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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday December 16 2015, @10:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the falling-on-deaf-ears dept.

I suppose I should not have been surprised.

I got home from work a few days ago just as a performance by the New York Philharmonic of Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World" came onto the radio. I actually had a break in my busy schedule and was able to listen to it uninterrupted from start to finish. I especially enjoy the introduction of certain 'passages' that reappear later as well as the tension as the piece builds to a huge fanfare.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and remarked on this in our IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channel. Not only did several people recognize it, there was a sudden discussion of people's favorite classical works and a suggestion that I should post a story to the main site.

Other favorites of mine include:

In retrospect, a well-performed piece of classical music is like a well-written piece of software. Everything just flows together. Intricate passages combine into something much greater than its constituent parts.

So, fellow Soylentils, what are your favorite classical works? As performances vary in quality and there are many recordings out on the internet, it would be very much appreciated if you included a link to a free (libre) copy if you know of one that you think others would enjoy.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by CortoMaltese on Wednesday December 16 2015, @10:58PM

    by CortoMaltese (5244) on Wednesday December 16 2015, @10:58PM (#277365) Journal

    Define "classical"
    Either way my top favorite would be:
    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach [youtube.com]
    Piano Sonata No. 14 - Beethoven [youtube.com]

    I also like Impressionism:
    Clair de lune - Claude Debussy [youtube.com]
    Bolero- Ravel [youtube.com]

    and of course Waltz:
    Waltz No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich [youtube.com]

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2015, @11:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2015, @11:47PM (#277397)

    +1 on Claude Debussy

    Finlandia - Sibelius

    ...and this simply proves there's a heaven:

    Spiegel im Spiegel for Cello and Piano - Arvo Pärt http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FZe3mXlnfNc [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 2) by kbahey on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:33AM

    by kbahey (1147) on Thursday December 17 2015, @04:33AM (#277517) Homepage
  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Thursday December 17 2015, @12:32PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday December 17 2015, @12:32PM (#277647)

    I studied classical music seriously in college (as in attending one of the top conservatories in the country). My favorite fact about Tocatta and Fugue in D minor by JS Bach is that according to current research:
    1. It's not strictly a tocatta.
    2. It's not strictly a fugue either.
    3. It was basically a transcription of another piece that was:
        (a) Not by Bach.
        (b) Not in D Minor.

    Which means that everything you know about the piece from the title turns out to be wrong. Which doesn't make it not fun.

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