Share your favorite classical works and composers.Are you aware that Die Zauberflöte is a glorification of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ to which Mozart belonged?
My very favorite peice is Mozart's Magic Flute overture. It never ceases to move me. Beautiful music has a unique way of touching the soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Gedb05J5M
This has always struck a chord with my melancholy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
https://youtu.be/-GKNcyA1JuAGood stuff. Gardiner is the conductor for Baroque chorales of Handel and BAch.
https://youtu.be/4t3Vmo_EM8YI once heard a Tantum Ergo sung to this very same melody. Beautiful. Words and music match perfectly.
Are you aware that Die Zauberflöte is a glorification of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ to which Mozart belonged?Of course. You can plainly see it in the opera. However, the music stands on its own. Extremely beautiful and masterfully composed. I have never heard anything more harmonius and beautiful than Mozart.
Anyone a fan of Borodin?I for one do enjoy his music. :cowboy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqKclPhsK0o
Something few English speakers realize is that when Pilate asked Jesus "What is truth?" in John 18:38, the phrase in latin is "Quid est veritas?" which is an anagram for "Est vir qui adest." Which translates to "The man in front of you."
Pilate answered his own question
This has always struck a chord with my melancholy:I like that version too, but I think this one has an edge over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA
Smetana - The Moldau
https://youtu.be/3G4NKzmfC-Q
Anything by Palestrina.YES. I listen to that frequently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEwP95zNGk
Anything by Palestrina.
A pretty cool site/app I found recently:I will also recommend to you Swiss Classic Radio: https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en
https://www.classicalradio.com/ (https://www.classicalradio.com/)
Personally, I have been enjoying the Liszt channel. It came to me to find a website like this, given that I tend to lose time in the YT rabbit hole given all the distractions on that site.
SACREDMUSIC.FM is all polyphony & chant 24/7 they also have an app for iOS & Android.Neither the website nor the iOS app are working for me. As it is a small operation I suspect there will be more hiccups. Hope the site will be able to work them out.
(https://www.sacredmusic.fm/) (https://www.sacredmusic.fm/) (https://www.sacredmusic.fm/)https://www.sacredmusic.fm (https://www.sacredmusic.fm/)
As a daily consumer of classical music I passed by this topic so many times and still find it too broad a topic to answer :facepalm: Classical music is so much bigger than ONE genre... And seriously I hate "favourite" questions... How do I pick a favourite, when ONE composer has some thousands pieces of works and there were thousands of composers? It's putting me in my grave... LOLNo doubt you have certain pieces of music that you really really really enjoy, thus creating a pool of favourites? 🙂
But hey since you mentioned magic flute, do you like opera? The very same opera has magnificent arias, and this is my favourite at least in this specific opera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcZfJrIG0Y
And modesty police please chill... I was going to share the live version but the costumes aren't the most modest so I shared one with just lyrics.
As a daily consumer of classical music I passed by this topic so many times and still find it too broad a topic to answer :facepalm: Classical music is so much bigger than ONE genre... And seriously I hate "favourite" questions... How do I pick a favourite, when ONE composer has some thousands pieces of works and there were thousands of composers? It's putting me in my grave... LOLSome peices touch your soul more than others, right?
But hey since you mentioned magic flute, do you like opera? The very same opera has magnificent arias, and this is my favourite at least in this specific opera:I do. Any of Mozart's operas are very entertaining and the music outstanding. I have seen this opera live and I will never forget this aria. Very beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcZfJrIG0Y
And modesty police please chill... I was going to share the live version but the costumes aren't the most modest so I shared one with just lyrics.
A great rendition of this classic, the stage, costumes, performances are all wonderfulI've been meaning to watch this, thank you for posting.
