Classical Music

[slowmotion]

You seem very familiar with this strange activity, is there a name for it?

"Getting stoned"?

 

[beanzontoast]

Another vote for Vaughan Williams. It's an age thing; when you reach a certain age, you've had the life experiences that resonate with the works of certain composers and for me Vaughan Williams is one of those.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Not a huge fan of Nyman, but there's a disc of his string quartets (on argo I think) which is most excellent.

Just had a listen on spotify, not bad at all for classical. Disc starts off very Nymany indeed (No2 - 1.I).

 

[Fiona N]

Classic FM drives me insane with its smugness and ghastly jingles, it really is classical music dumbed down. I imagine that Classic FM listeners are the same people who pay to lie on a couch with a line of beach pebbles on their backs and a seraphic expression on their stupid mugs.

Warm beach pebbles, mind


Classic FM's OK when I'm driving - which given that I don't have a car...

 

[MossCommuter]

Wow! Lots of replies there, thanks.

WOW!! So many replies - thanks

Maybe I misrepresented my position; I am not totally uninitiated in classical music - Dad's a church organist and I have sung in various choirs.

Anyway, sincere thanks to all of you. It just shows there's nowt queerer than folk - there is no accounting for taste. So looking at the replies I managed to look into so far:

• Night Train: thanks, that's two bickering tenors if ever I heard them, thanks for suggesting Mozart or Bach. - Mozart's Requiem has always been a favourite
• RT - Faure's Requiem is another I've always liked
• Aperitif - I am not a fan of orchestras because I find it hard to hear above the noise
• Vernon - Orff's Carmina Burana counts as pop music really but I have always liked it.
• Cubist - now then, that I do like I'll be looking out for some more like that on Spotify
• Ianruk - nowt wrong with Tchaikovsky per se but doesn't do it for me
• User13710 - am liking that, thanks!
• Chilly - Verdi's Requiem's cool and Zadok, well that's more pop music (always liked it)
• SRW - no thanks to the choral evensong, I was made to take part in more of them as a kid/teenager than is good for anyone
• Ian Turner - take back what I said about orchestras. I need to listen to that again.

I'll be sure to look at the rest in the next week or so, so thanks again

 

[Arch]

Bless you!

I'm an Elgar/Vaughn Williams person myself - sorry Mad Doug, but the Lark is a favourite of mine. It evokes a very particular feeling though - sitting on that very close cropped grass you get on high rocky ground with minimal soil, on a hot day, but with a cool breeze. (Basically a summer day up at the Old John Folly in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.)

Zadok and O Fortuna are favourites too - I'm a sucker for a slow building crescendo.

I can never bring the melodies to mind, or even identify them when I hear them, but I'm fairly sure I like the Songs of the Auvergne too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chants_d'Auvergne