My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Thu, May 17 2012, 8:43AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Irgens-Jensen's seems to be forum flavour of the month based on one Naxos disc of a sweet little Passacaglia and a Symphony partly written by the conductor (sounds like bernstein) and Arnold will put you off symphonies forever. However based on you list the Berlioz will put you to sleep long before you get to the end, if indeed you ever get to the end of works that last any longer than three minutes.
Thu, May 17 2012, 10:30AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Irgens-Jensen's seems to be forum flavour of the month based on one Naxos disc of a sweet little Passacaglia and a Symphony partly written by the conductor (sounds like bernstein) and Arnold will put you off symphonies forever. However based on you list the Berlioz will put you to sleep long before you get to the end, if indeed you ever get to the end of works that last any longer than three minutes.
Did the nursing staff not get to you in time or was it a bottle too many as you have quoted yourself because I cannot believe that even you would think your posts worth repeating?
So, you have heard the Irgens-Jensen or did you do a Parla and merely Google it (rhetorical question)?
Thu, May 17 2012, 10:38AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Pressed quote by mistake, I do sometimes make mistakes, but not very often.
Thu, May 17 2012, 2:57PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Pressed quote by mistake, I do sometimes make mistakes, but not very often.
Pressed "quote" whilst drunk, you mean.
Thu, May 17 2012, 3:03PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
I've only had a light ale ociffer.
Thu, May 17 2012, 4:52PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
"Only sensible pieces", Ian? Which are the non sensible, by the way? I guess Tallis' "Spem in Alium", on one extreme, or Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna", on the other.
So, stick to some "sure thing" Classics, let's say Beethoven's Piano Sonata in e minor, op. 90 or Mozart's Violin/Piano Sonata in e minor (too), K. 304.
Parla
Thu, May 17 2012, 5:52PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Ian,
Now don't let anyone discourage or frustrate you here in your explorations! And it should be fun!
This might be a bit of a stretch for you (and maybe not!), but I was thinking that since you like (love) the 1812 overture that perhaps you might enjoy something like Janacek's "Sinfonietta"? Here's a link with Kubelik conducting it on youTube (the first movement anyway). Let me know whether or not you like it! [And yes, to the rest of you, I know that it's a big leap! Anyway, I was floored the first time that I heard it. It was a BBC Proms performance that I listened to over my computer too so not the greatest sound!
Best wishes,
Petra
Fri, May 18 2012, 5:10PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Thankyou, I have been looking and learning, however as I'm not made of money I have been using Youtube to look for them unless some one knows of a way to download and listen for free. Once again thanks, and please continue with your suggestions, I'm enjoying the experience.
Fri, May 18 2012, 11:57PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Thankyou, I have been looking and learning, however as I'm not made of money I have been using Youtube to look for them unless some one knows of a way to download and listen for free. Once again thanks, and please continue with your suggestions, I'm enjoying the experience.
Hi Ian. Good to hear from you! I know it's hard, we all have our budgets to deal with. :-( Could you please give us some feedback so as to try and figure out what you might like (or try to in my case as I'm not as familiar with as much music as some of the others here online!)? It would help a lot! Also, do you have a library nearby? Or if it doesn't have much (CDs, etc.) available, can you get some things through some sort of "interlibrary loan"?
And perhaps some of Gramophone's employees might be so kind as to give a few suggestions (should they happen to read this)? :-)
Best wishes,
Petra
Mon, May 21 2012, 9:50AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Actually some of you can help me out by naming a piece that I should listen to, I'll then listen to it in whatever way I can. Sensible pieces only please, thankyou.
All the best
Ian.
All the best
Ian.
Hi Ian - The Gramophone Classical Music Guide has a section called 'Suggested Basic Library.' I think everyone (with the odd exception) would consider that sensible.
Mon, May 21 2012, 10:03AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Thankyou, I have been looking and learning, however as I'm not made of money I have been using Youtube to look for them unless some one knows of a way to download and listen for free. Once again thanks, and please continue with your suggestions, I'm enjoying the experience.
Amazon, Spotify, Apple, some other on-line CD retailers will offer excerpts for free but downloads of complete works can be prohibitive in that it can cost as much as the CD but without the notes, etc.
Mon, May 21 2012, 2:59PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Amazon, Spotify, Apple, some other on-line CD retailers will offer excerpts for free...
Actually, Spotify allows you to listen to the entire track rather than merely excerpts - and it's free!
Obviously, it's geared mainly towards pop and rock, but there's a lot of classical there as well (although not necessarily every recording).
Mon, May 21 2012, 11:05PM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Amazon, Spotify, Apple, some other on-line CD retailers will offer excerpts for free...
Actually, Spotify allows you to listen to the entire track rather than merely excerpts - and it's free!
Obviously, it's geared mainly towards pop and rock, but there's a lot of classical there as well (although not necessarily every recording).
That's true but I had to join. No problem. I am reminded by them that I have a small number of free downloads pending.
Tue, May 22 2012, 6:42AM
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RE: My Top Fifty Classical Music Pieces.
Actually some of you can help me out by naming a piece that I should listen to, I'll then listen to it in whatever way I can. Sensible pieces only please, thankyou.
All the best
Ian.
All the best
Ian.
Hi Ian - The Gramophone Classical Music Guide has a section called 'Suggested Basic Library.' I think everyone (with the odd exception) would consider that sensible.
Yes indeed.
However, that "odd exception" you mention would claim superiority for his recommendations because they would be based on facts not mere opinions.
Vic.
Irgens-Jensen's seems to be forum flavour of the month based on one Naxos disc of a sweet little Passacaglia and a Symphony partly written by the conductor (sounds like bernstein) and Arnold will put you off symphonies forever. However based on you list the Berlioz will put you to sleep long before you get to the end, if indeed you ever get to the end of works.