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Anyone listen to Classical Music?

Kevin McCloud · 2015-03-26 23:42:45

This music is growing on me, have it on the radio for the cows and the horse keeps them relaxed and happy. Having similar effects on myself, sick of the usual day time radio ****e. This one was played earlier, what a piece.

27-03-2015 12:42AM

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This music is growing on me, have it on the radio for the cows and the horse keeps them relaxed and happy. Having similar effects on myself, sick of the usual day time radio ****e. This one was played earlier, what a piece.

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#2 27-03-2015 12:43AM

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Yep, can find some of it very relaxing or good to sort out thoughts and ideas.

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#3 27-03-2015 12:43AM

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Yes, Mozart's stuff is ****ing great! Ditto Beethoven and Schubert.

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#4 27-03-2015 12:44AM

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Happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

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#5 27-03-2015 12:45AM

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Strauss waltzes, like the Blue Danube, Vienna Blood, Tales From the Vienna Woods, along with Tchaikovsky's ballets would be my all-time favourites.

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#6 27-03-2015 12:51AM

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Yup, just had a bubble bath listening to a classical playlist. Great for switching off.

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#7 27-03-2015 12:52AM

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Anyone listen to classical music?

Yep, I guess some of the people who post here might....

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#8 27-03-2015 01:22AM

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Love classical music, really ever since I heard Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune at the end of the film Frankie and Johnny.

Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4IpbLUYBeA

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#9 27-03-2015 01:30AM

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Hanibal Lecter is motivated by this guy

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#10 27-03-2015 01:30AM

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Some unreal modern classical music being written for computer games and TV shows these days.

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#11 27-03-2015 01:35AM

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Hell yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmk5frp6-3Q

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#12 27-03-2015 01:37AM

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strobe wrote: »

Some unreal modern classical music being written for computer games and TV shows these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYPYq9D_No

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#13 27-03-2015 01:39AM

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One of my favourites

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#14 27-03-2015 01:43AM

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Kevin McCloud wrote: »

for the cows and the horse

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#15 27-03-2015 01:47AM

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Spunge wrote: »

I do not know how that confuses you.

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#16 27-03-2015 01:51AM

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yes, I love it

no better music

you're not a fan of music unless you like classical

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#17 27-03-2015 01:57AM

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Love classical music but I have a real penchant for the auld modern classical music too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEqV5TqqogM

Bullet The Blue Shirts

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#18 27-03-2015 01:59AM

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Not sure if its all considered classical but I do like a lot of the music done by an orchestra for tv, films and games like two steps from hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iu-WAHBbW8

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#19 27-03-2015 02:02AM

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Dvorak's 9th symphony is one of humankind's greatest achievements. How it didn't make Top of the Pops I'll never know.

But at least it made the Hovis ad...:pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mq59ykPnAE

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#20 27-03-2015 02:05AM

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Im a Rachmaninov fan.. plus Wagner and Debussy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEGOihjqO9w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY

worth noting the pianist is not reading from sheet music in the first clip

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#21 27-03-2015 02:22AM

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While not strictly classical....

The quality of game soundtracks is so high these days, that despite haven't played a full game since 2010, I listen to orchestral and some classical soundtracks from them all the time.

Game music is probably one of the few places where that creativity can reach a sizeable audience

Even midi stuff from the 90's scaled to an orchestra is stunning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8Sn6DHIi0

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#22 27-03-2015 05:05AM

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Luigi Boccherini - Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid

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#23 27-03-2015 09:00AM

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Saturday evenings when having date dinner at home with my wife and Sunday mornings are always classical.

Driving to classical is great...

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#24 27-03-2015 09:30AM

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There is an album called 'So you think you don't like classical music'. It is a bit of a 'now that's what I call music' for classical, but there are some really nice tracks and I found it really useful for tracking down more to listen to. It is on Spotify.

MrP

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#25 27-03-2015 09:44AM

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I tend to just put music into 2 categories. Either music I enjoy, or music I don't. I tend not to let the genre thing push me aside of something much.

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#26 27-03-2015 10:13AM

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Yes, I love it and wish I knew more about it.

Youngsters may knock it but without these guys modern day music would not exist.

A few of my favourites among many.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsoIJGLxNP0

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#27 27-03-2015 11:13AM

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murpho999 wrote: »

Youngsters may knock it but without these guys modern day music would not exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80

Indeed, and the proof of it in relation to the above in particular:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I
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#28 27-03-2015 11:28AM

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SmilingLurker wrote: »

Saturday evenings when having date dinner at home with my wife and Sunday mornings are always classical.

Driving to classical is great...

if I am ever driving between 2 and 4pm, I put on John Kelly on Lyric fm.. he plays a lot of lesser known quality classical music, and a lot of jazz.. generally speaking he plays a decent selection of music.

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#29 27-03-2015 11:44AM

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There are some great scores out there in recent years. Even from shows aimed at young people.

This was an excellent one:

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#30 27-03-2015 11:46AM

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I'm more in to the Classical and early Romantic periods, and really have no time for Opera. I can make exceptions, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvsVSWB4TI

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#31 27-03-2015 11:49AM

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dat anto hopkins waltz was off the chain m8

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