| Anyone else on here listen to classical? Seems like I only listen to classical anymore. Have seen Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini live. They were great. I mostly listen to Chopin. My two favorites right now are Prelude no. XX Op. 28 and Marche Funebre in C Minor, Op. 72,2. If you like classical, especially classical piano, lets talk about it! |
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| I started taking lessons a few years ago. Unfortunately my teacher had some stuff come up and had to quit and never really got back into it. Sucks. Wish I would have kept it up |
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| I listen to classical music when i drive because it calms me. I like pretty much all composers. |
| Do you guys/gals have a favorite song? |
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| To me, I believe Chopin is the best for solo pieces, along with Debussy and Rachmaninoff. Of course the three all have grand pieces that consist of a variety of instruments, possibly even an entire orchestra, yet they are not prominently beloved for that. Otoh, at times when I prefer large pieces such as symphony or concerto, I think I'd find myself enjoying Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and perhaps, Grieg. |
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| I'm not too knowledgeable, but I do very much love Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky! I also enjoy Brahms and Mendelssohn. |
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| I think my knowledge of classical piano pieces is pretty superficial. I know most of the famous ones and it's even worse with the composers. Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy...the usual, I guess. I like listening to Debussy. La Fille Aux Cheveux Du Lin is one of my favourites. Also Schubert's Erlkönig because I'm trying to get the vocals down for it and I'm just a hobbyist singer. It's rather difficult :D. |
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| I havent heard that piece from Schubert. I'll have to give it a listen! |
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| I like Schubert and Schumann, Gounod for his operas. I like the gloominess of Schubert's "in der Ferne". I love Tchaikovsky. Recently got to see kazakh ballerinas dancing to the swan lake pas de deux. I was so mesmerised, I always thought it was obnoxious and pretentious but not anymore. Also, https://youtu.be/yG8qyW9a-H0 Isn't she so cute? As for piano. I like a lot of artists but I'm very bad with names. I like some of lizsts etudes. |
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| I feel you. I have a whole playlist dedicated to gloomy/sad classical. sad songs are the best. I just don't understand how one person can hear and feel so much emotion in classical music and others blast it because its just noise. I think it takes a certain level of musical understanding or emotional investment to fully appreciate classical music. In my opinion many people aren't looking for thought provoking music but rather a simple song to pass time or easily enjoy, similar to modern pop. Not knocking pop or anyone who listens to it. Just my personal observation. |
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| I do! Mostly concertos, violin concertos to be even more precise. Paganini and Ysaye are my favorite violin composers. Orchestral tracks and pieces are a bit too much for me, focusing on an individual musician are easier on the mind and ears in my opinion. Charles-Valentin Alkan piano pieces are just breathtaking, and one of my most favorite piano composers. Is it sad that I started listening to Classical music after watching anime like Piano no Mori and Kids on the Slope? Favorite pieces: Charles Valentin Alkan – Concerto for Solo Piano 24 Caprices - Paganini |
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| It is definitely not sad. I started listening after I had a class about music theory in college. Changed my life. Because I took that class I was interested in watching the anime about classical music so kind of the same thing. |
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Lenilia said: Hi, I like classical music too. I am a classical musician too but not like playing on the violin and piano. I am learning early music. I share a little story with you. One time my music teacher drove us to a competition and he played some Vivaldi CD in the car on max volume. Tha stares from outside were quite funny. What do you play? I used to play violin for my HS orchestra but haven't practiced since. I think one of my first exposures to classical music was Debussy's Clair De Lune when I was chillin with my dad. I typically listen to classical music when I study or work; lyrics really distract me. |
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Lenilia said: iluvtofu said: What do you play? I used to play violin for my HS orchestra but haven't practiced since. I think one of my first exposures to classical music was Debussy's Clair De Lune when I was chillin with my dad. I typically listen to classical music when I study or work; lyrics really distract me. Oh haha I never excepted someone to ask that. It may be funny for you but I play the recorder. And when I say I play it I mean it. I play it professionally we have an ensemble too. I like to listen to classical music when I study too or before I go to sleep. Not at all ! I mean the last time I played recorder was in middle school. I could play...twinkle twinkle little star and that's really it D: I think that's pretty neat. Is the ensemble for school or do you actually play as an occupation? |
