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bachdois wrote:
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Have any of you guys listened to Beethoven's late string quartets? (Just to not mention Bach... Again)


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Maybe. Lol got a YouTube link? Beethoven is badass...


Found this one Scott:

http://youtu.be/xjUh11EPGcM

These six quartets (counting the Große Fuge) are Beethoven's last major, completed compositions. Although dismissed by the musicians and audiences of Beethoven's time, they are widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, and have inspired many composers and musicians. Igor Stravinsky described the Große Fuge as "an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever". Richard Wagner, when reflecting on Op. 131's first movement, said that it "reveals the most melancholy sentiment expressed in music"


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Listening now. I am no expert, but I like it. Makes me want to go out and crush evil...

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Post Re: Favorite classical compositions and composers?
Geez, I have a lot of listening to do now. Mine would be Mendelssohn's Songs without words.

All 2 hours (booyah)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1uvYdW8MSk[/youtube]

First piece (3 minutes)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIU70B6K7Ls[/youtube]

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greg wrote:
One of my favorites:

György Ligeti (1923-2006): String quartet No.1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63oXhUSEl9c[/youtube]

also

Arvo Pärt - "Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRZLxxR23K4[/youtube]


Awesome.

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Stravinsky. Bartok. Bach. Mussorgsky.

I love Penderecki. Not party music.

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Ok... Gotta choose: it's 7:45am, today I either listen to all this music or I practice.... Hmmmm


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Post Re: Favorite classical compositions and composers?
I'm not really into "classical classical" music (save for Bach - everyone loves Bach, I guess), but I do love some contemporary classical music: Stravinsky (all of, but especially the "Russian" early works), Musorgsky, certain Prokofiev's works, Britten (just watched his "Turn of the Screw" in the Mariinsky last night), some works by Berio (including, of course, the "Folk Songs"), probably some Ligeti.

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I heard Debussy at a very young age and that informed my harmonic sensibility enormously

La Mer is a masterpiece so for this poll it gets my vote .

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Wow, there's days of good listening already. You all have great taste!

My favorite classical composer of piano bad-assed-ness (today--ask me tomorrow and I'll deny everything!) is Rachmaninoff, but he has so many good ones. I cheated and posted a link to "Best of Rachmaninoff," almost 3 hours (!) of his stuff. That's been on play all morning and I'm ready to listen again!

(0:00) Piano Concerto No.2 in Cm Op.18 - I. Moderato
(9:19) Piano Concerto No.2 in Cm Op.18 - II. Adagio sostenuto
(19:50) Piano Concerto No.3 in Dm Op.30 - I. Allegro
(34:46) Piano Concerto No.4 in Gm Op.40 - III. Allegro vivace
(43:26) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
(1:04:04) Symphony No.1 in Dm Op.13 - I. Grave - Allegro ma non troppo
(1:17:52) Symphony No.2 in Em Op.27 - III. Adagio
(1:33:00) Symphonic Dances Op.45 - I. Non allegro
(1:44:59) Prelude Op.23 No.02 in Bbm - Maestoso
(1:48:41) Prelude Op.23 No.10 in Gbm - Largo
(1:52:49) Morceaux de Salon Op.10 - No.5 in G - Humoresque
(1:59:57) Etudes-tableaux Op.39 - Allegro moderato - Tempo di marcia in D No.9
(2:03:37) Cello Sonata in Gm Op.19 - III. Andante
(2:09:19) The Bells Op.35 - III. Presto
(2:18:10) Vespers Op.37 - Bless the Lord, O my soul
(2:23:03) Francesca da Rimini Op.25 - I. Prologue
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Post Re: Favorite classical compositions and composers?
I love the Romantic composers. Mendelssohn has already been mentioned by Gene.
Another would be Mahler:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP1Ndx2p14Q[/youtube]

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I have a story to go along with this one so bear with me for a second. I was in the university music program back around 1982-1984 ish. It wouldn't be until 1986 that Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings" was popularized by its inclusion in the movie "Platoon". I had a buddy who was a viola player and the university string ensemble took a crack at the piece. At first they were going to shelve it because even though it wasn't technically difficult, it was a very difficult piece for the ensemble to play together and convey the feel of the piece. They wanted to perform it badly though so they promised their conductor they'd put in the extra time to get it right. When performance night came, a bunch of us were in attendance and we'd never heard the piece before. It was unbelievable! They nailed the performance. The auditorium was completely silent for the duration of it. When the piece ended, there were a few seconds before the first sound of applause even started as a sizable auditorium full of people sat with their mouths open trying to compute what they'd just heard.

That performance is still in my top 5 of those fleeting musical moments that you can never get back but you'll always remember. The performance below is a 2013 performance of the piece by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcflwUYYoXk[/youtube]

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