gfxgfx
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
logo
 
gfx gfx
gfx
680598 Posts in 27600 Topics by 4068 Members - Latest Member: Dae Lims March 28, 2024, 06:08:54 PM
*
gfx*HomeHelpSearchCalendarLoginRegistergfx
gfxgfx
0 Members and 16 Guests are viewing this topic.       « previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 ... 13 Go Down Print
Author Topic: I Hear A Symphony: A "classical" music topic?  (Read 90209 times)
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #25 on: April 06, 2015, 02:13:01 AM »

Love the choice of music, guys (including The Ventures!). Actually I'm listening to the Roussel symphony now. Thanks for the tip, rn57. Stirring stuff, which oddly puts me in mind of Shostakovich at times. I know, have and love his Le festin de l'araignée orchestral suite but that's about it...
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
halblaineisgood
Guest
« Reply #26 on: April 07, 2015, 06:50:45 PM »

Here's some more Glenn Gould/Bach : https://www.sendspace.com/file/khi534
Dig it.
Logged
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2015, 01:15:01 AM »

Here's some more Glenn Gould/Bach : https://www.sendspace.com/file/khi534
Dig it.

Can't beat Mr Gould. In fact, it's just about the only way I can listen to Bach. The man's a genius (Glenn Gould, I mean). Grin 
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
Fire Wind
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 299



View Profile
« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2015, 01:57:04 PM »

One of my favourite Bach pieces is 'Erbame Dich' from the St Matthew Passion.  Seen the passion performed a couple of times, but with a woman in the role.  Someday, hopefully I'll get to hear a counter-tenor singing it, given that, like many here I assume, I have a penchant for men singing high.  Here's the John Eliot Gardiner version -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Vi8GrdGao

My favourite classical guy is probably Wagner, particularly the late stuff, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde, The Ring.  Bite-sized chunks lose the power, though, so I don't have particularly favourite clips to post.

Not sure about a favourite symphonist.  Often, I prefer their chamber works or other stuff.  Mozart's piano concertos, plus his operas, and Schubert's string quartets.  One symphonist I like a lot is Bruckner, particularly his 7th and 9th symphonies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYj1mDIz6_M

One guy I tried exploring a while back was Hugo Wolf, though never made it all the way through his songbooks.  Fantastic songs, though.  Here's a favourite, 'Der Knabe und das Immlein' from his Morike Lieder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVRHwUsG9oA



« Last Edit: April 08, 2015, 01:58:46 PM by Fire Wind » Logged

I still can taste the ocean breeze...
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #29 on: April 14, 2015, 02:58:04 AM »

Love Bruckner's Ninth. Wagner's orchestral music too, but not once they start singing, lol.

This is a fascinating work by Paul Hindemith, his Concertino for Trautonium and Strings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvg7H0co5Rw
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
alf wiedersehen
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 2178


View Profile
« Reply #30 on: May 24, 2015, 01:31:50 AM »

I recently bought and have been playing this:

Gorgeous stuff.
Logged
Peter Reum
Honored Guest
******
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 704

Serving fine tortillas since 1965


View Profile
« Reply #31 on: May 25, 2015, 01:57:25 PM »

Any Russian composer....especially Mussorgsky
Logged

If it runs amuck, call the duck
RangeRoverA1
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 4336


I drink expired tea. wanna sip or spit?


View Profile
« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2015, 04:54:38 AM »

Listening now-
 Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Beethoven's Symphony №3, E-fmaj
Logged

Short notice: the cat you see to the left is the best. Not counting your indoor cat who might have habit sitting at your left side when you post at SmileySmile.

Who is Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance Duet Fan Club CEO? Btw, such Club exists?

Zany zealous Zeddie eats broccoli at brunch break but doesn't do's & don't's due to duties.
joshferrell
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1634



View Profile
« Reply #33 on: May 28, 2015, 06:14:29 PM »

well if you like RnR then you will like Mozarts symphonies 40 and 41...they are pretty dark and they fit on an album,,usually side one is 40 and side to is 41 so it's the length of a typical rock album,,, these are his last two symphonies,,,also his Requiem which fits on a record too,, it's like a rock album too in the sense of how dark it is and how long it is...just long enough and not too long...
Logged
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #34 on: May 29, 2015, 03:37:39 AM »

Any Russian composer....especially Mussorgsky

i can go with that. :=)

Here in Rotterdam we have an annual Gergiev Festival, held in September and named after my favourite living conductor, Valery Gergiev, who is the festival's guest of honour. This year's featured composer is Rachmaninoff:   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nrf4Ib2oYw
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #35 on: July 17, 2015, 03:11:49 PM »

Jean Sibelius was born 150 years ago this year. I love his symphonies but his symphonic poems shouldn't be overlooked.

This is Tapiola, one of his last works:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0_zqEOp4A

Read a little about it here: http://inkpot.com/classical/sibtapiola.html
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #36 on: October 04, 2015, 07:43:26 AM »

I'm no fan of J.S. Bach as such. That said, I love pianist Glenn Gould's performances of his music and Anton Webern's arrangement of the "Six-part Ricercar" from Bach 's Musical Offering. But my favourite rendition of Bach is that by Alban Berg in his Violin Concerto...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_(Berg)

...of "Es ist genug" from Bach's cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Ewigkeit,_du_Donnerwort,_BWV_60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScDHnoGVltQ

This brief chorale sounds surprisingly modern to my ears. Berg introduces it on the solo violin (beginning in the YouTube link below at 19:40), alternating with Bach's original version (in the clarinets).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmWfihQJgBE  
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2015, 12:22:18 PM »

The opening fanfare of Paul Dukas' La Péri is often heard alone, yet it only really makes sense when followed by the swirling, exotic main body of the work, like a musical "once upon a time".   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmh3A7ohFnc
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
Alan Smith
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 2089


I'm still here bitches and I know everything. –A


View Profile
« Reply #38 on: November 13, 2015, 04:01:04 PM »

The opening fanfare of Paul Dukas' La Péri is often heard alone, yet it only really makes sense when followed by the swirling, exotic main body of the work, like a musical "once upon a time".   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmh3A7ohFnc
Thanks for the link and insights re La Peri, john - I recently picked up a '69 LSO conducted by Richard Bonynge LP, so some good comparison material and food for thought next time I spin it (I really enjoyed the first listen through).

