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Old 02-11-2006, 22:49
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Almost everyone likes classical music to some extent, no matter what their preferred taste.
So, the question is, whats' your favourite piece?

And before anyone bites my head off, I did consider asking in the Music forum, but it seems to be more discussions about The Killers, Scissor Sisters and Justin Timberlake in there! You're all far more cultured in GD!

Edit: I'll start us off: mine is Albinoni's Adagio for Organ and Strings....

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Old 02-11-2006, 22:51
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Mahler's 8th symphony............

It's..............great !!
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Old 02-11-2006, 22:51
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Wagner - Ride of the valkyries.
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:01
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Depends what mood I'm in. Sometimes it is Wagner, Beethoven or Bach, but one piece I've always liked since I first heard it at about 13 is the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto.
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:17
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The intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni.
I first heard it on a free Mail on Sunday CD, and loved it, and bought the whole opera on the strength of it.
when I played the Intermezzo to my mum, she said,
"that was your Grandad's favourite piece of music".
Wow.
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:30
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Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A

That's my absolute favourite, but I like loads more too
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:38
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Pachelbel - Canon In D
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:38
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Anything by Bach - probably a cantata, St Matthew Passion, B Minor Mass or the Magnificat if i was going to be precise (one voice per part, of course, nothing else sounds right any more)

Either that, or the new recording of Handel's Messiah from New College Oxford (with choirboys singing the arias) is rather good too
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:40
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I'm rather fond of Hildegard of Bingen, Albinoni, Handel, Bach, Monteverdi, Dowland etc. Early music/ Baroque/ Renaissance and so on
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:43
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not really up on the name side of things, do listen to classic fm occasionally, i love andrea boccelli's 'time to say goodnight'.
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:43
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Lakme Variations by Delibes
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:47
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Almost anything by Mozart or Handel; some Schubert pieces; lots of Italian opera (Verdi, Puccini etc.)
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Old 02-11-2006, 23:55
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How I ache once more to bathe in the extended aural joy that is Waldemar Zymanowski's Extended Chromatic Organ Fugue in B#7b5 Demented.

This massive work for 2 Wurlitzer Organs, last for over 3 hours and can be regarded as the crowning achievement of late 19th century, Upper Silesian, atonal music making at it's finest.

Zimmy, as we cognoscenti like to call him, began his Opus Mammoth in 1890, and finished it in late 1955. By then he was a spent force in the musical world - just in time for the musical baton to be passed to Elvis Presley. Sadly, in his advanced years, Zimmy unfortunately got to hear his mighty work played in front of a live audience.

This gargantuan piece is played using only the sub-sonic 32' & 64' Organ pipes. The listener is bathed in the almighty throbbing vibration, as the walls of the auditorium are literally about to crumble - yeah like the trumpets sounding at the Battle of Jericho.

It is indeed a trial of strength and endurance for the listener.

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Old 02-11-2006, 23:57
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Habanera from Carmen.

I especially enjoy it when I'm watching Lesley Garrett squirming around on a chair, while singing it.

She did that on her Viva La Diva video.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:02
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Originally Posted by Dewain deBley
How I ache once more to bathe in the extended aural joy that is Waldemar Zymanowski's Extended Chromatic Organ Fugue in B#7b5 Demented.

This massive work for 2 Wurlitzer Organs, last for over 3 hours and can be regarded as the crowning achievement of late 19th century, Upper Silesian, atonal music making at it's finest.

Zimmy, as we cognoscenti like to call him, began his Opus Mammoth in 1890, and finished it in late 1955. By then he was a spent force in the musical world - just in time for the musical baton to be passed to Elvis Presley. Sadly, in his advanced years, Zimmy unfortunately got to hear his mighty work played in front of a live audience.

This gargantuan piece is played using only the sub-sonic 32' & 64' Organ pipes. The listener is bathed in the almighty throbbing vibration, as the walls of the auditorium are literally about to crumble - yeah like the trumpets sounding at the Battle of Jericho.

It is indeed a trial of strength and endurance for the listener.

Comfy Cushions and Ear Plugs on request, by appointment only
You are taking the mick. Mainly because 32' organ pipes are not subsonic - 32 foot is only 2 octaves below the pitch it's played at. (organist speaking...) Plus no organist would want to spend three hours faffing around just on the pedals

Currently listening to Bach - Christmas Oratorio (well, it's cold) with the Netherlands Bach Society... Johannette Zomer <insert love smiley here> is great
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:03
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Originally Posted by Jean Luc Picard
Habanera from Carmen.

I especially enjoy it when I'm watching Lesley Garrett squirming around on a chair, while singing it.

She did that on her Viva La Diva video.
My a**e makes a better singing sound than that woman.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:08
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Originally Posted by ForestChav
You are taking the mick. Mainly because 32' organ pipes are not subsonic - 32 foot is only 2 octaves below the pitch it's played at. (organist speaking...) Plus no organist would want to spend three hours faffing around just on the pedals
Never, I was being entirely humerous !

You can always couple the pedals to the keyboard and play at the lower end of the keyboard to get that throbbing sub-sonic experience
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:13
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Originally Posted by Dewain deBley
Never, I was being entirely humerous !

You can always couple the pedals to the keyboard and play at the lower end of the keyboard to get that throbbing sub-sonic experience
No you can't. You can couple Man - Ped but not the other way - at least not on most organs anyway

Anyway coupling is incredibly lazy and should only be used on smaller instruments with not enough power on the pedals, or to couple a specific manual solo stop onto the pedals. (plus on said smaller instruments, coupling two manuals mechanically normally makes it more difficult to play - one keyboard slides forward and pulls on the other. These smaller places invariably don't maintain the instrument either making the action stiffer; leading to a compromise between making a nice sound and having to bash seven bells out of the instrument (= wrist ache) or to compromise your sound and play it less harshly and save your wrists ).

As for laziness and organ playing... Baroque pedalling. Works well in Bach but not quite so well in later stuff.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:31
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Pachelbel's Canon in D, Bach's Minuet and Elgar's Enigma Variations.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:36
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mine was a piece that they used in the program "traffic". the tv one, not the movie. it was by someone who's name i'm too lazy too look up. it made me cry listening to it though.

my dad used to listen to classical all the time but then moved on to enigma!
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:49
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Originally Posted by Touché Rupert
Pachelbel - Canon In D
That's mine too. Really beautiful piece of music.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:53
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Dvorak piece that goes with the hovis advert, also Elgar`s pomp & circumstance marches.
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:55
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Listening to this now... it's great. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bach-Magnifi...id=1162515301/
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Old 03-11-2006, 00:57
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Pachelbel's Canon in D and Jean Sibelius Finlandia

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Old 03-11-2006, 01:21
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Originally Posted by Touché Rupert
Pachelbel - Canon In D
me too. i love the version by george winston
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