What does classic music (Bach e.d.) to your mood?

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Hello all,

Since a few weeks the range of my music taste expanded.
I liked many kind of music types; electro, house, techno, some hardcore, but also jazz.
The 2 fields I didn’t explored yet were:
Classical music and (hard)metal.

Since my father listens to classic music all the time, I started to be interested as well.

So… after a few tries, I really started to like it, and to consider that I’m an average Joe who grew up with modern music.

Since I discoverd Grooveshark (see: http://lifehacker.com/5483355/best-music-streaming-service-grooveshark ) I totally got in to it.

So: what does classic music to you? Does it make you happy, wild or does it makes you relaxed?

Just a few beginners tips from a beginning classic music lover; these classic music will get you exited, and are famous to most ears:

Johann Sebastian Bach:

Tocatta and Fugue in D minor
Air on a G string
Prelude

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (consider this great composer as the starting point):
Turkish March (one of the most famous of all times)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in Allegro (A little nightmusic (I’m Dutch, not a German (or Austrian to direct it to Mozart))
Requim (a play for the dead)

Antonio Vivaldi:

All of the:
Four Seasons (also very famous)
I like Winter the best (and no: that doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that I’m born in a wintermonth.

Oh: and put yourself over the idea that classic music is only for aristocrats and people who drive Jags (etc.), if you want to chil out, like me, just listen to classic music.

EDIT: I used the “Radio” feature, which got this playlist:
My Playlist

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Depends on the piece. They all have different effects, because they’re all different things. Anyway, here are some recommendations for you:
Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
Prokofiev, Lietenant Kije
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Holst, The Planets
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

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Good for you!

My recommendations are:

Rimsky Korsakov: scheherazade
Holst:The planets
Prokofiev: The love for three oranges (tell me if you identify from star wars the ewok parade there) & Lt.Kije

Cheers!

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OMG!!! I swear PP that I did not read your post first

Amazing!

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I get a bit horny while I listen to mozart or beethoven. I’m not sure why exactly, anyone who can explain it to me?

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Lol, you’re right.

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No, but it is funny and understandable at the same time…

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My favourite songs at the moment, although not technically “Classical” music, are by Ludovico Einaudi - I listen to the songs “Fly”, and “Nightbook”.

Does anybody know any songs similar to this? I really like piano music!

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Haha! Apparently we have very similar tastes. I’m curious, what else do you listen to? I listed those because they’re fairly accessible, but I’m also a big fan of Shostakovich, Philip Glass, and John Adams…

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Kachaturian
from Wagner only ride of the valkyries (remember Apocalypse now)
Dvorak
Tchaikovsky, only violin concert Op.35
Baroque music is nice, I like Bach

Hey I would like to know your opinion on “The love for 3 oranges” the “Ewok parade” sounds very similar, it is one of my pet peeves that John Williams (to my knowledge, perhaps I am wrong) has never addressed this, well Lucas told him “I want something classic” and it is fortunate and I must recognise George Lucas geniality that star wars has such great music and not “disco music”

Cheers

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Depends on the music how it makes me feel.

My favorites:
Pictures at an exhibition: Mussorgsky
Montagues and Capulets: Prokofiev
various less famous stuff, I tend to like pieces that are somewhat dark, and dislike chamber music and related sub-genres

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Hmm, I’m not familiar with Kachaturian… I’ll have to look that up. I don’t really know any Wagner aside from “Valkyries” but I’ve been meaning to listen to some more. Dvorak too is excellent, especially the cello concerto. I actually rather like quite a bit of Tchaikovsky, especially his symphonies and Shakespeare overtures.

Regarding “Love for Three Oranges,” is there a particular movement you’re thinking of? I’ve never noticed any similarity to “Ewoks,” but I bet you’re right. Much as I like the Star Wars music, Williams is a notorious copycat, or I suppose we could say he appropriates if we’re going to be nice about it. In the soundtrack from A New Hope there’s a note-for-note duplicate of the opening of the second movement of the Rite of Spring during the desert scene, and the Empire is represented by an angrier version of a musical phrase from the Nutcracker. (I’m not kidding! Listen for it!) In any case, I’ll go listen to “Three Oranges” now and get back to you.
Really, though, I’m just glad Lucas didn’t use “The Planets” as the soundtrack as he was considering. That would have been a shame.

Edit: Okay, back from Prokofiev… I can see how you’d say there’s a resemblance to the Ewoks theme, particularly in the first movement and of course the Marche. I think you’re probably right, although it’s one of his more subtle appropriations. The second movement also has some points that sound like various Empire-related fluorishes. Have you ever listened to any of Williams’s “pure” (ie, not for movies) music? I haven’t, although I’ve wanted to.

Oh, and a couple more recommendations for everyone: Orff’s Carmina Burana and R. Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra and Don Juan.

Edit: And anyone who’s interested in film scores should check out Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s amazing, despite the fact that the movie was only mediocre.

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A New Hope there’s a note-for-note duplicate of the opening of the second movement of the Rite of Spring during the desert scene, and the Empire is represented by an angrier version of a musical phrase from the Nutcracker. (I’m not kidding! Listen for it!)

It makes perfect sense, “The Empire” is “The Nutcracker”

Edit: And anyone who’s interested in film scores should check out Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s amazing, despite the fact that the movie was only mediocre.

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“The wrath of Khan” Is one of the tackiest movies (Ricardo Montalban wears a plastic chest!) but the soundtrack is very good.

Regards!

Edit: Apparently I am wrong, and Ricardo MOntalban was not wearing a prosthetic chest, but the outfit still looks tacky.