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

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mhenschel said:
Here's a hop and a skip through some of the pieces that caught my ear and my interest in classical music. In no particular order:

Lorraine Hunt singing Handel... any Handel but try Ombra mai fu and Angels ever Bright and Fair (take, oh take me to thy care)
Strauss Waltz Transcriptions by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern -- Boston Chamber Players
de Visee - La Plainte -- Hopkinson Smith
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Saw her with the Chicago Symphony doing Mahler 2 and she was stunning; best Urlicht I've ever heard. This was shortly before her death.
It was unfortunate that MTT was conducting though.
 
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I do love videos: the combination of tone and picture, to assess sound. It allows the better saving, remembering and focussing of sound - in my mind;-)
Pictures, images demand to be heard. Pictures, images call for her sounds;-)

 
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I personally am more into smaller things, don’t like those big orchestral works so much… here are some of my favorites:

YoYoMa‘s newest play of the cello suites—great interpretation. Also very nice is Pablo Casal‘s oldest interpretation.

Another wonderful piece is Bizet‘s Arelesienne-suites.

The french suites and the english suites from Bach, played by Glen Gould are very nice too.

Almost anything Vivaldi is great.

Have a look for a group named „L‘Archibudelli“ the play historic stuff on historic instruments…

There would be so many more…
 
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I‘ll never forget the video of that one suite for viola di gamba, which name I of course have forgotten. This instrument is so impressively complex, the piece so soothing and the interpretation absolutely virtuos…
Arvo Pärt of course, yes! (I often listen to him before/after some brian eno records 🙂 )

Another one is carl philipp emanuel bach (one of johann‘s sons), less geometric, very vivid)
 
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myleftear said:
Arvo Pärt of course, yes! (I often listen to him before/after some brian eno records 🙂 )
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I have a lot of AP music, mainly played by Jeroen van veen. Minimalist music is interesting as you can either let it wash over you or listen to every note and really absorb it. For times when something written by a virtuoso to show how big his hands were is too much 🙂 . Interestingly since getting together with current wife I have developed a much greater appreciation for minimalist music. I suspect this is because of her Indian heritage and introducting me to traditional Ragas. It was traditional Indian music forms which were a significant influence on the emerging minimialist scene in California. So the likes of Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams. Not for every mood, but at the right time.

Out of leftfield recommendations for tonight
1. John Luther Adams : become ocean performed by the Seattle symphony - you'll love it or hate it.
2. Masterpieces in minature from the SF symphony orchestra. Nice mix of wonderful works.
 
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billshurv said:
For times when something written by a virtuoso to show how big his hands were is too much
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Yup. It's been a big problem for me with piano, particularly concertos.

It's why I fell in love with the Schubert piano sonatas I mentioned earlier. There's complexity & simplicity, listen intently or let it wash over.

Bobo Stenson quartet has a similar thing going for it. Not that they're classical...
 
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