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    Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:22
If Prog is a "subdivision" of classical symponic music: what would you give to a friend to convince him, that this music is great stuff. -

For me:

- PETER TSCHAIKOWSKY "6. Symphony" (Pathetique) conducted by Sergiu Celibidache

- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS "The lark ascending" conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

The catch is that I'm looking for stylistic elements from this musical gems in Prog-Music. "Mad man moon" by GENESIS is very close to this kind of classical atmosphere.

 

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YES - Close to the edge / UK - UK / GENESIS - The lamb lies down / KING CRIMSON - Discipline / MIKE OLDFIELD - Tubular bells / JETHRO TULL - Aqualung / GENTLE GIANT - Three friends / TMO - IMF
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:25

I choose to move this to the "non prog music forum"

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:27
not really "classical" in the true sense of the word (the "classical" period refers to Haydn, Mozart and the early Beethoven and their contemporaries), but in a broader sense of the word: "Le Sacre du Printemps" by Igor Stravinsky. very influential for Prog, in my opinion. I choose the version with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

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YES - Close to the edge / UK - UK / GENESIS - The lamb lies down / KING CRIMSON - Discipline / MIKE OLDFIELD - Tubular bells / JETHRO TULL - Aqualung / GENTLE GIANT - Three friends / TMO - IMF
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:32
Thanks Baldjean: of course I mean all the music until today that is not played in MTV but in opera or concert halls. We call that "classic" (in german is "ernste" Musik). I don't know the appropriate term in English.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 13:44
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:36
Toccata In D-Fuga  by JS Bach, played on a real church organ is such an impressive sound, it is mighty close to the most bombastic progrock!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:37
I have many since my wife is a classical  musician and teacher and we have lots and I mean lots no, truck loads of classical CDs. However the one Ilike the most is Mozart piano Concerto No. 21 in C minor Geza Anda.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 14:50

I like Vaughan Williams' Fantasia in A on a theme by Thomas Tallis  - listen to it in the dark at full volume - it's awesome. Another current favourite is a piece called Evening Hymn by Balfour Gardiner - this is choral & really very moving

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 15:14

Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Toccata In D-Fuga  by JS Bach, played on a real church organ is such an impressive sound, it is mighty close to the most bombastic progrock!

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Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2.... 

I melt everytime I hear it... simply incredible.. especially to hear Rachmaninoff himself play it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:15
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony for me.  I got to hear it live with a full chorus about a year and a half ago and I think the room levitated in the 4th movement.  I never get tired of hearing it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:16
So many,since classical music is my carrier and my greatest passion...can't name a favourite...never could,never will...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:17
I bet baroque would be the best to start with, The four seasons by Vivaldi or the cello suites by Bach.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:18
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

So many,since classical music is my carrier and my greatest passion...can't name a favourite...never could,never will...


indulge us.... how about a list of your favorites...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:20
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2.... 

I melt everytime I hear it... simply incredible.. especially to hear Rachmaninoff himself play it.

you are probably refering to the Welte-Mignon recordings of Rachmaninoff. there are some of Debussy and Mahler too. and of Gershwin


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:21
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

So many,since classical music is my carrier and my greatest passion...can't name a favourite...never could,never will...


indulge us.... how about a list of your favorites...


but i just said I can't...
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:22
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:22
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2.... 

I melt everytime I hear it... simply incredible.. especially to hear Rachmaninoff himself play it.

you are probably refering to the Welte-Mignon recordings of Rachmaninoff


hahahha... yeah.  Maybe it's just me but I really enjoy hearing him play it as well.  He wasn't just a great composer but a great pianist as well at least IMO (correct me if you feel differently hahahha)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2006 at 16:24
he was a famos virtuoso in his time


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