action 2,664 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I want to start listening to classical music. I hope it can provide some relaxation in these troubled times. what are some classic "albums" to start? I'm interested in Mozart, beethoven, Haydn,.... you know the stones, beatles and gunners of their time any advice would be most welcome Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SAU3R 704 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 If you’re not into classical music yet, you might start with the Planets by Gustav Holst, especially Mars (kind of the heavy metal of classical music, and John Williams copied a lot of it into his Star Wars Soundtrack), Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus If you rather want some relaxing music, try the Holberg Suite by Grieg Also you can never go wrong with Mozart (e.g. Concerto for Flute and Harp), Haydn or Bach some other suggestions that I like to listen to: Pictures at an Exhibiton by Mussorgsky Hansel and Gretel Overture by Humperdinck Mahler Symphonies 1, 3, 5 Piano Concerto No. 1 by Gershwin Tschaikovsky Symphony 4 and 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DieselDaisy 17,700 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 It is my favourite genre of music by far! Here are some of my favourite albums, The following is the greatest recording in music history. Seminal, Great introduction to Schubert's instrumental music, 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
soon 8,141 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I have a Readers Digest vinyl box set of Classical Music. Looked up on YT and that search will bring a variety of such collections, with some highlighting that they are "relaxing." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sosso 3,797 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) Wow, that’s what I would call good timing. I just listened to the Pastorale (Symphony No. 6) from Beethoven yesterday. Played by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Karajan. Edited December 18, 2020 by Sosso 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Len Cnut 14,952 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Been listening to a lot of it lately as it happens. There's not a lot going on in music so I just like...I dunno, gave it a bash. I don't know fuck all about it though, just pick a famous name on spotify and stick it on. I mean its not like pop music that I've been like, conditioned on, its hard to like...reccomend shit like 'check out 'x', its a fuckin' banger!'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
action 2,664 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) I wonder how cool it would be, if they added drums to some of these symphonies the answer: awesome Edited December 18, 2020 by action Quote Link to post Share on other sites
action 2,664 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 I've bought a 50 song best of cd by mozart, my very first classical cd. I love these compilations; this does the job of selecting the most interesting parts so I don't need to do my research myself. at times it feels like Queen II on steroids. It's not easy finding your way in mozart's backlog. the songs are named by numbers so this makes things a bit abstract for the uninitiated. but the "piano song" and that ta-tata-tatatatata song are precisely the kind of stuff you knew all along but didn't know it was mozart. a whole new world of music for me to explore. And it is relaxing music in troubled times. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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