Can you recommend fantastic, classical music released in the last five years or so?
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posted by missmary6
on Dec 22, 2012 -
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Help me help a friend: which (probably romantic-era) composer wrote a piece about a Chinese lacquer box? I have searched like crazy and found nothing.
posted by naturalog
on May 6, 2012 -
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I go through phases where I listen to lots of classical piano/organ music, but I tend to rehash the same pieces (some Bach, mostly). I'd love to expand my collection. What are your favorite classical piano recordings?
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posted by jz
on Nov 14, 2010 -
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I am looking for a classical music piece, or snippet, connoting "toil" or "hardship", and I think it's Russian or at least Eastern European.
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posted by everichon
on Oct 18, 2010 -
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Can you describe to a non-music-theorist fan the differences a close listener might hear in the piano music composed by Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann and Beethoven? I've been loving exploring classical music but things start to blur during the 1800-1850 era. I'd like to be able to better hear what the above composers are doing differently from one another. General thoughts about their music are welcome (book recommendations, too), but especially interested in info related to solo or prominent piano pieces.
posted by mediareport
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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Are there well-known classical composers who aren't trained on a particular instrument? An acquaintance is a young singer who's interested in composition (mostly for voice), but in talking to him I get the sense that he feels a little inadequate compared to his fellow students who are accomplished on at least one instrument like piano or violin. Can you give me examples of classical composers whose work is respected but who weren't primarily instrumental players? Modern or otherwise. Thanks!
posted by mediareport
on Dec 14, 2009 -
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I've been trying to branch out my musical tastes, and have started recently to listen to atonal and serialist music (Boulez, Schoenberg, Webern). There is something about it that I like, but I'm not quite sure what it is, and I feel like if I knew more about the music in question I could better appreciate it.
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posted by Frankieist
on Jul 23, 2009 -
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How do you pronounce composer Charles Wuorinen's name? Which syllable is accented?
posted by mediareport
on Jul 16, 2009 -
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I played a piece in orchestra in high school that I think was named Aces Däd, but I can't seem to find that anywhere.
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posted by ZaneJ.
on Dec 22, 2007 -
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What's the best way to locate scholarly writing and analysis of a given piece of classical music?
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posted by agropyron
on Jul 24, 2006 -
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What are the best books offering analysis of Beethoven's symphonies? Other classical works?
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posted by agropyron
on May 22, 2006 -
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DamnMusicStuckInMyHeadFilter: I am looking for a "holiday" piece of music that has been on the radio station playlists but for some reason no DJs will say what it is (I really hate that)
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posted by Botunda
on Dec 28, 2005 -
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I want to learn more about contemporary classical music of the Pärt, Feldman, Glass variety. Anyone have any pointers? {more inside}
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posted by josh
on Sep 29, 2004 -
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