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I've never been a fan of the classical music genre but god I loved the composing in fromsoft games. I know that saying Dark Souls will bring the idea of, you know, Dark. But actually, not only the dark music that I liked in fromsoft games: Abyss Watchers and the consumed king's OST had a heavy sadness emotions, Twin Princess and Ludwig(Second Half) had a nobility on them and generally a lot of Dark Souls 3 and Elden Ring OST had epicness in their music. So yea Im kinda asking for 3 different themes but like the style in general being similar to these games and hell you can suggest me the music pieces that inspired fromsoft composers in the first place. Any recommendations will be appreciated

I need a list of the most significant classical music compositions. I know that you are fed up with this request but I don’t want to find something extremely marvelous, i want to listen to the basics of classical music

Hello hello, even though I love listening to classical music, I can't seem to find any great symphonies and concertos that aren't overhyped/overrated.

Do you have any recommandation ?

(My favorite concerto is the piano concerto no 2 by Moszkowski and my favorite composer is Tchaikovsky)

Hiii guys

Well, I just started studying the upright bass and, even if it was with the intention of playing in my church's band, it got me curious about classical music. Then I started listening to stuff like Rachmaninoff, Erik Satie, Heitor Villa Lobos and some other stuff.

However, even though I like how it sounds, I can't get much beyond "oh this part is slow, it sounds minor, then they play fast and stronger, oh everything is quiet, now there's a slow crescendo and it sounds major, oh they're playing it in a rhythm that sounds like samba". I mean, I don't get the modes they're playing, what chords they are using, what part of this 30 minute song they are playing. It's like I get the feeling but I don't get why it feels that way.

So how do you guys, professional musicians analyze and interpret a song when you're listening to it and how do you guys apply it to your own compositions???

As the title says: it took me 7 days to write this Fugue and I was curious about what you think. Thanks a lot and happy listening!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_olX6tSro4

Dance by Philip Glass was presented by Opera Lyon at Shangyin Opera House last night, the first run of a three-night programme.

The show is a line-up of the CSIAF. It’s sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Hi, do you know about some recordings (let's say the core symphonic repertoire: by Beethoven, Brahms, Dvořák, Tschaikosky, Mahler, R. Strauss, etc) where each instrument/section can be isolated and you can change the tracks of each? (I hope it's clear what I mean).

I understand that this music is played and recorded with all musicians together, but I mean something for educational purposes (or simply curiosity, of course!). Something like that recorded once as a reference, without midi or that kind of thing. In other words, to have in audio what the sheet music shows in the staves. Or do you know about some project like that? Thank you

If you had to pick one movement of Bruckner's symphonies that best exemplifies his work, which would it be?

I would put forward the final movement of the 8th or the first movement of the 9th.

I have heard from many people that say that perfectly curated recordings are sterile, and robotic, which is true compared to human performances.

However, what happens if you program the the micro-inflections, agogics micro rubatos, human imperfections into a perfectly curated recording, containing interpretive aspects like pulling back slightly when moving into an unexpected chord or distant modulation, Giving a tiny fraction of a second of "breath" before a new phrase or theme enters, physical effort required to voicing in extreme registers.

In theory, if you can mathematically map and program every micro-inflection, balance every voice, and apply the best acoustic timbre to every note, you get what can be called The Platonist Tape, a pristine, sonic object that is rid of the robotic sterility that plagues MIDI files, as it sounds like a human playing, yet technically reflects the structural integrity, clarity, and depth of the work better than a human performance can.

We are in fact already doing that in a primitive way with studio recordings, by splicing takes together, and one can play the same passage 20 times and then select the best one to put into the recording. It seems to me those studio recordings have become artistic statements in their own, because the artist wants to render his/her own interpretive ideas as clear as possible.

In theory, we as listeners can start to create our own versions of a recording of a great artist, if we feel that a part of the artist's reading be inadequate for our tastes, such as wrong notes, not ideal sound in some places, and then we could create a version that we are the most satisfied with.

