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William Waltons Five bagatelles are great for classical guitar.I suggest Julian Bream Recording,
Originally Posted by gregorio /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't know where to start! A second vote for Britten's "Four Sea Interludes". Vaughan-Williams' "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis". Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra". Walton's "Violin concerto". Elgar's "Cello Concerto". Almost anything by Prokofiev, Shostakovic Symphony 5. Khachaturian "Spartacus" might be worth a listen. No one has mentioned "Night on a Bare Mountain" or "Pictures at an Exhibition" (Mussorgsky). Much film scoring is based on the work of the impressionists, so also have a look at Ravel and Debussy, Satie has a few lovely compositions. Holst's "Planets Suite" is an old favourite. Richard Strauss? Alipne Symphony is probably my favourite but "Four Last Songs" is worth a listen. G |
Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mussorgsky was 19th century although Ravel orchestrated Pictures at an Exhibition in the 20th. |
Originally Posted by mbhaub /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ditto the Alex Ross book. I, too, went out and bought a lot of music I have overlooked and found some great stuff. Some real lemons, too. A lot of the avant garde especially from 1950 - 1970 is just noise. Worthless and pretentious. Stockhausen! UGH! |
Originally Posted by Zalithian /img/forum/go_quote.gif …I would imagine some of it has to do with the music you like being tied to a moving scene from a movie or something that gives it a little extra "emotion" compared to a piece of music which isn't tied to anything. It's probably subconscious, but just something to keep in mind I think. |
Originally Posted by tru blu /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was tempted to think this also, but my guess is that kwitel is enjoying listening to The Hours soundtrack without the film. It's true, however, that by virtue of function a film score probably works a bit differently than music composed solely for listening. I find that the sparseness of the 2nd movement of "Tabula Rasa" is incredibly emotive, but that's subjective. Just recently I was inspired by Michael Nyman to revisit the piano music of Erik Satie. Nyman used the Aldo Ciccolini interpretation of "Trois Gymnopodies, Vol. 1" in the soundtrack to the film Man On Wire. I borrowed the LP it's on (Piano Music of Erik Satie, Vol 1.) from a friend, and have been playing it for weeks. |
Originally Posted by kwitel /img/forum/go_quote.gif All, I am having a hard time with many of these suggestions. Not sure if its my untrained ear or, just not what I am looking for. For some reason, I cannot find classical music that I find as emotionally stirring or beautiful as many of the film scores i own. (I can just imagine all the classical lovers with their jaws on the ground right about now...) How would you classify the type of classical found in scores by Glass, Nyman, Serra, Riley etc? Ive tried Parts Tabula Rasa and Shosty's 5th. The former is nice but its a little sparse-if that makes any sense. The latter is good but I need a lot more time with it. I also tried Rileys "In C"-which is interesting but lacks the emotion I am looking for. It is simply too minimal/repetitive. I am listening to "loreley" on the Nowhere in Africa soundtrack from Nike Reiser and its just a beautiful piece of music (albeit quite short). Its this type of music, although longer compositions, that I am looking for. What kind of classical is this? (Other faves are Glass's "The Hours" and Nyman's "Gattaca" and Mansell's "The Fountain".) |
Originally Posted by scytheavatar /img/forum/go_quote.gif Is your problem with 20th century classical music or classical music in general? Most of the 20th century classical music is highly experimental, highly intellectual and a love it/hate it affair. It's highly influenced by dissonance and the avant-garde movement, and not really accessible. If you are looking for something emotionally stirring or beautiful, have you looked at the romantic period stuff from Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Wagner and gang? Check out Yann Tiersen - Amélie. Is that what you are looking for? |
Originally Posted by kwitel /img/forum/go_quote.gif Most importantly, everyone seems to be avoiding the one question I keep asking: The movie scores by Nyman, Riley, Glass, Serra, Reiser, Mansell...what style of classical is this?? I find almost all of their scores to be incredibly emotionally stirring; whatever sub genre of classical they play-thats what im looking for. |
Originally Posted by kwitel /img/forum/go_quote.gif tru-blu-good call, I enjoy most of my "classical soundtracks" either without watching the movie or having even seen the movie prior. Didnt particularly enjoy The Hours as a film... As to your Tabula Rasa statement, I couldnt agree more; the 2nd movement is beautiful but still not exactly what I am looking for. My question however still remains: What style classical music is found in most movie soundtracks? Whatever it is, thats what I need to research. |