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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 22:17:53 GMT
After replying to Alan in the "A.T.M.I.L." thread, and mentioning that my taste in classical only really varies from "calm and reflective" to upbeat and dramatic, I began listening to some Satie. I then had the idea for a little concert of chill-out classical and just fired up youtube looking for my favourites. About Brian Eno's "An Ending (Ascent)", I first heard this music around 20 years ago at an art exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art. Can't remember what the exhibition was but the music blew me away. Asked the Museum assistants, who didn't have a clue. It wasn't till around ten years ago that it was used in a tv programme, and with the aid of google I was able to identify it. Such a beautiful piece of music. Concerning Harold Budd, I make no apologies for including him in a concert called Late Night Classics. He is an unbelievably under-rated musician. It took me longer to try to choose a single Harold Budd track than it did to think of and post the whole concert. He has made a lot of albums and they are all superb. I first discovered him through his collaboration with David Sylvian. If you like slow, gentle pieces I urge you to seek out his music. I have almost all of it in retail cd. (Nudge,nudge, wink, wink, p.m., p.m.). Looking back to the first paragraph about calm and reflective or "upbeat and dramatic", it seems obvious that someone else who likes a bit of classical (Alan, Dave, Ian?), might bookend my calm and reflective concert with an upbeat and dramatic one? (cue the sound of a gauntlet being thrown down )
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Post by Dave on Oct 4, 2014 8:46:49 GMT
Hi Bluesy , I don't post a lot here, perhaps I should, but that does not mean I do not read your (and others') posts. I have a good few reasons to be grateful for an opportunity to listen to music that would otherwise not appear on my radar in any way, shape or form, so thanks for that. As you might expect, not all of it brings a beam to my face but much of it does. Coming to audio rather late in life maybe that is to be expected - music was like wallpaper to me, with very few exceptions, but I'm learning better now . I share your general description of classic music that often appeals and I am a big fan of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky. I haven't listened to your later post of Sibelius but I do intend to. TBH I'm having a bad run with my almost permanent headaches and spend a lot of my time in a recliner feeling sorry for myself but I keep telling myself that it can't last for ever - let's hope and so, on that basis, please keep 'em coming - I might be quiet but I am quietly appreciative to you and the others. Ta! again, Dave.
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Post by Rabbit on Oct 4, 2014 9:10:22 GMT
There is SO much to choose from in 'Classical' music that it's quite difficult to take anything in particular!!
I tend to stick music into historical periods and then pick out composers. Baroque and wonderful Bach. The Brandenburg concertos are gorgeous. One in particular, has an amazing slow movement - the F maajor Brandenburg Concerto. There is this beautiful oboe solo at the start and some harmony that goes on below that sounds amazingly modern. Gorgeous piece of music.
Classical - I like both Mozart and Haydn, although I really like the 'honesty' of Haydn's music. Mozart can get hung up with complexities (for me) whereas Haydn was a more basic, down to earth composer. I love Haydn's Seasons.
Romantic - you know, offhand, I find this area hard. They are all individuals.
Nationalistic - I really love the work of Vaughan Williams. His symphonies arrre lovely. The fourth is violent. It depicts war.
Modern - Benjy Britten and Peter Grimes. Stravinsky - the extremely violent Rite of Spring, the brilliant Petrouchka and the pretty Firbird are all lovely pieces. Shostakovitch and his symphonies are pretty brilliant too. He was kicked out for writing anti-soviet music (or he ran for it) and ended up in the USA. I also adore Gerswhin and Bernstein's work. Bernstein wrote a made piece called Candide (based n Voltaire) and the whole story is totally mental until you get to the end and your hairs spring up on your neck. The choir sing soething along the lines of 'everything works out for the best in the end', which is something that I believe myself - and originates from Voltaire.
With operatic stuff though, you really need to follow the words in order to appreciate what is going on in the music.
I adore Tchaikovsky and his struggle with homosexuality and his relationship problems which is depicted in his music. His fourth and sixth symphonies are great pieces. (so is the fifth) I love Swan Lake; expecially the end of the ballet.
Puccini and hhis versimo opera are spine chilling. Tosca, Turandot, La Boheme (OMG), and Butterfly. (OOOOOH MG) These are operas designed to shock in their emotional content. They are deeply moving and not background music. They deal with awful situations and you HAVE to follow the words. The endings are a shock. One of my favourite composers.
So much to choose from tbh!!
