I Like Classical Music

I've only been listening to classical music for a short while, so I can't talk that much about it. I'm blown away by it.
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@jackieash Danger Will Robinson! If you have recently started getting into classical music, you will soon find most other music rather shallow in comparison.

@helenS I am a classically trained trumpet player. It’s true once you study more serious works, you become more judge-mental over less serious music

@Mk8155 "Res severa verum gaudium." Only the serious things are a true joy.

I see I have a lot of learning to do!

@jackieash You might like this piece by Bach :) [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o]

@jackieash Here's another one that will blow you into the stratosphere: Schubert, Der Tod und das Maedchen ("Death and the Maiden"), arranged by Gustav Mahler. Rarely ever has something touched my soul so deeply.

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Beautiful young people.

@helenS Another fine piece :)

@NativeOregonian Some say that this piece truly is one that they can only imagine being interpreted as a string quartet. There's more intimacy in the original quartet version.

@helenS I will have to look it up :)

@NativeOregonian Bach is the Master.

"Nicht Bach - Meer hätte er heissen sollen." - Ludwig van Beethoven

@Mugin16 Interesting. That Beethoven quote cannot be easily translated, because of the pun.

@helenS True. It is of course a play on the word "Bach" in German.

I was not a fan of Bach when I was younger but the older I get, the more I love his music.

@helenS yes I agree!!

@Mugin16 ... and again interesting. I used to be a big fan of Bach when I was a young girl, because I liked the maths behind the music. It was an intellectual joy. When I got older I very much fell in love with Romantic music (such as Schubert's "Death of a Maiden", meantioned earlier in this thread). It touches my soul much more deeply.

@helenS Well tastes are different and they change over time.

@Platoscave Plato's cave. Wow.