The Classical Music Thread

[Philip Adams]

Have to agree with your comments on Williams, Holst and Delius, DavidRaphael.

All three produced some very enjoyable music.

[Mark D]

Just to be clear, you are not referring to Haydn as Baroque, are you?

Oh Yeps, don't...if you have a preference for naming the transitional period between late baroque and early classical you're free to apply it . Pre-classical?...Rococco perhaps? I don't care.

For the purpose of my post I tossed him in there to mark the end point of a period range.

[TraditionalFrog]

I like just about any thing by J.S. Bach. I would say my favourites are The Well Tempered Clavier, Musical Offering, and Brandenburg Concertos. Of course it would really be hard to pick favourites as I love so much classical. I was raised on it from about nine years of age on (with a healthy dose of Big Band and some folk from older relatives). Whilst most children my age were listening to the latest Top-40, I was listening to classical/Big Band on Public Radio or record. When Michael Jackson's Thriller album was all the rage (80's), I was going "Michael... who?".

[Dr Kilroy]

My favourite composers are Ravel, Debussy, Schumann, Gershwin and Satie (in this order I think).

Best regards, Dr

[Philip Adams]

I watched the New Year's Day concert from Vienna on the BBC last night.

The Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Mariss Jansons put on a lovely show.

[V.C. Brunswick]

Liszt -- Les Preludes I

[lolly_loisides]

Bizet - The Pearl Fishers duet - Jussi Bjoerling and Robert Merril

[Dr Kilroy]

Olivier Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques (Boulez is conducting):





In case you were wondering - yes, I do find that pleasant.

Best regards, Dr

[Flicka]

I honestly do not care for classical music written after 1800, and I prefer the stuff written before 1750. Händel, Bach, Corelli, Albinoni... Those are my favourite composers.







That's what I'm talking about!

[Son_of_Atropos]