Classical Music. What should I listen to? What is your favorites?

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#2
I listen to anything I want from classical, jazz, to techno, electronica, etc.

Maybe start with some of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos?

Brandenburg Concertos by Bach (look for chamber orchestra versions, not full orchestra)

Respighi
  • Pines and Fountains of Rome
  • Birds
  • Church Windows

Aaron Copeland:
  • Appalachian Spring
  • Billy the Kid
  • Fanfare for the Common Man
  • El Salon Mexico
Leos Janacek:
  • Sinfonietta
  • Suite for Strings

Modest Mussorgsky
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Night on Bald Mountain
Widor
  • Symphony for Organ N 5 V Toccata

Tons of other composers to check out, just a hint of the things I have found worthwhile. Countless others.
 
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I absolutely love the Tristan und Isolde string orchestra composed by Richard Wagner. Conducted by Edo de Waard and performed by Nederlands Radio Philharmonic.

My favorite piece is Mahlers 5th symphonie but I struggle to find a great recording. Any suggestions or more pieces along these lines?

Mahlers 5th part One tears me open each time. I have not found a piece of music that comes close.

Oh and lets not forget about Morarts Requiem. In particular Lacrimosa.

Cheers!
 
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Among many other things, I like most of the cantates and organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, organ works of Dieterich Buxtehude, Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus, especially if performed by Le Banquet Celeste, the music of the 16th/17th century singer-songwriter John Dowland, especially if performed by Duo Serenissima, most of the work of Henry Purcell but particularly Dido's lament, and from the more modern stuff, Philip Glass and the Canto Ostinato of Simeon ten Holt, although I never heard the complete work.

A CD of Vivaldi's Nisi dominus performed by Le Banquet Celeste was the very first music I played on my valve DAC. I had heard them live a couple of weeks earlier at the early music festival in Utrecht, where I also bought the CD. It sounded very well, but there was this funny sound on the background between the pieces. I almost started debugging my DAC, but then realized it was simply the pump of the organ, which had sounded exactly the same in Utrecht.
 
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It's a very tricky question as there is soooo much music out there of so many different styles and we all have so many different tastes. What I would suggest is to to think about TV shows, adverts or films where you like the music and start hunting those pieces out. Then find more pieces by those composers. I'm not sure my recommendations would help as I leap 400 years in a few minutes sometimes depending on my mood. And some of my choices are not deemed music by the wife 🙂
 
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