Ok weird thread I know, anyone know classical music?

[Bojangles69]

I NEVER have really listened to classical as a choice of music before but I was on some channel yesterday and heard this one song it was like the awesomest song I'VE EVER HEARD in my life. And I'm a trance addict so go figure.
It had lots of string in it, lol I know thats a terrible hint.
It was also a familiar one because I remember hearing it once before. I dont think it was Beethoven because I've heard some of is music before and it didnt sound like it.
Well my main question here is does anyone listen to classical?

I actually want to put a cd together of nothing but the best classical music out there and go through it and pick out my favorites than make like a condensed cd.

So if anyone not just KNOWS but actually KNOWS & REALLY LIKES certain classical songs please list some. This is like a whole new genre of music I want to learn, I figure might as well expand my herizon with music and not just be limited to the typical trance, rock, & rap plague.

Any recommendations? Thanks!!!

-Bo

[Bojangles69]

Carmina Burana O Fortuna by Carl Orff is a great song, and guaranteed you'll recognize it when u hear it

Yes actually this is probaly the only classical song I'm really familiar with, so I did already know but your on the right track because the original version of the sound is FVCKING AWESOME.

Oh and I know adagio for strings too so need to mention that one either.

But def in the right direction. I really want to make a nice little list here so anyone who knows some of the best classical out there (like O Fortuna) please let me know.

[number twelve]

paganini and bach are my 2 favs

[QuieTSToRM33]

Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Schubert, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Pachelbel, Chopin, Debussy, Handel, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Vivaldi, Bizet, Boccherini, Brahms, Gershwin, Grieg, Strauss, Stravinsky, Puccini, Faure, Vivaldi, etc...


That should put you on the right track.

If you need some help ... shoot me a PM.

[Bojangles69]

G/damn quietstorm!! Awesome, if you have any personal favorties of specific song names please let me know.
If you dont have the time even like 4 or 5 of your favorites would be great. Thanks!

And yeh I may actually pm but feel free to post here too. Just so people dont keep renaming artists/songs etc.

[PeteyK]

classical is the sh*t, some operas are real good too. turandot is my fav opera and carmina burana is my overall fav classical but there are soo many real good classical songs that arent the typical put me to sleep motzart

[PeteyK]

ohh also any1 listen to jazz cuz thats my fav genre?

[Grappler13]

Carmina Burana O Fortuna by Carl Orff is a great song, and guaranteed you'll recognize it when u hear it

5 to one odds that's what he heard or.........maybe some of the awesome synthesized Beethoven from the Clockwork Orange soundtrack.

[Flagg]

Goldberg Variations are good too

I second that.

[Bojangles69]

5 to one odds that's what he heard or.........maybe some of the awesome synthesized Beethoven from the Clockwork Orange soundtrack.

Yeh I've actually known O Fortuna from the trance remix since I was like a teenager, plus they'ved used it in a lot of movies so that is the one song I cant identify.
It wasnt that song though.

It was on a stand up comedy show, and the comedian took out a violin and was doing a joke where the main theme of his joke is that people never know when to clap at an opera, and he'd hit a high note, take like a second break than hit another high hite and he played it really good it was pretty funny.

I'm mentioning the show because if anyone else saw it I'd die to know who the comedian was but I think it was on HBO and the show was produced or at least hosted by Rodney Dangerfield.

After the guy finished his joke he just started to show off playing segments from certain classical songs than out of nowhere he busted out the awesomest violin melody I've ever heard. (I produce music so I when I say "awesome" I mean this could possibly be the best song I've ever heard before) For some reason it sounded familiar, not like O Fortuna familiar but like I've heard it somewhere just dont know where.

It really is a great song and I even asked my dad if he knew what it was but he had no clue. This also happened like 8 or 9 months ago where I heard a song I was obsessed with and it seriously took me about 2 months before I found the name for it but I NEVER gave up and I'm not giving up till I find the name of this song.
This is like a personal obsession of mine, because I LOVE music. And I will spent the rest of my life looking for a song because thats how obessed I get over the shit.
But if anyone saw the show (which I doubt) and knows what Im talking about any info you know would be great, even if its just the name of the comedian.
I'm googling EVERYTHING right now, tv guides, comedians, classical music but still no luck. If and when I do find it I will post it. But besides that song everyone feel free to post other good classical music you know, thanks!

[Lexed]

Moonlight sonata

[Bojangles69]

/\ /\ Good song! I just got it.


I'm making some progress. Im still not sure exactly which show of Rodney's it was but I think the comedians name was "Hugh Fink" because he was described as the "violin playing puts" and also aired on the show. I just need a clip now from the show and if I can get that I know I can get someone to name it..

[QuieTSToRM33]

I found a video of it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...violinconcerto

Which part are you interested in ?

[thetank]

"air" by bach i think..thats my favourite classical tune...its been used in alot of shit...youve probably heard it a hundred times...i love it tho

[QuieTSToRM33]

If it's the first thing he plays .... that is the beginning to Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart.

[Grappler13]

If you don't have the Clockwork Orange soundtrack, I'd highly recommend it. It sucks when you here a song and the DJ or whatever fails to give you the damn name!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a problem since I started listening to music. Damn DJ's. I heard a song in Grand Rapids last weekend that I liked, noted the time and looked at the radio station's web site and NO PLAYLIST!!!!!!!! They had a playlist but I don't know these new fangled bands so I have no idea what it was. Top 40 or whatever, lots of melodic kinda like dream rock from the early 90s. Sorry to highjack your thread. Really, try out the CW Orange soundtrack and especiall the Beethoven's 9th Choral in electronica. I think that song was the father/mother of trance/electronica/and some unmentionable offspring as well.

