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Looking to expand my classical music collection...

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited January 2023 in General Chat
But being a lumpen proletarian, I'm having some trouble :p

Any suggestions of quality pieces would be appreciated.

Nothing too overheard (flight of the bumblebee sort of stuff) but flowing, preferably dramatic, grand and/or uplifting.

Oh yeah...and I have Oh Fortuna already :thumb: .
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just get a compilation and discover what you like. The usual 'Greatest Ever Classical Music' CDs should do you.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'd suggest you listen to Classic FM, which is a good way of getting into the music.

    As for suggestions, I have a few. You can get them from HMV, who are probably the best of the chains for classical music, as their classical albums are quite cheap.

    Verdi - Requiem.
    Dvorak - New World Symphony
    Barber - Agnus Dei. This is a version of his Adagio for Strings (very well known, William Orbit mixed it a few years ago), but it is done completely by voice. Brilliant, but well known.
    Faure - Pavane
    Elgar - Cello Concerto

    And for a lesser-known modern piece, I highly recommend Zbigniew Preisner's Requiem For My Friend. Preisner is well-known for film compositions (he composed the music for the Three Colours films) but the requiem he wrote isn't. It's gorgeous.

    All this stuff is well-known, but the decent stuff often is.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    As regards modern classical music, how about Karl Jenkins?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody in C sharp minor (as performed by Sviatoslav Richter)
    " " - Mephisto Waltz no. 2
    " " - Liebestraume no. 3 in A flat 'O Lieb'

    Rachmaninoff - Piano Concertos no. 2 + 3
    Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor
    Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
    " - The Marriage of Figaro
    Gabriel Faure - Requiem
    JS Bach - St. John Passion
    John Rutter - Collected Works

    Just some things to keep you going.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Anything by Mahler - its heavy metal classical.
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