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 -
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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
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 -
3 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
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
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 -
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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 classical music piece is used
here? I know the frenetic piece following is Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody but I'm stumped with tranquil piano part. It sounds like a Mozart Piano Sonata though I'm not sure which one.
posted by bodywithoutorgans
on Mar 26, 2011 -
3 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
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 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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As someone who's just starting to seriously explore classical music, I'd like a reference that surveys the repertoire, puts composers, their works, and specific recorded performances of those works into context, and which preferably discusses
specific CD releases of those performances.
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posted by Lazlo
on Oct 9, 2010 -
7 answers
Want to learn to play the guitar. Recently discovered the guitar I have is classical, not western acoustic. Can I still learn how I want? And other questions from a non-musical dreamer.
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posted by nokry56
on Dec 6, 2009 -
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Please help me find some sheet music. The piano is finally out of storage, tuned, ready to play and I cannot find my favorite sheet music. ARGH. The Gayaneh Ballet Suite; by Aram Khatchurian (I've tried various spellings of the last name and of the ballet name), arranged for solo piano. A friend gave me a Russian language edition in high school. it's missing and I cannot find a publisher. There's a shop in town that can order it, if I can find a publisher.
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posted by crush-onastick
on Sep 28, 2009 -
14 answers
How do you pronounce composer Charles Wuorinen's name? Which syllable is accented?
posted by mediareport
on Jul 16, 2009 -
8 answers
What classical music on YouTube passes the oh-my-god-i-can't-believe-this-is-available-on-youtube test?
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posted by wittgenstein
on Jun 30, 2009 -
16 answers
A little something for my biggest fan... seeking ideas for classical songs that I can sing and record for my 19-month-old nephew.
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posted by notquitemaryann
on Jun 26, 2009 -
16 answers
Name that classical melody. I have a classical tune running through my head and it sounds like
this. (short home-made WAV version) - any idea what it is?
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posted by mmoncur
on Jun 4, 2009 -
6 answers
Do you remember the 'concept album' from the late 70s (?) called 'Wings'? Nothing to do with Paul McCartney, this was a 'crossover' production, mixing jazz and classical. The word 'wings' is so generic that Googling isn't helping me at all. If I just had the composer's name, I'd be able to hunt up a copy ... (I remember being wowed by the music back then, and would like to re-visit it.)
posted by woodblock100
on May 8, 2009 -
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