good classical music...

I like a lot of minimalism, including John Adams (Short Ride in a Fast Machine) and Arvo Part (Spiegel Im Spiegel).  Umm theres a lot of other good stuff, that's just what comes to mind at the moment. 

There's also this one good song called something like Blue Shades I believe that's a great jazzy piece for a wind ensamble.

asimplemistake wrote: I like a lot of minimalism, including John Adams (Short Ride in a Fast Machine) and Arvo Part (Spiegel Im Spiegel).  Umm theres a lot of other good stuff, that's just what comes to mind at the moment.

sean wrote: BaldJean wrote: no-one mentioned Gustav Mahler so far, so I will: his symphonies (especially the 9th), his "Kindertotenlieder", his "Lied von der Erde", the "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"; all of these are highly recommended. another one that hasn't been mentioned: Robert Schumann. here I recommend his symphonies (especially his 3rd, the "Rheinische"), his "Dichterliebe" (a song cycle based on the lyrics of German poet Heinrich Heine), his a-minor piano concerto and "Manfred", a melodram based on the lyrics of Lord Byron. and since I am just listening to them on the radio: his 3 romances for clarinet and piano. last but not least: Franz Schubert. here I recommend "Die Winterreise", a song cycle (try to get the version with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing), his trout quintet, the string quartet Nr. 14 ("Death and the Maiden"), "Die schöne Müllerin" (another song cycle), his "unfinished" symphony in B-minor and his C-Major symphony (by today's usual way of counting his 8th; there was and is a bit of confusion and complication about counting his symphonies) and his many, many Lieder (over 600) As you mentioned Schumann, his piece "Erlkonig",based on the poem by Goethe is one i find very enjoyable. Also, if you are to look into Robert Schumann, i recommend looking into some of his wife Clara's work. She too was an excellent pianist, perhaps even better than her husband.

are you sure you mean the "Erlkönig" by Schumann? many composers set that poem into notes; there are versions by Carl Loewe, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Carl Friedrich Zelter, Robert Schumann, and Hugo Wolf. the most popular version though is by Franz Schubert, and somehow I have the feeling you mean this version, because it surely grips you with its galloping rhythm. and yes, Clara Schumann née Wieck should definitely be looked into


Edited by BaldJean - October 13 2007 at 06:03

I like good piano concertoes, like the ones by Grieg and Schumann, and Rachmaninov's second.

fuxi wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: And if you want go past the decomposing composers, there's Steve Reich and Philip Glass.  Though they'd probably not be considered classical by classical music purists. You might say that Glass was "de-composing" even before he STARTED.

Huh, minimalists don't compose they decompose, interesting.

Hirgwath wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: And if you want go past the decomposing composers, there's Steve Reich and Philip Glass.  Though they'd probably not be considered classical by classical music purists. Glass's "Pruitt Igoe" is one of my favorite classical pieces ever. I need to see Koyaanisqatsi.

That's actually part of a trilogy of movies that include Powaqqatsi and Naqoyquatsi.  All really cool videos.

proger wrote: I love also symphonys lihe "merkury" symphony by hyden. (sorrey about the mistakes...)

Very happy to hear that! Haydn is my favourite symphonic composer of all time. A few dozen of his symphonies sound a little formulaic, but since he wrote more than a hundred, that's no problem at all! I particularly enjoy the so-called "Sturm und Drang" symphonies, which usually include the 'Mercury' symphony, the 'Fire' symphony etc. (and once again there's an excellent 6-CD bargain box set by Trevor Pinnock), and the six 'Paris' symphonies: truly life-enhancing stuff!

fuxi wrote: Dick Heath wrote: So my question: with which Bartok String Quartet should I start? I'm afraid I don't know the Bartok quartets (they're "on my list") but they're all supposed to be masterpieces, and they fit on two CDs, so I guess you can't go wrong...

You guys check my earlier post on the Bartok quartets where I map out the movements that are "Frippish" for those wanting to trace the Bartok influence. Number 4 is my favorite and full of passages that inspired Fripp and others.

Edited by Easy Money - October 13 2007 at 12:16

This is another great one