Anyone on the ol 'fire, have a taste for the good stuff? If so, what do you like? I'll just toss this out.

have heard that Tchaikovsky (the russian) was pretty good at composing. saw a movie about his life & times back in the day. think he had it pretty tough, but it didn't take away from his talent as a musician.

Yes, classical country!!!

claude king and his wolverton mountain hit are hard to forget. pretty classy for sure.

I’m subscribed to this channel.

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCAorliAMLIw_US9fmKxqOdg



Little culture for you knuckedraggers 😜

I do enjoy it, listen to it alot on NPR stations in the car as I HATE commercials and the NPR classical stations don't push agendas too heavily. Except for the good music agenda.

I Solisti Italiani are pretty decent musicians and Vivaldi is pretty good stuff:



Geno

Yeah, I'm thinking Jimmy Rogers

Growing up playing the cello and then moving to bass I have always been fond of Bach.
After a hard day a little Bach on will relax you. I can listen to or play it and forget all my problems.

Heard this one on a car commercial last Christmas and got hooked...






Another one I randomly found.

Apparently, not all the 'fire, gets its culture from sour cream, and buttermilk.

I never know if my threads are going to go over like a lead pole vaulter. .

Cody Canada and the Departed

I had to sell my double bass when I got divorced and haven't found one that I liked and can afford but I do enjoy keeping my electric bass chops sharp by playing Bach.
I use to play sonata No. 1 as a intro to Queen's Somebody To Love in a rock band I played in.

A hard day in the mountains followed by:

A good cheeseburger

a good book

a good chair

A string quartet played through good speakers

= a slice of heaven.


mike r

An American classic

https://youtu.be/XVyCJlPiHFg

Have had the pleasure of singing with some very fine Community Choirs - Mozarts Requiem is a favorite.............

Mike, seems we may not agree on the necessity of a gps unit for hunting open range but we can agree on the above.

Geno

I m a classically trained singer, though retired. Sang with the Navy Band for 20 years, studied at the Boston Conservatory and privately for another 20 years. Partial to Puccini. Not a great fan of operas, much prefer Concert arias. Get to the good stuff...

Borodin, Haydn, Dvorak, Telemann, Ravel, Debussy, Bach, Khachaturian ,Paganini , Strauss, Handel, Salieri, Schumann, Wagner, Grieg, Puccini............




What's not to love !!!!!

Richard, Music bridges the ages and the cultures. Yes I like Classical music as well as others.

Listen to classical often

I like long hair music but the only station I can get it on is nvpr (npr nv.) and I can't stand to listen to their socialist bs.

I like the the longer variations but this is a taste,

I have heard it said that this is the most complicated piece of music ever written....developing 5 separate themes and then running them altogether at the same time in counterpoint for about 30 seconds:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUlzJn8UeU

I think someone asked for a vocal.

Favorite version of the Scheherazade Suite

Favorite version of Bolero:

Favorite version of the Flower Duet

Rondo in A Major by Schubert Part 1



Rondo in A Major by Schubert Part 2

jazz and classical are about all I listen to. Well, those and old Country Music. Camille Saint-Saens is one of my favorite composers.

I don't know a darn thing about it, but I will turn to it when I have gotten enough of political and sports talk. It also helps to reduce the road rage. Very soothing, and no lyrics to distract me from my thoughts.

I listen to classical music just about every day. Lots of other stuff, too, but mostly classical. Seems like I've been gravitating more and more to Baroque era music, specifically, as the years go by. Fortunately, there's lots of it out there. Here's a short list of tunes that I'm likely to hear every now and again:

Handel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 6

Bach: Mass in B minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 4

Mozart: String Quartet No. 15, KV421

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132

Schubert: String Quintet, D.956

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

Sibelius: Symphony No. 4

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 (plus more)

I wouldn't say so. There is so much great classical music, it's tough to start picking. SamOlson has discovered my (and RIO7's) favorite Conductor, Andre Reiu.

For those who say they don't like classical music and have never listened to it, I ask; Have you ever seen the Disney classic "Fantasia"? It's all classical music.



Ed

Albinoni, Adagio
Finlandia, Sibelius
Pas de Deux Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky

A little girl gives coins to a Classical street musician:

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And gets the best surprise in return.

A couple of my favorites! Dvorak can get the blood pumping for sure.

You forgot a glass of good bourbon...

Does this count?

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
-- Julia Fischer and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas - Op. 109, Op. 110, and Op. 111
-- Maurizio Pollini

Besides the Lone Ranger theme(March of the Swiss Soldiers), there are a couple of sections that some will recognize but not realize that they're from the overture.

On the headphones at minute 14 and change....



Uber.

Bolero's one of my favorites.... Got it on a CD with assorted other classical stuff. Got lots more classical stuff than years ago and listen to more NPR classical radio these days. Got a Leonard Bernstein " Appalachian Spring" CD out in the truck right now. Must be a combination of I'm getting old and the only radio I listen to is either talk radio or classics 'cause it seems like the rest of the radio dial doesn't interest me at all any more.

Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829 – July 29, 1861) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for the eloquent letter he wrote to his wife a week before he fought and was mortally wounded in the First Battle of Bull Run.

Thank all you kind folks ever so much.

PATHETIC ..

Good thread W.

Lean to Beethoven myself. Fantasia is one of my favorites. Though this is a mainly a simpleton Charlie Daniels crowd here.

tag

Have worked for SF Opera since 1982 and remember when Anna sang the lead in Ruslan and Ludmilla. Good god she was a beautifull young singer then. Also have worked for SF Ballet for about as long. Opera performs in the War Memorial Opera House from may till Dec and the ballet fills in around those dates. Classical music is a regular part of my working life and our Live Orchestra is amazing. I did work rock and roll for many years also . Rigging light and sound systems and spot light operator durning performances.
Have had several ballets where I had to sit in the pit during the performance , pretty magical experience.

I’d gather you’ve seen some amazing performances and heard some of the best music ever recorded in human history in your life live.

Incredible.

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
(Background information from Wikipedia)

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20, No. 4

Schubert: String Quartet No. 14, "Death and the Maiden"

Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 97 "Archduke"

Pachelbel's Canon

All I listen to is classical music. This one is my official "theme" song. It explains me.

Not often heard, but a fav of mine!

A bit on the wild side, but I like this version of Bach's Tocatta and Fugue performed by Vanessa-Mae.



However, if you ever get a chance to hear this piece in a cathedral, it has an entirely different feel if the organ & organist are up to it: POWER you can feel in your bones!



John