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August 9, 2006 3:08 AM Subscribe
Can anyone tell me what the music from this video is?
...and if I like that, what else would I enjoy listening to?
...and if I like that, what else would I enjoy listening to?
Response by poster: Duh. Call me stupid, I can't even use my own eyes! I swear I read that page at least twice.
posted by popcassady at 3:20 AM on August 9, 2006
posted by popcassady at 3:20 AM on August 9, 2006
And let me just add that, too my mind, Scheherezade is one of the great underappreciated classics of orchestral music. It's wonderful.
posted by jdroth at 7:38 AM on August 9, 2006
posted by jdroth at 7:38 AM on August 9, 2006
...and if I like that, what else would I enjoy listening to?
The rest of it. The final movement has the same theme but frequently shows up on those god awful 'power classical' compilations because it truly does rock.
posted by datacenter refugee at 7:44 AM on August 9, 2006
The rest of it. The final movement has the same theme but frequently shows up on those god awful 'power classical' compilations because it truly does rock.
posted by datacenter refugee at 7:44 AM on August 9, 2006
You might try other Russian composers. Shostakovich's 5th Symphony is one of my favourites. Prokofiev's Violin Concerto 1 is fun to listen to. Rachmaninoff's piano concertos 2 and 3 both are awesome.
posted by jeversol at 7:58 AM on August 9, 2006
posted by jeversol at 7:58 AM on August 9, 2006
In the same vein as Scheherezade, try Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien or Mussourgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
posted by ancientgower at 12:03 PM on August 9, 2006
posted by ancientgower at 12:03 PM on August 9, 2006
There's no such thing as too much great Russian music!
Still, to find more music like this particular part of Scheherezade, I'd tend to head toward French Impressionism. Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole, Gabriel Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande, and most things by Debussy would be great places to start, as would the works on this recording.
Different but equally exotic and gorgeous is this amazing recording of Respighi's Belkis, Queen of Sheba suite and Metamorphoseon.
posted by musicinmybrain at 5:57 PM on August 9, 2006
Still, to find more music like this particular part of Scheherezade, I'd tend to head toward French Impressionism. Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole, Gabriel Fauré's Pelléas et Mélisande, and most things by Debussy would be great places to start, as would the works on this recording.
Different but equally exotic and gorgeous is this amazing recording of Respighi's Belkis, Queen of Sheba suite and Metamorphoseon.
posted by musicinmybrain at 5:57 PM on August 9, 2006
If you like that you'd probably love Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez (and check out The Miles Davis/Gil Evans version if you are into jazz). In particular, I think you would enjoy slow/melancholic pieces that are by late-19th-century or early-20th-century Spanish composers or that have "Spain" as a theme or are inspired by Spanish music. As for the violin texture check out some of Bach's solo sonatas and partitas if you are so inclined. I'll have to think a bit more on this.
posted by persona non grata at 9:03 AM on August 10, 2006
posted by persona non grata at 9:03 AM on August 10, 2006
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Unfortunately, I cannot access the video, so can't answer the second question. =(
posted by irishkitten at 3:14 AM on August 9, 2006