[Tock]

Bach wrote a lot of music in his lifetime, much of it is unlistenable, because it was written for religious purposes. But his other stuff is very good.
One reason baroque music attracts a lot of people is that it is structured, it follows rules, and more often than not has the "engineered" quality of acoustic symmetry.

Bach's "Gigue Fugue" consists of 4 seperate voices. The piece begins with a melody, then it is replayed while a second voice replays the same melody half an octive above. The first and second voices replay again, and a third voice plays the same melody another half octave higher. Then all three voices re-iterate, and the bass line plays the same melody much lower. All 4 voices flow all over each other, each voice playing essentially the same melody, but in different timing and pitches. Then there's a variation, and then they go back to the original melody.

It's my favorite baroque piece of music. It combines melody with rigid rules and structure and sounds like the sort of thing that an artistic machine might create. Here's a link to a performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUt_A9GnXfQ
But here's a better performance, by Virgil Fox:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gRBCAdC7wI


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Bach also wrote the Brandenburg Concertos. Here are links, by concerto number and each of their movements:

Brandenburg concerto #1
1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpf38...elated&search=
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnJ1Rk93_g
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDZAn...elated&search=
4- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zppz1metlVQ




Brandenburg concerto #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC1E4...elated&search=



My favorite of this collection:
Brandenburg concerto #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzEAsiIJgTg



Brandenburg concerto #4
1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qW...elated&search=
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s20qU...elated&search=
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIS3X...elated&search=



Brandenburg concerto #5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyh1o0Gfy6Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljojj...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIl8u...elated&search=

Brandenburg concerto #6
1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFrwD...elated&search=
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdO_...elated&search=
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmIHE...elated&search=


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Here are a few renditions of the familiar Toccota & Fuge in D minor:
a modern version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jey-...elated&search=
a visual version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9...elated&search=
traditional versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd_oI...elated&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoy...elated&search=

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Vivaldi wrote The Four Seasons back in the 1600's, which was featured in a movie a few years ago, and subsequently was overplayed on the radio. Nevertheless, it's still a marvellous piece . . .
IMHO, Vivaldi wrote a higher % of listenable music than Bach, but Bach's best is still better than any of Vivaldi's. Just my opinion, though . . .

spring -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAE-E...elated&search=
summer -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXqHJPuGVsY
autumn -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxXUqWVIPAc
winter -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkZN...elated&search=


His Lute Concertos are very good, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX8r0sJJvZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhegV0oUNyg

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There was a dude named Scarlatti who wrote some amazing music for harpsichord. The guy had freakish fingers that could play at lightning speed, and wrote what he played. Ain't many people who can do it justice, but here's a goodie:

video version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yhd-dpC_7o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vpG1...elated&search=

Scarlatti for guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNH5TxVzrpk
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Pachelbel wrote some interesting stuff, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7RuZ...elated&search=

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Hope this helps . . .

[QuieTSToRM33]

A few of my favorites.

Faure - Pavane
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sn3iKIjTZWQ

Schubert - Unfinished Symphony
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZEsJpRH99ck

Bach - Cello Suite No.1 - Prelude
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI


Remember to turn the volume up.

I got a lot more if you'd like.

[Doc.Sust]

so did you figure out the name of the song?

[taiboxa]

****morphyl does tons of string quartet type of shit as covers of other bands like tool and metallica and system of a down.. its hella pimp.. hearing ur fav songs redone in a classical style.. u would love it

[taiboxa]

here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SrkHWnvrSs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF5F0JRHg4E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMRW7zw2RJ0

[Bojangles69]

I found a video of it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance...violinconcerto

Which part are you interested in ?

OMFG!!@#$# I want to SCREAM!

Thats him and the first part of his act is the SAME exact thing he did on HBO. But its a seperate act done for Rodney Dangerfield and I dont remember ANYTHING after the part of his act.

I knew it wasnt the same when it first came on because it was in a completely different place, the indianpolis & LA signs in the back and the whole stage was different. But when he started the act is was like "YES HES GONNA DO IT!!" But than the rest of the act was different.

I'm gonna wind up buying the original dvd with Rodney Dangerfield now because that was the worst tease in the world lol, I still cant believe you found him like that because I checked EVERYWHERE but its a different performance.

[Bojangles69]

And thanks a lot everyone else posting music, tock, quietstorm & tai, I'm gonna check them all out tommorow when I got a bit more time.

Wasnt expecting all the recommendations so thats awesome, but I still am gonna find this song from this asshole comedian whos pissing me the f**K off now.

[taiboxa]

And thanks a lot everyone else posting music, tock, quietstorm & tai, I'm gonna check them all out tommorow when I got a bit more time.

Wasnt expecting all the recommendations so thats awesome, but I still am gonna find this song from this asshole comedian whos pissing me the f**K off now.

i love classical music.. greatest shit for cardio.. not so good for LIFTING

[AleX-69]

Vivaldi - 4 Seasons .. Seriously!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWAd...elated&search=

Bach - Toccata & fugue..(played by vanessa mae)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg8Fa...elated&search=

[K.Biz]

wow lots of classical fans. im amazed

[WEBB]

O fortuna was my first comp posin song...

i love flight of the bumble bee too....

[Tock]

O fortuna was my first comp posin song...

i love flight of the bumble bee too....

Oooh -- Bumblebee, by Harry James on the Trumpet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fkZ2qOpPZXc
Cool!

[Flagg]

Man its good to see so many bros into our classical music!

I quite like listening to classical when im cooking.