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What is your favorite piece of classical music? (1 Viewer)

A couple other lesser known pieces that I really enjoy as well as a few others that I find myself listening to repeatedly:

Pavane pour une infante defunte by Ravel

The entire 12 Danzas Espanolas, but in particular #2 Oriental and #5 Andaluza

The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius

Cavatina by Stanley Myers

Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninoff -- A tone poem based on this painting

Prelude in C# Minor by Rachmaninoff

Some of these are very relaxing pieces and some very dark ones in here too. I'm a huge Rachmaninoff fan and absolutely love his darker pieces.

 
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So I've been playing around with an idea I have for some kind of sound, not exactly music, but it's kinda "out there" Anyway, I've been doing research on psychoacoustics and audible perception and other weird ####. It led me to reading about microtonal music, which doesn't go by the standard 12 equal intervals to an octave. An extreme example would be Ivan Wyschnegradsky, but I found that it is also incorporated by what turns out to be some of my favorites, like Satie and Debussy. There was always something "off" about their music that appealed to me but without any music knowledge, I never knew why.

Anyone else have some insight into microtonal music?

Any other favorites that experimented with it?

 
I see the SF Orchestra led by Michael Thomas Tilson is coming to Ann Arbor to perform Mahler's 7th. I'm debating getting tickets. It is not the symphony I would want to see, but Mahler by MTT and the SFO would be legendary. I have to limit the concerts I go to as my wife hates this stuff.

 
Just purchased my tickets for the winter and spring.

Mariinksy Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition as arranged by Ravel, Seoul Symphony Orchestra playing Brahms 4th and Beethovens Emperor Piano Concerto, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra playing 3 Tchaikovsky pieces: Romeo and Juliet, Suite from

Swan Lake and 3rd Symphony.

 
The SF Symphony sells what they call Center Terrace seats for $15. They're located above and behind the orchestra where the chorus would be placed for a combined choral symphony. The mix is a bit brassy and if there's a vocal soloist, you see his or her back but otherwise they're terrific seats. You're looking directly at the conductor and have a great view of the percussionists. The seats are closer to the musicians than the front row of Symphony Hall. We can take the kids and eat dinner afterwards for what it would cost for one regular orchestra ticket.

 
Went to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra concert the other night. The centerpiece of the show was Beethoven's 2nd but Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor stole the show.

It was a great performance throughout though. The SPCO is outstanding and they provide a listening library of the pieces they perform.

For example, Here's this weekend's music.

 
gianmarco said:
I'll be going to the St Louis Symphony concert next month when they do Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 and Tchaikovsky Symphony #6. Can't wait.

Oh, and another favorite of mine: Rodrigo - Guitar Concerto: http://youtu.be/erwLhFO2f88
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Cool, I would love to see the 6th but it didn't fit into my schedule this year. That's a serious for top all time symphony. Also, anything by Rodrigo is outstanding. He is actually the composer I most credit with getting me into classical music.
 
John Bender said:
I posted looking for info on this earlier in the thread, but it's become my favorite piece of classical ever. It's the most moving piece of music I've ever come across.

Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op 34, No 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MWkQ_i1e8&list=RD86MWkQ_i1e8

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Love that piece.

Btw, after posting that last duet, I started searching for that violin player: Alina Ibragimova. Seems she's a new up and comer and getting some incredible reviews. For instance, she was one of the 10 finalists for Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2014. Looks like she specializes in Baroque, particularly Bach.

Here are a couple that are absolutely worth listening to and it reminded me of another favorite of mine:

Partita No. 2 (part 2, and part 3) -- Part 3 is Chaconne which is just sublime.

