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Classical Music Recommendations
Hi,
I want to download some classical music but I'm new to it! Can anyone give me some recommendations, preferably stuff I'll recognise e.g. from films, adverts, etc... or just anything good!
Thanks :)
I want to download some classical music but I'm new to it! Can anyone give me some recommendations, preferably stuff I'll recognise e.g. from films, adverts, etc... or just anything good!
Thanks :)
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Have you listened to Classic FM? You'll get lots of ideas there.
Unfortunately, they play the same "tunes" to death, along with the same limited number of ads ad nauseam and, of course, the words "this is Classic FM" unnecessarily every minute of the day. Infuriating radio station...but will give you some ideas.
Unfortunately, they play the same "tunes" to death, along with the same limited number of ads ad nauseam and, of course, the words "this is Classic FM" unnecessarily every minute of the day. Infuriating radio station...but will give you some ideas.
This CD or Download basically covers all bases. Cheaper to download.
It has music used in both TV and Film and TV Adverts.
You may recognise a large majority of them once you hear them.
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
It has music used in both TV and Film and TV Adverts.
You may recognise a large majority of them once you hear them.
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation
I would start with youtube. There is lots of classical music on there, and loads of opera selections....its free to use, so just sit back and make a note of the ones that you like. Don't forget that classical music has many more variations than pop music does, and has been going for much longer ! Monteverdi and Wagner have nothing in common whatsoever !
I am lucky I suppose, as I introduced to serious music when I was very young. I played the recorder as a primary schoolboy, and I was in a brass band in my teens....very good background ! Taste in music needs to taught, as if you are not aware of something, you can't know what you like it or don't like it !
Classic FM is OK I suppose, but the station irritates me somewhat, by playing the same bits over and over again. And those ruddy adverts get on my wick !
Try listening to Radio Three from 09:00 in the morning. A good selection of very different music is played every day, not just the same old Mozart, etc, that Classic FM fills it hours up with.
I am lucky I suppose, as I introduced to serious music when I was very young. I played the recorder as a primary schoolboy, and I was in a brass band in my teens....very good background ! Taste in music needs to taught, as if you are not aware of something, you can't know what you like it or don't like it !
Classic FM is OK I suppose, but the station irritates me somewhat, by playing the same bits over and over again. And those ruddy adverts get on my wick !
Try listening to Radio Three from 09:00 in the morning. A good selection of very different music is played every day, not just the same old Mozart, etc, that Classic FM fills it hours up with.
People who don't know much about classical music tend to lump it all together under the single term "classical music" but it covers a whole range of musical styles from hundreds of years ago to the present day.
So for example Mozart is very different from say Beethoven (particularly Beethoven's later music) even though they lived at similar times (Mozart born just before Beethoven).
And there are different types of music: solo piano or other solo instrument, string quartets, piano or violin concertos, symphonies, vocal, opera and so on.
So you may find you like one "style" of classical music, but dislike another (as you would with "pop" music you love one artist but dislike another).
I would listen to many many different types of music from many different composers and you may find you prefer one style of music, or music from one or more composers.
Search in YouTube for things like "popular classics" and you will find dozens of videos to listen to.
Also WATCH classic videos. Watching an orchestra play something like Ravel's Bolero make you realise the work that goes into writing a piece of classical music.
Here is the link to Ravel's Bolero.
So for example Mozart is very different from say Beethoven (particularly Beethoven's later music) even though they lived at similar times (Mozart born just before Beethoven).
And there are different types of music: solo piano or other solo instrument, string quartets, piano or violin concertos, symphonies, vocal, opera and so on.
So you may find you like one "style" of classical music, but dislike another (as you would with "pop" music you love one artist but dislike another).
I would listen to many many different types of music from many different composers and you may find you prefer one style of music, or music from one or more composers.
Search in YouTube for things like "popular classics" and you will find dozens of videos to listen to.
Also WATCH classic videos. Watching an orchestra play something like Ravel's Bolero make you realise the work that goes into writing a piece of classical music.
Here is the link to Ravel's Bolero.
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