Classical

[Crumbso]

Anyone into classical music I just want to know who your favourite composer is and your favourite piece.

My favourite composer is Modest Mussorgsky and his fabulous piece "Night on Bald Mountain" but it has to be the rimsky-korsikov version.

Oh and I really really really hate Mozart  :-X

Crumbso

[ozzy72]

I rather like Wagner myself, nothing quite like flying a Huey with Ride of The Valkyries blasting out of the stereo!
Bach and Beethoven are okay too.

Ozzy

[Jaffa]

I rather like Wagner myself, nothing quite like flying a Huey with Ride of The Valkyries blasting out of the stereo!
Bach and Beethoven are okay too.

Ozzy

...don't forget the LittleBirds!

[Tequila Sunrise]

not really into classical, but I like flight of the Valkyries when flying in Nam. Also I like Calssical Gas (its a guitar piece so I supose it dosn't really count).

[Fozzer]

My all-time favourites are Sir Edward Elgar, followed by

[BMan1113VR]

as a child i use to like Vivaldi alot, don't listen to much classical music anymore

[Rifleman]

When played properly, there is nothing which can compare to the William Tell Overture..........

Hi-Yo Silver.................away !

[Rifleman]

I'm also a great fan of Jimy Hendrix... ...!
(I can also play a cool Fender Stratocaster)... ...!

Careful with that Stratocaster, cause if you stay in that purple haze for too long, you'll wind up in a manic depression as you walk all along the watchtower looking for a foxy lady........move over Rover and let Jimi take over so I can go downtown to shoot my old lady and get my EXPERIENCE ....

[WebbPA]

J.S. Bach - Absolutely the father of western music.

Vivaldi - Would Bach have been as great without him?

Wagner - Revolutionized opera.  Too bad it died immediately thereafter.

Beethoven - Overrated but nice symphonies.

Mozart - Everything he touched sounds great.

[Professor Brensec]

A number of likes, but those that stand out for me are:

Edward Greig - Peer Gynt suite No 1.
especially "Morning Mood" and "The Hall of the Mountain King" ahh hell, all of it.

Chopins' "Pollinaise" (spelling?)

[Crumbso]

Can't say I'm into bach and all that baroque stuff myself but I can see why people do.

I have to disagree about the mozart I'm sorry but aaaargghh it irritates me its sooooooo fancy and decorational. It sounds so simple like any of his violin pieces but bloody impossible to play. Of course you're entitled to your opinions.

I see Wagner is popular I like it but only if it is the purely instrumental version when people sing I believe it ruins it.

I have always been partial to a bit of Rachmaninov especially prelude in G minor (op.23 no.5) If you aint heard it listen to it nice an bouncy rythnm thats pure genious.

Just out of interest how many of you have heard  Night on Bald Mountain?

Awaiting replies.

Crumbso



Oh yeah and how old are you guys? cause it would be nice to see some younger people who like the classical music.

[WebbPA]

Night on Bald Mountain is in Fantasia so a lot of people have heard it but may not know it.

[Professor Brensec]

Night on Bald Mountain is in Fantasia so a lot of people have heard it but may not know it.

You'll find this alot. People being quite familiar with a piece because it has been in a famous movie or TV show but not realising what it is.

For example: William Tell Overture = The Lone Ranger Theme
Most people would recognise Fluer D'elise
Also one of my favourites "Morning Mood" would be recognised by most people as it has been used thousands of times.
Television adds seem to have been using "Gillbert & Sullivan" pieces for ages and most people would recognise parts of HMS Pinafore or The Macardo, although the words they know would be different.

[WebbPA]

Where do you think I first heard Barber of Seville and Lohengrin - Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[Felix/FFDS]

It's was an insiduous plot by hard core classicists to get people to like classical music .... I admit - the cartoons got my "hooked on classics" and from there ...

Suffice it to say that I listen to a variety of music, not necessarily classics, but "Barren Rocks of Aden" is a  nice tune.  Now if my wife would let me buy a chanter ...  I tried to convince her that there's Andalusian blood in my ancestry, but she says no to bagpipes...

Where do you think I first heard Barber of Seville and Lohengrin - Bugs Bunny cartoons.