SNH Classical music thread

magma · Post by **magma** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:02 pm

Pi-Krust wrote:Massively into choral music,especially Russian stuff

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:49 pm

Talking of Russian choral music, I once had the privelege of the choir at the Novospassky Monastery outside Moscow. They were singing sacred harmony music rather than classical but it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard - I nearly coverted to Christianity on the spot.

Pi-Krust · Post by **Pi-Krust** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:54 pm

uncle bill wrote:Talking of Russian choral music, I once had the privelege of the choir at the Novospassky Monastery outside Moscow. They were singing sacred harmony music rather than classical but it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard - I nearly coverted to Christianity on the spot.

you lucky bastard i'm so jealous

uncle bill · Post by **uncle bill** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:00 pm

Pi-Krust wrote:
uncle bill wrote:Talking of Russian choral music, I once had the privelege of the choir at the Novospassky Monastery outside Moscow. They were singing sacred harmony music rather than classical but it was one of the best sounds I've ever heard - I nearly coverted to Christianity on the spot.
you lucky bastard i'm so jealous

Hey, at least you can type properly! I'm amazed you even understood my last post.

wormcode · Post by **wormcode** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:32 pm

I have a pretty large collection of classical vinyl. Can't get enough. There's a shop near me that sells whole "complete works of..." collections for diiirrt cheap.

More Liszt, a nice version of Mephisto Waltz.. dissonance heaven.

NilsFG · Post by **NilsFG** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:54 pm

Mendelssohn - OP 30 no 6

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:56 pm

dreamizm wrote:Any1 got any Mahler recommendations- there is a dark piece by him i am tryna find?

Most accessible bits are probably the 1st and 4th symphonies, then go to the 5th and 9th and Das Lied Von Der Erde for the full on shizznizz. Wunderhorn songs and Kindertotenlieder are also standard.

uncle bill wrote:Beethoven's 7th Symphony

This (and the 4th Piano Concerto) are very much the one. If I had to pick one composer's works to survive some kind of collapse of civilization it'd have to be Ludwig Van. (Particularly if I could somehow sneak a bit of Bach along as well.)

wormcode wrote:I have a pretty large collection of classical vinyl. Can't get enough. There's a shop near me that sells whole "complete works of..." collections for diiirrt cheap.

Charity shops are your friend here - you have to be a bit careful about condition but if you find a good charity shop you can often pick up silly numbers of really good recordings of all sorts of stuff for almost no money... all while helping starving kids in Africa and Pets In Need Of Vets and things as well.

slothrop · Post by **slothrop** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:08 pm

Pi-Krust wrote:Also can't believe no one's mentioned Steve Reich yet[my bad if he has been]

We actually saw this at the Royal Festival Hall a couple of months ago with the man himself playing one of the piano parts - it was one of the most immense musical experiences I've ever had - totally electric. Standing ovation at the end.

Out of interest, do any of the London crew on here go to the proms? I know it's most famous for the flag waving bollocks at the end, but the rest of the season is a really great way to see some totally top rank classical for almost no money.

magma · Post by **magma** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:00 am

slothrop wrote:Out of interest, do any of the London crew on here go to the proms? I know it's most famous for the flag waving bollocks at the end, but the rest of the season is a really great way to see some totally top rank classical for almost no money.

Was talking about doing this last year, but we never got round to it. Didn't realise it was cheapish, either.

I live just behind the Wigmore Hall, so we try and check that out occasionally... they're often pretty safe with their picks, but it's a nice place to go and listen to some Mozart or Bach. They quite often leave the practise room windows open and if we're sitting in the garden we can hear (what I imagine are) hot chicks practising violin.

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:15 pm

check my sig video pls
i'm not being retarded about self promotion, you'll see...
and it's 80% made of one shot samples, allegedly some stradivarius samples too

deepfiend · Post by **deepfiend** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:45 am

Everyone should find the orchestral video game music concerts. Orchestrated slices of old school Nintendo games like Chrono Trigger and shit. Well buff.

Lurka · Post by **Lurka** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:38 pm

morton feldman, luciano berio and Shostakovich doing it for me at the moment!

ruckus49 · Post by **ruckus49** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:12 am

Tragic_Gash · Post by **Tragic_Gash** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:01 am

glad to see so many pickin the rite of spring that is a badman uh overture

haydn on an epic tip^

Holst's planets are also the shit. venus is mine fav.

but yeah Beethoven is basically the man

That is wat we call the music of the sublime

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:57 am

Pi-Krust wrote:Finally the best Kraftwerk cover ever

I had the pleasure to meet Balanescu
You can't avoid loving some of his work!

but using classical instruments doesn't make your music classical.

particle-jim · Post by **particle-jim** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 2:45 am

Owen Pallett, AKA Final Fantasy. Not strictly speaking classical but still fucking incredible orchestral music

i wanna do a metal/hardcore version of this ^

yes the lyrics are gay... he's gay^

The whole album is incredible, especially if you're baked

magma · Post by **magma** » Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:30 pm

May I suggest to everyone in this thread that hasn't had the pleasure already - coming home from a rave whilst high as a fucking kite and then putting on requiems until you pass out is AAMMMAAAAAAAZZZZZIIIIINNNG.

Oh, also:

hackman · Post by **hackman** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:45 pm

bumped for stupid gwa

HRKRT · Post by **HRKRT** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:47 pm

lol was just thinking that too

gwa · Post by **gwa** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 12:54 pm

thanks.
sorry for having an incompetent brain that cannot remember year old threads.

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