I think this calls to the question: Is music a sonic product, or is it the human act of creating it and presenting it in real time? I wonder if sonic excellence. If you want a good quality of sound, you could make a platonist performance with a mechanism like Steinway's Spirio, yet it doesn't sound like people would be accepting of it?

Here is a blind comparison of recordings featuring measures 89–116 of the Arietta (2nd movement) from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111.

Here is the score for your convenience and scroll to page 16 (324 on the page)

I came across this video on Bilibili and thought it offered a fantastic exercise for listeners: a chance to test whether we genuinely hear artistic quality or if we are simply falling prey to confirmation bias when listening to legendary figures.

According to the original Bilibili uploader, the lineup includes one "third-rate" pianist and three "second-rate" pianists (at least within the German-Austrian repertoire), alongside world-class pianists

Listen closely and feel free to post your thoughts, critiques, and pianist guesses in the comments below!

Timestamps:

• 1: 0:00
• 2: 1:07
• 3: 2:30
• 4: 3:57
• 5: 5:12
• 6: 6:40
• 7: 7:55
• 8: 9:16
• 9: 10:25
• 10: 11:46

Original Video: Bilibili Link

Feel free to follow this post! Once I get the answer key from the original uploader, I'll post a follow-up with the full list and link it here.

Remember when every major artist on YouTube had VEVO at the end of their name? You'd see channels like JustinBieberVEVO, KatyPerryVEVO and RihannaVEVO everywhere.

Any recommendations for classical music themed or inspired movies for kids? Growing up I loved “Beethoven lives upstairs.” What else exists?

Hi everyone! Due to unexpected circumstances, I’m selling one (1) ticket to the sold-out and very much awaited András Schiff concert at Wigmore Hall in London on November 24, 2026. If anyone is interested, please feel free to contact me. I’m selling it at the original price, of course, so no markup. Thank you very much

How do you feel about occasionally using humor in classical musical (orchestra) promotions?

For better or for worse.

I remember listening to Wayne Marshall’s soloist-conductor recording of Rhapsody in Blue, and even if I didn’t fully agree with some of the choices, loved how refreshing it was to hear some different tempi, phrasing, and added improvisation to the piece. Made the piece feel new again!

What about you?

Just to emphasize, I’m only talking about the second movement, not the rest of the 9th. (Not that the rest isn’t good, but the 2nd movement is what really appeals to me)

I’d like to have more classical music to enjoy, but to be honest, I have a heard time getting into most of it. However I really enjoy the explosive energy of that section and would love to have more of it.

Note, I have heard Beethoven’s 1-9 Symphonies and definitely do enjoy other sections of it. But because I am aware of them, it would be nice to have recommendations outside of those.

Thanks!

This is one of the minifigures included in the recently released set, the Venetian Neighborhood.

It's not exactly 1:1, but the hair, clothing style, instrument, and even face print to an extent all feel too intentional to be a coincidence. And of course, Vivaldi was Venetian!

If this is intentional, I'm pretty sure this would be the first LEGO minifigure directly inspired by a specific classical (or baroque) musician. What do you all think?

He was born in Bohemia and spent most of his life at the court in Dresden, writing sacred music for the court. When the Kapellmeister Heinichen died in 1729, Zelenka did the job unofficially for years, but the post went to Johann Adolph Hasse, and Zelenka ended up with the lesser title of church composer. He never married. His last great masses date from 1736 to 1741, the final three known as the Missae ultimae.

Bach thought highly of him; Carl Philipp Emanuel later recorded his father's esteem for him. After his death he was largely forgotten, until revivals from the 1950s on, and especially Heinz Holliger's 1972 recording of the trio sonatas, brought him back.

Missa Omnium Sanctorum, ZWV 21 (1741), one of the Missae ultimae
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZNYtML_Zrg

Trio Sonata No. 5: I. Allegro (Holliger, Bourgue)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ZoMHr6wbs