@jdougs I've had a full on passion for Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto ever since I was about ten years old and my dad gave me a William Kappell/Antal Dorati mono LP of it in an attempt to get me to pay more attention to the piano in the living room. It didn't help my piano-playing motivation much but it did make me an intense fan of the piece. I've never stopped listening to it. It's been surging through my being for about sixty years now. It's still the performance I listen to the most.
Classical music newbie needs your suggestions
I purchased around 300 like new classical albums last summer. Music from a wide range of composers. I also purchased around the same amount of operas. (I may sell those).
I’m finally retired and able to pursue a lifelong desire to understand and enjoy classical music.
Pieces that move you to tears, or pluck heart strings. Your all time favorites.
The albums you’d take to that desert island.
Any suggestions are welcome.
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@edcyn That’s awesome! Most people I mention it to look at me like I have two heads. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏼 |
I’m a newbie as well! Slowly, very slowly learning... It’s a vast world, with many periods / styles / composers, then of course you have the many interpretations / directors / orchestras (they can be VERY different) modern instruments vs ancient instruments... Without going into the various interpretations, here are some works I really like; mostly vocal / choral works but not only. Choral works are also a good test for your system... you may believe your system sounds good until you hear Mozart’s Requiem and it sucks. Beware! ^^ So: Mozart: Requiem (of course) Mozart: Exultate, jubilate Beethoven: piano sonatas Bach: cantatas (there are many) Bach: magnificat Pergolese: Stabat mater Vivaldi: Stabat mater Vivaldi: opera arias (I mostly don’t have the patience for a complete opera, yet - I do, if I see it live) Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle (no idea how you’d translate that in English) Orff: Carmina Burana (I really like the 1968 Eugen Jochum recording) Handel: Messiah Rachmaninov: Piano concertos
Non exhaustive list, of course, and I’m sill learning myself, so... and yes, a lot of religious music, and I'm not religious at all myself but, those pieces are splendid and would - at least- keep your spiritual side, no matter how big a place it takes in your life, alert ;-)
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