Does anyone listen to classical anymore?

[pharoh]

I love all the different types of music thats out there, but there is something about classical that I just love. take 2 examples: Beethoven's entire 5th symphany and Bach's fuge in D minor.....Turn off any light you have in the house, and just listen and give it a chance...I mean if you want to talk about music that is moving.....listen to them. You don't need lyrics to "feel" a song. It is so.....powerful.

I know ppl might think I am talking out my ass, but tell me your thoughts please

[Reaper]

Yep, I catch some of the classics now and then when I want to wind down. I used to listen to 91.7 and 90.5 a lot more in the mid 90s as it was great soothing music. These days I might need to return to more listening. Life is just too much of a crock anymore.

[Guest Megalicious]

Its amazing to me the way that classical makes me feel. Yet there are no words... its just that moving and powerful ...... YOU FEEL .. it reminds me of old blues..... (even it it has words) Its music that you can FEEL deep down in your soul ..and allows your soul to reachout ....

[pharoh]

Its amazing to me the way that classical makes me feel. Yet there are no words... its just that moving and powerful ...... YOU FEEL ..  it reminds me of old blues..... (even it it has words)  Its music that you can FEEL deep down in your soul ..and allows your soul  to reachout ....

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Wow I think I am in love lol

Very well put. and I cannot aggree more. =)

[n0Mad]

I love classical and especially enjoy it when I'm bathing (along with candles, incense, and such). Some of my favorite composers are Tchaikovsky (I often get "Swan Lake" stuck in my head), Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Holst, and many more.

Another style of music I love is Flamenco.

[detroitrequiem]

Here are some suggestions for all of you into classical music:

for organ music like Bach try Buxtehude very gothic organ music

Samuel Barber-Adagio for Strings or my favorite "the coolin"

Mozart Clarinet Concerto #5 I believe

Chopin's Nocturnes are very nice piano music

Brahm's Requiem

anything by Josquin De Prez, Palestrina, for Medieval chant music

Ubi Caritas by Durfle beautiful piece of music

For intensity: try Verdi's Requiem (Dies Irae "day of wrath") or of course Carmina Burana by Orff (both wonderful pieces to sing live with a full orchestra)

for fun playful music:William Tell overture should remind you of Bugs Bunny and the Lone Ranger and anything by Tchaikovsky

for modern very dark gothic but classical try John Tavernor

if you want the best gregorian singing out there try John Rutter with the Cambridge choir. There is a CD called "Brother, Sun, Sister, Moon" It is a tribute to St. Francis of Assisi (the most beauitful singing you'll ever hear)

hope this helps:)

good night

robert

[Homicidalheathen]

Thanks. I needed some new stuff. I get tired of the old stuff.

Anyone like the Kronos Quartet and did anyone get the requiem for a dream soundtrack?

Here are some suggestions for all of you into classical music:

for organ music like Bach try Buxtehude very gothic organ music

Samuel Barber-Adagio for Strings or my favorite "the coolin"

Mozart Clarinet Concerto #5 I believe

Chopin's Nocturnes are very nice piano music

Brahm's Requiem

anything by Josquin De Prez, Palestrina, for Medieval chant music

Ubi Caritas by Durfle beautiful piece of music

For intensity: try Verdi's Requiem (Dies Irae "day of wrath") or of course Carmina Burana by Orff (both wonderful pieces to sing live with a full orchestra)

for fun playful music:William Tell overture should remind you of Bugs Bunny and the Lone Ranger and anything by Tchaikovsky

for modern very dark gothic but classical try John Tavernor

if you want the best gregorian singing out there try John Rutter with the Cambridge choir. There is a CD called "Brother, Sun, Sister, Moon" It is a tribute to St. Francis of Assisi  (the most beauitful singing you'll ever hear)

hope this helps:)

good night

robert

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[gothicmom]

I enjoy classical music every now and then. It's quite soothing.

[n0Mad]

Nice list Robert. Thanks for that.

Not really classical per se, but does anybody know some good sources to check out for Tanchaz?

[detroitrequiem]

The kronus quartet's cd "dark angels" is great. They are also wonderful live if you ever get the chance to see them

[mauraway]

Classical music is what I was raised on. We weren't allowed to listen to "rock" music ... I had to do that on the sly. So classical is like bread and butter to me, the only thing I ever listened to until punk rock and new wave came along in the late 70s.

Too many years of playing instruments and ballet classes, so its kinda ingrained into my soul now. I couldn't stop listening / playing classical even if I wanted to.

Anyone in the Ann Arbor area who wants to play music with me, I'm still looking...

[Blackmail]

Arthur Bliss, Vladimir Horowitz, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Joseph haydn, Gustav Holst, Jean Sibelius......

....But the best classical piece is obviously Pachelbel's Canon.

