Classical music | Imamother

bella

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 6:47 am

It's hard to pick just one. I think Schuman to listen to, and Chopin to play.

Rubber Ducky

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 7:47 am

Grieg, Gershwin, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff... Beethoven, Bach... Tchaikovsky, Borodin.

sequoia

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 9:51 am

Cool! I love Grieg, Dvorak, Prokofiev, Glass, Mozart, Handel, and Elgar.

leomom

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 5:29 pm

To play: good old Beethoven and Bach for beauty, and Kabalevsky for fun!

Sometimes Beethoven's music surprises me with a very singable melody that sounds almost like a pop song.

I also like Chopin, Purcell, and others...

Oh, and when I was growing up, we used to have a magnetic pad of paper on the fridge that had music notes and... "Chopin Lizst"! Smile

leomom

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 5:31 pm

Oh - and Khachaturian (not sure of spelling) - beautiful.

Mrs Bissli

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 5:40 pm

Debussy, Eric Satie, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Verdy
and don't forget Gilbert and Sullivan (do they count as classic music composers?)

A rather unknown but Italian Jewish composer Salomone Rossi has written beautiful pieces, including polyphonic kaddish and adon olam.

Thanks for starting the thread. I enjoy it very much.

leomom

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 5:52 pm

Mrs Bissli wrote:

Salomone Rossi is definitely not unknown!

G&S are wonderful, of course - not sure if they are classical, but they are classic. Smile

NotInNJMommy

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 6:36 pm

NotInNJMommy wrote:

Mahler, Schoenberg (NOT atonal), Schumann

I also forgot Grieg and Dvorak.

We are hearing a cello program of Ravel, Lalo, and Schumann in August with Yo Yo Ma, IYH, and very excited.

ShakleeMom

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 8:55 pm

Right now I'm so obsessed with Pachelbel (canon) that I can't think of any other composers.

Rubber Ducky

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 9:21 pm

ShakleeMom, have you seen this CD? Pachelbel's Greatest Hit

ShakleeMom

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 9:24 pm

No, but thank you! I see there's a used one for $1.77 !

sim

Wed, Jun 24 2009, 9:24 pm

Ahron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, anything composed for classical guitar. Vivaldi, Bach (I love the Goldberg Variations).

Mrs Bissli

Thu, Jun 25 2009, 7:10 am

ShakleeMom wrote:

Right now I'm so obsessed with Pachelbel (canon) that I can't think of any other composers.

You know you can do a lovely Shir haMaalot for bentching to the pachelbel's canon? one of my favourites.

NotInNJMommy

Thu, Jun 25 2009, 7:12 am

ShakleeMom wrote:

Right now I'm so obsessed with Pachelbel (canon) that I can't think of any other composers.

I'm so glad you know that Pachelbel is the composer....I went to a family wedding and they handed out favors or CDs with "favorite" music, and on it was "Mozart's Canon in D"....DH is a classical music expert, and it took a lot of coaching from me to help him keep his mouth shut.

wif

Thu, Jun 25 2009, 8:56 am

I just went to the Israeli Philharmic last night, (husband took me for my birthday!) and they played mostly Bach...it was so beautiful...

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wif

Thu, Jun 25 2009, 8:57 am

NotInNJMommy wrote:

ShakleeMom wrote:

Right now I'm so obsessed with Pachelbel (canon) that I can't think of any other composers.

That's so bizzarre, because most people refer to it as "Pachelbel's Cannon"!

sequoia

Thu, Jun 25 2009, 11:30 am

I have never heard of Salomone Rossi. Thank you for telling me about him!

Glad to see Dvorak and Grieg on several people's lists.