What do you think of classical?

[ilion]

I personally love Shostakovich, Beethoven, Mozart and Scarlatti, there is so much genius in their music...

 

[ejb626]

The local classical station is what I keep my radio constantly tuned too, it has everything I need News, Weather, and relaxing music. Yeah I love classical it helps me relax and it can be pretty epic too. Plus having it playing in the background makes me feel smart.

 

[ioxles]

I study classical guitar at uni, so yeah. Though i tend to listen almost exclusively to classical guitar music when i listen to classical.

You know about this guy right?

Spoiler

 

[da Loof]

I personally am a fan of... well, mostly them dead Russians, like Shastakovich and Tchaikovsky (his Serenade for Strings in C minor is my favorite work of all times), although if you want to be nitpicky, that's Romantic music, the period which came after Classical. Barring Vivaldi, I ever really got into Baroque (the period before classical), cause it's all harpsichord-y, frilly, stately and generally too held back on the emotional level for my taste.

Hem, hem. Bach is okay. Lots of fello cellists call this blasphemy, because he wrote the most famous cello suits of all time, but... meh. Good, but still overrated imho.

 

[da Loof]

EDIT: Whoops, double post.

 

[Nazulu]

Always loved classical music including the cheery stuff. I can enjoy any genre of music as long as the riffs are good and symphony giants like Tchaikovsky and Mozart have heaps. What I love most about famous classical compositions is the power, it's partly the reason why I love the movie Fantasia.

 

[bojac6]

I never liked rock or metal like most teenage guys. Sure, I listened to it, but I never really loved it. Then I found classical music. My god, it filled me with wonder as to how I survived without it. That music is true genius, and no talentless ****** like Bieber can even begin to be on the same reality plane to compare to it.

Now, a lot of people are snooty about classical music. "If it's classical it's bound to be good. Now I'm going to go to the golf club and have a glass of port." Wrong. There's terrible classical music too. I dislike the cheery stuff, it feels empty and shallow. I prefer quietly sad and beautiful music, such as the compositions of Ludovico Einaudi.

That's Ludovico Einaudi.

He.
Is.
Incredible.

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Now, what's your opinion on classical music? Do you like it? Despise it? Think it's boring, and prefer your rockin' metal?

If you do like it, who's your favourite composer?

I hate to break it to you, but this song, while beautiful, is not really classical. The development, harmonies and the way the song rolls from highs to lows are pretty modern. If anything, I'd say the style here is minimalist, with the simple orchestration and basic melody repeating. Classical music usually does not have multiple, different lines of music at the same time, but instead just chords that accentuate the main melody. Of course, like most rules of classification, there are more exceptions to this than examples that follow it, but overall, this rule is the largest minority.

It's all lumped together anyways, so calling it classical is fine until you run into people really into this sort of music. The problem is, most famous "classical" composers weren't actually classical. Bach and Vivaldi are definitely Baroque, Mozart is the early days of true Classical, and Beethoven is the last days of it, being more Romantic in nature. Most famous Russian composers are Romantic moving into the Modern periods.

Like I said, though, none of this really matters, as classical has a pretty widely accepted meaning of anything involving a symphony orchestra, and Einaudi certainly uses that. Still, if you want to find more like this, you might have more luck looking for Contemporary or Minimalist music.

 

[Veylon]

I thought the Classical Period was the age of the Romans. Why is music that comes around 2000 years later also called Classical?

Anyway, I think the music is grossly overrated. Not because it is bad, but simply because it is held up as the music to the point where all other forms are denigrated for being something other than Classical. It was a revolutionary era in music to be sure, what with so many instruments being invented and the system of musical notation being laid down, but it's admirers often seem eager to stifle the sorts of changes that brought it into being.

 

[Naheal]

I enjoy classical music, though I enjoy a sort of "new classical" mix. Normally I end up listening to game soundtracks because of this.

Example:


Say what you will about the game; the soundtrack was awesome.

 

[default]

I never liked rock or metal like most teenage guys. Sure, I listened to it, but I never really loved it. Then I found classical music. My god, it filled me with wonder as to how I survived without it. That music is true genius, and no talentless ****** like Bieber can even begin to be on the same reality plane to compare to it.

Now, a lot of people are snooty about classical music. "If it's classical it's bound to be good. Now I'm going to go to the golf club and have a glass of port." Wrong. There's terrible classical music too. I dislike the cheery stuff, it feels empty and shallow. I prefer quietly sad and beautiful music, such as the compositions of Ludovico Einaudi.

That's Ludovico Einaudi.

He.
Is.
Incredible.

<youtube=tAI2doCUbNc>

Now, what's your opinion on classical music? Do you like it? Despise it? Think it's boring, and prefer your rockin' metal?

If you do like it, who's your favourite composer?

I hate to break it to you, but this song, while beautiful, is not really classical. The development, harmonies and the way the song rolls from highs to lows are pretty modern. If anything, I'd say the style here is minimalist, with the simple orchestration and basic melody repeating. Classical music usually does not have multiple, different lines of music at the same time, but instead just chords that accentuate the main melody. Of course, like most rules of classification, there are more exceptions to this than examples that follow it, but overall, this rule is the largest minority.

