# Classical music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719 "2003-02-22T03:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/41 "2003-02-25T19:51:56Z")
I meant to reply to this thread earlier, but forgot! At any rate, I guess my favorite classical music is probably Baroque, although I definitely do not limit my listening to that genre. šŸ™‚ Favorite composers: Bach (Brandenburgs esp., of course), Handel (Water Music, Royal Fireworks, Messiah), Torelli, Locatelli, Telemann, Vivaldi. I also dearly love Mozart, though am not certain he is really a ā€œBaroqueā€ composer. šŸ™‚ Also have a fondness for (in no particular order of fondness, btw ;)): Rossini, Bixet, Beethoven, Chopin, & Grieg. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/42 "2003-02-25T19:55:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tarragon918 \* > \*\* Bixet \*\* bah, I should have previewed this! LOL Naturally, I meant Bizet (blast that pinky finger, slipped again!). ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/43 "2003-02-25T21:36:46Z")
Nice list, **Dragon Phoenix**. I thought I knew my way around classical music, but your list contains a lot of pieces (and even composers) Iā€™ve never heard of. Good to know there is still enough left to explore. And **yosemitebabe** , thanks for the explanation. You are right that it grows on you. Still to me it feels more like an old family member with strange quirks with which, with time, I have gotten used to and would miss if he were no longer around, rather than a dearly beloved member who youā€™re always happy to see. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/44 "2003-02-26T02:30:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TTT \* > \*\ ***tracer** , what do you think of Richard Straussā€™s _Vier letzte Lieder_? ā€˜Beim Schlafengehenā€™ (When going to sleep) is so beautiful and melancholic it breaks my heart to hear it, figuratively speaking of course. \*\* To be honest, Iā€™ve never heard it, but Iā€™ve never been too much of a Strauss fan (either of them). ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/45 "2003-02-26T04:43:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leechow09 \* > \*\*Classical songs I have been hooked on: > > \*\* Sorry to nitpick, but nothing on your list is technically a _song_. ā€œPieceā€ is generally a good word to go with. And since it was on your list Iā€™ll just mention that I find the Prelude to Tristan and Isolde simply orgasmic. (OK, so perhaps I could use a good lay, but until then all I have is the genious work of that anti-semetic scum). ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/46 "2003-02-26T05:15:40Z")
**Dragon Pheonix** : I own Sallinenā€™s 6th (got it because I heard the Sunrise Serenade, which is a pleasant little ditty), and for the life of me I canā€™t figure out what he or other modern types like the Kronos Quartet are trying to do. So, what exactly are they trying to do? ---
**Author:** ![Geoduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Geoduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geoduck)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/47 "2003-02-26T06:23:39Z")
Anything performed by Anne Sophie Mutter! ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/48 "2003-02-26T06:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pantom \* > \*\ ***Dragon Pheonix** : I own Sallinenā€™s 6th (got it because I heard the Sunrise Serenade, which is a pleasant little ditty), and for the life of me I canā€™t figure out what he or other modern types like the Kronos Quartet are trying to do. > So, what exactly are they trying to do? \*\* _shrugs_ I like it, but then again, I also very much like the Kronos Quartet. They are approaching music from a different angle - just try repeated listening. If it does not work for you, it does not. YMMV and all that jazz. I find it difficult to explain why I like certain music. It is too much emotional to survive analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/49 "2003-02-26T08:29:19Z")
My favorite classical stuff right now is Stravinsky, Varese, Ligeti, and Zappa (Frank, not Francesco, not to belittle Francesco). I havenā€™t heard enough by any of them yet, though. Composers I need to get into (besides the above): Webern Schoenberg, perhaps Glass Ornstein Ives Cage Satie ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/50 "2003-02-27T00:32:18Z")
I like many of the pieces and composers previously mentioned. Iā€™ll add the following: **Debussy** - piano music, La Mer, 3 nocturnes for orchestra **Ravel** - piano music, Daphnis and Chloe (ballet) Daphnis and Chloe has been excerpted into two suites. Suite #2 is a must listen, especially the dawn section at the beginning and the bacchanal at the end. If you listen to this, make sure you get a version including the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![annieclaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@annieclaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annieclaus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/51 "2003-02-27T02:46:07Z")
I spent 21 years in the alto section of a symphony chorus, so most of my picks are choral: Prokofiev - ALEXANDER NEVSKY Brahms - GERMAN REQUIEM Mozart - REQUIEM Walton - BELSHAZZARā€™S FEAST Orff - CARMINA BURANA Mahler - 8TH SYMPHONY Itā€™s the stuff thatā€™s fun to sing and makes the chorus the star! Non-choral stuff that I like: Satieā€™s GYMNOPIDES Albinoni - ADAGIO Copland - almost anything Beethoven - 6TH SYMPHONY ---
**Author:** ![celestina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@celestina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/celestina)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/52 "2003-02-27T03:55:19Z")
My favorite composer is Brahms. His music is just _exquisite_. šŸ™‚ Next in line is Beethoven, whose music just leaves me breathless, itā€™s so beautiful. šŸ™‚ I just _love_ any recording of classical music by Lā€™Archibudelli. Thereā€™s such joy in their performances. I also like: Chopinā€“Iā€™m amazed at his nocturnes. How did he manage not to put himself to sleep while composing and/or playing them? šŸ˜• [giggle] Anytime I need to mellow out, I just play one of his nocturnes. Theyā€™re better than alcohol sometimes, I tell you. I donā€™t mean that Chopinā€™s music is boring by any means, though. Debussyā€“Like Chopin, his ā€œLa Mer,ā€ among other pieces is just amazing in its power to create a sense of tranquility. I listen to all types of composers. Iā€™m just too tired to type the rest of them out here. ---
**Author:** ![Mudling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mudling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudling)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/53 "2003-02-28T12:30:19Z")
I just have a quick question. Iā€™m looking for a particular piece of music but I donā€™t know who it is by or what it is called. All I can say is that it has a part where it sounds like the Jaws theme song. Ring any bells anyone?? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/54 "2003-02-28T12:34:12Z")
WAG, but is it Dvorakā€™s New World 4th movement ? ---
**Author:** ![Mudling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@Mudling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudling)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/55 "2003-02-28T12:58:04Z")
Aaah yes thankyou, thatā€™s it. My days of searching are over. : ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719/56 "2003-02-28T14:31:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudling \* > \*\*Aaah yes thankyou, thatā€™s it. My days of searching are over. : \*\* N/P. You should listen to the complete symphony. One of my very favourites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music/156719.md?page=2)