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Lenilia said: iluvtofu said: Not at all ! I mean the last time I played recorder was in middle school. I could play...twinkle twinkle little star and that's really it D: I think that's pretty neat. Is the ensemble for school or do you actually play as an occupation? Nice of you! It was mandatory for you to play the recorder in middle school? The ensemble is in the school but this will be my occupation too when I graduate from school. So you were supposed to join band or orchestra, but if neither interested you, you did this weird recorder class only (which I did lol). Looking back idk why they structured it that way :/ Oh nice, I miss playing in a school. So professional musician? Would you wanna be a soloist or play with a group? |
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Lenilia said: iluvtofu said: So you were supposed to join band or orchestra, but if neither interested you, you did this weird recorder class only (which I did lol). Looking back idk why they structured it that way :/ Oh nice, I miss playing in a school. So professional musician? Would you wanna be a soloist or play with a group? That's interesting here it is optional to play on something. Did you learn other instruments too? I would like to be a music teacher. :) Oh really, yeah when I got to high school it was just band or orchestra. I chose violin but honestly didn't get really get back into it after I started college. I haven't picked up any other instruments but I've thought about getting into piano. The piano and cello are my two most favorite instruments :D they make such great sound That's awesome! I've thought about being a professor; there's a certain joy in just teaching younger folk about your passion. Is your ensemble part of a music-training school or is it like a group in a college or HS or something along those lines? |
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| i'm a lover of classical music. i played piano and clarinet when i was younger. here's some of my favourite pieces chopin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75x6DncZDgI prokofiev: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il95HXvCdH4 mahler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjmthMDpyco rachmaninoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4zkc7KEvYM stravinsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZkIAVGlfWk tchaikovsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTE08SS8fNk sibelius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0w0t4Qn6LY mendelssohn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1dBg__wsuo smetana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq2RnHH6tJo statie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7kvGqiJC4g mozart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDrVtXPpuRI beethoven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQ32q2k8Uo |
 I like Pollini. Happy to see he finished the late Beethoven sonatas finally a few years ago, his cycle of Beethoven is probably one of the better modern renditions. Uchida is okay. She makes funny faces. Preachee said: Chopin is aites, but I feel like often a lot of people, especially pianists, conflate how he good with how satisfying he is to play.To me, I believe Chopin is the best for solo pieces, along with Debussy and Rachmaninoff. Of course the three all have grand pieces that consist of a variety of instruments, possibly even an entire orchestra, yet they are not prominently beloved for that. Otoh, at times when I prefer large pieces such as symphony or concerto, I think I'd find myself enjoying Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and perhaps, Grieg. Kind of sad to see that Schubert essentially "lost" the war over the direction of classical music when he died, since he was the kind of natural extension of Beethoven's legacy and classical moved towards the sort of Chopin side of things. |
YudinaJan 20, 2020 2:47 PM
| Classical is really the only genre of music I listen to with any sort of regularity. It was probably the first sort of music I was exposed to (since my mum used to be a classical opera singer) and, not only have I never fallen out of love with it, my appreciation for it only grows as I get older. I know it's somewhat of a cliché, but my all-time favourite piece has to be Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations: |
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| https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-features/best-classical-pianists/ This has got to be one of the most poorly conceived lists I've seen in terms of best classical pianists. There was a poll maybe a decade ago that also placed Rachamaninoff as the greatest pianist of all time. I'm pretty skeptical to that claim, if only because he (and many other Golden Age pianists) got shafted by recording quality and sheer lack of recordings. But Lang Lang/Kissin on a list, Uchida above Brendel, when you could have added Michelangeli, Pollini, Berman....and dear god where is William Kapell. ;[ |
| Debussy and Mozart are my overall favorite classical musicians. But I really love moonlight sonata from Beethoven and The Devil's Trill. I also like 1812 Overture because the cannons crack me up especially after watching prozd's video |
PleasantHorse said: Anyone else on here listen to classical? Seems like I only listen to classical anymore. Have seen Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini live. They were great. I mostly listen to Chopin. My two favorites right now are Prelude no. XX Op. 28 and Marche Funebre in C Minor, Op. 72,2. If you like classical, especially classical piano, lets talk about it! I occasionally listen to classical music, not always but I sometimes do. Not super familiar with musical piece names, but I am aware of some composers and famous melodies (especially since I took a music class at my college sometime ago). Oh man, have you seen Princess Tutu? You've got to give it a shot if you haven't already—the entire soundtrack is just classical music and it's just an overall beautiful show. |
