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Suggestions on classical/symphony music
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:30 am
Background: Saw the Nashville Symphony play a private performance yesterday and it was really awesome and grabbed my interest.
Does anyone have any recommendations on upbeat/energetic symphony or classical music?
I really like the idea of a lot of instruments as opposed to just a few first chairs. I also like the more fast paced stuff that carries a lot of emotion.
Sad thing is, I don't even know where to start in this genre.
Any and all help is appreciated, thanks
ETA:
I spotified some Bach, but its a lot lighter so far than what I wanted. More piano and single violin stuff. I want whole orchestras kicking some arse.
Does anyone have any recommendations on upbeat/energetic symphony or classical music?
I really like the idea of a lot of instruments as opposed to just a few first chairs. I also like the more fast paced stuff that carries a lot of emotion.
Sad thing is, I don't even know where to start in this genre.
Any and all help is appreciated, thanks
ETA:
I spotified some Bach, but its a lot lighter so far than what I wanted. More piano and single violin stuff. I want whole orchestras kicking some arse.
This post was edited on 8/6/14 at 9:32 am
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Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:35 am to TheCaterpillar
Try a nocturne.
You know, Frederic fricking Chopin
You know, Frederic fricking Chopin
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:36 am to TheCaterpillar
To answer my own question 2 minutes later 
, the London Philharmonic is blowing my shite up right now, so I highly recommend it.
, the London Philharmonic is blowing my shite up right now, so I highly recommend it.Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:37 am to Breesus
quote:
Try a nocturne.
You know, Frederic fricking Chopin
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:49 am to TheCaterpillar
Beethoven - Symphony #5 and #9
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
This post was edited on 8/6/14 at 10:07 am
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:00 am to PuntBamaPunt
Any odd numbered Beethoven symphony.
Mahler 2 & 5.
Pretty much anything by a Russian.
Mahler 2 & 5.
Pretty much anything by a Russian.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:30 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:
Posted by Message TheCaterpillar Suggestions on classical/symphony music To answer my own question 2 minutes later , the London Philharmonic is blowing my shite up right now, so I highly recommend it.
I'm gonna try your own answer out. This is a question I've also asked. I really like symphony/classical stuff but never have any idea where to start.
You didn't like Bach, huh? I dig on what I've heard.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:33 am to kidbourbon
Have you tried Boston Pops?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:46 pm to kidbourbon
quote:
You didn't like Bach, huh? I dig on what I've heard.
I like it, I just didn't find any full orchestral Bach. I think he has some of the most complicated and interesting stuff though.
I will dig further. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, I will use them all.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 2:14 pm to TheCaterpillar
Leonard Bernstein - Overture from "Candide"
Aaron Copland: "Saturday Night Waltz/Hoedown" -- From the ballet Rodeo. Note: "Hoedown" is actually based on an old antebellum fiddle tune Copland appropriated.
Excerpt from Rodeo
Louis Gottschalk -"Bamboula", played by Louis Moreau -- I know you did not want piano pieces but I thought some people might be interested in this. NO's own Gottschalk was the first American composer to become known in Europe, and apparently the first to incorporate African rhythms in his work.
Aaron Copland: "Saturday Night Waltz/Hoedown" -- From the ballet Rodeo. Note: "Hoedown" is actually based on an old antebellum fiddle tune Copland appropriated.
Excerpt from Rodeo
Louis Gottschalk -"Bamboula", played by Louis Moreau -- I know you did not want piano pieces but I thought some people might be interested in this. NO's own Gottschalk was the first American composer to become known in Europe, and apparently the first to incorporate African rhythms in his work.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:19 pm to TheCaterpillar
Some great suggestions so far. I'll add Gustav Holst - The Planets.
Mars, The Bringer of War always makes me want to run through a wall. LINK
Mars, The Bringer of War always makes me want to run through a wall. LINK
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:30 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
I like it, I just didn't find any full orchestral Bach
This isn't orchestral at all but the pipe organ is the most amazing instrument to me and this performance of Toccata & Fugue kicks my arse every time. Bach!
LINK
Youtube comment
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this guy is typing the cheat code to open the gates of hell
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:34 pm to TheCaterpillar
tchaikovsky is the best
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:36 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Posted on 8/6/14 at 4:39 pm to Carson123987
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:00 pm to TheCaterpillar
I also enjoy Franz Liszt. If you have an hour to waste, sit back and enjoy. Dante Symphony
quote:
Written in the high romantic style, it is based on Dante Alighieri's journey through Hell and Purgatory
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:00 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:
I like it, I just didn't find any full orchestral Bach.
They didn't use many full orchestras in Bach's time. They tended to use smaller chamber orchestras instead.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:05 pm to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:41 pm to TheCaterpillar
Ever since the Nazi vampire was getting dressed to it on "The Strain", Beethoven's Choral Fantasy has invaded my brain as an earworm:
LINK
I hadn't heard this piece in a long time, and the middle of it reminded me that Beethoven must have had a sense of humor.
LINK
I hadn't heard this piece in a long time, and the middle of it reminded me that Beethoven must have had a sense of humor.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 5:46 pm to Kafka
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