no. 22
The Planets-Jupiter (Gustav Holst)
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst, 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
March 2012
no. 23
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo - Hoe-Down (Aaron Copland)
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as “the Dean of American Composers”. He is best known to the public for the works he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in a deliberately more accessible style than his earlier pieces, including the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo and his Fanfare for the Common Man.
no. 24
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba ( George Frideric Handel )
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London (1712) and becoming a naturalised British subject in 1727.
no. 25
Symphony No. 3 in F major (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene. In his lifetime, Brahms’s popularity and influence were considerable; following a comment by the nineteenth-century conductor Hans von Bülow, he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the Three Bs.
no. 27
Palladio (Karl Jenkins)
Karl William Pamp Jenkins, CBE (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh musician and composer.Jenkins was born and raised in the Gower village of Penclawdd, in the county of Swansea, South Wales. His father, who was a local schoolteacher, chapel organist and choirmaster, gave him his initial musical instruction.
no. 26
Can-can (Jacques Offenbach)
Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr. and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffman remains part of the standard opera repertory.
no. 28
Humoresque in G flat (Antonín Dvořák)
no. 29
William Tell Overture (Rossini)
Gioachino Antonio Rossini was an Italian composer who wrote 39 operas as well as sacred music, chamber music, songs, and some instrumental and piano pieces. His best-known operas include the Italian comedies Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) and La Cenerentola and the French-language epics Moïse et Pharaon and Guillaume Tell (William Tell). via wikipedia
no. 30
trumpet concerto in Eb (3rd movment) (Franz Joseph Haydn)
Franz Joseph Haydn known as Joseph Haydn, was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet” because of his important contributions to these forms. He was also instrumental in the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata form. via wikipedia
no. 31
Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op 92. Allegretto (Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven was a Germancomposer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
no. 32
sleepers, wake (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach[1] (21 March 1685, O.S.31 March 1685, N.S. – 28 July 1750, N.S.) was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque Period. He enriched many established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France.
no. 33
L’arlesienne suit no. 2 Farandole (Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.via wikipedia
no. 34
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 (Sir Edward William Elgar)
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and internationalclassical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violinand cello, and two symphonies. Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe. He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially. via wikipedia
classical music: not necessarily a beginner's guide
here are my 35 most liked classical tunes. no, these are not exactly high brow stuff or wanna be pretentious crap but just the music that i’ve grown to like over the years. really good stuff to listen to whether you’re having a bad day or just want to cancel out the noise inside your head and be still.
I may have been way over my head in trying to rank these classical pieces but try to ignore the dates, names of the composers or titles and listen to it. it’s really not that difficult :). all you need is a little bit of patience and you’ll be surprised where your taste might take you.
or to clearly state my case read this.
p.s.
@aprilmc30 please try not to fall asleep :) and get really bored quickly.
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