For whatever reason I’ve been addicted to Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach lately. Specifically however Bach, and whatever the cello.
Well as it turns out I stumbled across Braid. Putting the greatness of the game aside there are two particular peices in the game that are musically excellent IMO.
I’ve listened to some of her other songs and for whatever reason didn’t find them of too much interest.
Aside from that however has anyone heard these two songs?
I’m not really knowledgeable in the “contemporary classical” scene. Are there any other works someone would recomend? I’m thirsty for music so to speak.
From Bach to moderns? May I advice going though the great Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chopin, Satie, Schubert, some Verdi (“traviata” mostly) and Bizet first? No modern mish-mash can come close to the epic XIX century.
Dvorak “Seranade for Strings in E” if you are on a strings kick. If you want some 19th-20th century music, you would have to be more specific to what you would like.
I agree, and you need to go through the neoclassicals first.
Don’t forget Rachmaninov!
Also, if you do listen to Chopin, please listen to performances by Argerich, she is by far one of if not the best at expressing Chopin (who is my favourite composer); and anything to do with violin by Saint-saens, Mendelssohn, Paganini, Sarasate, etc. look for performances by Heifetz.
And if you just got into Bach, Mas in B minor is almost a must for new comers, as well as the Brandenburg Concerto’s if you haven’t listened to them yet
As far as the Cello is concerned you can try these (I bet,most of which can be found on youtube):
Baroque/ Classical Era:
Vivaldi - nothing particular, but he wrote many Cello Concerto’s
The music of Shira Kammen sounds Celtic, in case you liked that style and wished to pursue songs with that sound here is a wikipedia article that could hopefully springboard you into more music of that genre:
You are all thinking too late. Consider the glories of Josquin. The school of composition here dates from the onset of capitalism and rising prosperity in Europe and the music reflects the rise to perfection and the progress evident all around.
When I look up Brahms lullabye it’s that same one I’ve heard since i was a little kid. Needless to say I’m not terribly interested in it. Now how Shira incorporated that, IDK, but it sounded nice. Is there anything specific you can point me to? I did listen to some other of Brahms symphony’s and they sound pretty rockin
I just meant she was using lullabyes as a style. I don’t think she incorperated “Brahms lullabye” directly, I was just pointing out the 2 most famous lullabyes I know.
As far as pointing to somethin specific, what do you mean? Specific Brahms, lullabys, Celtic music, or something else?
I doubt I could help much with Celtic music though.
If you want to actually come across metal with other instruments involved check out bands such as Remains of The Day, Fall of Efrafa, and other “post-crust” acts. My girlfriend listens to a lot of black metal, and while vocally I’m sure it’s not the most pleasing, musically it’s very talented and some of those bands tend to add cello and violin playing in their music, but it’s hard to say what to search for…
I have a friend who plays metal/crust, and he was adding cello samples to the intros of his band’s songs.
Getting back to the related thread… I love Beethoven’s 7th. Is there any classical (or composers specifically) who’s music was more gloomy than usual?
Sibelius’ Valse Triste is as gloomy as they come. I don’t know about his other pieces. I hear Berlioz was into gloomy, but can’t say so from experience.
