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Classical music thread [I Love Classical Music]

This thread is for posting beautiful classical music.

I will start with Pachelbel's famous canon.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJRdLZyOU4w?list=RDjX_NNN0hou8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Carl Orff - O Fortuna ~ Carmina Burana

Special bonus: while listening to this video, you can see and admire the stunning beauty of William Turner's landscape paintings.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4]
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@Soossie I could say he's my most favorite visual artist. Or at least that he founded the most beautiful style in painting.
@CrazyMusicLover

I could say that he was one of the founders of New Classism in visual art...
Cierzo · M
@Mugin16 I like it,but it has been too widely used. Turner's paintings are amazing, I love his work.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci, you will love this. I mean the music, not the dresses. ;-)

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_NNN0hou8?list=RDjX_NNN0hou8]
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@Mugin16 Oh! Interesting! Dann sprichst du Schwizerdütsch! 😉
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Mugin16 You n me, both Swiss German 😋

@Loretta78 I only learned Swiss German coz I was moving to Zurich and in my childhood my sister learnt it in school. Not me...but I have always had this love for the German language...maybe something from my past birth. Idk...🤪
jimjim1969 · M
Erik Satie - Gymnopédies

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnacdOIoTBQ]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@jimjim1969 Lovely. Thank you for posting. :-)
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
"Beethoven "Moonlight" Sonata, III "Presto Agitato" Valentina Lisitsa"

Must listen. Ms Lisitsa is amazing!

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zucBfXpCA6s?list=RDjX_NNN0hou8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Loretta78 Yes, she is very talented.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@Mugin16 Amazing!
Grvstu · 70-79, F
Try some Vaughan Williams to relax by

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihx5LCF1yJY]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Grvstu Lovely! Thank you for posting.
Grvstu · 70-79, F
One of my favourite pieces@Mugin16
When it comes to violin and cello, Vivaldi always amazes me...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSs6HKwhbAA]
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@Soossie Very nice piece!!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1JZ_T5niI]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie Listen to Sheila Blanco singing about Vivaldi.
Litvinosky - Tales of the Magic Tree 🌳 ✨💫

I hope you enjoy the 12 [b][i]stringlets[/i][/b] 😇 [media=https://youtu.be/IvO__uNG3ew]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci Thank you for posting.
@Mugin16 my pleasure 😇
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kFPc-lIrkI]
@Mugin16 BTW, this performer Cecilia looks a lot like my grandaunt 😊
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci Does she also get that angry? ;-)
@Mugin16 She’s no more....😩 But she rarely got angry. Her face was just as expressive though. 😇
PatKirby · M
What do you think of these two harp twins?

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHUPY6yN7_4]
jimjim1969 · M
@PatKirby Beautiful
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@PatKirby Lovely! Thank you for posting.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Valentina Lisitsa is not only an incredibly talented pianist, she even takes the time to comment on her Youtube videos she posts on her channel!

"La Campanella On Steroids ? :-) This is perhaps the MOST unplayable piece of music I ever encountered! La Campanella , or Feux Follets (both are clearly hinted here) are walk in a park in comparison....

Early Liszt, from the period when he honestly thought that piano being a percussive instrument there is no point of making any attempt at legato, and one might as well enjoy frolicking in most head-spinning skips and repeated notes :-) The piece (which is based on Manuel Garcia's popular song) was titled in the first edition as "Op.5 #2". Funny, I think that was the last piece Liszt gave an opus number, anticipating how many works he is going to write :) Liszt intended this piece as a bravura finale for his recitals - but according to many reports , he failed utterly . Too difficult???? LOL" - Valentina Lisitsa

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_hOY6tEvM?list=RDMMO5b7tgkdFH0]
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
My top 3:

Tartini Violin Sonata in G minor ''Devil's Trill Sonata''

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rxl5KsPjs&ab_channel=LaStravaganza]

Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64, 1st movement: Allegro molto appassionato

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_uA_W1wB5A&t=157s&ab_channel=AllisterKane]

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU&ab_channel=andrearomano]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@CrazyMusicLover Beautiful music!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@CrazyMusicLover Thank you for posting.
@CrazyMusicLover excellent pieces all! 👌🤗
Grvstu · 70-79, F
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkfsGCIiHb4]

