Classical music appreciation thread.

[Ethereal Sage]

We all know that classical music affects the bands we love, direcetly or indirecetly. I wish to make a thread where we may benefit from information concerning classical artists who have shaped and influenced the musical expressions we hear today.

Please post any names and tracks of classical artists who you think have played an important role in shaping their 'future' of music...any artist who you feel has pushed the boundaries of their era of sonic communication, or at least made a name for themselves (even posthumasly) in capturing the spirit of their time in music.

I NEED/LOVE classical music, but am at a loss with names of specific pieces of lasting impression.

Let us all help each other to explore the roots of our current addictions

P.S.: I will edit and make more sense when I am less inebriated

 

[Caelestia]

I'm not a classical expert. This genre can be overwhelming and intimidating. Also doesn't help that many pieces were named with numbers, heh. But one of my all-time favourites to listen to is "Moonlight Sonata." Other cliched responses include Carmina Burana, Barber's Adagio for Strings, Swan Lake, Beethoven's symphonies, Chopin's nocturnes, Bach's Toccata & Fugue in Dm, and some Arvo Part and Schubert pieces whose titles I can't recall now. The classical pieces I like are largely from the classical and romantic period.

 

[Ethereal Sage]

*goes to listen to Adagio for Strings...William Orbit's take*

 

[Northern Lights]

I have no idea if it's important or not, but I am ridiculously fond of Smetana's "The bartered bride" and Tjajkovskij's (sorry, I know you English-speaking people transcribe his name differently) "Piano Concerto No. 1"

 

[Arch]

I listen to Richard Clayderman when growing up, so I got a taste of classical music, piano-wise.

As for a big influence, I got to give credit to the Looney Tunes cartoons for introducing a lot of good classical music.

 

[Caelestia]

loon

I listen to Richard Clayderman when growing up, so I got a taste of classical music, piano-wise.

As for a big influence, I got to give credit to the Looney Tunes cartoons for introducing a lot of good classical music.

Haha, my mum listened to Mr. Clayderman too. As for Looney Tunes... Fiiiiigaro Fiiiiiigarooo!!

 

[hyena]

I'm a Smetana fan as well.

 

[King Chaos]

Bruckner, Wagner, Debussy, shostakovich and haydn are all propa good :Spin:.

 

[Lina]

Bruckner, Wagner, Debussy, shostakovich and haydn are all propa good :Spin:.

Hmm...which one doesn't belong?

 

[rahvin]

Hmm...which one doesn't belong?

i can actually pronounce "wagner" without sounding like a boar with a sore throat.

 

[Caelestia]

Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Khachaturian, Sibelius and Massenet’s Meditation from Thais

 

[Miolo]

anything by rachmaninov is just wonderful.

 

[Arch]

*appreciates*

 

[Salamurhaaja]

I like Ravels "sex music"

 

[fireangel]

I like Ravels "sex music"

I don´t know if the following artists/pieces influenced any metal musician, but I like them anyhow:

G. Puccini: Manon Lescaut (especially sung by the couple of Kiri Te Kanawa/Placido Domingo)
J. Pachelbel: Canon.. and in general lots of church music

I like music of Edvard Grieg and Jean Sibelius, but I haven´t learned much of it, yet. My favourite classical singer of all times is Kiri Te Kanawa, whatever she may sing, her voice is so warm and still powerful, never shrill, and she says anything with the tone of her voice. I wish I had seen her live once..

 

[Caelestia]

kiri te kanawa.. i love her rendition of that madame butterfly song. moves me to tears...

 

[MagSec4]

Antonio Vivaldi is teh man! |,,/

I listen to Richard Clayderman when growing up, so I got a taste of classical music, piano-wise.

That was my mom's favorite artist ever :/

 

[Skald]

both thumbs up for Vivaldi

 

[opacity]

about a week ago I heard on the radio a piece by Johann Friedrich Fasch. I have no idea what the correct title of this piece was, i only remember that it was in minor and for bassoons.
and it was a very majestic piece. I've kept searching for it since then

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat..

This has the power to reduce me to tears.

The contrast between the innocence of the melody and the power and advancement of his tonal interplay is just heartbreaking, almost like looking back at ones childhood from now adult eyes.

It makes me think of an old black and white film of a toddler or young child taking their first steps... beautiful. :'(