Who listens to classical music? And what are your favorite pieces?

[41632584]

I am curious to hear what your favorite classical pieces are? What about composers? How often do you listen and in what setting?

And does your Thai partner or friend enjoy it as well?

[jvs]

One of my favorites but there are lots more!

I listen to all kinds of music everyday.

Usually by headphones but sometimes i crank up the old stereo set,sounds great!

Yes my Thai partner also likes some classical music.

 

[Stocky]

Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi or Mozart, Wagner if I wish to annoy the neighbours. Wife can't stand it say it sounds like phi.

[Paulaew]

I listen to all kinds of music, but especially classical, jazz, and blues. I'm currently learning blues piano.

 

One of my favorite classical pieces is Ravel's String Quartet in F Major. The pizzicato passage in the 2nd movement is remarkable. But the whole quartet is a real joy.

 

My wife mostly listens to Thai music and sometimes sends me songs that I like. But she is a big fan of George Harrison's While my guitar gently weeps, especially the version with India Arie, Carlos Santana and Yo-Yo Ma.

 

Paul Laew

[KannikaP]

Classic FM radio and a few Sudokus before I go to kip sends me off wonderfully, oh and a glass of the red stuff.

[toofarnorth]

Litolff.  The Romantic Piano concerto 14.    Concerto No 2in B minor . Very fast and crazy but no one knows how fast it should be !

[Kwasaki]

Classical Acoustic guitar.

[Real Name Hidden]

I really miss the free concert in the park by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.  Another victim of covid, they would start off every show with the William Tell Overture.

 

Otherwise, I enjoy Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Bizet, and Strauss.  I think this is my favorite composition.

 

 

[toofarnorth]

40 minutes ago, jvs said:

One of my favorites but there are lots more!

I listen to all kinds of music everyday.

Usually by headphones but sometimes i crank up the old stereo set,sounds great!

Yes my Thai partner also likes some classical music.

 

One to play , one to operate the pipes and one to turn the pages and what a sound eh ?

[KhunLA]

I use to, though haven't a clue what pieces.  Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and few other, that escape my memory.  

 

Remember listening on my 'walkman', yea, that long ago, in the workplace break room.  Buddy strolled by, asked 'what you listening to ? ' ????  Mozart I think .... he didn't believe me, then realized I was serious, and asked for a listen.  Kind of kept them on for a few tunes ????

 

Think he was expecting a little Black Sabbath or Led Zep when asking.

 

Thai wife will listen to it occasionally.  Got a chuckle first time I caught her listening to it, when I hadn't put it on.  I tend to listen to instrumental, whether classical or jazz, or something else.  Lyrics, even stuff I used to listen to, are a bit annoying any more.  Surprised now that I ever liked some of the c r a p I used to listen to.

Edited January 29, 2022 by KhunLA

[Bluespunk]

Orff’s Carmina Burana-fairly mainstream but I like it. 

[1FinickyOne]

I like Baroque... but Mozart and others too... 

[toofarnorth]

Will somebody please post from the tube Natalie Erlich and Litolff's Scherzo . Now that is piano playing.

[KhunLA]

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Don't listen too much now but used to mainly go for the more tense and emotional stuff. The Russians. A good start are Tchaikovsky symphonies 1 to 6, Rachmaninov piano concertos, Shostakovich Symphony No 7 and Stravinsky The Rite of Spring and Firebird. 

[41632584]

Thank you all for sharing. Your suggestions allow me to discover and explore 'new' old compositions previously unknown to me.

[KhunLA]

Then there is the 'contemporary fusion classical' .... ????

 

 

[Neeranam]

 

[41632584]

24 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

Will somebody please post from the tube Natalie Erlich and Litolff's Scherzo . Now that is piano playing.

Just listened to it. Wonderful. Impressive piano play. Such skill. 

[41632584]

1 hour ago, jvs said:

One of my favorites but there are lots more!

I listen to all kinds of music everyday.

Usually by headphones but sometimes i crank up the old stereo set,sounds great!

Yes my Thai partner also likes some classical music.

 

A friend used to practice this on her keyboard. And I would sit and listen.

 

What a majestic sound!

[41632584]

51 minutes ago, Real Name Hidden said:

I really miss the free concert in the park by the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra.  Another victim of covid, they would start off every show with the William Tell Overture.

 

Otherwise, I enjoy Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Bizet, and Strauss.  I think this is my favorite composition.

 

 

I never went to the free concerts in the park but attended many at the Thailand Cultural Center. Definitely worthwhile. Actually there are three concerts scheduled in February.

 

Thanks for your suggestions.

[Gecko123]

Thank you to all who are making suggestions. Please keep them coming. I watched an interview with Stephen Sondheim after his death, and have been listening to some of the classical composers he cited as influences: (Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Johannes Brahms, Paganini). Some of those composers are a challenge for me. Hoping to find some more accessible classics. I enjoy listening to classical music while working in the garden.

[OneMoreFarang]

 

I also like the background information about is and how difficult it is to play it.

[41632584]

1 minute ago, Gecko123 said:

Thank you to all who are making suggestions. Please keep them coming. I watched an interview with Stephen Sondheim after his death, and have been listening to some of the classical composers he cited as influences: (Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Johannes Brahms, Paganini). Some of those composers are a challenge for me. Hoping to find some more accessible classics. I enjoy listening to classical music while working in the garden.

One of the most popular and accessible symphonies would be Dvorak No. 9 'From the New World.' Melodic and dramatic.

 

Attached a small excerpt to draw you in.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

This one is also not too bad. @41632584 it seems you posted this a second before me. ???? 

 

Edited January 29, 2022 by OneMoreFarang

[41632584]

3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

This one is also not too bad. @41632584 it seems you posted this a second before me. ???? 

 

Actually, to be honest, you posted a better interpretation or version. I have listened to this specific performance many times. You clearly have a musical ear! 

[41632584]

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I also like the background information about is and how difficult it is to play it.

Ravel's Bolero is quite difficult to play. It was performed in Bangkok last month. First time I heard it live. It was electrifying.

[Moonlover]

14 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I also like the background information about is and how difficult it is to play it.

Without these two Bolero is just, well it's just music.

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

3 minutes ago, 41632584 said:

Actually, to be honest, you posted a better interpretation or version. I have listened to this specific performance many times. You clearly have a musical ear! 

Thanks, to be fair it seems YouTube's algorism helped a little. I saw previously a couple of performances from Gustavo Dudamel. It seems YouTube remembered this and when I searched for Dvorak new world that was one of the first videos... 

[41632584]

7 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Without these two Bolero is just, well it's just music.

 

 

Unbelievable. Fine choreography and excellent execution. Certainly added another dimension to the music. Thanks!