It's all lumped together anyways, so calling it classical is fine until you run into people really into this sort of music. The problem is, most famous "classical" composers weren't actually classical. Bach and Vivaldi are definitely Baroque, Mozart is the early days of true Classical, and Beethoven is the last days of it, being more Romantic in nature. Most famous Russian composers are Romantic moving into the Modern periods.

Like I said, though, none of this really matters, as classical has a pretty widely accepted meaning of anything involving a symphony orchestra, and Einaudi certainly uses that. Still, if you want to find more like this, you might have more luck looking for Contemporary or Minimalist music.

Well, I'm a massive music theory noob, so excuse my ignorance there

However, radio stations that play those kinds of music still call themselves "Classic FM". It's just kind of become a label.

I guess it's like calling all traditional art just 'painting'...

Thanks for the recommendations, by the way!

 

[neuromantic]

Regular, old classical like Mozart or something just reminds me of the radio in my old school's First Aid room, and I'm hit with the nostalgic smell of decaying hot water bottles and TCP.

I love Classical music, but only really when it's done by modern artists or if there is a twist to it. I love the instrumental stuff that Emilie Autumn has done, but I suppose that probably doesn't count as classical the way she does things sometimes.

You ought to like this one though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNSNWmqGBZ0

Or something a little less traditional..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5pPeHDJspg

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

ludovico einaudi isn't classical music. the classical period of music history was 1750-1820, and the characteristics are formality and hierarchy, with an emphasis on harmony rather than counterpoint for the first time in all of music history. classical music is innovation and trying new things. ludovico einaudi is a contemporary pianist who composes new age ambient music, borrowing from pop elements and some musical minimalism. he's pretty much the instrumental equivalent to bieber anyway, if you compare him with real classical musicians-no innovation, cheap and forgettable despite popular appeal.

EDIT: and to answer the actual question, i obviously love classical music. i also love contemporary instrumentals, when done right. my favorite composers are mozart and schubert, though, and they will be until my dying day.

 

[da Loof]

I thought the Classical Period was the age of the Romans. Why is music that comes around 2000 years later also called Classical?

Anyway, I think the music is grossly overrated. Not because it is bad, but simply because it is held up as the music to the point where all other forms are denigrated for being something other than Classical. It was a revolutionary era in music to be sure, what with so many instruments being invented and the system of musical notation being laid down, but it's admirers often seem eager to stifle the sorts of changes that brought it into being.

I see where you're coming from. It's all a matter of personal preference, and I consider myself to be a fan of classical music.

Yes, it's not fair to say that classical music is THE source of music and creativity. And only a fool thinks that Classical is the only timeless music, either. I mean, this whole drum/guitar thing is pretty new to the whole music scene, so most of the truly timeless classics are considered to be classical... but the Beatles and a few other bands are well on their way to proving their timelessness as well

 

[SimuLord]

Love 19th century Romantic Period, particularly operatic overtures. Carmen, Die Fledermaus, Barber of Seville, William Tell (why yes, I did watch a lot of cartoons as a child, how'd you know?)

 

[bojac6]

Well, I'm a massive music theory noob, so excuse my ignorance there

However, radio stations that play those kinds of music still call themselves "Classic FM". It's just kind of become a label.

I guess it's like calling all traditional art just 'painting'...

Yeah, actually, it's pretty much exactly like that. I know, the label really isn't too important, just thought you might be able to find similar music with a different label.

OT: So, after going off about what is Classical, I'm going to say a piece that is actually about 200 years before that, so old it predates music labels. Thomas Tallis' Spem In Alium. It is one of the earliest works with multiple melodies that compliment each other known today. And it doesn't have just two. It has at eight. The piece is performed by 8 individual choirs consisting of at least five (typically ten) singers each. It rarely is performed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cn7ZW8ts3Y

 

[Mimssy]

I thought the Classical Period was the age of the Romans.

I got all excited that we were going to talk about ancient Greece and Rome. No such luck.

 

[Serenegoose]

I thought the Classical Period was the age of the Romans.

I got all excited that we were going to talk about ancient Greece and Rome. No such luck.

Your Helleno-latin centric viewpoint sickens me! Can't we talk about Carthage?

 

[Paddin]

I really like classical music, there was a period of about 4 months earlier this year where it was all I listened to, but now I listen to it alongside my other tastes. I mostly prefer classical piano pieces though. My favourite piece is Raindrops Prelude by Chopin which is simply amazing.

 

[Eumersian]

Ludovico Einaudi.

I personally found your selection a bit boring for me. Hey, to each their own. Somebody a while back posted Concierto de Aranjuez mvt. 2 in a music thread a bit ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxwceLlaODM

I also like this, tough it may not be up for you, because it isn't sad or anything. But I like it, so I will post it here. I played a concert band version of it at a symphonic band camp this summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2amTjF_mkM

 

[Mimssy]

I thought the Classical Period was the age of the Romans.

I got all excited that we were going to talk about ancient Greece and Rome. No such luck.

Your Helleno-latin centric viewpoint sickens me! Can't we talk about Carthage?

&#959;&#7985; &#946;&#940;&#961;&#946;&#945;&#961;&#959;&#953;?! I think not!