[Guest Megalicious]

Wow I think I am in love lol

Very well put. and I cannot aggree more. =)

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awww thank you Im flattered .... :blushing. However ... my heart belongs to someone else for the moment. =) Classical is something all its own. I dont think it get the respect it deserves thesse days. The majorty of ppl would rather listen to crappy pop rock that all sounds the same, instead of something that has musical substance..... its sad really.

[detroitrequiem]

I had a few friend sthat had a pagan wedding and used Pachelbell's Cannon. It was beautiful. I went to a seminar on music and the brain the other day. The speakers showed that listening, performing, creating classical music can stimulate neural impulses in the brain that can help you to retain information more and make you smarter. The Mozart effect is similar to that as well.

[ZhukovCodeslinger]

I listen to some every now and then. Holliwood and I bought a bunch of Russian classical a few weeks ago. I also listen to Martial music.... I have been contemplating getting a bunch of Rhodesian Marching songs... but I was told that we now have a ban on bagpipe music even if it is NOT scottish.

[DarkVampire]

Classical? Best music of the past and present. To name some of my favorite composers; Wagner, Strauss Jr and Sr, Mozart, Tchaikovsky,, Berlioz to name a few.

[Head Wreck]

i listen to classic FM, just dont ask me whats currently playing on there.

and i have been in a few operahs. as an extra, but you have to be able to like the music after 9 months rehersals and then 7 days running

[phee]

The simple answer.... yes

[Fierce Critter]

....But the best classical piece is obviously Pachelbel's Canon.

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Funny that. I was thinking about how much I love that piece and wondered if anyone was going to mention it.

I admit to having a mind block when it comes to classical. I mostly can't get into it when it comes to listening around the house. I get bored by it, and that may have something to do with the fact that I'm a vocalist and therefore tend to latch on to vocal parts as a determining factor as to how much I do or don't like a piece of music. That said, I also can't get into opera. They say you can't appreciate opera until you've seen it live, and I can dig that.

I own a few instrumental pieces that I listen to once in a great while, including Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Pachelbel's Canon, and a piece by Gorecki that I only knew about because a friend of mine was in an orchestra that performed the piece and I loved it, so I bought a CD with a performance of it.

Now, live performance of classical is another story altogether. I LOVE going to see the symphony. To me, it's almost like a sporting event. I love to watch the conductor directing, and then watching the intensity on the faces of the musicians. I love the interplay of brass and then strings and then woodwinds, etc. and anticipating and watching each section come in. I haven't seen the symphony in years and I'm hungry for it.

[n0Mad]

I used to drum in an eclectic band that was a mix of rock, punk, blues, and funk and we covered Pachelbel's "Canon". I'll have to dig up an MP3 and post it somewhere.

[detroitrequiem]

Spook, that sounds cool. I would really like to hear it!

[holliwood66]

yes, always have and always will *smile* I was raised on Romantic, Classical and Baroque music - and I am thankful for it. My favorite composers:

Beethoven

Chopin

Rachmaninov

Stravinski

Berlioz

Strauss...all 3 of them! lol

Bach

Debussy

Mozart

Vivaldi

Wagner

Devorak

[kellygrrrrrl]

I like to listen to it when I am trying to sleep...I close my eyes and imagine images and scenery kind of like "Fantasia" stuff.

[detroitrequiem]

"Wagner"

When I was studiying music in college, I did a paper on Wagner. His great great grandson gave a lecture at the College of Musical Arts. He was so creepy. He looked like something out of Nosferatu:) He was going around trying to make amends to jewish communities for the anti semetism that Wagner himself proclaimed when he was writing his big operatic works. He gave me some interesting insight on the ring cycle and other stuff.

I recommend for this holiday season get a copy of "ubi Caritas" by Durfle. Turn out the lights, lay in bed with your significant other, or just stare at the snow outside at night. It's a beauitful song. Try also Taverner's "Lamb" and Samuel Barber's "the coolin". When I went to Greece a long time ago. I visited the oracles of Delphi. I sat on the edge of the mountainside and listened to "the coolin". Looking over the vally that the oracle sits on was so beauitful. It was known as a fertility sight a long time ago. It made me think of all the people in the past that probably made love on the mountain throughout the years. If you ever get the chance to visit Greece, GO! Go check out Delphi, Crete, and Santerini especially. There are so many beauitful places out there that we all should experience with good classical music at our side. If you have children, play Mozart's Clarintet concerto #5. Have the kids close their eyes and move their bodies to the music. I do this with my kindergarten classes and it's really cute. They really understand music at a level we forget as we grow older. I hope you all find peace and happiness this holiday season.

have a nice day

[Rozzlyn]

I was a classically-trained singer from the age of three to the age of 17, singing competitively until I was 15.

I listen to it occasionally, especially Cecelia Bartoli and Aris Christofellis. Angelo Manzotti is also good.

Favourite composters include Broschi, Handel, and Salieri. Mozart is brilliant, but a little on the overrated end.