The Classical Music Thread
Rik_Kirtaniya
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There are quite a number of music threads here, but a dedicated classical music thread is missing. Since that's my favourite genre of music, I'm going to start a thread here so we can share our favourite classical music pieces and probably have some discussion and appreciation of the same.
While posting, please mention the name of the composition and the artist. Also, don't worry if something has already been posted by someone else in previous pages. If you want to share some classical pieces you like, please do it freely.
So let's have some quality music!
Edit: Just to avoid any confusion, by "classical" here, I mean classical music in the general, broader sense, and not strictly music from the classical period of Western art music.
While posting, please mention the name of the composition and the artist. Also, don't worry if something has already been posted by someone else in previous pages. If you want to share some classical pieces you like, please do it freely.
So let's have some quality music!
Edit: Just to avoid any confusion, by "classical" here, I mean classical music in the general, broader sense, and not strictly music from the classical period of Western art music.
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by Francisco Tarrega
played on a Bouchet guitar by Frank Wallace
https://youtu.be/nJy7ELXEXx4
by Johann Sebastian Bach
played by Andres Segovia
https://youtu.be/uXeVN3RsCYI
Allow me to share some, then. As I've mentioned before, I have some trouble in posting single songs instead of albums/collections, so please bear with me.
(Various) Harpsichord Sonatas
Composer: Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
Played by: Igor Kipnis
Style: Baroque / "Pre-Classical"
https://youtu.be/MfuZL_RZwIw
Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052-1058
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Played by: Several people, the names are mentioned inside the link
Style: Baroque
https://youtu.be/eo-sy-Lh2vk
La Follia
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Played by: Emilie Autumn
Style: Baroque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2bSNkdu54
I don't have time to post more right now, but I'll come back with Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, etc...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNcsUNKlAKw
Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71fZhMXlGT4
Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor (aka classical Dracular music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EGQU81eX8s
Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique IV Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxcRfyzBfyU
Ottorini Respighi: The Pines of Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBcNFcMZmEg
I love plenty more, but I will only post one more
Carl Orff- Carmina Burana O Fortuna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4
(I partly love the last one because too many hear "Plate of Cookies, Tasty Cookies" in the song) A lovely mondegreen!
I like strumming the strings in guitar simulation apps on my phone, though that is entirely a casual enterprise. Most of the times, I listen to various guitar pieces, almost all classical ones (if something is not classical, at least it should be light music, if I'm to enjoy it), though piano, clarinet and flute are my favourites too. Debussy is one of my favourites. Here's another from him that I particularly enjoy. The music is highly beautiful and serene, but at the same time, somewhat sad.
The Maid with the Flaxen Hair
(Originally "La fille aux cheveux de lin")
by Claude Debussy
played on violin by Joshua Bell
https://youtu.be/k-6QvEQRjwU
(This came pre-loaded on Windows 7 in the Sample Music folder.)
https://youtu.be/YEITVTcGbzc
And here's it played on piano by Tal-Haim Samnon
https://youtu.be/rjxXF7x7Lu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXy50exHjes
a couple of years ago when i finally found this track ( for years i had no idea what it was called until i accidentally found it haha ) i made this the track for my super heavy lifts ( well just for bench press and squats )
and now every time i hear it, my body just becomes amplified, as if it is ready to give 200% of what it can do, i can just feel my heart rate and power increase just from hearing this track, even if im just sitting and doing nothing haha
although the version i have is just the 2:30 version, but that on loop is enough to get the job done
by Johann Pachelbel
played on violin by Alison Sparrow
https://youtu.be/DskKYKYNv7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca1DU606JJI
by Isaac Albéniz
played by Ana Vidovic
https://youtu.be/inBKFMB-yPg
I just came across this guitarist - Drew Henderson - on YouTube. I'd never heard of him before, but damn can he play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxi9843_NUk
https://youtu.be/oPmKRtWta4E
https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-makes-the-famous-bach-organ-piece-toccata-fugue-so-spooky/
But it was apparently used beforehand in cinema to connote something spooky was going on, even during the silent film era.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=phantom+of+the+opera+plays+bach+tocatta+and+fugue+in+d+minor&view=detail&mid=E781CC83189D89821608E781CC83189D89821608&FORM=VIRE
Now that's impressive!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmj7nCRYNs4