Classical Music

mellifluous

mellifluous

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So lately I've been into listening to my local classical station. I love most of what I hear but am unsure of the composers I'm listening to, as I either miss the radio saying it or they don't say it. I was hoping some people would be able to give me some good recommendations of pieces they really like - I'm into more of the chiller, more relaxing stuff. This way I can actually put some onto my computer. thanks in advance!
 
Tchiakovsky's "the seasons" is really dope.Bach string concertos are awesome for studying, really rote and predictable music but its beautiful for that very reason.

Can't go wrong with Beethoven.

Debussy has some great stuff too.

I don't listen to a whole lot of classical, but those are some composers to start with.
 
I bet the station's website has some track lists. Also, just checked Wikipedia and there's a fuckton of information on there. Lists upon lists of composers no one knows or gives a shit about.
 
-Chopin's Nocturnes are wonderful.-Debussy in general.

-Rite of Spring is a great piece, but has a lot of fluctuations between soft, melodic sections and loud dissonant ones.

Try some modern stuff too. Phillip Glass and Steve Reich are great composers as well. And I realize that none of the stuff I listed is technically "classical". Romantic, 20th century, minimalist, blahblahblah, whatever.
 
Do you literally mean music that is theoretically classical, or do you mean classics that are considered "high art?"

For instance DeBussy was an impressionist, Beethoven was a romantic (though he arguably straddled the line between that and classical), and Bach was a baroque composer.

Personally I am partial to DeBussy and Beethoven; I'm kind of hit or miss about Mozart. Of the contemporaries check out Nobuo Uematsu, Clint Mansell, and Keith Jarret.
 
I will admit I have so little knowledge of what classifies as 'classical', I'm not too sure. And I've got some Clint Mansell, it's some good stuff. Thanks!
 
Technically, classical is a period in time for music. This is based on a change of style through instrumentation, techniques, and composition styles.

Medieval

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th Century

Thats the order. I am too lazy to write out the dates.
 
More specifically characterized by sonata form. Three stages of development: 1) Exposition 2) Development 3) Recapitulation.

I think the fact that Mozart's work is a paragon of classical structure (along with his utter genius) contributes to his fame.

KD - once you hit modern/post-modern it starts to blend into a crazy mess. For instance DeBussy's impressionism (though he famously rejected the label) was that he would expound dissonant chords and passages to build tension, then resolve them gracefully. Nobuo Uematsu and Kieth Jarrett are a blend of neoclassical and jazz, and Clint Mansell is more experimental/prog/classical.
 
Ok, thanks for the heads up! All seems very confusing but I've gotta give it some time. Got a good foundation of downloads now, though.
 
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