I know I'm not the only one. Who else has Beethoven, Wagner or Bach on your MP3 player?
I think we're definitely in the minority here at UMA, but it's almost the only thing I listen to -- classical music, movie scores and Polynesian music (I play bass drum for a Tahitian dance troupe).
Some of my classical favorites include Beethoven's nine symphonies, piano concerto #5 (Emperor), all Tchaikovsky, Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand (#8) (saw it performed live -- spectacular!), a many other orchestral pieces. For film scores, anything dramatic and orchestral, whether they be for horror / sci-fi films or not. From John Williams to John Carpenter, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Salter, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, etc. Lots of fine film composers out there.
No, you're not the only one. Beethoven, Bach, Grieg, Wagner, Strauss, and the list goes on. I began listening to classical music when I was in high school and have been a fan since. I was also surprised to find many of the cartoons I enjoyed had classical music scores.
Oh Yeah! It's the good stuff! We all listen to classical music in my family :)
Mendelssohn 5, Mahler 1 & Brahms 1 are ALL my go-to classical pieces. I'll listen to most music, but I'm not a big Aaron Copland fan.
I also own a lot of Glass music & I LOVE the new-ish album- Symph. no. 10.
I could go on all day :)
After my classic rock favorites, classical/symphonic music is what I enjoy the most. I'm especially fond of early music: Renaissance, Medieval, & Elizabethan.
ooh I LOVE Classical. Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1 comes to mind. As Arnold said "I'll be Bach"....
Ok, favorite composers and pieces-
1. Richard Wagner
2. Johann S. Bach
3. Modest Mussorgsky
4. Eduard Grieg
5. Ludwig Von Beethoven
favorite pieces-
1. Canon in D- Johannes Pachelbel
2. Toccata And Fugue- Bach
3. Pictures at an exhibition- Mussorgsky
4. In the Hall of the Mountain King- Grieg
5. Ride of the Valkyrie- Wagner
I picked Beethoven for the sheer volume and quality of his work.
Composers:
Ludwig von Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Edvard Grieg
Franz Liszt
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Works:
Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring--Bach
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2--Liszt
In the Hall of the Mountian King--Grieg
Toccata and Fugue--Bach
Symphony No. 5--Beethoven
I first encountered Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring in the form an instrumental song called Joy by the group Apollo 100. I always enjoyed the song, but did not connect it to a classical song when it came out. About 20 years later, I heard Jesu being played on a piano in a mall during the Christmas season, but was not able to talk to the pianist to get the title, but I knew all I had to do was to keep listening to classical music, and I'd get it. Then one day at church, the organist played the song, and I was able to ask her the title. I went out the next day and got a cd with that song on it. During a history class in high school, we were shown a film series about religions of the world, and Foccata was the theme to that.
I like almost all classical music. Debussy, Dvorak, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, are just a few favorites.
Not a big fan of the genre BUT I do have a great love of symphometal ,neoclassical darkwave and high end gothmetal.
Therion is a great band and along with the dark metal also has full symphonies and pro opera singers.
Therion - Vovin [Full Album] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PPiz415BXM#ws)
Wicked Lester- You always find the most interesting music! :) I still enjoy The Wicked!
You must have a fantastic and mysterious music collection at your house- I guess it matches up with your monster/horror & literature collections!
Over the past year or so I've started listening to classical. Very meditative and centering for me. I think Tchaikovsky is probably my fav