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Post by drumdrym on Oct 4, 2014 11:37:04 GMT
There is SO much to choose from in 'Classical' music that it's quite difficult to take anything in particular!! I tend to stick music into historical periods and then pick out composers. Baroque and wonderful Bach. The Brandenburg concertos are gorgeous. One in particular, has an amazing slow movement - the F maajor Brandenburg Concerto. There is this beautiful oboe solo at the start and some harmony that goes on below that sounds amazingly modern. Gorgeous piece of music. Classical - I like both Mozart and Haydn, although I really like the 'honesty' of Haydn's music. Mozart can get hung up with complexities (for me) whereas Haydn was a more basic, down to earth composer. I love Haydn's Seasons. Romantic - you know, offhand, I find this area hard. They are all individuals. Nationalistic - I really love the work of Vaughan Williams. His symphonies arrre lovely. The fourth is violent. It depicts war. Modern - Benjy Britten and Peter Grimes. Stravinsky - the extremely violent Rite of Spring, the brilliant Petrouchka and the pretty Firbird are all lovely pieces. Shostakovitch and his symphonies are pretty brilliant too. He was kicked out for writing anti-soviet music (or he ran for it) and ended up in the USA. I also adore Gerswhin and Bernstein's work. Bernstein wrote a made piece called Candide (based n Voltaire) and the whole story is totally mental until you get to the end and your hairs spring up on your neck. The choir sing soething along the lines of 'everything works out for the best in the end', which is something that I believe myself - and originates from Voltaire. With operatic stuff though, you really need to follow the words in order to appreciate what is going on in the music. I adore Tchaikovsky and his struggle with homosexuality and his relationship problems which is depicted in his music. His fourth and sixth symphonies are great pieces. (so is the fifth) I love Swan Lake; expecially the end of the ballet. Puccini and hhis versimo opera are spine chilling. Tosca, Turandot, La Boheme (OMG), and Butterfly. (OOOOOH MG) These are operas designed to shock in their emotional content. They are deeply moving and not background music. They deal with awful situations and you HAVE to follow the words. The endings are a shock. One of my favourite composers. So much to choose from tbh!! Hi Jeff....Dave....Ian, well Ian just about covers it all............. "There is SO much to choose from in 'Classical' music that it's quite difficult to take anything in particular!!" However if we just close down on it because the subject is so vast we will never get anywhere, so with that in mind I've selected a few pieces to push the "concert" idea forward. Alan
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 13:07:09 GMT
I'm having a bad run with my almost permanent headaches and spend a lot of my time in a recliner feeling sorry for myself but I keep telling myself that it can't last for ever Dave, I'm sorry to hear that. I remember you mentioning before that you were suffering from very painful headaches, but that you were hopeful about some new pills you had got? It sounds as though they have not helped you much?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 13:13:56 GMT
Alan, I'll have a listen tonight. Very good selection. Can't wait to hear an orchestral version of Nero. I've enjoyed their "Welcome Reality" for a couple of years now. One word of warning though, it appears very few people here like d'n'b, or dubstep, or dancehall etc. I posted some nice dub Police covers and got pelter's for it
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Post by Rabbit on Oct 4, 2014 13:25:09 GMT
I'd like to say that wasn't me!!
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Post by Dave on Oct 4, 2014 14:48:19 GMT
Jeff, Don't want to sound melodramatic but I seem to have something that is baffling medical science, or maybe it's just my GP . I used to take a shed load of pills and nothing really seemed to help much - in addition I think that whatever the root cause was, that also has changed - so, believing that taking pills just for the sake of it was best avoided if possible, and given that the Consultant at the local hospital seemed to be running out of ideas also and was perhaps anxious to 'get rid' of me, I tried to vary downwards the amount of each medication I take. I am now down to less than half the original range of pills and about half of the dose that I was on. The bad news is that the headaches are no better but equally, are no worse, so a result of a kind . Main problem at the moment is that I'm taking 135mg of codeine a day to 'soften' the headaches but as anyone knows, codeine makes one constipated and boy, am I constipated ). ATM life is shit, or it would be if I could . Dave.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 18:10:40 GMT
ATM life is shit, or it would be if I could . Dave. . Keep yer chin up!
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Post by Dave on Oct 4, 2014 18:42:03 GMT
ATM life is shit, or it would be if I could . Dave. . Keep yer chin up! Hi Jeff, I've tried 'going' with my head in a wide variety of postures but nothing seems to help . Maybe I've healed up? . Dave.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 21:58:13 GMT
Nero's Dub-step Symphony Alan, as someone who's had the album for a couple of years now, I'd like to be able to say that this is inferior, as when you muck about with the original source material you (almost) always end up with something inferior. Yes, I'd like to be able to say this was inferior, but I can't! I've listened to the whole thing now for the fourth time through my home cinema system via the wonder of Chromecast, and it's SO much better than the original! So much more scale. So much more tension! Etc., Etc. You get the picture. Thanks very much. Jeff.
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Post by drumdrym on Oct 5, 2014 0:10:42 GMT
Jeff, don't get me wrong here, before I discovered this collaboration I'd no clue as to what DubStep was/is.....still don't. There's an old cliché that goes something like.............. " I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like". You could probably ascribe that to me since I have no formal musical education only seventy odd years of living with many of the early formative years in a lively musical environment. With regard to most things I have an open mind. When our resident blackbird/robin sings out loud at 4am each spring/early summer morn I don't curse him for wakening me up so early but listen and marvel at his musicality. I'll have to back track on your dubstep posts, a big turn-off for me is anything which has a predominant bass beat......bump...bump...bump. I've been listening to a little Lindsey Stirling recently and find her entertaining. Nero's collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic ticks all the boxes for me but listening to a few of their/Nero's regular tracks I'm not drawn to the dubstep genre. Alan
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2014 1:01:19 GMT
Jeff, don't get me wrong here, before I discovered this collaboration I'd no clue as to what DubStep was/is.....still don't. I'll have to back track on your dubstep posts, a big turn-off for me is anything which has a predominant bass beat......bump...bump...bump. Alan, don't bother! Almost all dub-step (which is a mix of jungle, drum 'n'bass, and reggae) is made up predominantly of bump . . . bump . . . bump. There's an explanation that gets quite musically technical concerning beats per minute, wobble bass, beats in the bar, syncopated rhythm's etc. Dubstep
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Post by drumdrym on Oct 6, 2014 22:37:32 GMT
Hi Jeff, a number of times I've clicked on a Youtube post thought it sounded interesting till the dreaded monotonous head splitting bump kicked in to turn me right off. Guess I must be too long in the tooth to be able to appreciate the niceties of brain scrambling music. (let beauty be in the ear of the beholder) I've not backed-up on your dud well that's not nice should read dub but poked around and found a few Police posts to listen to, I'll refrain from commenting. I just had to read up on "wobble bass", sounds too artificial for me, though I guess it might be designed as a subliminal to keep the devotees devoted. I can live with beats per minute, beats in the bar and syncopated rhythm's they're all part of this great big world of ours . As Dave has said............keep on posting Jeff. Alan
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