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Post by trentvale68 on May 20, 2016 18:40:31 GMT
Try this..
Pluto wasn't discovered when old Gustav wrote the Planets suite so Colin Matthews wrote this piece in 2000 to complete the set
It starts quiet but be warned, it gets quite tempestuous!
then of course, Pluto got downgraded to dwarf planet status (not in my mind, for me it will always be the 9th planet)
There were also these interesting pieces, composed in 2006 as one whole suite with a common theme of notable asteroids in our solar system - could only find them separate. Quite eerie & unsettling. Four different composers for each piece
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Post by trentvale68 on May 20, 2016 18:47:03 GMT
Just stumbled upon this, literally never heard of it until 5 mins ago
A bit too choral for me but has some nice strings
here it is..
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Post by supersimonstainrod on May 20, 2016 19:27:40 GMT
Love the Goldberg Variations,nobody plays Bach like Glenn Gould.
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Post by trentvale68 on May 23, 2016 15:03:51 GMT
And equally as amazing
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Post by cerebralstokie on May 23, 2016 18:45:47 GMT
Me, I'm a Brahms fan. I go to a quiz every week where the "music" round is exclusively pop music. No reference to jazz, country and western etc. let alone classical. I should like to see the beginning of "Also Spracht Zarathustra" played when the potters come out at the Brit! (you may not have heard of it but you would recognise it if you heard it played.)
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Post by trentvale68 on May 23, 2016 18:51:56 GMT
I know it well; a scandal its not appeared here sooner!
Off topic but Id forgot how good the FX are in 2001 - better than today's CGI in some cases
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Post by trentvale68 on May 24, 2016 16:13:13 GMT
Proper classic from Stravinsky
Wonderfully used in Fantasia and shamelessly plundered from by John Williams & co
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Post by Skankmonkey on May 31, 2016 11:00:45 GMT
Quality - a massive piece of music.
Have a listen to this performance. It kicks in on about 5.50 if you want to avoid the waffle.
Play it very LOUD.
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Post by trentvale68 on Jun 13, 2016 18:42:06 GMT
Stirring stuff
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Post by trentvale68 on Jun 13, 2016 18:48:55 GMT
Something very apocalyptic, very heavy on percussion
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Post by trentvale68 on Jun 13, 2016 18:58:47 GMT
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Post by trentvale68 on Jul 30, 2016 19:44:21 GMT
Good enough to include here
Utterly beautiful
And as epic as Game Of Thrones
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Post by trentvale68 on Jul 30, 2016 20:03:48 GMT
You can never have too much Wagner...or Karajan
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Post by trentvale68 on Jul 30, 2016 20:15:01 GMT
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Post by trentvale68 on Sept 2, 2016 15:44:24 GMT
Thought id revive this
(used in the Castrol GTX advert)
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Post by salopstick on Sept 2, 2016 15:55:20 GMT
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Post by cerebralstokie on Sept 3, 2016 12:32:42 GMT
Almost anything by Brahms and (although not strictly classical) anything by the late Cesaria Evora (A Cape Verdian diva who liked brandy and smoked cigars and performed wonderful songs evocative of life in a poor country but also very rich in musical traditions)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 12:52:09 GMT
I haven't checked to see if this has already been posted but this is one of my favourite classical pieces
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 12:58:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 13:01:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 13:07:55 GMT
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Post by auntiegeorge on Sept 5, 2016 6:52:58 GMT
The legendary Italian maestro, Arturo Toscanini, was the most famous symphonic and operatic conductor in history. He dominated the realm of classic music from the 1880s to the 1950s and raised performance standards to undreamed-of heights. I have his entire recorded legacy, and twice as much again in unpublished live concerts and broadcasts.
Watch this all the way through (6 minutes). It will make your hair stand on end. Music isn't played like this any more. This orchestra (NBC Symphony Orchestra) was created especially for Toscanini from the finest virtuoso musicians in the world, such was his fame and influence. It was recorded in December 1943 for the US Office of War Information, with conductor and orchestra refusing all fees for their performance.
