0ouGvE
And "Sing A Song Of Sixpence" from the same set
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=gSdVHdwqHP0

[Chance]

Only listens to classical music occationally and it is great for when you need to focus for someone who always have music around.

Some very good ones I didn't see above much anything by Corelli, Dvorak's From the New World is powerful stuff thought somewhat overexposed and Borodin's Polovtsian Dances might be as good as classical music gets.

This post has been edited by Chance: 18 July 2011 - 09:20 PM

[Mr.James]

One of my all time favorite pieces of classical music is Bach's Toccata, it is simply sublime!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=CTVraVgzC9U

Another favorite is Wagner's Ride of the Valkyrie:

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Also dear to my heart is Sibelius' Finlandia:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Fgwr3wrenkQ

[Beezulbubba]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=N0PpTPvbr-4

http://news.bbc.co.u...ine/4952646.stm

[Binder of Demons]

My knowledge of Classical music is particularly shit, and i think i have 3 classical cd's in my collection. problem is i can never remember who did what, and i can't describe music well enough to narrow down my searches (and classical music is such a huge field).

This lack of knowledge is summed up perfectly how i came to buy those 3 cds. I was in HMV and saw they had a 3cds for 15euro deal in the classical section. I figured i'd get some Strauss since I loved the use of his music in 2001, and waltzes are an easy intro. The 2nd choice, was some Tchaikovsky as I remembered seeing a ballet while on a school tour about 10 years previously, and loving the music. Unfortunately i couldn't remember what the ballet was about, and whether it was a single piece or multiple highlights. My choices were either Swan Lake, or The Nutcracker, so i went with The Nutcracker.

That left me with my 3rd choice, i now had no clue. Was going to get "The Planets" by Holst, but I spotted a name out of the corner of my eye which intrigued me. Henryk Gorecki. I had seen his name before since "Gorecki" was the name of an excellent electronica tune by LAMB. Purely on the basis on that tenuous association, I bought Gorecki's "Symphony No.3 (or the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs as it's also known).
I love that Gorecki CD so much, terribly sad music but beautiful nonetheless.

I must see if they have a handy music listing for the Inspector Morse and Lewis episodes, as there are invariably some gorgeous tunes in each episode.

When i have a better internet connection, i'll check out the links above. Cheers for this thread. I could stand to learn a thing or two about classical music.

The only short link i can be sure of is that lovely piece from "The Shawshank Redemption", Mozart's Duettino Sull'Aria

[nacht]

Check this out, Classical fans. It is a traditional radio station that also broadcasts on the Intenet.

http://www.allclassical.org/

[Use Of Weapons]

I'm fine with BBC Radio 3, thanks :-P

[Use Of Weapons]

How I got into classical music: a friend brought in a double CD called "The Classic Experience" when we were doing our A-Levels (I was 16 or 17). I listened over and over to it. The listing was basically a "Greatest Hits of Classical Music", unlike many of the compilations out nowadays, which seem to always sneak in some film music or something obscure.

So, here is that album, in forum+youtube form!

The Classic Experience CD1 (1988)

01 Händel: Solomon HWV67: Sinfonia: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
02 Sibelius: Intermezzo from 'Karelia Suite'
03 Ravel: Bolero
04 J S Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites BWV1066-9: Air ('Air on the G string') from Suite No. 3 in D
05 Khachaturian: Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
06 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
07 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Op. 71, Act II, Divertissement: Dance of the Reed Flutes
08 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Op. 71, Act II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy - Coda
09 Grieg: Peer Gynt Op. 23: Prelude (Act IV) (Morning)
10 Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 in E major Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269, 'La primavera' (Spring): I. Allegro
11 Rachmaniniov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43: Variation XVIII (Andante cantabile, a tempo vivace)
12 Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor 'From the New World' Op. 95: II. Largo (opening)
13 Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36
14 Massenet: Meditation from Thaïs
15 Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
16 Pachelbel: Canon in D

The Classic Experience CD 2 (1988)

01 Copland: Fanfare For the Common Man
02 Rossini: William Tell Overture (finale, but also check out the complete overture, lots of famous tunes in it!)
03 Wagner: Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries (but see first post for the extract from the opera)
04 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64 b: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
05 Mussorgsky: A Night on a Bare Mountain
06 Holst: The Planets (Op. 32): Mars, the Bringer of War
07 J Strauss I: Radetzky March Op. 228
08 Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overure Op. 49 (conclusion)
09 Prokofiev: Troika from Lieutenant Kijé - Suite Op. 60
10 J Strauss II: The Blue Danube - Waltz Op. 314 (abbrev.)
11 Boccherini: Minuet from String Quintet in E Op. 13 No. 5
12 Mozart: Turkish Rondo
13 Offenbach: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann, Act II
14 Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty - Ballet Suite Op.66: Waltz
15 Mascagni: Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
16 Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake Op. 20
17 Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op. 39: No 1 in D

This post has been edited by UseOfWeapons: 19 July 2011 - 10:10 AM

[Solidsnape]

UseOfWeapons, on 19 July 2011 - 09:23 AM, said:

I'm fine with BBC Radio 3, thanks :-P

Haha, can't beat the BBC!!!
I'll second that Proms vote, it's an amazing show. Pretty much an institution now too.
I loved seeing Seth McFarlane (sp?) of family guy fame singing, think it was last year.
Another string to his bow.......

I have attempted to learn a few classical tunes over the years, being a guitarist of moderate skill, but it's just another level of skill all together, and I could never manage to finish them.
Can play classical gas though, if that counts! Haha.

I tend to prefer just putting 'classical piano' into YouTube and having a trawl through the results, as I too am hopeless remembering the names.
Wilheim Kempf playing moonlight sonata never fails to impress (understatement!!).
Does anyone else remember this song featuring in the original Resident Evil?

This post has been edited by Solidsnape: 19 July 2011 - 07:02 PM

[QuickTidal]

Probably my FAVE Bach piece EVER is the Concerto in D Minor for two violins, as performed below by Julia Fischer who simply BREATHES Bach, she is incredible. Though this is the 1st movement, and I prefer the 3rd I couldn't' find video of her doing it. Still, the beginning is amazing as well.

This post has been edited by King Kazma: 02 August 2011 - 04:40 PM

[Grief]

My favourite piece of classical music-Chopins nocturne in C# minor. It was written for solo piano but I love Milsteins arrangement for piano and violin.

Enjoy.

[Use Of Weapons]

Two exquisite pieces of music here. One for my instrument, the clarinet, with cello and orchestra. Nothing revolutionary, just sublime melody: Massenet's 'Sous Les Tilleuls' from his Scènes Alsaciennes





And the slow second movement from Elgar's gorgeous Violin concerto. His cello concerto may be better known, but the violin concerto has as much glorious music.

[QuickTidal]

UseOfWeapons, on 02 August 2011 - 05:18 PM, said:

Two exquisite pieces of music here. One for my instrument, the clarinet, with cello and orchestra. Nothing revolutionary, just sublime melody: Massenet's 'Sous Les Tilleuls' from his Scènes Alsaciennes

This first piece is lovely!

[Use Of Weapons]

Are you saying you don't like the Elgar?

[Use Of Weapons]

Try this: The Air de ballet (also known as the Pantomime music) from Gretry's ballet 'Zémire et Azor'. Reminds me a lot of the Boccherini minuet linked above, as it has that same 18th century air of elegance and refinement. The main melody is beautifully simple.

This post has been edited by Use Of Weapons: 13 January 2013 - 12:50 PM