classical music

[the last donut of the night]

i've been trying to get into "classical" music (i feel like the term's too generous and wide for what seem like pretty specific genres), such as bach, mozart, the like, lately. however, i don't know where to start. could you recommend anything with an either dramatic (yes, movie music) or tormented, sad tone to it? also, what are the best baroque artists out there? thanks bros/brehs

[Property Is Robbery]

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[Minima]

^^^ weak... =P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKOcH_vOxfg&feature=related
Mahler 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWCSU3WCapg&playnext=1&list=PLBB5B65D60A5D3FA7
Atterberg 3

[Property Is Robbery]

^^^ weak... =P
fair enough

[MarxSchmarx]

what kind of music do you currently listen to? A lot of modern musicians pay explicit homage to classical music, I think this will help identify logical entryways.

[Lobotomy]

I love this shit

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[Lobotomy]

this is one of my favorites (it gets more interesting as it goes on)

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If you like this you should check out more Frédéric Chopin. I especially like his Opus 28, it has a variety of "moods" within it

[ZeroNowhere]

It can be useful to listen to it in such a way that you can focus on the music as much as possible; for example, listening in a darker room can be useful in order to decrease visual stimulus. One should also generally try to 'experience' the music as it were (visualizing and such can help here), so try and listen to it when you have some time to spare, as some measure of patience is quite important when it comes to classical music. Some classical music can be fast and busy and easier to keep occupied with due to this, but I tend to find that the slower works are often a lot more powerful, as well as subtle, if one listens to them carefully.

In any case, you should probably start out with Bach, because he is probably superior to most others in quite a few ways, and once you've gotten used to listening to Bach you shouldn't really have any problems with the others. In addition, works such as the Goldberg variations feature quite a mixture of styles and such, so it should make it quite easy to figure out what you like (Bach does 'sad and tortured', and just about everything else). When it comes to Bach, it's worth trying out both more 'traditional' versions and versions by Glenn Gould, as the latter tends to put his own spin on things to a fairly notable extent, and people can often be a bit divided on him (for reference, I like his works quite a lot, especially his 1981 version of the Aria and his other later works).

Other than that, given your interests, you may be interested in Byrde:
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You may also be interested in Schubert:
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One would imagine that the 'Winterreise' would fit both of your requirements, as well.

[Olentzero]

They're all worth watching, but I thought this one might be of particular interest.
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[brigadista]

Lecuona

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scarlatti- this is also nice on guitar

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[Communist]

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[Book O'Dead]

i've been trying to get into "classical" music (i feel like the term's too generous and wide for what seem like pretty specific genres), such as bach, mozart, the like, lately. however, i don't know where to start. could you recommend anything with an either dramatic (yes, movie music) or tormented, sad tone to it? also, what are the best baroque artists out there? thanks bros/brehs

Don't go for Baroque on this question.

Try Brahms. He bridged the classical and modern eras of fine music. Dvorak is good too and lots of fun. John Cage and the so-called Minimalists such as John Adams, Philip Glass, Steven Reich, etc. are very good at creating a "classical" sound out of contemporary motifs.
Listen to one of Philip Glass' works in his operatic "Trilogy" and you'll know why so many people around the world still love the bombast of classical opera.

[Sasha]

i prefer more "modern" composers:

simeon ten holt is an favorite:
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shostakovich is an must have for any leftist of course
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phillip glass is another fav...

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[CornetJoyce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8nATAg9NL4

“I know the Appassionata inside out and yet I am willing to listen to it every day. It is wonderful, ethereal music. On hearing it I proudly, maybe somewhat naively, think: See! people are able to produce such marvels!” He then winked, laughed and added sadly: “I’m often unable to listen to music, it gets on my nerves, I would like to stroke my fellow beings and whisper sweet nothings in their ears for being able to produce such beautiful things in spite of the abominable hell they are living in. However, today one shouldn’t caress anybody - for people will only bite off your hand; strike, without pity, although theoretically we are against any kind of violence. Umph, it is, in fact, an infernally difficult task!”- V.I. Lenin

[Luisrah]

Baroque?

Here, listen to this beauty from Vivaldi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dggfA9Vo64U

or this from Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J56RFMWharE

this maybe from Bach too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1DDSLdDOo&feature=related

[graymouser]

One thing I've found is that a lot of concert music works best, as it were, in concert. If you are near a university with a good classical program, tickets to their performances may be quite inexpensive. When I was in college I always enjoyed going out to the orchestra concerts.

[gorillafuck]

does anyone have any classical music that's exclusively guitar?

[CornetJoyce]

does anyone have any classical music that's exclusively guitar?

You might look for performances by Bream or Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbxPELjlTdE&playnext=1&list=PL421CF55159281B15

or works by the Cuban Leo Brouwer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2blk8gJFCI

[fatpanda]

Baroque:
Claudio Monteverdi
Jean Baptiste Lully
Georg Phillip Telemann
Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Antonio Vivaldi
Domenico & Alessandro Scarlatti
Georg Friedrich Händel
Johann Sebastian Bach

Classical (18th Century):
Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach
Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Muzio Clementi
Luigi Boccherini
Antonio Salieri
Joseph Bolougne St.George

Ludwig van Beethoven I Consider between Classical and Romantic

[Luisrah]

does anyone have any classical music that's exclusively guitar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfRLMopjDKA

or this one, quite famous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDRRmLoqiE&feature=related

[SacRedMan]

These are good ones that I recommand:

Fur Elise from Beethoven

William Tell from Rossini

Les Toreadors from Bizet

5th Symphony from Beethoven

Le Quattro Stagioni from Vivaldi

1812 overture from Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker from Tchaikovsky

[Olentzero]

1812 overture from TchaikovskyMan, I know the 1812 Overture has a hell of a sound to it with the cannons and all, but knowing that it was written to celebrate the victory of thoroughly backwards, feudalistic Tsarism in Russia - and that it has 'God Save the Tsar' as one of its thematic elements - kills any enjoyment I might have gotten out of it.

Besides, for the use of cannons in classical music, you can't beat what I believe is Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony - its premiere was during the siege of Leningrad in WWII and the opening downbeat was timed to coincide with the Red Army's initial artillery salvo against the invading Germans.