Perhaps the greatest single piece of music ever written: Bach Chaconne.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Grvstu “On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind. If one doesn’t have the greatest violinist around, then it is well the most beautiful pleasure to simply listen to its sound in one’s mind.” - Johannes Brahms


https://onbeing.org/blog/the-story-behind-bachs-monumental-chaconne/
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@MartinII "Bach composed the chaconne sometime between 1718 and 1720. Historians speculate that Bach composed it after returning from a trip and found his wife (and the mother of seven of his children) Maria Barbara had died."

https://onbeing.org/blog/the-story-behind-bachs-monumental-chaconne/
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Mugin16 Yes, that’s how it was presented in the play.
StarLily · 51-55, F
So glad this post showed up in my thread!!

Gustav Mahler... Adagietto from Symphony No.5
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPACef2_eY]
StarLily · 51-55, F
@Soossie @Mugin16 Yes! Love his music.

So excited to find this thread and hear what classical pieces other SWeeps enjoy! Gonna listen to all of them while I do house work this weekend.🤭
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@StarLily Lovely that this thread makes you happy. Enjoy all the beauitful music!
StarLily · 51-55, F
@Mugin16 It does.😌 Thanks for creating this post. I'll add to it every now and then.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
It was lovely to see all the attention this thread got today. Thank you very much for everybody who posted new music or commented or hearted music videos!
Thank you for this post...I’m grateful to have a friend in you. 😇@Mugin16
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci You are welcome. I am grateful too.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
This thread lacks some music from Beethoven. Let's rectify that:

"Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra"

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HljSXSm6v9M]
@Mugin16 Thank you for transporting me to heaven this morning... 😍😍😍
Mugin ... right now listening to this beautiful piece from Giacomelli....

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZVlSHMV4ak]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie "Video unavailable" :-(
@Mugin16

Try this one...

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_2VS4NFAXU]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie Thank you for posting.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeOUTRy2es]
Spica · 31-35, F
Not sure if this would be considered classical but I love it.

[youtube=https://youtu.be/Y4wqCxn6gU8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Spica Nice. Thank you for posting. :-)
Yanni!!!! 😍@Spica
A beautiful quartet...

Lovely... thank you for sharing.. 🤗🤗🌹
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie You are welcome. Please feel welcome to post beautiful classical music on this thread too.
@Mugin16

I just did...thank you..
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie Thank you!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
"Antonio Vivaldi's "La Folia" (Madness), arranged by Jeannette Sorrell after Sonata XII
Apollo's Fire - The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Live performance, November 1, 2011 - Koerner Hall, Toronto

The Folia was an ancient Spanish/Portuguese dance which traditionally got faster and wilder toward the end. The girls who danced it were said to be "mad," thus the name Folia (madness or folly)."


[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4qePY2Wdss?list=RDMMZxrBSad5FWQ]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
"While Valentina Lisitsa was busy in the UK with promotion for Rachmaninov, there were some problems with bad weather so her Eurostar train back to Paris had to be cancelled and she ended up stuck at St Pancras International for some time! However, the delay did not deter her from taking to one of the station's Street Pianos and performing for passers-by in the station!"


[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waXMhyQtLyM]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie This one!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances No. 5 & 6

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O192eo9zbT4?list=RDjX_NNN0hou8]
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@Mugin16 One of Brahms´ nicest pieces. Very great to listen to it!
It reminds me of my childhood. I have listened very often to it! 😊
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Soossie Check out all the new music I posted today (when you have the time). :-)
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA?list=RDhVARLQolFk0]
@Mugin16 was listening to this in my car just a couple of days ago....stellar, isn’t it? 🎶💕
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs5bc_P1kKo]
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd9CkbopQWY]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@SethGreene531 Debussy is not my cup of tea but still nice. Thanks for posting.
[quote]@Mugin16

The Miserere Mei is incredibly beautiful! Thanks for posting.[/quote]

SethGreene531
@Mugin16 Exquisitely beautiful. Paired with the cover art, it approaches the angelic.

Standing in that cathedral arch, awash in rapture; for a moment, one is a little closer to heaven.


