I forgive you, but in my opinion compared to classical music most of the rest is meaningless.
I listen to several kinds of music ranging from classical over jazz to rock, but in the end there are many classical pieces that can’t be topped by anything else.
On the other hand I’m glad to read that you like at least some pieces. That’s better than nothing.
I can’t understand how you didn’t mention Gershwin (or isn’t that classed as “classical music”?). I also think that Strauss (older and younger) are masters of their craft.
Holst’s Mars and Jupiter from his Planets series
Tchiakovsky: 1812 overture and March Slave
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Beethoven: Ode To Joy from his 9th Symphony
Am partial to a bit of Baroque at times.
Bach, Vivaldi and the like.
Always found this kind of music very soothing. Also great background sound while studying or reading in general.
I’ve found that learning about the stories behind the music, or what inspired the music, usually helps me to find enjoyment and see things I previously never paid attention to
My parents forced me to take up the violen as a child and always somewhat held a grudge against classical music for this, although I’m glad to have the experience now
Few years ago I listened mainly classical, -classical and 60’s classics. Not that much anymore but music like this is something you can always find again and again and appreciate it more and more.
Dvorak’s New World Symphony is my favorite, very powerful.
[quote=“Phil H, post:8, topic:2032”]Am partial to a bit of Baroque at times.
Bach, Vivaldi and the like.
Always found this kind of music very soothing. Also great background sound while studying or reading in general.[/quote]
Myself as well…don’t laugh but I dabble in classical recorder music and I love to play Bach.
For classical music recommendations I would suggest Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos (2 and 3 are my preference)
A few months ago I bought Beethoven’s piano sonatas (also with Brendel) on LP.
This morning I listened to the first three LPs of them.
This is really great stuff!
My passion lies witihin everything from Baroque (Albinoni, Corelli, Frescobaldi, Händel, Purcell, Telemann etc.) to Avantgarde, Impressionism and Minimalism, but no one has, and no one ever will, top Johann Sebastian Bach!
If I was to choose a era, it would probably be the Romantic era: Beethoven, Bizet, Brahms, Bruch, Chopin, Debussy, Dvořák, Gounod, Grieg, Liszt, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, Offenbach, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss I & II, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Wagner and many more, are all some of my absolute favorite composers of all-time!
As for contemporary music, there’s only one man who tops them all…