I also recently took a plunge/blind purchase of Heifetz doin' Bruch's Scottish Fantasy Concerto No. 1 and Vieuxtemps' Volin Concerto No 5 in A Minor OP. 37 (phew) from 61/62.  Wonderful stuff, both pieces - I hear a lot of influence on contemporary scores, including possibly Michael Nyman's Drowning by Numbers soundtrack: perhaps that's just me tho'

Thanks again - A
Logged

ESQ - Subscribe Now!!!

A new Beach Boys forum is here! http://beachboys.boards.net/
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2015, 04:52:16 AM »

The opening fanfare of Paul Dukas' La Péri is often heard alone, yet it only really makes sense when followed by the swirling, exotic main body of the work, like a musical "once upon a time".   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmh3A7ohFnc
Thanks for the link and insights re La Peri, john - I recently picked up a '69 LSO conducted by Richard Bonynge LP, so some good comparison material and food for thought next time I spin it (I really enjoyed the first listen through).

I also recently took a plunge/blind purchase of Heifetz doin' Bruch's Scottish Fantasy Concerto No. 1 and Vieuxtemps' Volin Concerto No 5 in A Minor OP. 37 (phew) from 61/62.  Wonderful stuff, both pieces - I hear a lot of influence on contemporary scores, including possibly Michael Nyman's Drowning by Numbers soundtrack: perhaps that's just me tho'

Thanks again - A

I have that same recording. The Bruch concerto is so well-known and often played but it still sounds great every time. I heard it performed live by Ray Chen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39oTb9a5jow) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra not so long ago. A stunning performance, although Heifetz is still the guv'nor in my book. ;=)
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #40 on: December 03, 2015, 02:30:47 AM »

This suits my mood right now, particularly in light of recent sad developments round these parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMwNe9WWmE

Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
Cool Cool Water
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 485


Don't Edit Yourself


View Profile WWW
« Reply #41 on: December 03, 2015, 12:28:09 PM »

This suits my mood right now, particularly in light of recent sad developments round these parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGMwNe9WWmE



Excellent stuff from Barber. An all time classic imo.  Grin
Logged
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #42 on: January 03, 2016, 03:50:58 AM »

Of all great American composers, Charles Ives probably comes the closest to the Americana of Brian and VDP (Happy Birthday, Van Dyke!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHs6VGKZ4Wo
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #43 on: January 28, 2016, 03:25:00 AM »

Powerful stuff now from Jean Sibelius, a favourite composer of mine.

"In Pohjola there are thick, dark forests
that dream wild dreams, forever secret.
Tapio's eerie dwellings are there
and half-glimpsed spirits, and the voices of twilight."  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy0_zqEOp4A

Edit: I see this is its second airing in this thread. There's always that risk, of course...
« Last Edit: February 16, 2016, 02:56:50 AM by john k » Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #44 on: February 16, 2016, 02:53:21 AM »

I don't think I've linked this yet. Carlos Chávez's Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonía india) could not be further removed from its predecessor in this topic:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHn0FfB6GGU
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #45 on: March 02, 2016, 04:03:51 AM »

Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra is much more than just the 2001 theme. 
Herbert von Karajan conducts what may be the definitive performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3eEHZCahVU

(Crank up the volume to catch that initial low C!)
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #46 on: March 13, 2016, 05:04:54 AM »

I think it was Prokofiev who wrote, way back during the last century, that there was still so much to say in C major. The Czech composer Leoš Janáček certainly bears this out. The opening melody of his Sinfonietta will be familiar to ELP fans.  (R.I.P., Keith E.) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIL5CM3ce5U
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #47 on: March 16, 2016, 05:15:56 AM »

Apologies if I've posted this already.

Maurice Ravel wrote some fantastic pieces for orchestra but this ballet suite probably takes the cake.

You may need to turn up the volume to catch the initial early morning stirrings. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooh6qOR_dFc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphnis_et_Chloé
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #48 on: March 27, 2016, 01:31:55 AM »

My favourite "classical" piece for this occasion. Happy Easter, folks. :=)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FHFJ0lU9Us
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
JK
Smiley Smile Associate
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 6053


Maybe I put too much faith in atmosphere


View Profile
« Reply #49 on: April 13, 2016, 10:20:56 AM »

Ottorino Respighi's symphonic poem Pines of Rome is an overwhelming experience in the right hands, such as here under Fritz Reiner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBcNFcMZmEg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pines_of_Rome
Logged

"Ik bun moar een eenvoudige boerenlul en doar schoam ik mien niet veur" (Normaal, 1978)
You're Grass and I'm a Power Mower: A Beach Boys Orchestration Web Series
the Carbon Freeze | Eclectic Essays & Art
gfx
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5 6 7 ... 13 Go Up Print 
gfx
Jump to:  
gfx
Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Page created in 0.767 seconds with 22 queries.
Helios Multi design by Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!