Partita No. 3

One more of her

 
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Eephus said:
The SF Symphony sells what they call Center Terrace seats for $15. They're located above and behind the orchestra where the chorus would be placed for a combined choral symphony. The mix is a bit brassy and if there's a vocal soloist, you see his or her back but otherwise they're terrific seats. You're looking directly at the conductor and have a great view of the percussionists. The seats are closer to the musicians than the front row of Symphony Hall. We can take the kids and eat dinner afterwards for what it would cost for one regular orchestra ticket.
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interesting- I would totally do that.

but yeah- the acoustics are bound to be wrong if the theater is a straight up proscenium style. but shouldn't interfere with the kids getting to experience- up close- some great stuff.

 
gianmarco said:
John Bender said:
I posted looking for info on this earlier in the thread, but it's become my favorite piece of classical ever. It's the most moving piece of music I've ever come across.

Rachmaninoff - Vocalise, Op 34, No 16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MWkQ_i1e8&list=RD86MWkQ_i1e8

Enjoy....
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Love that piece.

Btw, after posting that last duet, I started searching for that violin player: Alina Ibragimova. Seems she's a new up and comer and getting some incredible reviews. For instance, she was one of the 10 finalists for Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2014. Looks like she specializes in Baroque, particularly Bach.

Here are a couple that are absolutely worth listening to and it reminded me of another favorite of mine:

Partita No. 2 (part 2, and part 3) -- Part 3 is Chaconne which is just sublime.

Partita No. 3

One more of her
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thanks guys!

 
Great podcast from the NAC called Explore the Symphony. They typically spend time analyzing a particular important piece of music through the biography of the composer, the significance to music, it's place in it's era and the musical details. It's a musician in the Natuonal Canadian Orcgestra and a conductor/music historian. It's really informative and well produced by two smart and enthusiastic hosts.

 
Saw the Mariinsky Orchestra led by Gergiev in Ann Arbor a couple weeks ago and it was probably the best classical concert I have been to. The highlights were the Tchaikovksy Piano Concerto. Dennis Matsuev played the piano and was really brilliant. It is a sight to see just how much effort goes into a performance like that. It looks even more difficult to play than it sounds- especially the second movement which becomes so fast, but yet still so quiet. The only flaw IMO was during the first movement, there were a few times that the piano was drowned out by the huge orchestra. Even better was Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral arrangement by Ravel). During the "the Old Castle" when a lone saxophone plays out the melody, it just cuts through the silence with so much feeling. Funny how amongst all the bombastic noise of the various pieces, it is the one brief melody by a lone instrument that will forever stick with me.

 
Tchaikovsky's Pathetique - Just make sure there aren't any sharp instruments in the room.

Brahms Symphony #1 - French horns and trombones in the 4th movement - if that doesn't give you chills then you don't have a pulse.

Brahms Symphony #4 - the most amazing 2nd movement in all of music. The clarinet solo at the end of it is simple, perfect, and gut wrenching.

Mozart Symphony #40

Mozart Piano Concerto #21

Beethoven #5 - genius, perfection... Words can never do it justice. It's one of the few pieces of music I've ever had to play where my emotions completely got the better of me.

 
gianmarco said:
I'll be going to the St Louis Symphony concert next month when they do Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 and Tchaikovsky Symphony #6. Can't wait.

Oh, and another favorite of mine: Rodrigo - Guitar Concerto: http://youtu.be/erwLhFO2f88
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Sounds like a great show. I saw Tchaikovsky's 6th in Philadelphia in 1990. The audience burst into applause at the end of the 3rd movement (kind of a no-no, especially for that Symphony). The Conductor, Riccardo Muti, couldn't contain himself and turned to the crowd and said, "I share your enthusiasm, but just wait..." Probably the best line I've ever heard from a Conductor.
 
Any pianists here?

Im looking in to purchasing a keyboard to write songs til I find the other instrumentalists and I could use some input.

 
Went to the DSO tonight. Guest conductor Fabien Gabel was born in Paris and is the chief conductor for the Quebec Orchestra. Debussy's La Mer was he headline piece. Gabel was quite emotional and fired up. They kicked it off with a roaring version of La Marseilles. It was touching, got me a little. What a powerful night of music.

 
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