Yes, definitely. It's so full of emotion and passion. :)

I agree with you the romanticism of the 20th century is good too, I like Strauss and Rachaminoff, although I love barroque also, I prefer Vivaldi and Bach(one of my favs) rather than Haydn

^ Agreed. Haydn kinda bores me, I think. :\ But yes to Rachmaninoff. :)

I find it amusing since I love Mozart

A thread like this made not too long ago: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50513

 

Merge, someone?

 

Done for ya.

 

I know it's not strictly classical but I love a bit of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

^ Yeah, most definitely, I rather like them. :)

I really like Classical music... :nice:

 

My favourite right now, I mean what I listen very often lately is Chopin's Nocturne. I really love it.

Beethoven was THE man!

^^ Which Nocturne? He's written several.

 

Nice choice with the Chopin, by the way. He's my absolute favorite. :D

^ The most famous of all, I believe. Now that you say that there are many of them, I realise I actually like 2-3... those I've heard... they are just quite so similar...

 

Btw, have you heard the Moonlight (Sonate) by Claude Debussy? I think it's very... magical.

^ Do you mean 'Clair de Lune"? That's not technically a Sonata, but part of his Suite Bergamasque.

 

Now possibly the most famous and recognizable classical piano piece around is the 1st movement of Beethoven's Sonata no. 14 later nicknamed "Moonlight Sonata". They both pretty much mean the same thing and are both very magical. So I'm not exactly sure which one you're talking about.

 

Tonight I sat through two straight recitals at my university. The first was bigger deal because it featured an amazing violinist along with a cellist and a couple different pianists (all women). Some of the pieces were really beautiful, and as an encore they came out and did an instrumental cover of "100 years" by five for fighting!

 

After that was a regular piano recital which had a great sonata by Beethoven I hadn't heard before, but there was one segment where she played 4 straight impromptu's by Schubert that were really dry and monotonous. I nearly fell asleep. But overall it was very impressive. Musicians at these recitals never cease to amaze me.

moonlight sonata is a master piece

what about toccata and fuga in d minor by bach? :D

(Moonlight) Its my favorite piece to play on piano (one of the few classical pieces I know). Beethoven once exasperatedly said "Surely I written better things!" (paraphrase). I think way more impressive is the 3rd movement of that Sonata. It is chaotic and epic. Sort of Beethoven's Paranoid Android :P. Each movement of that Sonata is completely unlike the others (except for the key).

what about toccata and fuga in d minor by bach? :D

 

Thats the one known as "little" fugue? Thats amazing as well. I don't like much baroque, but the way the different melodies and parts are layered is really cool. Difficulty is through the roof.

I really love it

I like to study listening to classical music.

I hear most of it through my university's radio station, which is part of public broadcasting.

and baroque is my favorite art movement (architecture, literature and music <dont know much about theater thought > :P)

Thats cool. I once read a study that said listening to baroque music that has a steady rythm seriously improves ones ability to retain information while studying. the stats were pretty cool.

 

 

Here's my favorite interpretation of my favorite Sonata (I can play the 2nd mvt. but my favorite is the 3rd.)

 

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and baroque is my favorite art movement (architecture, literature and music <dont know much about theater thought > :P)

 

Well I hear Don Giovanni is amazing. Opera was just taking off then.

can sigur be a bit of classical? :P

I don't like much clacisim, or classical era, or well that one, I prefer romanthic and baroque, although some modern music is good

what the hell is going on with my spelling today? :P

Sigur Ros clearly is hugely influenced by classical. Kjartan the keyboardist is classically trained and writes the scores for all their songs, including Ara Batur.

I posted this on the other page but the page switched over while I was posting so here :P

 

 

 

My favorite interpretation of my favorite Sonata (I can play the 2nd mvt. but my favorite is the 3rd.)

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq4G3KRAuXc&feature=related]YouTube - Pathetique 1 mov[/ame]

pathetique?