Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
Lady Kenshin (post: 1297805) wrote:Mozart's Requiem, especially Lacrimosa and the Dies Irae!
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
EricTheFred (post: 1304796) wrote:KagayakiWashi:
After going through your list, I have a couple suggestions for you.
You may have heard of "Professor Shickele", the guy who does the 'PDQ Bach' albums. Check out some of his serious stuff (as Peter Shickele). My favorite CD from him has his first string quartet, piano quintet and fourth (I think) string quartet. Remarkable stuff.
Also, if you like Shostakovich, you may enjoy one of his students, Andrei Eshpai. I have several recordings (mostly reprinted soviet stuff) including most of his symphonies, but my absolute favorite from him is his Flute Concerto.
KagayakiWashi (post: 1304806) wrote:Cool, I'll have to check Eshpai out.
As for PDQ Bach, I've seen a DVD of some of his stuff.....my favorite was the "Conductor Vs. Orshestra" rendition of Beethoven's 5th....but I'm not sure if that DVD had any of his "serious" music on it.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
KagayakiWashi (post: 1304162) wrote:Totally didn't see this thread before.
I LOVE classical music from all periods, it's somewhat of a passion of mine. It began with my obsession with film scores and listening to the people who influenced them.....as well as a viewing of "Amadeus" on my 20th birthday.
First of all, I should mention Dmitri Shostakovich. I personally think he gets overlooked. He might be my favorite, just because his music is so accessible and covers all kinds of forms, but it's hard because there's alot of music out there, hahaha. I don't care who says he copied from this person or that person or how "unoriginal" he might be, he wrote good music that my ears enjoy hearing. From the light and, dare I say, "poppy" Jazz suites to the harshness of the 4th Symphony or 8th String Quartet, I really like this guy. I was recently listening through Shostakovich's piano works and they are simply wonderful (especially the trios).
Next might be Ludwig van Beethoven. His piano music is wonderful (I'm listening through his sonatas right now), but his symphonies are simply amazing, especially the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th. Really good stuff there.
Richard Wagner is also a candidate for my favorite, but you have to be in the mood, since about 95% of his musical output was opera, and I really can't listen to opera day in day out. The problem with Wagner is that there are really good highpoints in his operas, but then there's the long, slow, passages of narrative importance that has little interesting music. Der Ring Des Nibelungen might very well be the greatest piece of musical art ever written.
Igor Stravinsky is another one of my favorites. His earlier works interest me more than his later works. I got into listening to Stravinsky after I kept hearing that Danny Elfman claims him as one of his biggest influences. Very, very different and interesting music. Petrouchka, The Firebird, and The Rite of Spring are favorites of mine.
Recently, I've been listening to more Bach and Handel and gaining an appreciation for the music from that era. Mozart also wrote some good music, though it pretty much all sounds the same to me ("Don Giovanni", the last "Requiem Mass", and the piano concertos are all favorites).
Franz Liszt wrote incredible music for the piano. I especially love his "Hungarian Rhapsodies" and his piano transcriptions from Beethoven's symphonies.
As far as modern day "classical music" composers go, Danny Elfman (Serenada Schizophrana) and Philip Glass are at the top of my list. And if we delve into film scores, Lalo Schifrin, Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, and John Williams are also favorites.
I almost forget Frank Zappa, who was not only an excellent guitarist, jazz composer, and satirical songwriter, but who also wrote plenty of "classical music".
Favorite works:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Various Wind Concertos (conducted by Karl Bohm), The Piano Concertos (performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy), Don Giovanni (conducted by John Elliot Gardiner)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonies 5, 6, 7, 9 (conducted by Georg Solti), "Moonlight Sonata", and Piano Sonata 32 (performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy)
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz #1, Totentanz, Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Themes (performed by Jeorge Bolet), Beethoven Symphony Transcriptions (performed by Cyprian Katsaris), The Hungarian Rhapsodies.
Carl Maria von Weber: "Der Frieschutz", Horn Concerto
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Niebelungen, Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser (conducted by Georg Solti)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony #1 (conducted by Georg Solti)
Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore, Patience, Iolanthe, Ruddigore
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Petrouchka, Scherzo a la Russe, Violin Concerto in D, various smaller works (conducted by Igor Stravinsky)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphonies 4, 7, and 12 (conducted by Bernard Haitnik), Jazz Suites 1 and 2, Moscow-Cheremushki suite, Preludes and Fuges Op. 87, String Quartet no. 8, The Songs of the Forest, The Execution of Stepan Razin
Frank Zappa: Strictly Genteel, Pedro's Dowry, Bogus Pomp (LSO versions), Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat, *-**** Tornado (Yellow Shark Versions)
Philip Glass: Glassworks, Heroes Symphony, Symphony 3,
Danny Elfman: Serenada Schizophrana
RandomBurrito (post: 1305200) wrote:The Nocturne I was talking about is called Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 from Chopin.
Maokun: Ninjas or Pirates? (Vikings are not a valid answer, sorry)
EricTheFred: Vikings are always a valid answer.
EricTheFred (post: 1305307) wrote:I like this one, too. Think I have the music for it somewhere around here, but I've never got around to tackling it.
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