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Since the new music this year is failing massively, I have recently started to re-listen to my classical music stash, but it seems to be very limited. Anyone have some favorite Symphonies they want to offer for me to get?
Some of my favorites (if that helps anyone with suggestions) are: Gorecki's 3rd Tchaikovsky's 4th Beethoven's 6th Anyone have anything they would like to suggest? I am open to anything, regardless of obscurity. |
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Beethoven's 3rd, Eroica (for Heroic... not erotica), is also good. His 5th and 9th are obvious choices.
Mahler's 1st is great. I'm a big fan of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade. Also check out Rachmaninoff's piano concertos, specifically No. 2 If you want to kill 90 minutes, Verdi's Requiem. And if you want some Bach Cantatas go for #4 Christ lag in todesbanden and #140 Wachet auf. They're not all symphonies, but great pieces of music nonetheless.
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Mendelssohn 4th ("Italian") -- Music from the movie "Breaking Away". Uplifting stuff.
Howard Hanson 2nd ("Romantic") -- wonderful 20th Century piece but very accessible. You'll hear where John Williams got a LOT of his Star Wars music inspiration from. Also, the end of the first mvt. is known as the "Interlochen theme" and is a traditional piece played there. Beethoven 6th ("Pastoral")--- close to the heart of the master. If you love being out in the great outdoors, this one is special. |
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I have been a season subscriber to the fabulous Milwaukee Symphony for years. This next year, Maestro Andreas Delfs' last year, they will do Mahler's 8th, Beethoven's 9th, the complete Brahms symphonies and bring in several huge names. What a treat to have such a great orchestra here.
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Shostakovich's 5th Symphony (incidentally, the guy who did music for "Clear and Present Danger" stole a good bit from the 3rd movement)
Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto Copland's Appalachian Spring Holst's First Suite in Eb, Second Suite in F (just for good measure)
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Not exactly what you're looking for, but the interludes between, before and after opera "movements" generally give me a music boner.
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Some really good stuff I've been listening to lately include:
Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique Respighi's Pines of Rome Strauss' Death and Transfiguration Smetana's Die Moldau Sibelius' Lemminkaeinen Legends and En Saga I really love Sibelius' work. I also listen to a lot of chamber music My daughter is crazy about Shostakovich's string quartets so I recently bought her the whole set and the scores and I love listening to them Dvorak's American string quartet is great stuff. Grieg's String Quartet in G Minor is outstanding |
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Dvorak's Symphony for the New World. Love the 2nd and 4th movements.
Anything from Bach. Start with any of the Brandenberg Concertos.
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I saw someone else mention Copland. I like Fanfare for the common man. It feels like it could be music for NFL films. Maybe I'm just pumped after the spring game. |
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Hmmm! Nice Choice. This symphony has a very nice variety of musical surprises for the listener. His 7th and 3rd Symphonies are my favorites.
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Minor: 2nd Movement - "MASH" finale is extremely nice to listen while driving long distances. Chamber Music: Mozart Wind Serenade "Grand Partitia" (Listen to Samples 1-5, the 3rd is very popular. The entire piece is a musical feast!) Quote:
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If you like both rock and classical music, try MUSE and see if you like their stuff. Big influences include Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and...Queen.
![]() YouTube - Muse - Apocalypse Please
This is pretty much the best music I've heard since grunge/alt rock died in the 90s. If it helps my argument for Muse at all, I'm also a classically trained pianist that plays guitar, drums, and sings as well (to varying degrees of proficiency). ![]() |
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Lots of great suggestions on here - this is definitely one of my all time favorites. I have a Van Cliburn recording that I love. Since I played organ for years Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor is a favorite of mine - trust me, you've heard it. I also sing and this year I'm finally getting a chance to do Carmina Burana - O Fortuna. It's so ridiculously simple to sing but amazing when it's all put together. |
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but, I know a lot of girls that play the pipe organ. ![]() I was in boys choir the loves MSU part is easy I just didn't know that you liked classical music is all.... I'll not go any further! We did have a good movie match though! ![]()
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I thought that was the skinflute? ![]() ![]() I wouldn't say classical music is my favorite musical genre - but between the singing and instruments I've played through the years I've picked up a few things! |
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