I need some guidance on how to pick a classical music recording to buy. Specifically I'm looking for the work of Erik Satie.
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posted by WeekendJen
on May 14, 2013 -
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I don't particularly like classical music. But I
would like to rapidly acquire a broad but shallow education in the basics of classical music. How do I best do this?
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posted by Diablevert
on Mar 1, 2013 -
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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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What to get as a going-away present for my classical-music-and-science-loving mentor when I make a great deal less money than them and don't have as much knowledge as them in their interests?
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posted by schroedinger
on Nov 21, 2012 -
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What is this piece of music (
MP3)? My daughter's music teacher (it's an initiation class for 5-year olds) gave us the sheet music before leaving on vacation and I'd like to find a correct recording.
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posted by elgilito
on Oct 28, 2012 -
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I want to find small ensemble "classical" music that I really like but don't know how to find or even really describe - "clean" and "structural"? Maybe it's "modern" but it's less abstract and more classical in scale and construction than the modern/experimental music I'm familiar with.
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posted by freebird
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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Ridiculously specific classical music question: What is the poem/program note that is supposed to be read before the final movement in Hindemith's 'Sonata for Alto Horn in E flat' (1943)? In the original German and the English translation, if possible.
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posted by Peter Petridish
on Jul 13, 2012 -
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I'm trying to learn to play the piano, and right now I'm using
this book by Scott Houston, who is a huge advocate of lead sheet music and "fake" books. I really, really like the book, and even after just sitting down for a little bit I can already play some basic stuff like row, row, row your boat and jingle bells. However, there is one snag: the book's philosophy is that you should think of the one song you would most like to play on the piano and learn how to play by starting with that song first, an idea which I really love except for the fact that the one song I would really like to play more than anything else is Pachelbel's Canon in D. He specifically says in the book that his teaching method is completely unsuited for learning classical piano. I really don't want to learn how to play classical piano except for this one song, but this is one song I would really like to learn. Is there any way around this?
posted by bookman117
on Jul 3, 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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Is there anywhere to listen to the component parts of a piece of classical music?
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posted by ilana
on May 1, 2012 -
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[Classical piano filter] What are some other pieces like Mozart's variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star?
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posted by foxjacket
on Jan 12, 2012 -
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How can I learn to override my absolute pitch to cope with singing at Baroque pitch?
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posted by bassjump
on Oct 12, 2011 -
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Well, it's T-minus five weeks to the wedding and I haven't got the music down. I've got a crapload of amazing singers and all of my ideas are going down the tubes. Hope?
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posted by Madamina
on Aug 1, 2011 -
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What are interesting projects where art meets new (digital/social) technologies?
Like Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir, Youtube Symphony Orchestra, or Google Art Project.
posted by vladimirfrolov
on May 9, 2011 -
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Most TI-99 games used classical tunes for their music. I'm trying to identify the main theme from the game Alpiner, which can be found
here. I'm also trying to identify the tune that plays when you conquer the last mountain, which I couldn't find online but reproduced from memory
here. Any ideas?
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posted by luvcraft
on Apr 24, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a performance of Fauré's Op. 50, "Pavane" with a very "breathy flute."
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posted by Jay Jech
on Jan 21, 2011 -
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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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Please help me identify this solo cello piece. Video of the performance is
here if you'd like to jump right in, otherwise more details follow.
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posted by tractorfeed
on Jun 3, 2010 -
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I recently picked up a Naxos CD called
Organ Meditation, liked it quite a lot, and realized I'd like to hear more in the same vein. Can you recommend some other recordings of quiet and meditative organ music? The bits I liked best were 19th century or earlier, but I'm open to more modern/contemporary suggestions too. Thanks!
posted by Lentrohamsanin
on May 1, 2010 -
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I'm looking for some hardcore heart-wrenching classical music. My current selection includes Vocalise by Rachmaninoff, Ständchen from Schwanengesang by Schubert, Shostakovich's 5th Symphony, first movement (because of that haunting ending!), and Prelude in C minor by Chopin. Suggestions?
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posted by archagon
on Apr 2, 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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I'm interested in attending one of the upcoming
Met Opera HD live events at a local movie theater, probably for one of the Saturday Matinees in Savannah, GA. Does anyone have any experiences with this? Are there English subtitles? Is the audience etiquette generally better, worse, or about the same as a movie? Or are we likely to be two people among a dozen opera buffs?
It's been years since I've seen an opera, and that was usually in the $12 seats in the third balcony.
posted by KirkJobSluder
on Dec 29, 2009 -
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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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My list of favorite classical composers makes sense to me intuitively but not logically, and I don't know how to continue the list. Can anyone help?
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posted by quarantine
on Jun 5, 2009 -
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I once heard a really lovely version of Pachelbel's
Canon that was performed by a percussion ensemble--the whole thing was drums, tympani, etc. I think it was a University ensemble, maybe University of North Texas? I heard it around 2000, so it's not exactly new, but I have been unable to find it again. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
posted by liketitanic
on May 13, 2009 -
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Please help me find an online avant-garde classical music site that posted full pieces you could listen to for free. The site let you browse by composer, genre and instruments. I think "america" may be in the URL, but I'm not sure. I do recall that it was almost entirely unusual repertoire 20th century stuff. Does this ring a bell?
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posted by mediareport
on Mar 5, 2009 -
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I have 400 classical music tracks on my MP3 player, and I'm sick of all of them. Help me find more!
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posted by orrnyereg
on Mar 5, 2009 -
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Looking for examples of 'happy' and 'sad' renditions of a work within the western classical repertoire.
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posted by Gyan
on Jan 30, 2009 -
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I'm trying to identify this series (and, possibly, find a copy):
At some point in the late 80's/early 90's, someone videotaped a series of Boulez lectures on twentieth-century music for me. He was talking through one piece in each programme, and had an ensemble on hand to play the musical examples, and the whole piece at the end.
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posted by monkey closet
on Jul 9, 2008 -
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Help me identify the classical musical piece used as an introduction to a wildlife series shown on French TV (more inside)
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posted by Auden
on Apr 27, 2008 -
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