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| I used to be fairly into it, but lately, I've just been listening to it as I watch twosetviolin videos on Youtube... |
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| I like classical music, I listen to it fairly often and have been in love with Liszt recently, my man can really slam those keys! |
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| Funny story...I got into classical music many years ago because of the anime La Corda d'Oro. I fell in love with Pachelbel's Canon in D when it was used in the series, and it's still my absolute favorite piece today. Love me some Vivaldi music too, he's probably my favorite classical composer. Currently, I'm listening to a lot of Neoclassical, mainly Ludovico Einaudi. If you like classical piano, I highly highly recommend him. His Divenire and Una Mattina albums are just pure magic. Ayaka Hirahara is a classically-trained singer, and she provides lyrics for a lot of classical pieces. She sung Inochi no Namae for the famous Spirited Away theme song (One Summer's Day). An absolutely brilliant vocalist imo. |
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| I occasionally listen to classical music, but my favorite pieces yet are Spring Rounds from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. I like how intense they are lmao |
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| My own tastes are around the romantic - post romantic era of music, with Ravel and Rachmaninoff being two of my favorite composers of all time. Played classical piano since I was little, but I'm no Ling Ling level pianist. Rach's Piano Concerto No. 2 has one of the most beautiful melodies I've ever heard, while Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit has some of the most innovative ways to express imagery, emotions, mood, etc. Personally tho, I feel like the more far back we go in music history, the less I like the music (starting from post-romantic to ~renaissance period). Overall tho, love classical music. |
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| Most classic songs that I love contain piano in em. |
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| I listen to a lot of Bach and Scriabin. |
| An intimidating project (I want to eventually tackle) for several reasons. It's not just about uncovering the gems: It's finding the notable masters of their era, taking note of the operas or symphonies they produced, and then finding the best recordings that best capture the essence of what the author's originally intended. Much of which tends to be the subject of passionate debate from what i've seen. That being said I do enjoy stuff here and there. |
PleasantHorse said: Anyone else on here listen to classical? @PleasantHorse Here, MEEEE! I like the Classics, too. They are timeless, soothing, and mostly 'Copyright/Royalty-free' so you could use them for about anything! ;-) Btw...If you want, there is an official club for you to join: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=5431 |
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PleasantHorse said: Anyone else on here listen to classical? Seems like I only listen to classical anymore. Have seen Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini live. They were great. Hory Shit you saw Uchida and Pollini live???!!!! Omfg g what did she play? Mozart? |
| I listen to classical music sometimes I think it all started when my brother had his first keyboard and I would randomly listen to those classical musics that were inserted in his keyboard. |
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| Though I am still exploring the genre (if you can call it that), I love classical. Some of my favorites are "In the Hall of the Mountain King," "Night on the Bald Mountain," and "Ode to Joy" (it's the first song i learned to play on the piano). I'll definitely keep my on the thread for recommendations. |
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| Been listinin to Scarlatti lately. |
| Yeah it's probably one of my favourite music genres? Granted it's kinda weird grouping all this music from Bach to John Adams (the composer not the American founding father) under the same music genre. Lots of variation. I guess some of my favourites come from mainly the Impressionism period of course the big name being Debussy for that period. I also like Stravinsky, Holst and Mahler who I guess fall under Early Modern classical music? I guess it's pretty normie but Clair De Lune is probably one of my favourite pieces not even just within classical music but favourite all time piece of music. I am trying to learn some Liszt on the piano as of the moment. |
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| Tchaikovsky made some really good music. |
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Artreyu said: PleasantHorse said: Anyone else on here listen to classical? Seems like I only listen to classical anymore. Have seen Mitsuko Uchida and Maurizio Pollini live. They were great. Hory Shit you saw Uchida and Pollini live???!!!! Omfg g what did she play? Mozart? She played a Schubert set. I believe it was Sonatas 17 and 16 in D and D Minor and Sonata 9 in B and D |
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PleasantHorse said: I have a whole playlist dedicated to gloomy/sad classical. Please share it with us! I became obsessed with Mahler some years ago and he remains my favourite. Shostakovich, Borodin, and Rachmaninoff, I soon discovered after; and just like that I became a fan of the Russian style. |
| Honestly, I think Uchida's Schubert is fairly uninspiring. Her Mozart is a bit better, but overall as a pianist I think she's really only good at making faces at live concerts. Pollini is very enjoyable to watch live, though, and he has a pretty unique piano compared to most concert pianists out there which is nice. |
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