Classical music for metalheads??

[Freanan]

My favourite composer is Beethoven.
Strangely i have all his odd-numbered symphonies. The 6th is the only even numbered one i have, but only as mp3. I also like some Mahler and Grieg...
Edit: And i forgot Brahms. I only know his 2nd symphony, but it's rather great. Better then Mahler and Grieg imo.

 

[unknown]

I like Respighi, very bombastic and kinda metallish stuff

The Pines of Rome (and the subsequent) symphonies were very majestic and weepy in their awesomeness

 

[Orfanos]

Tchaikovskij
Wagner
Mozart
Beethoven

These are the composers I like most. From the less known, I prefer

Sibelius
Debuchy

I think that metal is the genre that has the biggest relationship with classical music and it's not strange that a lot of us listen to it.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Damn, I was listening to opera the whole day yesterday. I feel smart.

You are smart.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

My favourite composer is Beethoven.
Strangely i have all his odd-numbered symphonies. The 6th is the only even numbered one i have, but only as mp3. I also like some Mahler and Grieg...
Edit: And i forgot Brahms. I only know his 2nd symphony, but it's rather great. Better then Mahler and Grieg imo.

Mahler>Brahms.
Anyway the best Brahms Symphony is probably No. 4. But I think Mahler's 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th are better. All of Mahler's symphonies aside from no. 8 are excellent (even his quasi-symphony Das Lied Von Der Erde). Try and pick up a box set of them if you can as well as Das Lied Von Der Erde and his song cycles (Ruckert Lieder, Songs of Wayfarer, Songs on the Death of Children).

 

[~Neurotica]

You are smart.

Joy!

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Tchaikovskij
Wagner
Mozart
Beethoven

These are the composers I like most. From the less known, I prefer

Sibelius
Debuchy

I think that metal is the genre that has the biggest relationship with classical music and it's not strange that a lot of us listen to it.

All excellent choices though I have heard only a little Sibelius. Debussy is great though.

 

[~Neurotica]

My np classic stuff:
RAVEL
Bolero: Tempo Di Bolero Moderato Assai

VERDI
La Traviata: Brindisi

PACHELBEL
Canon in D minor

PUCCINI
La Boheme: "Che gelinda manina"

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No 1 in B flar minor,Op.23

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra Op.43 on a Theme of Paganipi: var.18

MOZART
Le Nozze Di Figaro "Voi che sapete"

BOCCHERINI
Menuet

 

[Orfanos]

Debussy is great though.

And of course it's "Debussy", not "Debuchy" as by mistake I wrote.

I forgot to mention Dvorak and Smetana, both Czechs, who are underrated im my honest opinion.

 

[PanzerKunt]

Dvorek is cheap vodka so I agree

 

[Evomo]

handel
mussorgsky
rachmaninoff
schubert
philip glass
penderecki (probably my favorite)

and the classics:
mozart
bach
beethoven
shostakovich
tchaikovsky

 

[Zephyrus]

I suggest any pipe-organ stuff by Bach and Handel.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

And of course it's "Debussy", not "Debuchy" as by mistake I wrote.

I forgot to mention Dvorak and Smetana, both Czechs, who are underrated im my honest opinion.

I sang in a performance of Dvorak's Te Deum when I was in Prague a few years ago. Pretty neat.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I suggest any pipe-organ stuff by Bach and Handel.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Joy!

 

[Freanan]

Mahler>Brahms.
Anyway the best Brahms Symphony is probably No. 4. But I think Mahler's 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th are better. All of Mahler's symphonies aside from no. 8 are excellent (even his quasi-symphony Das Lied Von Der Erde). Try and pick up a box set of them if you can as well as Das Lied Von Der Erde and his song cycles (Ruckert Lieder, Songs of Wayfarer, Songs on the Death of Children).

I think Mahler is really good, but his music does not as much for me as Brahms.
Maybe it is actually more intelligent/original/innovative then Brahms's walking onwards on the ways of the older composers.
I only have the 5th symphony which is in my top 5 of classical music or something and the first into which i don't really get.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I think Mahler is really good, but his music does not as much for me as Brahms.
Maybe it is actually more intelligent/original/innovative then Brahms's walking onwards on the ways of the older composers.
I only have the 5th symphony which is in my top 5 of classical music or something and the first into which i don't really get.

Well Brahms is an excellent composer certainly (get the Violin Concerto if you don't have it yet) but overall I feel that Mahler is the better symphonist with only Beethoven being slightly ahead of him. Brahms is certainly a more diverse and well rounded composer but very little of Brahms' music affects me as much as Mahler's does. Mahler takes some time to get into. You may want to pick up the score to his symphonies when you listen to them (Dover sells them REALLY cheap). Following along with the score really enhances your appreciation and understanding of the music (when I was working on my BA in Music we used to do this all the time and things which I never would have noticed in just listening to the music popped out when I followed along with the score).

 

[challenge_everything]

If you enjoyed Gorecki's Third Symphony (which in my opinion is his best work) you may also like his Miserere, Totus Tuus, Good Night, Harpsichord Concerto, Reqieum fur Kleines Polka, Sym. 2, Beatus Vir, etc. Great composer.

I've tried to track down as much Gorecki as I can but I've only been able to get the second and third symphonies. A Harpsichord Concerto? Sounds cool. I've loved that instrument ever since I grew up listening to House of the Rising Sun

 

[Thoth-Amon]

I've tried to track down as much Gorecki as I can but I've only been able to get the second and third symphonies. A Harpsichord Concerto? Sounds cool. I've loved that instrument ever since I grew up listening to House of the Rising Sun

Nonesuch Records sells most of those pieces I mentioned. Just go on Amazon.com and do a search for Gorecki. It should bring up tons of material for you.

 

[FailingAcension]

Debussy and Bach are my favorites.
Debussy's Noctures and La Mer are great listens.
Right now on piano, I am learning Claire de Lune. Its hard, I'm by no means an expert at piano.

My favorite Bach piece is Toccatta and Fugue in D minor. I can play 4 pages of it but after that it gets insane hard.
His organ fugues "Little" and "Great" are really good.

Holst's "The Planets" is awsome.

I love Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, mostly the really fast 3rd movement.

Griegs Peer Gynt Suites I & II are both good

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake is excellent, as is The Nutcracker Suite, my favorite of that being Arabian Dance.

Chopin's Prelude No. 15 in D flat major is excellent.

Vivaldi's (sp?) The Four Seasons is good too

And this whole thread is just scratching the surface! Classical music is my favorite.