I Love Classical Music

I think I'm getting leaner, but what I like, it's hardly gonna change.
Frederic Chopin is my number one ; I don't understand music theory or solfege, but I feel the touch of the stream of sad violin and the calm smooth piano really...

I have lived in Bengal,West Bengal that is,where Music and Dancing were two things most people felt,was part of their life.No real life without these two things,most said.Though I knew little of the languages (dialects,if I may) spoken...

I am not an avid fan or what.. I just listen to them if I remembered...

It was introduced to us by our subject Music.

I also enjoyed studying Mozart's, Beethoven's, and Haydn's biographies.

I. PréludeII. FugueIII. ForlaneIV. RigaudonV. MenuetVI. ToccataPerformed by Angela Hewitt

My "man" at the time surprised me with tickets to the Minnesota Orchestra to see one of my favorite operas...I was trying to figure out who to take and he said "I'm going with you"...Shock!  This a man who didn't want to listen to...

Most classical music doesn't really do it for me, but I absolutely love classical guitar. Most likely because I play guitar. I mainly listen to it when I'm doing homework or trying to sleep. Very relaxing.

One of the most powerful pieces of music I've ever heard! So much emotion laced in every note, pain, fear, tragedy..... love and loss.
I get chills every single time I hear it, even on repeat.
When a piece of music can do that, you...

Originally composed by Ravel for Paul Wittgenstein, an Austrian pianist who lost his right arm during WWI.Performed by The Symphony Orchestra of The Liszt School of Music, conducted by Prof. Nicolás Pasquet.On piano is Hélène Tysman...

It's a vast world, spanning the last 450 years, with several major national traditions: German, Austrian, Russian, Italian, French, and British. The Chinese and Koreans are the emerging superb performers. Asians may eventually be the...

I am deeply in love with Bach's music. I remember that when I was a kid my dad would put on a CD of Cello Suites by him for me to fall asleep to. While it's a bit generic, I think that Air on a G String is one of the most beautiful...

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings: I used to play this while my mother was dying in the bedroom  and I heard a scream...I rushed to her side and "I'm here, Mom...what can I do?" " For starters, you can stop playing that...

Late in the nineteenth century, men and women in apparent possession of their senses heard Richard Wagner’s new operas and announced that their lives had changed forever. Charles Baudelaire saw Tannhäuser in 1861 and gushed...

I picked up my 11 year old son from basketball tonight. While we drove my Ipod Touch randomly skipped through tracks and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy Final Chorus" played.

My son was disappointed because he had a bad practice. I told him...

I love all operas. Tosca, La Traviata, Carmen, La Boheme.... I sing opera in the shower and love it. :)

As deafness overtook him it began to affect Beethoven's compositions.

THE GIST

- Progressive deafness profoundly influenced Beethoven's compositions.

- The condition prompted him to choose lower-frequency notes.

- He was able...

Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances" has been a favorite of mine for many years. I've heard numerous orchestral interpretations of it, and I'm always amazed at how each sounds so surprisingly different. The one to me that...

Performed by Jacques Fevrier (1963)

I love this guy.  The Four Seasons is my favorite work by him, particularly the Summer Concerto.  There's just so much passion in his works.