My pleasure, thank you for the post!
[quote]
Mugin16 · 41-45, M
@SethGreene531 Debussy is not my cup of tea but still nice. Thanks for posting.
[/quote]

@Mugin16 I enjoy Chopin, Satie, assorted piano sonatas. Even the works of Ludovico Einaudi.

I was charmed by Claire De Lune.
But taken by Arabesque No. 1. It was the backdrop to a rustic feast; an elegant villa in the South of France. Of whitewashed adobe, formal place settings, and shimmering waxed candelabra.
With a view that opened onto private vineyards; stretching into the blue haze of summer, and Cicada song.

[center]________________________________________________[/center]

In the theme of piano sonatas:

A piece from Ludovico Einaudi I admire: L'origine nascosta.

Film: Intouchables

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC0_Nk0WrtY]

An elegant scene, Einaudi gives us L'origine nascosta.
A study of grace in motion, is elevated to poetic masterwork.
PatKirby · M
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composed by Ennio Morricone, performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir conducted by Sarah Hicks. A favorite movie and score.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo]
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
Aaaahh!! What a nice music. This was really nice to listen to it. 😊
- And a good alternation to all that nonsense which is normally posted on SW. 🙄
Thanks for sharing! 🤗
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Loretta78 You are welcome. :-)
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Eine kleine Nachtmusik - W.A. Mozart

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWKUszkbXU]
@Loretta78 I know how much you love opera, Loretta. You always share some good pieces of music. ☺️💞💙
Grvstu · 70-79, F
Mozart could write this sort of perfection in his sleep. He apparently wrote it for his friends. The manuscript was found after his death. @Mugin16
@Grvstu He certainly was a prodigy! His children’s rhymes are also popular to this day.
StarLily · 51-55, F
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyza9jzw18]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@StarLily Very relaxing. Thank you for posting!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQa9ecUCgc]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci People ridicule his singing style? 😲 Really? Who? Where? When? Why?
Yeah, some duffers on YouTube comments section! You should see the dumbnuts talk shit...🙄@Mugin16
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Vivaci Go punch them!
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MHeNt6Yjs]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Beautiful! Thank you for posting.
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVW8tgGY_w]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Justmeraeagain A very beautiful piece. Thank you for posting.
[media=https://youtu.be/GGU1P6lBW6Q]
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Classic ✨👍🏻
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaOVV4JQHA]
I LOVE THIS!
I let it out me to sleep at night sometimes.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@princessyaya Thank you.

What do you mean with that?
@Mugin16 it relaxes me so much. It takes me out of reality and sets me adrift into dreamland.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@princessyaya Classical music? Yes, it is very relaxing.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
I think the word "delightful" was invented to describe this performance:

[media=https://youtu.be/x1GuPhZRR-E]
jimjim1969 · M
@Mugin16 Beautiful
Brahms...beginning shamelessly ‘borrowed’ by Focus for Hamburger Concerto
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcaNYY0SIOI]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Lovely! Thank you for posting.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Amazing music by a French composer I have not heard of until recently:

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bng6P118R48]
Cierzo · M
Penderecki's Lacrimosa, from his Polish Requiem

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2ph2hpOa8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@Cierzo Thank you for posting.
[center]Zadok the Priest-Pipe Organ Solo[/center]
[media=https://youtu.be/CPtFJ1_qZgQ]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@TheSirfurryanimalWales Thank you for posting.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
André Rieu - The Beautiful Blue Danube

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDaJ7rFg66A]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv2WJMVPQi8]
Loretta78 · 46-50, F
@Mugin16 One of the greatest compositions from Beethoven! 👍😊
iamelijah · 26-30, M
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5z3ZO0QfFE]

One of my favorite.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@iamelijah Lovely! Thank you for posting.
SW-User
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@SW-User Sorry, I missed this contribution.
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@SW-User Lovely!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnEA97H8OeQ]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4T2rlNXyJ8]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
"What Made Bach Great? Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750"

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvUHdhROrk]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
"J. S. Bach: Suite No. 2 Minuet, Badinerie - by Lenka Molcanyiova"

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVARLQolFk0?list=RDhVARLQolFk0]
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dp1EgSGUU]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard Lovely. Thank you for posting.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6OxlJX_NGI]
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
@bijouxbroussard Thank you for posting!

 
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