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- From: rlk@underprize.think.com (Robert Krawitz)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
- Subject: Re: Beginning a classical collection
- Date: 28 Dec 92 12:14:29
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- In-reply-to: urena@titan.ucc.umass.edu's message of Mon, 28 Dec 1992 16:35:17 GMT
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- In article <BzzA2u.A7K@nic.umass.edu> urena@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Richard Urena) writes:
-
- >Thanks. As a side note, I was recently listening to The Planets by
- >Holst. Strangely enough, as much as I liked "Mars", I thought the
- >remainder of the CD in its entirety was boring. I am in my early
- >20s, and seem to go for involved peices (I also like hard rock and metal).
- >
- >Any recommendations for my tastes?
-
- Check out the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, the Organ Symphony
- (No. 3, I think) by Saint-Saens; and of course that perennial favorite,
- Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
-
- Add to that Beethoven symphonies (3, 5, 7, and 9 might do very nicely).
- Tchaikovsky wrote a number of "noisy ceremonial pieces" (as I saw them
- once described) other than the 1812; Marche Slav and Capriccio Italien
- come to mind. And various Mozart and Haydn symphonies. Then there's
- Ride of the Valkyries (often available with other excerpts from The
- Ring). And while most rock isn't exactly dissonant, harmonically
- speaking, you might try some 20th century music (Bartok appeals to one
- friend of mine who mostly listens to rock and jazz); the dissonance
- gives it a bit of a hard edge that you might -- or might not -- care
- for.
-
- It takes a while to make that transition, so be patient and keep
- listening.
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