Everyone has a favourite calssical piece they just often don't know it.

Sidhe said:
I think it was Bachs desire to write music that even God would admire or at least do him justice, I put up a link to his most famous Organ piece in the last classical thread, I must go and listen to it again. Organs, instruments you can hear several miles away :)
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Oh yeah. When I was introduced to it by a room mate (who was a musician, previously played in the Marine Corps band) in the barracks while serving, I was told his (Bachs) works were originally written and played as "church music" - as we would call it today. After listening to a number of his works I thought, "man, they had it good back then. THIS, is what I call 'church music' worth listening to." Heck, I'd go to church just to listen to it.

I used to go to big, grand cathedrals (yes we do have a few here in the U.S.) when I was a kid, ones with the huge system of pipes throughout the place, it was all pretty impressive. But, I must say the QUALITY of music they play, nowadays, has fallen off quite a bit since Bachs time. Another case of "they don't make 'em like they used to".

I think if the organist was to mix in a few choice works from Bach during the service in one of those places, the people would take notice and say, "wow, what's that...?"

I used to dream I'd someday be able to play an organ like that (had a few years of piano lessons as a kid, like everyone else)... but, realisitically, I know I'm never going to play an organ at that level. :lol:

Would be nice, though... but, my brain is probably to old to learn to be that coordinated.
 
My favorite is probably Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
 
Bach also wrote many secular pieces. His Well tempered Clavier has no religious meaning to it and those 48 pieces are a challenge to all keyboard players alike. He wrote many pieces that challenge just about every known instrument at that time.
 
Since your obviously an authority on classical music, I'd be interested to hear what you think are your favourite pieces?
 
Sidhe said:
Since your obviously an authority on classical music, I'd be interested to hear what you think are your favourite pieces?
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I could give you a list, but that will have to come tomorrow.
 
Lambert Simnel said:
I suppose the point with the 8th is that it's almost impossible to have that as a route into Beethoven, because no-one plays it (well, not no-one, but hopefully you get what I mean). So you must have heard the majestic 7th, overpowering 9th, revolutionary 3rd, dramatic 5th or the sublime 6th as well. And then still gone for the quite nice 8th. Weird :confused:
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I guess quite nice is my style then. I do like all of Beethoven's symphonies, #s 3 and 7 are also favourites. I've seen #8 performed in concert by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, most of the people there I spoke with quite enjoyed it too. Toronto is a dull and "nice" place so I guess that's why we like it.

I like the 9th, but I've heard it so many times it's worn thin on me.

Lambert Simnel said:
I'm not aware of Disney making use of La Mer at all. He did intend the quite slight "Claire de Lune" to be included in Fantasia (but it got cut). Are you possibly confusing him with another composer ?
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I'm not saying Debussy has been in Disney films, his music just sounds like a Disney soundtrack to me.
 
I think its called "God under thunder mountain".
 
Some stuff by Mussorgski (old Castle and night on bald mountain) Grieg (several, 'the wedding' and 'march of the dwarves' among them) and Prokofiev (dance of the knights). Swan lake is probably the one which makes me feel more things though, since i remember watching the story in cartoons and crying as a kid :)

I collect midi's from old computer games from time to time, since i associate them naturally with the game itself, and the hours i had spend playing them. So soundtracks from various adventures or strategy games are also dear to me. Infact i am very fond of the midi format, and prefer it to anything else! :)

Of the pc games music my favourite are from warcraft. The theme of the orcs is wonderfull imo, and close to stuff by Grieg :)

Also i've always liked this little piece: http://home.earthlink.net/~presnell/index.html (wait till the page loads)

Unfortunately it doesnt name the composer
 
Sidhe said:
I think it was Bachs desire to write music that even God would admire or at least do him justice, I put up a link to his most famous Organ piece in the last classical thread, I must go and listen to it again. Organs, instruments you can hear several miles away :)
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Didn't think there would be another organ amateur in here (other than me :p)
Do you actually play organ too? 'coz I need some advice...

BTW : Go go bach organ music :)
Could listen to it all day long for week (and actually did for some periods !!!). While working, on travel, playing games, surfing the net...


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Mirc said:
How to decide... I bet I have more classical music in my computer than most of the people here.
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I own like 250+ classical music original CDs. From which there are like 60+ Bach, from which like 30+ Organ music.
Do you beat that ? :D
 
Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony is stunning as are Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos.

i especailly like Rachmaninoff's bold and 'Russian-esque' style.

i also enjoy some of Elgar's works as well as Debussy's. very elegant...
 
Hmm, off the top of my head:

Carmina Burana by Karl Orff
Le Sacre du Printemps and Petruschka by Stravinksy
Bach in general when played by Glenn Gould...

I also like early medieval music:

ie. the song cycles of Jaufre Rudel and Martin Codax in the CD Distant Love by Paul Hillier and Andrew Lawrence King. Amazing music, voice and poetry...
 
jonatas said:
I also like early medieval music:

ie. the song cycles of Jaufre Rudel and Martin Codax in the CD Distant Love by Paul Hillier and Andrew Lawrence King. Amazing music, voice and poetry...
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Good stuff. I'm also partial to Guillaume de Machaut.
 
sysyphus said:
Good stuff. I'm also partial to Guillaume de Machaut.
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I'm not familiar with Machaut, though I've heard of him before. I tend to prefer the trobadors (Occitan speaking) and am much more familiar with them than the trouveres (Old French). Machaut is a later development (final phase actually) to a movement which begins with Guillaume of Aquitaine and includes Cercamon, Marcabru, Jaufre Rudel etc. from Southern France.

For anyone who's interested in this sort of stuff, do check out Distant Love by Paul Hillier/Andrew Lawrence-King.
 
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