VERDI: La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny): Overture
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Post by trentvale68 on Sept 6, 2016 14:45:03 GMT
All great stuff, posted above fellas
this is a great performance, really talented pianist
If this doesn't move you..well, youre basically dead inside LOL
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Post by potterinleeds on Sept 6, 2016 14:57:59 GMT
Those asteroid ones above are a good call, Trentvale - I had never heard those before, cheers. There was an interesting poem on R3 last year (with musical accompaniment) by Katrina Porteus called 'The Edge', basically about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter.
I listen to a lot of medieval music, and I can recommend a cheap Naxos CD with the late 12th / early 13th century works by the 'poet-musician' Niedhart. Some of the songs with less instrumental accompaniment have a very pure, haunting quality - I sometimes have them on headphones if I am working out in the Dales in winter; on a clear day, on the tops, they are just right for the clarity of the view and loneliness of the surroundings.
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Post by trentvale68 on Sept 6, 2016 15:49:48 GMT
Those asteroid ones above are a good call, Trentvale - I had never heard those before, cheers. There was an interesting poem on R3 last year (with musical accompaniment) by Katrina Porteus called 'The Edge', basically about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. I listen to a lot of medieval music, and I can recommend a cheap Naxos CD with the late 12th / early 13th century works by the 'poet-musician' Niedhart. Some of the songs with less instrumental accompaniment have a very pure, haunting quality - I sometimes have them on headphones if I am working out in the Dales in winter; on a clear day, on the tops, they are just right for the clarity of the view and loneliness of the surroundings. Bleakness & desolation, love it!!
Explains my yearly daytrip to Rhyl
You might like this, some great locations in it and a bit mystical
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Post by potterinleeds on Sept 6, 2016 16:39:29 GMT
Those asteroid ones above are a good call, Trentvale - I had never heard those before, cheers. There was an interesting poem on R3 last year (with musical accompaniment) by Katrina Porteus called 'The Edge', basically about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. I listen to a lot of medieval music, and I can recommend a cheap Naxos CD with the late 12th / early 13th century works by the 'poet-musician' Niedhart. Some of the songs with less instrumental accompaniment have a very pure, haunting quality - I sometimes have them on headphones if I am working out in the Dales in winter; on a clear day, on the tops, they are just right for the clarity of the view and loneliness of the surroundings. Bleakness & desolation, love it!!
Explains my yearly daytrip to Rhyl
You might like this, some great locations in it and a bit mystical
Cheers, will have a look later - I have a book copy of his version of Gawain. I know what you mean about Rhyl - my Mum and Dad used to take me there loads in the early 70s when I was a kid, and I loved my holidays there. I last went back about 20 years ago, and was pretty saddened by what I saw; wasn't it A N Wilson who said 'Only a man driving a bulldozer could approach Rhyl with a smile'? Shame what has happened to some of our seaside towns.
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Post by trentvale68 on Sept 6, 2016 16:48:19 GMT
You should see it now!!!; I only go for sentimental reasons, no other reason
I may go next week, now kids have gone back to school - less people, more bleakness LOL
Its shocking though, the fair long gone, the sun centre been shut for a few years now. The B&Bs all converted into bedsits for those on benefits. There is NOTHING for youngsters. If I carry on typing, I shall end up putting myself off going!! Living there must be akin to Jaywick
Perhaps the ultimate in desolation music
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Sept 6, 2016 17:49:40 GMT
Those asteroid ones above are a good call, Trentvale - I had never heard those before, cheers. There was an interesting poem on R3 last year (with musical accompaniment) by Katrina Porteus called 'The Edge', basically about the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. I listen to a lot of medieval music, and I can recommend a cheap Naxos CD with the late 12th / early 13th century works by the 'poet-musician' Niedhart. Some of the songs with less instrumental accompaniment have a very pure, haunting quality - I sometimes have them on headphones if I am working out in the Dales in winter; on a clear day, on the tops, they are just right for the clarity of the view and loneliness of the surroundings. Quite partial to a bit of Hildegaard von Bingen interpretations mesen 'Canticles of Ecstacy' etc. Very haunting, with the power of transportation, pinch yourself as a reminder that they're not the originals!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 18:27:15 GMT
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