| Author | Message | ||
| Todd (Tkrefeld)
Junior Member Username: Tkrefeld Post Number: 174 Registered: 11-2001 |
Tch #4 Tch Piano Concerto #1 Beethoven 5th (this is a great score if you listen to it all) | ||
| michael Alpert (Taters)
New member Username: Taters Post Number: 35 Registered: 5-2003 |
Mr.Ausbrooks, Now that's what I call classical! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 4386 Registered: 8-2002 |
i can play that famous Beethoven song on the piano...  (But, um... not with chords or anything.) | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1126 Registered: 12-2002 |
Ive never seen the movie...a bit before my time, but Ive known that concerto for a long time. | ||
| Dennis in SE PA (Dennis_in_se_pa)
New member Username: Dennis_in_se_pa Post Number: 31 Registered: 5-2003 |
I'm with Jordan. Mozart's 21st Piano Concerto in C Major. It was the sound track base for the movie Elvira Madigan back in the 60'. Anyone familiar with that movie? That how I came upon it. | ||
| J Michael Jordan (Fonce_r_cheval)
Junior Member Username: Fonce_r_cheval Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2002 |
Good one, Wayne! | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
Junior Member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 157 Registered: 4-2002 |
Whart - that's AWESOME. Being busy myself I don't get as much music time as I would like but I get what I can I used to work at a high end audio store in Ann Arbor that is somewhat known for being a die hard turntable store. That was my first experience listening to vinyl and I was blown away. I worked there when the $20,000 Linn CD12 came out - the CD player that was suppossed to be closest to vinyl ever. We compared it to Linns top line LP12 hoping to be blown away. We had the same recording on vinyl and CD, and played the CD first. It sounded great! But then we fired it up on the Linn LP12......and everyone just looked at each other not wanting to be the first to say it - it blew away the CD player for dynamics and soundstaging and musical quality. Finally the owner of the shop got up and announced "this is a demonstration that we will NOT be doing for anyone considering this CD player!" It was amazing. Anyway - your collection sounds awesome! Never get rid of it or sell it, you've got a sweet collection. Hopefully you'll complete your sound/video room soon | ||
| Kevin Horner (Boz)
Junior Member Username: Boz Post Number: 70 Registered: 8-2002 |
My favorite pieces are by genre: symphony: Beethoven 3 played by the Berlin Phil concerto: Rachmaninov 2 played by Richter orchestral: Scheherazade 1960s recording by Fritz reiner and the CSO(?). Only on vinyl. Only. chamber: Schubert's g-minor quartet. runner-ups: Shostakovich #8, Beethoven op. 18 no. 4 and Razumovsky #2, Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Opera: Tosca. Or La Traviata? No, Tosca. Aria: "Una Furtiva Lagrima" from L'Elixir d'Amore Piano sonata: The "Waldstein" Violin sonata: the "Kreutzer" Other: Any Metallica, techno, good jazz Current preference: String quartets | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1140 Registered: 12-2001 |
Chris: everything has been i boxes for 4 plus years, since i moved up to our house in Westchester. I originally planned to convert a 2000square ft. space on the 3d floor to a video and listening room, but given the costs associated with the construction, HVAC, chunking thru concrete walls and floor (that's right, even my attic is made of poured concrete), and being distracted by little red cars, i have not had the time, energy or willingness to spend the money to set up anything serious. I have 3-4k vinyl records, many of the great EMI/RCA/Mercury/Lyrita/Decca.London recordings from the golden age, along with a considerable pile of period jazz. I've never gotten serious about building a CD based system, and while we have hundreds of CDs for use in the cars, small systems (like the kitchen system) , etc, i was, at least when in the thick of it, still enamoured of vinyl. Now, granted, some of the sound i achieved was highly euphonic (using ARC sp -10 as phono stage, with Lyra Parnassus MC cartridge, heavily modified Quad-63's etc,), but on small scale stuff, ie jazz combo, the results were very natural, and could give you goose bumps. I have heard a ton of big, expensive, flashy systems over the years that sounded like ••••. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1088 Registered: 12-2002 |
Glen Gould was awesome. | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 425 Registered: 4-2003 |
Bach-goldberg variations- once again Glen Gould he is Da Man. You can actually hear him humming in this recording. He always does this when he plays. Another must have in the collection. I like the piano stuff. | ||
| Robert Callahan (Rcallahan)
Junior Member Username: Rcallahan Post Number: 214 Registered: 7-2002 |
Dubussey. Did i spell it right? | ||
| Eric Vartanian (Evartanian)
Junior Member Username: Evartanian Post Number: 206 Registered: 3-2002 |
Chopin. A few all-time favorites...Waltz in C# minor Op.64 No. 2, Scherzo No.1 B minor, Fantasie Impromptu Op66, Nocturne C# minor, Scherzo No.2 B flat minor. Huge fan of classical piano. Not too familiar with the more obscure composers, and history, theory, and performers and such, though it interests me. Tchaikovsky and Mozart are at the top of the list as well. | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 407 Registered: 4-2003 |
