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Post by rfan8312 on Apr 20, 2023 4:37:31 GMT
In my case I simply dont understand classical music. I remember years ago hearing a piano album by Chopin. Would be great to find out what it was. It had something for me like a main motif that was a bit rhythmic.
Any other classical music I've heard, though very impressive, and unless ominous enough to conjur an atmosphere, just hits my outer ear and slides down my neck.
I look for music that has a rythm to satisfy a visceral need for exhilaration or has a build up to a memorable moment for the impact of that moment and a feeling of awe, or electronic music for how it creates an atmosphere and a feeling inside which then gets my mind soaring.
This piece from a moment in the film 'Enigma' has moved me many times. Is this considered classical?
I listen to a lot of jazz inspired forms of music but can never listen to classic jazz because it sounds like endless meandering. I guess I've felt that way about the classical music I've heard as well.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 20, 2023 7:17:04 GMT
Yes, that soundtrack used a classical orchestra for the recording. Genres don't always help, but you can consider this a classical soundtrack.
If you want both visceral and atmospheric, see how you get along with Holst - The Planets, which describes them (or rather, their mythological gods) very well.
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Post by Tim on Apr 20, 2023 8:12:37 GMT
. . . . see how you get along with Holst - The Planets That was the very album that got me into classical, although I had a small interest from an early age from music class, about 7 I think I started. I tried a violin first, then a trumpet and finally a tuba, before we all agreed I was totally rubbish and a lost cause. I was probably 14 when I bought The Planets in Woolworths for I think about £1.00 or £1.50 . . . this one  I have a number of Planets recordings now
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Post by MartinT on Apr 20, 2023 8:23:58 GMT
Nice, Tim. I, too, was first introduced to classical at the age of 9 or 10 by my primary school teacher, who was rather enlightened. Once a week she would bring out the mono record player and play us a record. The Planets made its mark and I have loved the suite ever since.
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