Anoushik Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hello all What is your favorite Classical piece/composition? Even if you don't have any favorite what do you like to listen to most? This includes any genre, form, (symphonic, chamber, solo instrumental, vocal, choral, even film music that's now considered to be classical, etc). Thanks! My absolute favorite is J.S. Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for solo violin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 My absolute favorite is Bach, but I can't single out a specific work of his. There are too many. The funny thing is I don't know the names. In Armenia I had bought German vynil disks without knowing what they were, as long as they were Bach. Over time they grew on me and I would listen very often. I now miss them so much, I would like to buy the same on CDs, but don't know what they were because I don't know German. Perhaps you can help me Anoushik - those were relatively simple vocal pieces, but very beautiful. Some of the pieces I remember contained the word "Jesus" (that's the only thing I could understand in German). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Yes, same way I can't single out any Glenn Gould performance of Bach. I love them all! (Even though sometimes his performance can be controversial.) Sasun, those pieces were for solo voice or were they choral? Cantatas maybe? Oratorios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Yes, same way I can't single out any Glenn Gould performance of Bach. I love them all! (Even though sometimes his performance can be controversial.) Sasun, those pieces were for solo voice or were they choral? Cantatas maybe? Oratorios? style_images/master/snapback.png They were cantatas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Aram Khachaturian, Gayane, Lezghinka... currently listening to... but, yes, probably i'm baised and my opinion is not based on the classic part of the work but the folk part of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Good Great taste! Actually Sasun, I don't mean to be a hypocrite but there is a certain spiritual experience in listening to Bach. His music is very philosophical and very humane and one wonders how our human race was able to give birth to such a genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 but, yes, probably i'm baised and my opinion is not based on the classic part of the work but the folk part of it. style_images/master/snapback.png No problem as long as you are satisfied by the music. I love Spartacus ballet by Khachaturian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Good Great taste! Actually Sasun, I don't mean to be a hypocrite but there is a certain spiritual experience in listening to Bach. His music is very philosophical and very humane and one wonders how our human race was able to give birth to such a genius. style_images/master/snapback.png I agree, and when I fell in love with Bach music I was an atheist. Maybe it helped me become spiritual on a subconscious level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Arno Babajanyan Noktyur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Robet Crey, time makes two, blues, classical Vivaldi 4 seasons, Krunk by Lusine Zaqaryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 (edited) Sometimes I wish I was a vocalist so that I could sing "Tsitsernak". Edited December 30, 2004 by anoushik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 'Moonlight Sonata' by Mozart, Part III. I don't like I and II, because in my best years I could play them 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Modest Mussorgsky Bach - everything! Wagner 'Ride of the Valkyries' And many others with varying rate of ear pleasure, depending on the mood! Oh, I forgot the "winter" from Vivaldi's Seasons Anoushik, I'm sure you are aware of this type of software but in any case check out this! It is really very helpful! http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/download.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emil Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Thomas Newman-Whisper of a Thrill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Robet Crey, time makes two, blues, classical Vivaldi 4 seasons, Krunk by Lusine Zaqaryan style_images/master/snapback.png You mean this Vivaldi? http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=62...t=0entry47474 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 Yes Anoushik, of course I meant Bethoven! Mozart is my favorite though, but I simly cannot play anything by him except some early menuettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armat Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 I listen anything by Bach but specially Glen Gould performances. I love Gorgi Savall a viola player who plays early music.The soundtrack "Tous les Matins du Monde" is amazing and the movie is great.I had a opportunity to listen him life in a small library in French embassy in Boston and it was a special night more then one ways to remember. http://www.musicolog.com/jordisavall.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Anoushik and Armat, after being only a little exposed to Glen Gould's Bach performances I have a question: don't you guys think that he puts too much of his individual understanding/feeling? I am not at all sure that Bach meant many of the things that Gould is doing to his works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siamanto Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Hello all What is your favorite Classical piece/composition? Even if you don't have any favorite what do you like to listen to most? This includes any genre, form, (symphonic, chamber, solo instrumental, vocal, choral, even film music that's now considered to be classical, etc). Thanks! My absolute favorite is J.S. Bach's Chaconne from Partita No. 2 for solo violin. style_images/master/snapback.png It's hard to tell, but if I have to chose one, right now, I would say: Tabula Rasa of Arvo Part In general, I enjoy minimalist