Wayne, I love that one!! Only heard it once, but fell in love with it forever. | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
Junior Member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 156 Registered: 4-2002 |
Hey Whart - do you still actively listen to vinyl? | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1735 Registered: 8-2002 |
One of my favorite classical pieces:  | ||
| J. Grande (Jay)
Intermediate Member Username: Jay Post Number: 1335 Registered: 10-2001 |
I love Pavarotti singing "Nesun Dorma" and "Caruso" nobody could touch him in his prime! I also like listening to Bizet's "Carmen" but not too often. I'm more into old school...Funk that is, not old school Classical | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 587 Registered: 11-2002 |
Wow. Some good stuff here. Can't say I'm all too familiar with all of them. Tchaikovsky is a good one, Danse Macabre rings a bell but I'd have to listen to it again. Mozart is very good. So fast and delicate. Amazing sound. Looks like I have to go out and buy some CDs... Jagman Sunny. Funky Canon in D? I'd love to hear it, where did you find it? Cheers | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1084 Registered: 12-2002 |
Im am an 18th century music fanatic. I have 400 CDs of 18th Century music, almost all of them are historically accurately performed Got a recording of almost every song Mozart wrote (still trying to find some of his earlier keyboard works played on a harpsichord). I just love Mozart, I spend my free time studying his life and his music...I think he was just a genious. Apart from Mozart, my favorite music is music by the lesser-known composers of the baroque and classical period. My current favorite is a guy named Paul Wranitzky, who was a best friend of Mozart and wrote music in the style of late Haydn. Great stuff! If anyone ever wants to talk about any 18th century music or has any questions, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] Right now Im listening to a recording of a few Mozart Piano Concertos played on Mozarts OWN piano (Anton Walter c.1785) with the Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra. | ||
| Ed Christophersen (Dr_c)
New member Username: Dr_c Post Number: 42 Registered: 12-2002 |
Tchaikovsky Symphony 6 "Pathetique" | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1135 Registered: 12-2001 |
Any of the Jacquelyn Dupres Cello recordings on EMI. Fritz Kreisler playing gypsy music (these things were on 78's and have since been transformed into LPs and CDs). Sibelius, Syph. 2 (would have to look up performance on old LP). Oh, yeah, Dr. S: there is a recording of the Danse Macabre on an old Decca/London pressing that is very fast, bitter and has huge bass. Again, would have to look it up, i must have 5 or 6 different pressings of that same master tape, and i have no idea whether it was re-leased on CD, or whether it sounds anywhere near as good on CD. (Touche, Martin!) | ||
| martin j weiner,M.D. (Mw575)
Member Username: Mw575 Post Number: 983 Registered: 5-2001 |
Marilyn Monroe. | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 513 Registered: 2-2003 |
Thumbs up, Chris! I agree. | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
Junior Member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 155 Registered: 4-2002 |
Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 performed by Itzhak Perlman. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME. | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 1194 Registered: 3-2001 |
Dire Straitavereous' First: Sultans of Swing. | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 459 Registered: 4-2003 |
Dance Macabre of Saint Saens | ||
| Vincent (Vincent348)
Member Username: Vincent348 Post Number: 401 Registered: 4-2003 |
Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier. Get the version played by Glenn Gould. If you don't have it, it should be in your collection. This is possibly the most perfect music ever written! | ||
| JRV (Jrvall)
Intermediate Member Username: Jrvall Post Number: 1577 Registered: 11-2002 |
Not exactly classical, but one I love listening too while working...by Copeland, from the "Portraits of Freedom" album (cd) music performed by the Seattle Symphony & Chorale... "Fanfare for the Common Man" awesome....inspiring and comforting at the same time. | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 512 Registered: 2-2003 |
Brandenburg Concertos by the London Philharmonic Orchestra are some of my all time favorites. Also, a copy of Bach's famous organ works I picked up in Austria, but I don't know who performed them has the top place in my heart for classical. Currently, Bach's Violin Concerto's No. 1 in A-minor, No. 2 in E-major, No. 3 in D-minor, and Triple Concerto in A-minor performed by the German Bach Soloists. Its all Bach right now. I love Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Borodin, but those stay more often in the cases then in my rotation unfortunately. I love trance, heavy metal, and some really underground European eclectic bands that fight for slots in my changer. I'm currently listening to techno remixes of Pachabel's Canon in D-minor and D-major. I'm a loon when it comes to music! Sunny | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 586 Registered: 11-2002 |
OK, super old school music fans. Who composed your favorite pieces, who performed them best, and what pieces are they? I have a new favorite every other week. Right now I'm caught up in Mozart's Turkish March. Cheers |