Hi, for the big powerful sound you might like Wagner. Also possible would be Berlioz. Still other composers you might like are Mahler and Verdi. Dvorak also ...
1890's -> 20 Century...<br>Have you tried Bela Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta? Very eerie and powerful music. I think Stanley Kubrick...
Droberts, I think your advice is excellent:<br><br><<You might try searching the pieces you've enjoyed already on<br> amazon.com and look at similar...
Some really good suggestions here - I'd certainly endorse Verdi and Mussorgsky as thrilling choices. Try Verdi's requiem and its Dies Irae (the 2nd part of the...
Hi there,<br><br>Not sure of all the details about the work, but found this:<br><br>When Mussorgsky died in 1881 he left much music either unfinished or in a...
Another composer who wrote some Sonatas solely for the Harpsichord was Scarlatti (Domenico). I purchased a Naxos CD that had the music played on a grand piano....
Hey there Fingolfin!<br><br>Which Naxos Scarlatti CD do you have? I've got keyboard sonatas volume 1 & 2.<br><br>Yeah if there are others here who are anxious...
This will be my first post to this club. I say that because I have only gone back and read about the last 50 posts, so if something I say seems to be ...
Oh, I am sorry, but Schoenberg cannot possibly be experienced though midi format. One must here the orchestration, the texture, the brilliance of his craft...
Hey there, Catosonh! Thanks for your post; I greatly enjoyed it. The part I agree with most is about not thinking about what others have said is good or bad...
... borrowing cd/tapes there. I wouldn't, however, buy a cd unless I was pretty certain I would like it. For me, as a practicing musician, I find exploring a...
Well said, catisonh!<br><br>I too tire of all of those internet "critics" who continually slam someones opinion about Classical music. If I had listened to...
Hi flutevixen...I've kind of bragged about you at the other forum I belong to. We need a moderator for the Woodwinds section. Would you be interested. All you...
I seems that everywhere I go I've been hearing "Schoenberg", "Bern", "Webern"..... Just a few months ago I had no idea who these people were, nevermind...
I'd hesitate to purchase a CD that I nothing about.. I think one of the best ways to break into classical music is to listen to the radio. You can experience a...
I'm interested. I just need to get a feel for that board still and learn what to do. I'm a little worried about thinking of topics to discuss. I'll go over ...
I thank you all for your kind comments. The problem though is that many people do not implement these ideas. My point about picking up a random cd does not ...
Well, I wanted to hold off on these comments until I could get a good post thought up, but you asked, so here it goes. Verlacht Nacht (Transfigured Night) is...
This is an interesting discussion. I think one has to strike a balance between encouraging folks to try out challenging music and criticising those who only...
>>But I would still contend there's nothing wrong with someone who listens to the 1812 overture over and over again, with no desire to move on to ...
As composers (i.e. Boulez) built off of Schoenberg and Webern's ideas and created music that (because many of the public couldn't even get Webern) the public...
Now, after we (I hope it's more than just me) have finally got to the end of this post, I would like to say that I do not condemn all pop music nor its ...
Hi Catisonh,<br><br>I really enjoyed your long and heartfelt post. It's truly refreshing to encounter someone who cares enough to put the time into something...
Sure! No problem Aleks. If you go to:<br><br><a href=http://www.ezboard.com target=new>http://www.ezboard.com</a><br><br>and register a screen name, ie:...
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