esthetics in Arts - regardless of the discipline. That is probably why I would enjoy Bach anytime! Also some of his contemporaries such as Marais and Sainte Colombe that Armat - indirectly - mentioned. I also appreciate the works of the "Second Viennese School" members such as Alban Berg, Anton Webern and the founder Schoenberg. Thanks to my friend, I have also developed a taste for "Serial Music" such as Stockhausen, Zimmerman, Nunes and to a lesser degree Boulez. I would not ignore Malher! Last, but not least, I can appreciate medieval Madrigals and some Gregorian chants...including Armenian Medieval Music that I have recently discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azat Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Here is my taste from a previous thread http://hyeforum.com/index.php?showtopic=68...indpost&p=53631 it still holds true except i listen less. I am an avid NPR listener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lika Posted January 1, 2005 Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 well, i love classical music (thanks to my mom). and it's very hard for me to point the favorite one-it depends on my mood and my life situation. Ludwig Van Beethoven-Symphony#9 for today. And may be Grieg for tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted January 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2005 Anoushik and Armat, after being only a little exposed to Glen Gould's Bach performances I have a question: don't you guys think that he puts too much of his individual understanding/feeling? I am not at all sure that Bach meant many of the things that Gould is doing to his works. style_images/master/snapback.png Well, Glenn Gould's performance is definitely controversial and no other pianist should try to imitate him. The reason it's acceptable for Glenn Gould to interpret Bach's music the way he does is because he does it so well. His performance is not unique because it's aesthetic but because it's so well thought out and philosophical. There are other great pianist that play Bach - Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt are my favorites - and they play Bach very beautifully and tastefully, but their performance doesn't resemble the performance of someone that's asking the univesal question of who we are, what are we doing here, where are we going, what's our purpose, especially after listening to Glenn Gould. Of course, this is only my own interpretation of Glenn Gould. Needless to say, there has been sometimes when I've really not accepted some of Glenn Gould's playing of Bach. I asked (begged really ) my teacher to let me work on Prelude and Fugue in B minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 this coming semester and a week ago I accidentally listened to Glenn Gould's performance of that. I had a complete different interpretation in mind of that beautiful, thought-provoking piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Hullo, Anoushik, Sona told me that you post in hyeforum I love Johan Sebastian Bach, and his [Christianity] related music. Currently I enjoy his Choral Prelude in F minor, BWV 639; Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (I call out you, Jesus Christ). I heard this piece of music in movie Solaris (1972) by Andrei Tarkovsky. The movie is about love and respect. In that movie Tarkovsky shows that in 21st century people will not respect and love each other, and later when the relationship is gone, they regret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Anoushik, Sona told me that you post in hyeforum style_images/master/snapback.png How are you? Tell Sona to join Hyeforum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Yes Anoushik, of course I meant Bethoven! Mozart is my favorite though, but I simly cannot play anything by him except some early menuettes. style_images/master/snapback.png You still play the piano? Do you practice daily, once in a while, occasionally? Do you play jazz? I'd love to play jazz but I'm not familiar with the jazz chords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Well, Glenn Gould's performance is definitely controversial and no other pianist should try to imitate him. The reason it's acceptable for Glenn Gould to interpret Bach's music the way he does is because he does it so well. His performance is not unique because it's aesthetic but because it's so well thought out and philosophical. There are other great pianist that play Bach - Andras Schiff and Angela Hewitt are my favorites - and they play Bach very beautifully and tastefully, but their performance doesn't resemble the performance of someone that's asking the univesal question of who we are, what are we doing here, where are we going, what's our purpose, especially after listening to Glenn Gould. Of course, this is only my own interpretation of Glenn Gould. Needless to say, there has been sometimes when I've really not accepted some of Glenn Gould's playing of Bach. I asked (begged really ) my teacher to let me work on Prelude and Fugue in B minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 this coming semester and a week ago I accidentally listened to Glenn Gould's performance of that. I had a complete different interpretation in mind of that beautiful, thought-provoking piece. style_images/master/snapback.png Anoushik, thank you for the explanation. Maybe if I listened Glen Gould long enough I will start appreciating his interpretation. Maybe it is because of habit and attachment that I can't listen to his performances of Bach. To me, a layman in classical music, some parts of his interpretation sometimes seems outright wrong. But perhaps I must be more openminded, I will give him a try again. I certainly want to be more familiar with somebody's work who asks the same question that I do P.S. Why do you have to ask your te4cher to be able to work on something that you wish? Can't you just work without your teachers approval? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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