Twenty years ago I came across an album of twentieth century music and I'm pretty sure it was from some music festival - the Osaka or Ojai festival? - featuring 20th-century orchestral composers. And this particular track featured musical glasses and had "Mountain" in the title.
Where do I begin hunting?
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posted by jimmymcvee
on Apr 5, 2013 -
5 answers
Rhapsody's catalog is pretty good, but poor search and spotty album info are making me unhappy. I want to be able to choose albums and tracks to stream, so I'm not looking for radio. Opera is my priority. Can you help?
posted by markcmyers
on Feb 8, 2013 -
7 answers
Advice sought for upbeat Classical music to listen to when studying. I seem to really enjoy the violin and the cello. I like some of Yo-Yo Ma and the Red Violin soundtrack. But, I do not like the classical music that is depressing and too slow -like some of the baroque. I am looking for the type of classical music one would hear in ballet. The kind that inspires and lifts you up, and makes you happy...that is simply beautiful. Do you know what I mean Hive Mind? Thanks!! So please give me a playlist
posted by TRUELOTUS
on Jan 2, 2013 -
18 answers
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 -
8 answers
Could someone please identify these two lieder? I think they are German art songs. I can't even make out any phrase to use as a search term (so if you can, that would be great):
one;
two. Thanks in advance.
posted by amtho
on Nov 9, 2012 -
11 answers
Need help identifying a classical song I hum to myself,possibly a piano piece, but can't remember what the name of it is or who made it. Link: http://youtu.be/PjnX9HgWueE
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posted by LittleNami
on Sep 30, 2012 -
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It's time to play your favorite
(maybe) Ask Metafilter game: recommend music for a specific purpose! Bonus difficulty: the specificity is
really specific!
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posted by lazaruslong
on Sep 6, 2012 -
23 answers
What is the background music in the intro to the BBC's coverage of this year's British GP Qualifying? (Please, no spoilers!)
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posted by clorox
on Jul 7, 2012 -
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I’m a pianist living in Canada and I’m interested in recording (and making commercially available) solo classical piano music by living Canadian composers – music that is still under copyright. What are the legal requirements and, if applicable, industry norms to acquire the rights to record this music?
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posted by bkpiano
on May 9, 2012 -
2 answers
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 -
7 answers
Whats the proper way to 'normalize' the titles of classical musical works when there doesn't seem to be any consistently used name?
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posted by Hither
on Apr 1, 2012 -
6 answers
Baroque Choral Music Filter: I love the kind of baroque choral music with multiple parts going on simultaneously or in very close interaction, providing a gorgeous complex polyphonic tapestry that transcends language and sends me to heaven (as JS intended!). I very much dislike the soloists droning on in German against the orchestra. Which albums have more of the former?
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posted by zachawry
on Mar 21, 2012 -
13 answers
Classical / opera music help: My partner has set up an beautiful slideshow of pictures and film of his parents' wedding in their village in Italy as a present for their 50th wedding anniversary. Help us with the music!
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posted by girlpublisher
on Feb 25, 2012 -
7 answers
I love contemporary classical music, but I don't know enough other people that do too. Aside from Sequenza21, what are some good resources for meeting people online that share this interest? Also, aside from attending local events (I live in Madison, WI), can anybody suggest ways to meet people in person who are also fans? BTW, if this is an interest of yours too, feel free to send a message.
posted by mermaidcafe
on Feb 16, 2012 -
9 answers
Looking for an audio version of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Peter and the Wolf" that I heard in the 1980s where the narrator describing the wolf pursuing the duck says, breathlessly, "Lope ... waddle ... waddle ... lope ..." (describing their movements, with violins screeching in the background). I am looking for the particular recording that said it this way. It is particularly humorous and has great narration by a male voice in English. I thought it was the Peter Ustinov, but apparently not, as I bought it and it doesn't have this line (unless there is an alternative version floating around).
posted by cmp4Meta
on Jan 16, 2012 -
8 answers
I want to give my mom a collection of Peter Shickele's great NPR classical music show: http://www.schickele.com/mix/. I was able to track down a few shows from various sources online but I really want a complete set. Does anyone have any advice?
posted by The Ted
on Dec 12, 2011 -
3 answers
Re the decline of applause at symphony concerts: are there any classical/symphonic works that are still regularly applauded between movements, whether by convention or by spontaneous upwelling of feeling?
posted by flechsig
on Nov 16, 2011 -
13 answers
I want to start listening to classical music but have no experience of this genre / form whatsoever. Where to start?
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posted by FuckingAwesome
on Nov 9, 2011 -
40 answers
What's the classical piece in the background of the Radiolab "Loops" episode's segment on Gödel?
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posted by brianogilvie
on Oct 10, 2011 -
4 answers
What are some of the most beautiful fermatas in classical music? Moments where the music stops, hangs - before finally resuming. Looking for pieces that were composed before 1920.
posted by Marquis
on Aug 25, 2011 -
18 answers
I recently stumbled upon
this piece by John Tavener. It really gets going at the 2:20 mark. I love the rich chords and, at times, heavy bass of the piece. I want to get into this choral music, whether it is old Gregorian chant stuff or contemporary, but I don't know where to start! Anyone have any recommendations to start off with?
posted by staticscreen
on Aug 18, 2011 -
11 answers
I am trying to encourage a friend to give classical music a chance and am trying to put together a list of pieces that he'd find inspiring and interesting, particularly when performed live. Can anyone suggest any?
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posted by joboe
on Mar 26, 2011 -
23 answers
What should I do with a collection of old, classical records near Pittsburgh?
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posted by MrFTBN
on Mar 17, 2011 -
9 answers
Classical music + itunes + video (classic) iPod. Help me figure out the essential (minimum) amount of metadata needed for happy music listening.
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posted by Homo economicus
on Mar 1, 2011 -
6 answers
Half remembered anecdote from a music class I took long ago:
"A great German percussionist(?) travels to India in the 20's(?), and on returning says that the trip was a complete waste of time. Not only were the musicians always out of tune, but - most infuriatingly - they were always out of tune in exactly the same way!"
Can anyone peg an attribution onto this story?
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posted by kaibutsu
on Feb 2, 2011 -
4 answers
Going to see an NSO performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC tonight. Does it matter what I wear?
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posted by the foreground
on Jan 29, 2011 -
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I'm looking for 20th and 21st-century Spanish classical choral music -- the Spanish equivalent of Whitacre, Britten, Lauridsen, Howells or Barber, for example.
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posted by impluvium
on Dec 23, 2010 -
3 answers
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 -
15 answers
I'm looking for good, “simple,” engaging, beautiful “classical” music.
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posted by skwt
on Oct 22, 2010 -
45 answers
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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