Classical Music

[JustEnjoytheMusic]

You don't have to enjoy classical music to acknowledge the pure genius of the following pieces (and yes, there are a lot of great pieces missing. I just heard *Ode to Joy* today that's why I came up with this thread).

Beethoven - Ode to Joy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFX8S9aA ... re=related

Verdi - from: La Traviata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDo8Iz8L ... re=related

Verdi - from: Nabucco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6JN0l7A ... re=related

Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcpM0yN7p0c

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, Tanz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40ktuJLnsQ

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Für Elise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ECRYcX ... re=related

Kiri Te Kanawa (Maori songs) - Tarakihi (mixture of native Maori music and classical):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV88zD55_zc

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I listen to classical music every once in a while, especially "piano-oriented". Composers/Pianists such as Beethoven, Chopin, Clementi, Haydn, Liszt (= probably my personal favourite), Mozart, Schumann & Tchaikovsky, just to name a few.

People who can enjoy classical music, is fortunate in a way, because it was the MAIN genre for music for a VERY long period, which - consequently - resulted in a large amount of great "artists"/composers [in this genre].

[JustEnjoytheMusic]

I've also been listening to classical music since childhood, especially "opera-oriented" in my case because my mother loves it . The pieces I mentioned are just some that I think are universally great... Okay, the last one is just one of my favorite songs and not classical music in a traditional way.

Do you play yourself (piano)? I used to play Edvard Grieg a lot...

[Guess_Who]

This theme gives me goosebumps. Minute 3.06 is perfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEgLPwdkDA

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I've also been listening to classical music since childhood, especially "opera-oriented" in my case because my mother loves it . The pieces I mentioned are just some that I think are universally great... Okay, the last one is just one of my favorite songs and not classical music in a traditional way.

Do you play yourself (piano)? I used to play Edvard Grieg a lot...

I've yet to master the skill of piano. Someday when I get a little more free time, I hope I do. Currenty I play guitar. Beautiful insturment, that too.

[CrashBand]

Luciano Pavarotti is easily one of my favourite artists. I'm also a big fan of piano orientated classical too. The only piece I can play (fully, without mistakes) out of those examples is Für Elise.

And where are you from? I'm Maori myself so I am very familiar with that last example lol.

[JustEnjoytheMusic]

And where are you from? I'm Maori myself so I am very familiar with that last example lol.

Seriously? That's cool
I'm Swiss. And I have nothing to do with the Maori culture, but my mother is very much into classical music and a friend of her recomended that CD (Kiri Te Kanawa - Maori Songs) and it has been one of my favorites since I'm ten
Also, I love the sound of "Huri Huri" and "E Papa" (here especially the Haka performed by the men).
As I didn't really listen to music until I was sixteen (aside from my mother's music, basically), I even had a talk in class on that album because we had to do our "weekly personal hit parade" (which I absolutely hated, because nobody could relate... Everybody was into Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Punk... And I was into "classical music meets Maori/native music") and have a talk about our favorite artist.

I've also been listening to classical music since childhood, especially "opera-oriented" in my case because my mother loves it . The pieces I mentioned are just some that I think are universally great... Okay, the last one is just one of my favorite songs and not classical music in a traditional way.

Do you play yourself (piano)? I used to play Edvard Grieg a lot...

I've yet to master the skill of piano. Someday when I get a little more free time, I hope I do. Currenty I play guitar. Beautiful insturment, that too.

I didn't master it, either. My skills are very basic, and I never really learned to read keys (despite several years of training - the only songs I can play flawlessly are the once I could convince my teacher to play for me once).


PS - it's cool to see that there are a few classical music listeners. I always thought my taste in music is kind of screwed up

[mdemaz]

I fuck with a lot of classical music that involves instruments like cellos and pianos, I'm not really a brass kinda guy, I just love the film score stuff and some Beethoven and such.

[SpiderGirl]

I’m a big fan of classic music, I have around 1200 classic music CDs and 50 DVDs in my home music library, my father was a country music lover and his collections are also with our library.