Works that got you into classical?

ando here · 02-22-2021, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nuclear Banana

Hi this is my first post. I was 15 yrs old & was listening to the local University radio station. They played Beethovens Symphony#3 played by The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Before that moment I had been an 80's metalhead kid. I realized instantly that Beethoven was the most amazing thing I had ever heard. I played It LOUD through my headphones. Then I heard Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 on the same radio station. I had always been told that classical music was boring and stodgy and only for really really old people for some reason. I realized I had been lied to. The tone of the orchestra, the complex musical structures that don't rely at all on drumsets or guitars , but was incredibly powerful in its own way. The way that classical music has musical architecture and beauty that you don't get even close to being able to express in metal or rock music. I was so enamored with it I decided that I was going to teach myself how to compose orchestral music. And fast forward 30 years, I'm still teaching myself.

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MasterRaro · 02-22-2022, 02:39 PM

For me it was listening to Horowitz, mainly Horowitz playing Chopin. The 1st Ballade.... that piece and his sublime recording of it was the point of no return for me.

Melon · 06-06-2022, 05:32 AM

Wagner's Parsifal and Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

music_collector · 06-06-2022, 07:16 AM

Movie scores got me into classical music. That makes up the bulk of the classical I listen to these days. The first score I heard was likely Star Wars. I'll bet John Williams got a LOT of people interested in classical music.

I never thought I'd like French horn, until I heard it in First Blood. The theme fits the movie like a glove.

Ayn Marx · 06-12-2022, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuclear Banana

Hi this is my first post. I was 15 yrs old & was listening to the local University radio station. They played Beethovens Symphony#3 played by The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Before that moment I had been an 80's metalhead kid. I realized instantly that Beethoven was the most amazing thing I had ever heard. I played It LOUD through my headphones. Then I heard Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 on the same radio station. I had always been told that classical music was boring and stodgy and only for really really old people for some reason. I realized I had been lied to. The tone of the orchestra, the complex musical structures that don't rely at all on drumsets or guitars , but was incredibly powerful in its own way. The way that classical music has musical architecture and beauty that you don't get even close to being able to express in metal or rock music. I was so enamored with it I decided that I was going to teach myself how to compose orchestral music. And fast forward 30 years, I'm still teaching myself.

Apart from movie scores I heard nothing but classical music until my early teens.
When the Blues finally knocked me sideways I came to the conclusion my parents had lied to me. Took many more decades to get into some metal. When I finally realised a lot of metal was screaming about the insane world our species has created I got it. But hey, lets face it, some classical music is dull as dishwater written primarily to be ‘polite & inoffensive’.

Vetiver · 07-09-2022, 08:30 AM

A recording by Alexander Scriabin, which I luckily recorded onto VHS, while watching an art documentary on TV. I then transferred the sound onto cassette, but didn't know what the hell it was or who composed it (the documentary didn't credit the music at the end).

For over 25 years, I had the recording on cassette and wasn't any nearer to solving the mystery. Then, a few years ago, I heard the same piece on a classical radio show. After taking down all the details, I went to a P2P site and downloaded every version of that piece. 50 versions, to be exact.

Using purely memory and an ear for detail, I managed to whittle the results down to 5 or 6 (also discarding the recordings made after the year I watched the documentary greatly helped). I then compared the remaining versions to the cassette recording (that had since been converted to MiniDisc). Within moments, I knew which version it was and confirmed this by closely comparing every nuance of the two recordings.

Piano Sonata No. 2 In G Sharp Minor, Opus 19 'Sonata Fantasy' - Andante. I'm a big fan of dreamy, peaceful piano music from the likes of Debussy and Satie, so I'm glad I finally solved the mystery.

Strangely enough, after first hearing the piece on the radio, the same radio station started playing it a few more times. I had been listening to Radio 3 for years and, up until that point, had never heard it being played ever. Go figure...

~~SoloYH~~ · 09-22-2022, 12:56 AM

Waltz 64/2 Chopin
Liebestraum 3 Liszt
La Campanella Liszt
Moment Musicaux 4 Rachmaninoff

Akixia · 03-08-2023, 07:33 AM

Beethoven's symphony no.5

kirrwed · 04-01-2023, 11:30 PM

CD collection of classicals

Danzaburou · 04-02-2023, 02:55 AM

Beethoven's Der Sturm

to this day I think it's the best piano sonata out there, especially the third movement <3

02-22-2022, 02:39 PM	#92 (permalink)
MasterRaro Groupie Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 11	For me it was listening to Horowitz, mainly Horowitz playing Chopin. The 1st Ballade.... that piece and his sublime recording of it was the point of no return for me.

06-06-2022, 05:32 AM	#93 (permalink)
Melon Music Addict Join Date: May 2022 Posts: 50	Wagner's Parsifal and Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.

06-06-2022, 07:16 AM	#94 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 757	Movie scores got me into classical music. That makes up the bulk of the classical I listen to these days. The first score I heard was likely Star Wars. I'll bet John Williams got a LOT of people interested in classical music. I never thought I'd like French horn, until I heard it in First Blood. The theme fits the movie like a glove.

07-09-2022, 08:30 AM	#96 (permalink)
Vetiver Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2022 Posts: 113	A recording by Alexander Scriabin, which I luckily recorded onto VHS, while watching an art documentary on TV. I then transferred the sound onto cassette, but didn't know what the hell it was or who composed it (the documentary didn't credit the music at the end). For over 25 years, I had the recording on cassette and wasn't any nearer to solving the mystery. Then, a few years ago, I heard the same piece on a classical radio show. After taking down all the details, I went to a P2P site and downloaded every version of that piece. 50 versions, to be exact. Using purely memory and an ear for detail, I managed to whittle the results down to 5 or 6 (also discarding the recordings made after the year I watched the documentary greatly helped). I then compared the remaining versions to the cassette recording (that had since been converted to MiniDisc). Within moments, I knew which version it was and confirmed this by closely comparing every nuance of the two recordings. Piano Sonata No. 2 In G Sharp Minor, Opus 19 'Sonata Fantasy' - Andante. I'm a big fan of dreamy, peaceful piano music from the likes of Debussy and Satie, so I'm glad I finally solved the mystery. Strangely enough, after first hearing the piece on the radio, the same radio station started playing it a few more times. I had been listening to Radio 3 for years and, up until that point, had never heard it being played ever. Go figure...

09-22-2022, 12:56 AM	#97 (permalink)
~~SoloYH~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Toronto Posts: 5	Waltz 64/2 Chopin Liebestraum 3 Liszt La Campanella Liszt Moment Musicaux 4 Rachmaninoff

03-08-2023, 07:33 AM	#98 (permalink)
Akixia Groupie Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 1	Beethoven's symphony no.5

04-01-2023, 11:30 PM	#99 (permalink)
kirrwed Groupie Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 15	CD collection of classicals

04-02-2023, 02:55 AM	#100 (permalink)
Danzaburou Groupie Join Date: Mar 2023 Posts: 39	Beethoven's Der Sturm to this day I think it's the best piano sonata out there, especially the third movement <3