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- MrT
I don't particularly want Christmas ones http://www.qbn.com/topics/668152… but I am a complete classical music luddite.
I can't imagine for one second that the fire-damaged barnet of Andre Rieu is the way to get me started, as has been suggested.
Any recommendations from the supremely-sophisticated QBN massive?
Thanks...
- moldero0
depends your mood, if you like dark shit go with Chopin.
- MrT0
Cheers. I don't have a particular mood in mind, just looking for a way in...
- stepson0
Chopin's ok... Dark though? It's salon music (not that there's anything wrong with that).
If you DO want dark, look into penderecki, sibelius, janacek, pettersson, mahler, gorecki..
It's hard to recommend anything without knowing your tastes, but regardless, start with bach and beethoven.
Some decent blogs:
classical-iconoclast.blogspot.co...
onthemasterfade.blogspot.com
classicalconnection.blogspot.com…
http://www.therestisnoise.com/
http://www.artsjournal.com/postc…
http://www.artsjournal.com/sando…
- sureshot0
Rachmaninoff.
- monospaced0
I recently revisited the famous Bach Cello Suites and am really enjoying them. I picked up the version performed by Jian Wang for many reasons related to recording quality and style. I do recommend it.
- sea_sea0
Can't go wrong with Vivaldi
- aaux0
Mars, the Bringer of War
- tank020
Classical-ish
Philip GlassArvo Part
Eric Satie
Maxence Cyrin
- drgs0
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- cannonball19780
http://www.qbn.com/topics/606215…
I was putting together an ongoing topic about this. Lots of picks in here.
- pressplay0
one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written
- pressplay0
another piece by bach... so beautiful... almost 300 years old and you can still relate to it
- lodef0
there's always a little Ludwig Van.
I recently started listening to a lot of Aaron Copland, he's a lot more accessible and modern than typical classical composers. He wrote a lot of the traditional Americana type songs,