RABid Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 For a change I brough some classical music to work. Two of my favorites are Portrait of Vladimir Horowitz Mahler Symphony No.2 - London Symphony Orchestra Does anyone here ever listen to classical? If so, what do you like? Robert This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 The Perahia "Goldberg Variations" are very good and are my current choice for work listening. The Volodos Schubert is probably next on my to-buy list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudeep Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 mainly the very popular stuff...im still building the collection...plus ive taken up classical piano so listening/playing lots of bach. I love the cello, so have Elgar (i think) plus Bachs preludes. ANd finally have started to get a bit more into chamber music like the Trout etc especially quartets/quintets...they sound really pure to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojje Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 I like Satie, technically simple with nice melodies and harmonies that you can fool around with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Gould Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Miserere - Allegri The Planets - Holst Scheherzade - Rimsky-Korsakov 7th & 9th Symphonies - Beethoven Finlandia - Sibelius Organ Concerto - Saint Saens Eine Alpensinfonie - Richard Strauss If those don't inspire you to start stealing riffs & chord progressions, take up karaoke! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris c Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Gosh, there's so much good stuff ... A few favorites, though: Chopin piano pieces (I like "My Favorite Chopin," by Van Cliburn) Aaron Copeland, "Appalachian Spring" Brahms Piano Concerti Nos. 2 and 3 Dvorak's "New World" symphony Most anything by Debussy ... I usually go in phases where I listen to a lot of classical music for a while, then don't listen to almost any .... This post makes me want to dust off a few discs, though, for sure. thanks! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly Nightshade Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 Debussy piano works on Nonesuch label as played by Paul Jacobs! Evelyn Glennie! with marvelous classical pianist who can improvise- Phillip Smith! Classical guitar for ultra mellow moods... Ravel "la tombeau de couperin" and all that! Ondine! Scarbo the dwarf! the Gibbet! Anything conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas! The Art of the Fugue! A WOP BOP A LU BOP, A LOP BAM BOOM! "There is nothing I regret so much as my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well?" -Henry David Thoreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Too many to mention... But recently, I took a short vacation and I drove for two hours to the mountains. I put the Goldbergs played by Keith Jarrett in the car stereo, of all things... and on *harpsicord*! My friend and I listened in awe without saying a word. Amazing!! Also, Strvinsky's "Rite of Spring" by Zubin Metha Chopin's "Studies" by Pollini Shostakovitch "Preludes and Fugues" by K. Sherbakov and of course the Well Tempered Clavier played by Glenn Gould - I listen to it once a month at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbajazz Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Marino - is the Glenn GOuld performance on piano or harpsichord? I'm looking for a nice piano performance. My list topper is the Brahms BbM Piano Concerto. It's such a powerful piece. Of the biggies, his music always seems to fall into my fingers, too. All of his short piano pieces. Pick a Brandenburg, or the 2 Violin Concerto by Bach. I also love the Solti-Chicago recordings of the Beethoven symphonies. Does anyone have a favorite recording of "The Rites of Spring" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted April 20, 2002 Share Posted April 20, 2002 Originally posted by Bubbajazz: Marino - is the Glenn GOuld performance on piano or harpsichord? I'm looking for a nice piano performance. My list topper is the Brahms BbM Piano Concerto. It's such a powerful piece. Of the biggies, his music always seems to fall into my fingers, too. All of his short piano pieces. Does anyone have a favorite recording of "The Rites of Spring"Gould played the WTC on the piano - he very seldom played harpsicord. It's one of his greatest recordings IMO. BTW I DON'T advice his recording of the Brahms Bb concerto with Bernstein. It's so slow and peculiar, I feel you should hear a more "normal" interpretation before Gould's. I have two version of the Rite of Spring - by S.Ozawa and Z.Metha. Both are excellent. Carlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbajazz Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 Thanks, Carlo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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