Any of you guys listen to classical composers?

[shockedcanadian]

It's a bit of a secret interest I've had since I was a kid when I listened to some old albums in my school library. In fact, though I taught myself the guitar I always loved the sound of the piano, just a beautiful instrument and would have loved to have been able to play it.

Anyways:

Beethoven- Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight, Fur Elise, both very well known

Chopin- Prelude in E Minor, op 28 no 4, "Raindrop", "Nocturne". Perhaps an underrated composer.

Tchaikovsky, some Mozart of course. There are composers such as Richard Wagner who wrote many hour long compositions and he is far from alone, these guys were psychotic in their focus that it is extremely impressive.

Any of you into classical piano even if you can't play?

 

[deannalw]

It's a bit of a secret interest I've had since I was a kid when I listened to some old albums in my school library. In fact, though I taught myself the guitar I always loved the sound of the piano, just a beautiful instrument and would have loved to have been able to play it.

Anyways:

Beethoven- Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight, Fur Elise, both very well known

Chopin- Prelude in E Minor, op 28 no 4, "Raindrop", "Nocturne". Perhaps an underrated composer.

Tchaikovsky, some Mozart of course. There are composers such as Richard Wagner who wrote many hour long compositions and he is far from alone, these guys were psychotic in their focus that it is extremely impressive.

Any of you into classical piano even if you can't play?

In amongst my rock, metal, pop and country cd's- I do indeed have some classical that I like listening to.

 

[Auld Phart]

learned to appreciate classical music watching the Lone Ranger, (Rossini-William Tell Overture), and The Green Hornet, (Ravell-Flight of the Bumblebee)

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Bach

 

[pknopp]

 

[Manonthestreet]

Was a time I could only fall asleep with Baroque music playing.

 

[The Duke]

Nah I never do that man, they're old n stuff.

 

[The Duke]

Btw, this is Wagner.

 

[shockedcanadian]

Nah I never do that man, they're old n stuff.

They're dead and stuff.

Just as we view classical guitarist as superior to the power chord guitarists of the 2000s and on, the classical musicians were light years ahead in terms of the depth and complexity of their sound.

Though in fairness, a guitarist only has 6 strings and multiple frets, a pianist has 88 keys and can easily play multiple notes in succession or simultaneously with ease.

 

[The Duke]

They're dead and stuff.

Just as we view classical guitarist as superior to the power chord guitarists of the 2000s and on, the classical musicians were light years ahead in terms of the depth and complexity of their sound.

Though in fairness, a guitarist only has 6 strings and multiple frets, a pianist has 88 keys and can easily play multiple notes in succession or simultaneously with ease.

The limitation is 10 fingers.

 

[The Duke]

Hoo yeah, this here is a good version. These days it's not that easy to find.
Just picture cows doing ballet out in a field at night, and yeah. This isn't cow-tipping.

 

[shockedcanadian]

The limitation is 10 fingers.

Yes but the nuances of the piano keys requires far less effort with so many options for vastly different notes. A guitarist can only strum so fast and/or use effects to get the reverb to elongate the notes, or "tap" scales. A pianists can rifle through hundreds of notes in seconds as it just requires the tapping of the fingers, not a repeated strum as well for each note (barring effect pedals etc).

You can hear a pianist play a wide scale of notes for two minutes straight before a shift in sound and it will sound pleasing. Somehow the ear pieces it together as controlled chaos. Guitarists can play a guitar solo for many minutes, I enjoy them of course, but it is not part of the main piece per se.

It's just a different instrument. Just as I would say a trumpet or clarinet player is more limited than a guitar player though they can still play some fantastic sounds.

Also, most guitarists are relying heavily on six fingers in total with 8-10 being for more complex note combos (though a classical guitarist is different of course). A pianist most easily engages 10 fingers more often.

 

[skye]

I do

 

[westwall]

It's a bit of a secret interest I've had since I was a kid when I listened to some old albums in my school library. In fact, though I taught myself the guitar I always loved the sound of the piano, just a beautiful instrument and would have loved to have been able to play it.

Anyways:

Beethoven- Piano Sonata 14 (Moonlight, Fur Elise, both very well known

Chopin- Prelude in E Minor, op 28 no 4, "Raindrop", "Nocturne". Perhaps an underrated composer.

Tchaikovsky, some Mozart of course. There are composers such as Richard Wagner who wrote many hour long compositions and he is far from alone, these guys were psychotic in their focus that it is extremely impressive.

Any of you into classical piano even if you can't play?

I'm a huge Bach fan. The bigger the pipe organ, the better!

 

[Harry Dresden]

I'm a huge Bach fan. The bigger the pipe organ, the better!

 

[Harry Dresden]

here is a better view....

 

[deannalw]

So awesome.

It's almost a lost art, isn't it?

 

[BothWings]

Mozart's Piano Concerto #20 and Bach's Brandenburgh Concerto #4 are among my favorites of all time. But there is plenty more that I enjoy as well.

I don't listen to classical a lot these days, but I've always appreciated it. When I was a kid it was mostly what we listened to when the whole family was together. My grandfather was COMPLETELY intolerant of hard rock, almost to the point of being violent at times. He idolized Italian opera (which I don't like!), and if you told him that you didn't like it he'd also start to get that "look" that said you'd better shut up. We also listened to jazz and more contemporary stuff at family dinners. We had a vinyl soundtrack from the old Peter Gunn TV show, plus stuff like Herb Alpert and Acker Bilk.

Other family favorites were the soundtrack from A Clockwork Orange, the soundtrack from 2001: A Space Odyssey, and all the classical covers done by tranny Wendy (formerly Walter) Carlos on his/her/its Moog modular synthesizer.

I always enjoyed stuff by Prokofiev, too....including Peter and the Wolf, but without the narration just the music.
And Scarlatti.
And sometimes Vivaldi.

 

[Harry Dresden]

So awesome.

It's almost a lost art, isn't it?

3 keyboards...foot pedals for the bass....all those switches around him.....fascinating.....

 

[SweetSue92]

I love classical music. My faves are probably very old classical (think Renaissance and medieval) and 20th and 21st century classical. Of course I have appreciation for the standards: Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Bach, etc. But I really love Holst, Vaughan Williams, Copland, Corigliano, etc. I LOVE a good classical mashup too. Gimme an orchestra with an electonica beat every day of the week.