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Ah, good, a classical thread! I was hoping one of these would turn up. So, who's down for a little bit of baroque silliness with good old Handel? I'm going to ignore Water Music, just because everybody knows it. Zadok The Priest is pretty great if you ask me. Take a listen: http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Zadok+The+Priest/1eVRSY?src=5 While we're with Handel, have some Gloria In Excelsis Deo Trump, one of my personal favorites: http://listen.grooveshark.com/s/Gloria+In+Excelsis+Deo+Trump/TzMP?src=5 Any other Handel fans out there? This is barely scratching the surface of his works.
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 WARNING:WHITE-KNIGHTING FOR A LONG SINCE DEAD PERSON AHEADSo I was pretty irritated after watching the movie Amadeus. I had listened to some of his stuff before the film, and never really viewed him as a mediocre or under-appreciated composer until then. So, to compensate for this new perceived view and to preach to a crowd that I'm sure already agrees with me, here are some of his best works (at least in my opinion). Les Danaides - Overture Menuetto Overture to 'Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari' This piece was never played during his lifetime due to political reasons I don't fully understand. Sinfonia Veneziana
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Smoove J posted:Would anyone be so kind as to name the piece being played in this clip from 'La Pianiste' ? I think there's multiple pieces being played. Here's one of them, anyways: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXU7I_Yyi2Y&list=PL2D48FE1849775F5A
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May 18, 2011 08:02
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Jinnigan posted:I've been listening to a lot, a lot of Piazzolla. This might apply to a lot of artists (?) perhaps but I really enjoy his mix of melody and dissonance as well as his fun sense of timing and tempo. I also listen to some classically-inspired metal if that helps at all. Seconding this. I know of both composers, but all I only know their hits and what's played by my local symphony, which isn't exactly anything obscure. For content, I suppose I'll keep on pimping out Salieri. His overtures are pretty wonderful, if you ask me, and history seems to agree. In fact, this one was so great it inspired Hector Berlioz to drop medical school and compose music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4gNu_i15a8&list=PL2D48FE1849775F5A
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CowOnCrack posted:Also, for those interested in musical history, Alfred Schnittke might end up being the last great classical composer. His works are mostly from the 60s/70s and are featured heavily in television and cinema. There hasn't been a composer in the 40 year gap since then who has been prolific enough to have written works for every instrumental arrangement and style (Orchestral, Concerto, Choral, Chamber, Opera, Ballets, and Solo Instrumental). Philip Glass fits your criteria pretty well. I don't know if there will ever really be a "last great classical composer", I don't see the genre ever completely dying.
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