Classical Music Strut
pcmr
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Hey guys I've been working on this page for a while
The Classicaliszt is finally ready for launch...an accesible blog about classical music using vinyl as a medium to bridge the gap between the connoiseurs and the younger generation.
Here are the articles so far http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/category/the-classicaliszt
You can follow us for pics articles and reviews and also our instagram http://instagram.com/theclassicaliszt for pictures of digs
if you guys are into classical vinyl i will post in this thread with my finds and other banter
hopefully likeminded peeps can lively the discussion or we can illuminate more
who here has a classical section and what do you like?
The Classicaliszt is finally ready for launch...an accesible blog about classical music using vinyl as a medium to bridge the gap between the connoiseurs and the younger generation.
Here are the articles so far http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/category/the-classicaliszt
You can follow us for pics articles and reviews and also our instagram http://instagram.com/theclassicaliszt for pictures of digs
if you guys are into classical vinyl i will post in this thread with my finds and other banter
hopefully likeminded peeps can lively the discussion or we can illuminate more
who here has a classical section and what do you like?
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I never put any of my classical records on the turntable.
I have a cd of Turandot with Pavarotti I listen to.
I listen to Bernard Herman and other soundtracks that veer close.
Maybe you will inspire me to listen more.
i love the new pivot towards an otherwise under-appreciated genre of vinyl appreesh.
satie article
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/erik-satie-genius-before-his-time
and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/classicaliszt
for real i had training in classical but i got into it to broaden my digging horizons
when you get to a record store and everything is overpriced...classical is there
you get to a garage sale too late..classical is there
always clean as fuck, cheap, and high quality
its Worth to learn what you like and is very fun to collect
Hey Pcmr,
Yes, I too had a orchestra background from junior through high school. I played pretty much all percussion instruments (e.g., snare drum, bass drum, tympani, chimes, vibes, etc.). It definitely broadened my musical horizons and gave me an even deeper appreciation of composition and melody. I am a fan and I listen to works by composers such as Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Then I discovered Rachmaninov second and third piano concerto and again I think it did something to me. It became the benchmark by which I judge music. The both of them are like the "fear of a black planet" of classical music, which is hard to explain except that to me they have the same effect.
i love beethoven and mozart's stuff (boring, i know) most of all because it's what i heard first in life. but my all-time fav piece is dvorak's new world symphony. he was czech but moved to the u.s. to soak in the late 1800s culture. he decided that modern national music of america needed to be evolved from traditional native american music (see esp the scherzo) and african american music (see esp the largo). every movement is awesome. worth seeing live or on a great loud system.
this is my parent's copy that i grew up with
alice coltrane once riffed on the largo. (so f*cking epic to me, sorry batmon.)
i just looked at it and it's great! i play a satie comp regularly at my office to keep things in check (woo hah!). lots more to check out tho.
what i love about classical music is that artists come up with these really long and multidimensional pieces over careers that are often in the decades long. you don't see that in modern pop or even hip hop (and i mostly listen to the latter now). there's SO MANY SONGS that come out in hip hop by SO MANY RAPPERS each and every week. it was much harder to get published as a composer (then and now, i'm sure), so they were really expert musicians and writers, not just everyday people with some (greater or lesser) talent and a bandcamp. i don't know why i'm trying to compare classical to hiphop but the point is that classical music is always really special to me.
the newer stuff is also fantastic but i can't keep up. please share reccos.
disco classical is the absolute worst genre of music ever!
Personally, I think you need to stress more the time period that each of the composers you're talking about come from. The broad stylistic flavours of each era (medieval, rennaisance, baroque, classical, romantic) are quite easy to recognise and once you've got a taste of new listeners can find more shit they like.
I find no-one outside of academia knows anything at all about classical other than the few pieces they have enjoyed listening to, and everyone seems to have a completely diverse set of favourites, eg Debussy, this piece by Prokofiev, and Allegri's Miserere. If people were encouraged to learn just a little bit about the history of this music, or even just pay attention to the dates, they'd be able to find loads more music they would potentially love.
Some romantic (1800's) era music is just to emotive to listen to without feeling drained. Some 20th century music is pretty demanding to follow as it's so spiky rhythmically and is harmonically dissonant. But the right piece at the right time can be very nourishing.
Vinyl-wise over the last couple of years I've picked up a lot of Messaien solo piano pieces and chamber works by other early 20th-C composers like Durufle & Poulenc, nice artwork on the covers too. Chamber music and solo works are often nicer to listen to than full-orchestral works, which can just remind you of pompousity. Stuff with less vibrato is also more acceptable.
Here's a nice mix by Lukid of piano music.
http://blowinguptheworkshop.com/project/lukid
Came upon this a few weeks back, and the #swag of the conductor withstanding, this is pretty much my current music standard bearer, everything else being uncivilized in comparison:
these posts were for a broader audience and i will fine tune my style and level of in-depth over the next weeks
i think we all start from basics of what we like..and grow our knowledge from there
vinyl is the perfect format for that and with classical you can afford to take that risk
looking forward to discussing the music and records side of things with the strut soon
Samson Francois waslike the miles davis of classical piano
a troubled genius who had strong opinions and a very self absorbed lifestyle but so much distinctive emotion you could not help but be blown away by his talent
I found an incredible and rare record of his Debussy recital in my first warehouse dig and fell in love
2 years later I went back to the same spot and found his nocturnes boxset which was now a grail to me
more info and rec pics here
http://www.musicismysanctuary.com/samson-francois-prelude-to-a-troubled-soul
...incredible artistic soul
- spidey
The Argerich sounds great and these are sealed (cool satie with fevrier and poulenc playing)
Some Philips Hifi
Living Stereo including a really cool promo text on the shostakovich
More finds
and the coup de grace