For the "cultured" CCers...

[nietzsche]

any place to listen classical music on demand? not youtube, sometimes you find amateurs playing.

[Army of GOD]

any place to listen classical music on demand? not youtube, sometimes you find amateurs playing.

I listen to either Pandora and Grooveshark for JUST Classical.

[nietzsche]

any place to listen classical music on demand? not youtube, sometimes you find amateurs playing.

I listen to either Pandora and Grooveshark for JUST Classical.

Thanks, I'll try them.

[Yoda Skywalker]

Check out some Berlioz, and some Richard Strauss (other than the obvious Zarathustra)

Also listen to some Johan Christian Bach.

Really not my forte.

Take a listen. When we say "Bach" we usually think of the Dad. The son was hot stuff too.

I just listened to Minuet in G and Cello Suite No 1. Those were both pretty good.

[nietzsche]

So long as we are posting the stuff we've all heard,
Moonlight Sonata

Haunting, yet beautiful. Just as the story of how it was written....
Today it just seems so... I dunno, dark or something given what happened to it's composer.

I specially like the slow version of it. It's beautiful. I wanted to learn piano to play it, never did it tho.

[Uncle Waldo]

So long as we are posting the stuff we've all heard,
Moonlight Sonata

Haunting, yet beautiful. Just as the story of how it was written....
Today it just seems so... I dunno, dark or something given what happened to it's composer.

Your last line encouraged me to look into what happened. It appears as if he was murdered and is widely speculated as such. What a rather foolish thing to do, don't you think? One can only speculate as to the number of potential Beethoven's or potential parents of Beethovens throughout the centuries who began to dream of the life of a contemporary Beethoven and then stopped short psychologically because his natural instinct for survival (burried at the very least subconsciencely) naturally stirred his thoughts to something more practical.

[tzor]

What be your favorite Classical song?

What is "Classical?" I ask this question because classical can be either a period or a style.

Is "Song" accidental or is this supposed to be a "got you" question. Song: a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing.

Assuming that you meant musical composition, I was reminded by NPR the other day of the modern Agagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. If you are not crying at the end of the piece, you're not human.

This is followed by Pachelbel's Canon in D major, but this predates the classical period.

Anyway back to songs. I don't think many people are familiar with many songs of the classical era with the exception of hymns.

[Army of GOD]

What be your favorite Classical song?

What is "Classical?" I ask this question because classical can be either a period or a style.

Is "Song" accidental or is this supposed to be a "got you" question. Song: a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing.

You think too much.



Kinda retro but I first heard it last year: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/s/Hooked+on+Classics+Parts+1+and+2/zm0V4

[Yoda Skywalker]

So long as we are posting the stuff we've all heard,
Moonlight Sonata

Haunting, yet beautiful. Just as the story of how it was written....
Today it just seems so... I dunno, dark or something given what happened to it's composer.

Your last line encouraged me to look into what happened. It appears as if he was murdered and is widely speculated as such. What a rather foolish thing to do, don't you think? One can only speculate as to the number of potential Beethoven's or potential parents of Beethovens throughout the centuries who began to dream of the life of a contemporary Beethoven and then stopped short psychologically because his natural instinct for survival (burried at the very least subconsciencely) naturally stirred his thoughts to something more practical.

Wow, Uncle Waldo, you sound like a genius. I'll bet you're very very handsome as well.

[Genghis Khant]

This is one of my favourites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsjwKuC-Wg

[Yoda Skywalker]

if you're wondering the name of a classical song you've heard before, this site probably has it... just click Preview on the songs...

Some of my favorites: 2, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 32, 33, 72, 83, 98...

This post did alot for me. Thanks.

[MrPanzerGeneral]

I dunno, I'm prob' a bit more post-modern new-age classical retro-house reggae thrash-metal grunge punk myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmdgxdI2JU4#