Classical Music

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That's extremely vague.

Classical in what sense?

There are different styles of classical music, usually distinct by what era they were written in.

- Bach is Baroque
- Mozart is Classical
- Most of Beethoven's stuff is Romantic
- Stravinsky is Modern

I appreciate artists like Mozart and Vivaldi and Bach and Pachelbel, but they're just not my style. I am personally a fan of late Romantic and some Modern stuff. That's the stuff that was written in the late 19th century and the early 20th century.

Now allow me to aggressively inject my personal opinions into this post beyond this point!

My favorite composer by far is Sergei Rachmaninoff. My favorites by him are his Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st and 2nd movements), Piano Concerto No. 3 (1st movement), Symphony No. 2 (all the movements but especially the third), and Prelude in C# Minor.

Antonin Dvorak was wonderful, too. Check out his Symphony No. 9 (1st and 4th movements especially) and his Symphony No. 8 (1st movement)

Some other common Romantic composers I enjoy:

Mahler
Beethoven
Brahms
Chopin
Liszt
Wagner
Tchaikovsky

There are a whole bunch more. I could go on and on about how awesome these composers are.



As for the Modern composers (sometimes called "neoclassical")... that's getting into some rough ground. That's not what you typically think of when you hear classical music.

Erik Satie is my favorite modern composer. His stuff is mostly easy to listen to compared to other Modern composers. I enjoy his Trois Gymnopedies, Sonatine Bureaucratique,
Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire, Gnossienne No. 5, and Petite Ouverture a Danser.

Maurice Ravel is another favorite. I enjoy his Ma Mere L'oye, Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte, Jeux D'eau, and Miroirs.

My knowledge of Modern music is pretty slim. Here are the other few artists I listen to generally group in this era:

Debussy
Strauss (<- he's debatable. Some may consider him a late Romantic composer)
Stravinsky
Prokofiev

Oh, not that there are many of them in the first place. The Romantic composers far outnumber the modern ones.

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i should probably do more research on classical music as a whole but thanks for the recommendations i shall defiantly check those artists out

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Chopin
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Prokofiev
Ravel
Gershwin
Schumann
Grieg

Just to name a few of my favorites. It depends on what sub-catagory of classical music you're looking for. "Romantic" certainly makes up a lot of it.

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And YOU can't stop me!

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How is it you so easily and randomly caught that? xD

@who cares - Do you think you'd be into a more contemporary genre or "traditional?"

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If you're looking for traditional, then I'd suggest Edvard Grieg(Morning, March of the Dwarves, and In the Hall of the Mountain King), or Mussgorsky(Night on Bald Mountain), or, if you're looking for a masterful composter, it's John Williams.

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John Williams is a good classical guitarist he has freakishly good technique I recommend him, also Chopin, Beethoven, etc.

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I never understood the concept of "Classical". If Stravinsky is considered classical by era, than what is Schoenberg?

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*definitely lol it was like 2 in the morning when i typed that spelling really wasnt on my mind >.>

and thanks everyone for the suggestions looks like i have of downloading to do

and as for what kind of genre im more into i guess im an all around kind of person i really dont favor any

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Not true. Arguably, he is one of the last Classical composers and first Romantic composers. His music reflected the nature of romanticism, but that does not mean that most of Beethoven's stuff is Romantic.


In regards to expanding your Classical "library", you might like to listen to Classical music for a start.

Key
Baroque
Classical
Early Romantic
Late Romantic
Modern

Here is a list of composers I am familiar of:

- Vivaldi
- Bach
- Handel
- Haydn
- Mozart
- Beethoven
- Chopin
- Schubert
- Berlioz
- Rossini
- Schumann
- Mendelssohn
- Liszt
- Tchaikovsky
- Bizet
- Grieg
- Brahms
- Dvorak
- J. Strauss II
- Wagner
- Verdi
- Offenbach
- Rimsky-Korsakov
- Smetana
- Saint-Saens
- Mussorgsky
- Borodin
- Bruckner
- Rachmaninov
- Debussy
- Puccini
- Stravinsky
- Sibelius
- Prokofiev
- Shostakovish
- MAhler
- Delius
- Elgar
- Holst
- Faure
- Ravel
- Gershwin
- Legar
- R. Strauss
- Vaughan Williams

If you want to find out anything about any of these composers, feel free to ask. Don't bother wasting your time over the net and staring at books for hours. I'll give you quick, easy, understandable and accurate summaries of any of these composers.

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Most of his good stuff >=(

Rachmaninoff is definitely more like late Romantic than anything. He's old school as ****, and his use of modern harmony when he uses it is very subtle. He definitely doesn't fit in a group with Stravinsky, Ravel, et al.

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If you like Baroque, you should try and find albums by Il Giardino Armonico. They're a Baroque ensemble and play a variety of songs from that era. They're incredibly good and their choice of songs is varied and overall excellent.