(Yeah, yeah, "muh paganism!", its an Opera people)
https://youtu.be/u_rzjp6sBr8
Full version
https://youtu.be/k0k9dyQnbVE
Although this is my favorite I've seen thus far
https://youtu.be/yFCFq6WWmGE
A great rendition of this classic, the stage, costumes, performances are all wonderfulVoof! These look great. I have at times sought The Ring done traditionally with proper costumes et al. None of this existentialism crap that is so popular now. The Met will be doing a Wagner opera this season in such a vein. Pox and bleach say I! :cowboy:
(Yeah, yeah, "muh paganism!", its an Opera people)
A great rendition of this classic, the stage, costumes, performances are all wonderfulHere is Siegfried at the MET in 1990
(Yeah, yeah, "muh paganism!", its an Opera people)
https://youtu.be/u_rzjp6sBr8
Full version
https://youtu.be/k0k9dyQnbVE
Although this is my favorite I've seen thus far
https://youtu.be/yFCFq6WWmGE
Here is Siegfried at the MET in 1990Have you seen these? The Met's operas are such a toss up these past decades because of all the jews in opera now, especially in NYC. I see James Levine is the conductor and that is a red flag. He was a jew sodomite pedo
Act I
https://www.bitchute.com/video/dJU1SWXhPMLU/
Act II
https://www.bitchute.com/video/C3tJQa0497ZT/
Act III
https://www.bitchute.com/video/1ovhqsR2eWlE/
And Gotterdammerung
Act I
https://www.bitchute.com/video/MXUClQ00c9QN/
Acts II & III
https://www.bitchute.com/video/I2PglLqZnjME/
Have you seen these? The Met's operas are such a toss up these past decades because of all the Jєωs in opera now, especially in NYC. I see James Levine is the conductor and that is a red flag. He was a Jєω sodomite pedoJews have always been in opera. The Met couldn't just say "no Jews allowed" because they would (literally) be sued into oblivion.
Some peices touch your soul more than others, right?I do. Any of Mozart's operas are very entertaining and the music outstanding. I have seen this opera live and I will never forget this aria. Very beautiful.I can hardly pick a favourite for each composer :laugh1:
Jєωs have always been in operaNot anywhere near how it is today
For this performance, Jakob have said in an interview that he didn't know that there were cameras, originally it was a radio broadcast without visual support. He was to sing in the middle of summer in the region of Aix-en-Provence in France. That's why he sings in everyday clothes and that the pianist plays piano in flip flops.
https://youtu.be/kpsgM_ys1NcI'm watching it now
Greatest music of all time.My favorite of Rossini!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlrqdMXM0u0
Make sure to watch this one in 1080p HD, the art in the basilica is excellent. It's hard to imagine how they could build all of that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettal_Abbey#Great video. Below is another nice Baroque organ in a Catholic church, this one in Dresden and built by Silbermann in 1755. Much of this organ's inner workings survived the Dresden firebombing in storage, and it was re-installed/rebuilt in the church afterwards.
Some organ music is best listened to with headphones if your available speakers do not include a good subwoofer.Organ music is BEST listened to in person, in a cathedral with a pipe organ and an excellent player!
Yesterday, I was listening to Handel’s MessiahI listen to the Passion and Easter parts as those times grow near.
https://youtu.be/2-QV_I-xseA?si=mPdGIJcwbQsQfIIU
Mozart Requiem 200th anniversary -- I & II -- Introitus & Kyrie (youtube.com) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa9w643SyCw)Divine Mozart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEkOiqRz2kM
I don't know, but they sound modern. The first has strings accompanying the piano with sort of a sound track theme so it seems to me, the second sounds like piano jazz with bass and soft percussion accompaniment like what was used for some Charlie Brown sound tracks.I once asked this same question on some classical music forum and the only answers I got were similar to yours. These two pieces have a profound effect on me, so I'm surprised that they aren't the work of some notable composer.
I once asked this same question on some classical music forum and the only answers I got were similar to yours. These two pieces have a profound effect on me, so I'm surprised that they aren't the work of some notable composer.A Charlie Brown Christmas - the album, is a Christmas listening tradition with me. I am not an overt fan of jazz per se, but the animation coupled with the music, especially being a Yuletide theme, makes this a holy day(s) favourite.
How do you rate these two pieces? Mediocre?
I'd love to track down the original recordings, so that I could listen to them isolated from the docuмentary.
