Classical music fans

[LinaBellus]

Hi,

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

 

[tansy]

I do like classical music but can't say I'm very knowledgeable about it.
Two of the things I love are Pachelbel's Canon and
Jules Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs. The former sends shivers down my spine and the latter is just beautiful, I think

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Hi,

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

Hi LinaBellus,

I'm not the biggest fan of Classical Music, but I do have a number of pieces I REALLY like. Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of them, Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" is another (below)--Awesome!!

.

 

[musicalpilgrim]

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

Hi, welcome to the forum in Jesus name, yes, I love classical music...at the moment I am playing Scarlatti, and also Grieg's Wedding Day.

Pachelbel's Canon and
Jules Massenet's Meditation from Thaïs. The former sends shivers down my spine and the latter is just beautiful, I think

and yes tansy, I like your pieces too. I used to play both pieces on the pipe organ in my days as a Church organist. Now retired and back on the piano.

 

[Archie the Preacher]

Hard to pick a 'favorite'. I rather like most of Aaron Copeland's work. Tchaikovsky always moves and interests me. Of course I like the usual suspects, Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart. Hildegarde of Bingen is interesting.

And pretty much anything Liberace played.

I don't like John Cage. How's that?

 

[geiroffenberg]

Hi,

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

the piano/haprischord suites by bach, the goldberg variations by bach, the brandburg concertos - bach.....did i mention bach?

 

[Speed112]

Hi, Lina,

I wouldn't call myself a classical music fan, but I've spent many hours at opera concerts and listen to classical music rather often (among my many other preferred genres) and appreciate it greatly.

The one piece I enjoy most is Beethoven's Kreutzer on violin:

Orchestral music and opera is just generally great, but it can get stale sometimes for me.

 

[tulc]

Samuel Ramey , Placido Domingo and Mirella Fereni in "Tosca" especially Te Deum here's a sample

 

[tulc]

Although this guy is also great!:

 

[tulc]

or this:

tulc(seriously!)

 

[tulc]

or this:

tulc(likes this thread!)

 

[Abraxos]

Hi,

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

I find Gil Shaman to be very smooth on the violin, and in my opinion the best to attempt Carmen Fantasy. "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (first movement)" by Mozart is another.

Do you have any recommendations?

 

[tulc]

or this:

tulc(fetching more coffee)

 

[John Hyperspace]

One of the questions that's difficult to answer because there's so much. I suppose if I had to pick a representative, then my favorite is probably Wagner. Maybe Verdi. Maybe Orff. I like Holst. Basil Poledouris is contemporary but his music is so great it deserves a mention, if we remove any temporal constraints to the reply.

Probably my favorites are Tannhäuser, and the Ring cycle. Don Carlos. I don't know, there's a lot and I forget the names.

 

[tulc]

One aspect of classical I like is that it comes in so many different incarnations modern musicians taking classical pieces and showing at one point "classical" used to be modern. Like this one:

tulc(might want to turn down the volume on this one)

 

[Monk Brendan]

Are there any members who like classical music? If so, I would be curious to know what your favorite pieces are, or favorite composers. I hope I'm not the only classical music geek here. (and I'm not even a 'geek').

My favorites are a mixed bunch. Beethoven 9th Symphony 4th movement, Copeland, Ode to the Common Man, Bizet's Carmen, I like a lot of operas. I also like Leonard Bernstein, and some Steven Sondheim. But there are a lot more.

 

[tansy]

Just remembered, I love Handel's Messiah..the whole thing, not just the Halleluiah Chorus. It's so encouraging to listen to when doing housework or whatever, as it basically goes through the whole Bible, reminding us of our hope in Christ.

 

[LinaBellus]

Hi LinaBellus,

I'm not the biggest fan of Classical Music, but I do have a number of pieces I REALLY like. Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of them, Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" is another (below)--Awesome!!

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I love both! The piece by Prokofiev from "Romeo and Juliet" is actually called Montagues and Capulets. But it is awesome, indeed!

 

[LinaBellus]

Hi, welcome to the forum in Jesus name, yes, I love classical music...at the moment I am playing Scarlatti, and also Grieg's Wedding Day.

Call me mainstream, but my favorite is the Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 haha

 

[LinaBellus]

Hard to pick a 'favorite'. I rather like most of Aaron Copeland's work. Tchaikovsky always moves and interests me. Of course I like the usual suspects, Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart. Hildegarde of Bingen is interesting.

Tchaikovsky is my all time favorite, I love his music! Oh, and for some reason I don't really like John Cage either ??