The 'classical' music thread

I'm using classical with a small C because any Music student will tell you the capital letter makes a difference.

So what orchestral music do we like?

Shostakovich - Prelude to op. 34, no. 15 (aka the theme to Ever Decreasing Circles) - a slightly mechanical piece, reminds me of clockwork. Sample here... I think it's either been recorded on poor tape or warped vinyl - it's not a badly-tuned piano, so sorry for the quality.

Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns

I also liked the theme used in the old Alton Tower ads, but cant think of the name of the song.

more to come as soon as i work out the names of the other piaces i like

cinder144uk wrote:... I also liked the theme used in the old Alton Tower ads, but cant think of the name of the song.

Had to think about that for a bit... it's In The Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt by Grieg.

I like Saint-Saens, too: 'The Swan' is my favourite - it sounds so beautiful live. Cellists look so blissed out when they play it.

thanks Cyber

well another i have been realy enjoying the past few months is Pictures at a exberdtion:)

Ooh! Which movement do you like best?

VII- Aquarium
its so mystical, like walking through a hall with stained glass windows at night, a gental snowfall outside and the moonlight shining through.

Not keen on it, but only because I had to dance around to it when I was in Reception class at school. I was a jellyfish. A really annoyed jellyfish. I had to wear a paper plate on my head with strips of packing material stapled around the edge to make my tentacular appendages. We had to run around the hall in our vest and pants and the paper plate kept falling off my head.

So, yeah, a four-year-old, really annoyed, poorly-co-ordinated, freezing and badly dressed jellyfish.

sorry for brining back a sad memory cyber
I was a badly dressed crow for a play about the Bible story of the Famer who sowed his seed.
and when i was peeked at thouse suposed to be seds, i almost headbuted them.

but another movment i like is the last one of pictures at a expidetion, think its the gates of something or other, can almost see the king looking smug with his septer sending another child to prison for stealing a pie:cheers:

I'm getting over the whole jellyfish-paper-plate-on-head-thing now.

cinder wrote:but another movment i like is the last one of
pictures at a expidetion, think its the gates of something or other,
can almost see the king looking smug with his septer sending another
child to prison for stealing a pie:cheers:

The Bogatyr Gates / The Great Gate of Kiev?

My favourite movement has to be The Old Castle - I love the saxophone melody.

Ennio Morricone - Gabriel's Oboe

From the soundtrack to The Mission.

John Rutter - Gaelic Blessing

John Rutter - Lux Aeterna, from Requiem.

John Rutter - Fecit Potentiam, from Magnificat.

This morning I was listening to Alison Moyet's recording of Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas by Purcell. It's pretty different but she has just the right tonal qualities for the part. It's from an album she produced with the conductor Anne Dudley. She does a mean cover of God Give Me Strength, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo

i saw a parody of this on an episode of the simpsons and thought that it was one of the most stunning pices of piano music ever

The piano music was beautiful. I was amazed at his patience, too, for taking a photo every day for 6 years. I also saw a parody called Phil takes his photo every day for 2 days.

Back to the Rutter tonight.

Cyber wrote:The piano music was beautiful. I was amazed at his patience, too, for taking a photo every day for 6 years. I also saw a parody called Phil takes his photo every day for 2 days.

yeah when i first heard it i thought it was one of the great classical composers, was not expeting it to have been writen last year.
defenitly up there in my top 5 at the moment.
and to think that this song my never have been heard were it not for youtube.

Now playing:

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere

John Rutter - Magnificat Anima Mea

Shostakovich - Op. 34, Preludes 1-24, No. 15
Found a much better recording, short but sweet!

Rondo Veneziana - La Serenissima

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_wRgBS5lI

could anyone tell me the name of the song used in this add, been tryong to find the music foe ages


cheers

This should really be in the classical section. It's Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod. The reason I'd name two composers here is that initially the music was part of a series of pieces called The Well-Tempered Clavichord by Bach. Gounod adapted it and arranged it for voice in the 19th Century.

I have a recording of it performed by Lesley Garrett (Northern goddess of all things operatic) and thanks to you posting the video, I've dug it out and am listening to Lesley in all her operatic loveliness.

Now playing Gorecki's Third Symphony.