Mentioning Charlie Brown I think of the great Vince Guaraldi tune Linus and Lucy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxkZCq-rfE&list=PL5ZeSSMxi4LHAwUvHCkQ_91RgmWl1zfrS&index=18
A Charlie Brown Christmas - the album, is a Christmas listening tradition with me. I am not an overt fan of jazz per se, but the animation coupled with the music, especially being a Yuletide theme, makes this a holy day(s) favourite.
The music for It's the Great Pumpkin resonates as well....when the 31 Oct was just one day and life had a greater sense of innocence and the truly demented and macabre was still in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uINn4mkqL0M&pp=ygUNcHVtcGtpbiB3YWx0eg%3D%3D
"Linus and Lucy" is a popular instrumental jazz standard written by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Guaraldi). It serves as the main theme tune for the many Peanuts animated specials (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts_animated_specials) and is named for the two fictional siblings, Linus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Van_Pelt) and Lucy Van Pelt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Van_Pelt). The jazz standard was originally released on Guaraldi's album Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Impressions_of_A_Boy_Named_Charlie_Brown) in 1964, but it gained its greatest exposure as part of A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas_(soundtrack)) the following year.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_and_Lucy#cite_note-AMSong-2) It is one of the most recognizable pieces by Guaraldi and has gained status as the signature melody (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_signature_songs) of the Peanuts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanuts) franchise.[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_and_Lucy#cite_note-3)
--https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_and_Lucy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3pZ87h-FI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S3pZ87h-FI)Ah, from your last posts on this tread, I see you're a fellow catholic who also likes symphonic poems! Here is a favorite of mine:
Ah, from your last posts on this tread, I see you're a fellow catholic who also likes symphonic poems! Here is a favorite of mine:I enjoy all good classical music to be sure. The said piece of Rachmaninov is perfectly suited to this time of year, extending into November. It certainly tells an interesting story. It has been ages since I came across the Chausser Maudite piece. It also reminds me of the legend of the Chause Gallerie, of French Canadian folklore ( I dont think anyone actually came up for music for it though) :smirk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FOijcEclw4
Heed the bells and go to holy mass on Sundays, instead of going hunting.
It has to be Beethoven's Ninth. I believe that was Bp. Williamson's favorite. He had the entire seminary listen to it and I thought that he was going to be caught up in the Rapture he was so excited.It is a delight to listen to. To sing could be considered a penance unto itself. A vocalist or someone who could write for the voice he was not.
Bach's Cello Suites, performed by Yo-Yo Ma. I have a weakness for string instruments.Excellent. Have you listened to Beethoven's cello sonatas? I need to revisit them, and frankly all of Beethoven's works.
Excellent. Have you listened to Beethoven's cello sonatas? I need to revisit them, and frankly all of Beethoven's works.No, I haven't. I'll have to look them up.
https://youtu.be/QYHd0HKaVw4This isn't even classical music, from this clip the movie seems to be mocking nuns by portraying them as boring or old fashioned because they are hesitant to participate in this jazzy blues dance style music, that type of music never belongs in a church. I wish i could downvote but i can't.
This one's unique and really good in my opinion. I think the composer was Catholic.From what i've seen in this thread we have very similar music taste. I love baroque organ music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxTjENidR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCByqdfwIyQVery beautiful, a little soft tune on a little soft organ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOP_0YRHbZoI love this jig, i also like this one from Bach's pianos suites:
Skip to 6:38This is wonderful, listening to pieces like these live on a powerful organ in a cathedral is an unbeatable experience.
https://youtu.be/6ZD_NbWCd_8
My favourite Cantata ever! Zion hort (15:19) is the best partI've heard it played by an organ and liked a couple renditions, except for when they use an overpowering reed stop in place of a singer, which completely ruins it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqZE54i-muE
I've heard it played by an organ and liked a couple renditions, except for when they use an overpowering reed stop in place of a singer, which completely ruins it.Post all of the great music, don't hold back!
There's a lot of great music I'd post, but I personally draw the line when the performance is in the sanctuary. It's just too distracting knowing some churches have been converted into concert halls.