dynamic classical which isn't boring?

help someone please recommend some dynamic classical which isn't boring? I don't like waiting 5 minutes between dynamic events either does anything have dynamics like constantly through the entire piece? Thanks

mejames04-06-2003 5:18am

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newbee Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,767 posts 04-06-2003 at 04:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture on Telarc is probably just what you need. Very dynamic......Lots of noise, church bell, cannons, and in the right performance even some chorus.
pragmatist Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 336 posts 04-06-2003 at 04:52pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Romantics and Impressionists had orchestration possibilities at their disposal that the Baroquers and Classicists did not have. Let me suggest just these few: Shostakovich Symphony #5-final movement.Borodin,Symphony #2. Richard Strauss,Don Juan. Allow me one classic era pick. Beethoven Symphony #9.last movement-big orchestra,big chorus.
jdlepera Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 234 posts 04-06-2003 at 06:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good ? Mejames!I'm Basically looking for Classicial for Rockers.Mahler [Zander]5 and 6 are good on SACD as the 1812 mentioned.I'm looking for darker,denser,dynamic,Heavy perhaps Haunting Classicial closer to prog rock.Is it out there?
sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 04-06-2003 at 09:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete There is a compilation classical CD called "Heavy Classix". Selections include.... 1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b [The Ride of The Valkyries] Composed by Richard Wagner Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt 2. Gayane Suite No.3, for orchestra Composed by Aram Khachaturian Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Yuri Temirkanov 3. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ("Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties"), H.48 (Op. 14) Part 4: March to the Scaffold Composed by Hector Berlioz Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti 4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano The Hut on Fowls' Legs Composed by Modest Mussorgsky Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mariss Jansons 5. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano The Great Gate at Kiev Composed by Modest Mussorgsky Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mariss Jansons 6. 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49 [Conclusion] Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mariss Jansons 7. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique", Op.74 [Allegro Molto Vivace] Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Performed by Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted by Riccardo Muti, Klaus Tennstedt 8. España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier Performed by Toulouse Orchestra Conducted by Michel Plasson 9. Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Polovtsian Dance Composed by Alexander Borodin Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Seiji Ozawa, Klaus Tennstedt 10. Damnation de Faust, La, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) Hungarian March Composed by Hector Berlioz Performed by Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt 11. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 No 1, Mars, the Bringer of War, conclusion Composed by Gustav Holst Performed by London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Andre Previn 12. Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter Montagues and Capulets Composed by Sergey Prokofiev Performed by Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mariss Jansons 13. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 [Prelude To Act III] Composed by Richard Wagner Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt 14. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra Composed by Igor Stravinsky Performed by Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt 15. Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Titan") Fourth Movement: Stürmisch bewegt Composed by Gustav Mahler Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Klaus Tennstedt .
buxter66 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 103 posts 04-06-2003 at 11:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'd like to second Sugarbrie's recs, Berlioz symphonie fantastique and Stravinsky's firebird, both dynamic and beautiful works.
rockinroni Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 287 posts 04-07-2003 at 01:48am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Wow Sugarbrie nice post!!!
khrys Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 446 posts 04-08-2003 at 05:07am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Carl Orff, Carmina Burana Alan Hovaness, Mysterious Mountain, final movement Bohuslav Martinu, Symphony # 1 And ditto Pragmatist above!
subaruguru Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,375 posts 04-09-2003 at 04:53am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Boring? I'd look at using iso/absorb stuff or better rez components to assure musical interest rather than bombast. For example a euance platform will "tighten up" a cheap CDP so well that you'll be on the edge of your seat THROUGHOUT the Zander Starinski Sacre de Printemps on Pickwick (Jordan Hall live, 1990). Still my favorite disc. The reprise last year wasn't as good (but the same guy yelled his now-famous "gasp" at the end!).
tweekerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 473 posts 04-09-2003 at 08:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Check out Sibelius Lemminkinnen Suites, the 4 Legends. If you find that "boring"..????
gileon Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 45 posts 04-18-2003 at 02:21am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Here are my recommendations; hope you find it of some help. Tchaikovksy Symphony #4 - LSO/Szell(conductor) on Penguin Classics Vivaldi Four Seasons Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi soloist on Opus 111 Beethoven Symphonies #5 & 7 - VPO/Kleiber (conductor) on DG Obviously there are many performances you can choose from for each piece, but these are my favorites and each of the performances definitely qualify as dynamic classical which isn't boring (there are some amazingly insipid performances of these released on major labels by major artists; it's a good idea to get a recommendation for any classical music piece you are interested in).
roberjerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,319 posts 09-17-2017 at 08:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Edgar Varese's Ionization! A favorite of Frank Zappa!
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,788 posts 09-18-2017 at 06:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It is my opinion that those raised on Rock but now wanting to get into "Classical" (just so you'll know, Classical is actually one era/style of "serious" music, though commonly used as the name for all of it), would do well to start with the Baroque era. The tempo's are brisker, the movements shorter (often song-length), the energy more kinetic---all traits of Rock music. J.S. Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Rameau, Scarlatti, and Vivaldi are the major Baroque composers. You're gonna love it!
rsgottlieb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 47 posts 09-24-2017 at 08:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sibelius symphony #2, especially the last movement. Beethoven Appasionata sonata for piano, first and last movements Beethoven first and last movements, moonlight sonata Bach, the fast choral movements of the b minor mass: start with ex ressurexit. Bach, last movement of the double violin concerto. Rachmaninoff, piano concerto #2, 3rd movement. etc.
rsgottlieb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 47 posts 09-24-2017 at 08:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete sorry, only the last movement of the moonlight!
willemj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,036 posts 09-24-2017 at 08:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Is this all the musical interest that audiophiles can muster?
shadorne Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,477 posts 09-24-2017 at 09:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Lorin Mazel Shostakovich 5th is awesome (Telarc) Stravinsky Firebird Suite Prokofiev Saint Saens Organ Symphony John Souza Aaron Copeland Beethoven To name just a few ...tons of great stuff
sevs Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 301 posts 09-25-2017 at 04:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @willemj methinks that some folks, myself included, have a hard time pointing to the "boring" classical music. Is it JSBach? Or Stockhausen? Maybe Bruckner symphonies? Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony makes me cry each and every time,... whats a better way to push yourself into sleep!?! but seriously, if Symphonic Dances on RR by Eiji Oue cannot shake you up, then u must be dead ;-) Xenakis efforts (used by my fav Magma) should wake up anyone!!! Not exactly what I would call "music" but it is definitely Not "boring"...

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