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Points: 502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2006 at 04:42
It's because of my love of Classical that brought me to love prog so much. My favourite composer is Debussy but, of course, I also love Tchaicovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky Korsakov and Vivaldi (Curved Air's Vivaldi send pleasurable shivers down my spine) Grieg, Ravel, Williams, Holst and a few other hundred composers... Debussy is the only one I can really play on the piano though.
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recently i'm totally hooked by petrouchka and the rite of spring by stravinsky.

most of the times,  Benjamin Britten is my favorite composer.

There are lot of new composers, which i dont know well their names and compositions yet, but who write very up-to-date music. it can sound "rocky" sometimes, or ethnik, and full of rythems. They can be heard at radio.

(by the way, i think the situation with modern classical composers and radio is much better than progressive rock and radio today...)
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Points: 34 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2006 at 06:04
I can only recommend www.classiccat.net

There you can listen to stuff of the masters for free.

I love classical, especially symphonies, because this genre has a huge palette to paint some nice colours for our ears.
But Prog´s palette can even be wider.
And there´s some prog, that´s superior to classical...And the other way around.
It´s a question of experience and music-aesthetics.

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Originally posted by WillieThePimp WillieThePimp wrote:

I love classical music but I just listen to it on the public radio stations here and never really care to write down any composers or composition names. There are only certain compositions that i've really remembered, mainly because everyone knows them: ex) Stravinsky's Rites of Spring or Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C-minor. In fact, classical music for me at least, is the original heavy metal, it is amazing, very powerful and very moving. 

 

If you like "heavy" classical music try to listen to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concert. You will be admired how music can be so melodic, harmonic and at the same time so full of heavy rthym and solos.

I recommend David Oistrakh interpretation. Can´t get much heavier than that.

 

 

  
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i like classical music but prog is better
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My wife Jean plays piano, and she often accompanies me when I sing "Lieder " by Schumann, Schubert or Hugo Wolf, to name a few.
'nuff said.


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Points: 2506 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2006 at 07:43
Originally posted by ShW1 ShW1 wrote:

 

recently i'm totally hooked by petrouchka and the rite of spring by stravinsky.

most of the times,  Benjamin Britten is my favorite composer.

There are lot of new composers, which i dont know well their names and compositions yet, but who write very up-to-date music. it can sound "rocky" sometimes, or ethnik, and full of rythems. They can be heard at radio.

(by the way, i think the situation with modern classical composers and radio is much better than progressive rock and radio today...)

  I also like these pieces very much.

                 Others:Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, Beethoven, Mussogsky,Chopin, Debussy etc.

                I aggree, that classical and radio have a better relationship, than prog. and radio.
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Points: 582 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2006 at 07:59
     I was into progressive before learning about classical, but likeing Zappa turned me on to lots of composers he talked about, like Varése and Stravinsky. If there is one piece I think any progressive music lover would appreciate it's "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste" by Bartok...when I first heard it I thought "Wow! That's rock music for orchestra!!" ...it really kicks booty big time. Also Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" of course.
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Originally posted by opera_guy opera_guy wrote:

Classical music is my passion and mission in life.  Prog is my guilty pleasure.  I'm familiar with most of the great works of classical music, but my favorites are the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Verdi, Wagner and Mahler.  Anyone seeking info, or recommendations on classical music I'm glad to help!

yeah I could deffinately use some help because im trying to get into classical music, but its pretty overwhealming to go to the music store and see hundreds of composers and works that ive never heard of before. luckily, I've enjoyed all the albums I've purchased, but its always a gamble

the composers i know i like are:

Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
Vivaldi
Mussorgsky
Tchaikovsky
Rachmaninov
Handel(only a little, he isnt as good as any of the others if you ask me)

could anyone give me some recomendations for more composers? I like symphonies alot better than just piano but anything is fine with me, im just eager to expand my musical tastes. Thanks in advance
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     Progressive music owes a lot to Stravinsky, as he strongly influenced some of its key figures, like Zappa, Dave Stewart & Yes. Some pieces by Stravinsky that are divinely beautiful and accesible (sure to be appreciated by prog lovers):

Orpheus Suite (Ballet)

Agon (Ballet)

Symphony of Psalms

Symphony in 3 Movements

Les Noces (Symphony for 4 pianos & percussion & vocals)

Firebird Suite (Ballet, the finale opens Yessongs)

 

 
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