tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post6357450136841584736..comments2024-03-28T22:21:46.973-07:00Comments on Tossing It Out: TIMELESS TWELVE CLASSICAL FAVORITESArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-91875131296091707702010-06-26T23:05:18.961-07:002010-06-26T23:05:18.961-07:00Thanks for the visit. Totally agree about the comp...Thanks for the visit. Totally agree about the composers you mention. I left out Mozart in order to fit in some of the composers I thought people would know less about. A list of 12 favorites is absurd because of what you have to leave off.<br /><br />I reviewed the movie <i>Eroica</i> on the day after I did the list post. Have you seen this BBC production. I thought it was absolutely fabulous.<br /><br />Look forward to future correspondance.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-27093735658878417812010-06-26T16:32:08.926-07:002010-06-26T16:32:08.926-07:00What a fantastic blog, Lee.
I am so pleased I came...What a fantastic blog, Lee.<br />I am so pleased I came and I will be signing up to your blog.<br /><br />This wonderful music is just up my street - I am doing a kitchen refurb at home and I listen to stuff like this all day long!<br /><br />Some of your fav composers are mine too.<br /><br />I just love 'bouncy' J S Bach - anything of his - all his piano/harpsicord concertos, all his violin concertos . . . and including the Brandenburg masterpieces. I love the St Matthew Passion and the Magnificat . . . . it goes on and on . . . and I play the piano so I love his 48 preludes and fugues.<br /><br />Vivaldi - Four Seasons is brilliant. On at the moment! I have Vanessa Mae playing this! brilliant.<br /><br />I would add Handel. Love his Messiah and all his organ conceros.<br /><br />Mozart - you omit him but I think he is wonderful. His piano concertos, his symphonies . . . clarinet concerto. Shame he was only 35 when he died.<br /><br />Schubert - I agree he is a must. I love all his symphonies, especially his last one.<br /><br />I have just heard Ave Maria. My daughter sings this on her CD which is on my Clouds blog (at the bottom of the blog page is an MP3 player - she sings some Eva Cassidy songs as well.<br /><br />Beethoven - my fav symphony is The Eroica No 3 but No 7 is great as well - the ALL are!! Like his romances for violin as well and his piano concertos. I have Daniel Baronboim playing and conducting (on DVD) <br /><br />Bizet wrote a wonderful symphony as well.<br /><br />Verdi - Love his operas<br /><br />Tchiakovski - love all his works<br /><br />Rachmaninoff - Beautiful 2nd Piano Concerto.<br /><br />You've got some more modern composers -I like these a little less.<br /><br />Mendelsohnn - inspiraional child prodigy, like Mozart, and a great composer.<br /><br />I could add many more and I enjoyed listing this lot.<br /><br />Best wishes and see you again soon.<br />My blog is a mixture of humour and sad stories, some about my ambulance work before I retired. My humourous stuff is created out of thin air. LOLEddie Bluelightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069024660422117718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-76976694550868631182010-06-14T21:58:33.419-07:002010-06-14T21:58:33.419-07:00Jane -- those sampler compilations are a great way...Jane -- those sampler compilations are a great way to get introduced to the different composers. My parents always had records like those and I grew up with them. I still buy classical CD compilations on occasion.<br /><br />LC-- Start gradually. I'm sure you'll find room for the really good music.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-34182946604822367002010-06-14T20:41:21.923-07:002010-06-14T20:41:21.923-07:00Lee-
Found the commentary of interest and like th...Lee-<br /><br />Found the commentary of interest and like the samples.<br /><br />I will probably need to save the other lists for tomorrow.<br /><br />If I got into classical, where the heck would I keep the CD's?<br /><br />LCDiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-4712875465043920272010-06-14T18:01:22.650-07:002010-06-14T18:01:22.650-07:00Betty -- Neil Diamond's pretty good--maybe I n...Betty -- Neil Diamond's pretty good--maybe I need to rethink my list.<br /><br />Ron-- Yes classical can have a very calming effect, but some is very stirring as well.<br /><br />Marvin -- Rite of Spring is indeed amazing.<br /><br />Diana-- Yes, I had a Chopin CD right here by my side-- it's great music. Yvonne put Chopin on her list, but I had to sacrifice some great music.<br /><br />Karen -- thank you for stopping to make a comment.<br /><br />Paula-- I was hoping to get your list. Good choices. I hated to leave off Tchaikovsky and Chopin because I love both their music. And Rachmaninoff and Mahler-- oh there are just too many.<br /><br />Bartok is an acquired taste. I didn't care for the music when I first heard it back in the 1970's and then I started picturing it done Rock and roll style and it started making more sense.<br /><br />Thanks for your great list!Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-73835560252759964672010-06-14T18:01:04.500-07:002010-06-14T18:01:04.500-07:00One of my favorite CD’s is the Best of the Classic...One of my favorite CD’s is the Best of the Classics, which includes a lot of the music you mentioned.Jane Kennedy Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12519340747761460017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-13503546644230530032010-06-14T17:45:45.958-07:002010-06-14T17:45:45.958-07:00I'm with you Lee on all of them except Bartok....I'm with you Lee on all of them except Bartok. I just never could relate. <br /><br />I've been looking forward to this post and have prepared my Fantasy Island Classical Favorites - :)<br /><br />The Student Prince & The Great Caruso Mario Lanza<br /><br />Voice of the Violin by Joshua Bell <br /><br />Romance of the Violin by Joshua Bell<br /><br />Vivaldi: The Four Seasons by Joshua Bell (I'm a big Bell fan)<br /><br />Chopin: Nocturnes Nos, 1-19; Four Scherzi Artur Rubinstein<br /><br />Leontyne Price: Arias from Verdi and Puccini<br /><br />Marian Anderson Bach, Brahams and Schubert<br /><br />Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites by Yo-Yo Ma<br /><br />Vivaldi: The Four Seasons/Tartini: The Devil's Trill by Giuseppe Tartini, Antonio Vivaldi, Anne-Sophie Mutter (primarily The Devil’s Trill)<br /><br />Just about anything written by Tchaikovsky and Bruch and Beethoven and recorded by either Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, and the Los Angeles PhilharmonicPaula Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923061193682673368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-39621095133108365772010-06-14T17:33:21.509-07:002010-06-14T17:33:21.509-07:00If I were to make a list of favorites, many of the...If I were to make a list of favorites, many of these would be among them. Good choices. Thanks for sharing; it was quite a pleasant visit!Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-4487965423704765772010-06-14T16:54:31.732-07:002010-06-14T16:54:31.732-07:00Excellent list Arlee, I enjoy most of these compos...Excellent list Arlee, I enjoy most of these composers, but you left out my favorite! I know, I know, it's your list!! Chopin, I love Chopin. I really lean towards classical piano!<br />Love Di ♥Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429812875586479256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-63038647355883550432010-06-14T11:45:09.482-07:002010-06-14T11:45:09.482-07:00I love all of those too. And The Rite of Spring is...I love all of those too. And The Rite of Spring is my all time favorite symphony - bar none.The Old Sillyhttp://theoldsilly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-25679902452616054022010-06-14T10:31:25.894-07:002010-06-14T10:31:25.894-07:00Hello Brother Lee
I don't know a lot about cl...Hello Brother Lee<br /><br />I don't know a lot about classical music but I do like to listen to it once and a while. When I was working I had the local classical music station set on my truck radio. When the LA traffic got exceptionally bad and stressful, I would turn on the c.m. station and found it to be very relaxing.<br /><br />BTW, you and Yvonne had some very good background music playing today. <br /><br />RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-39147374771303867032010-06-14T10:14:42.433-07:002010-06-14T10:14:42.433-07:00Thanks for this information, Arlee. I did notice ...Thanks for this information, Arlee. I did notice you left out Neil Diamond though...Bossy Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568355839499622409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-68483871983389446962010-06-14T09:01:36.408-07:002010-06-14T09:01:36.408-07:00Yvonne -- Between yours and my list, I think we ca...Yvonne -- Between yours and my list, I think we came up with an excellent list of works for someone who would like to learn about classical music-- sadly there don't seem to be many of them.<br /><br />Diane -- yes mine and Yvonne's both so far. Too bad more people couldn't participate.<br /><br />Alex -- did you play it on a instrument or a playback mechanism?<br /><br />StMc -- Thanks for the commendation. You should give classical a serious try-- it is such a great form of music.Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-8545034881960706532010-06-14T08:37:52.695-07:002010-06-14T08:37:52.695-07:00rLEE-b ~
You appear to have extensive knowledge of...rLEE-b ~<br />You appear to have extensive knowledge of your subject and I enjoyed reading your commentary even if Jazz is about as close to Classical as I'll ever get. <br /><br />I do, however, own one compact disc titled "Dan Gibson's Solitudes: The Classics II". It's one of those modern poor man's mood discs with cheesy excerpts from compositions by various old dead White dudes like Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, etc. I bought it solely for Schubert's "Serenade", which I love - all three minutes and twenty-eight seconds of it. Never could get into the rest of the stuffs. <br /><br />Anyway, nice work on this list, buddy, even coming from a Classical non-fan like me!<br /><br />~ "Lonesome Dogg" McD-FensStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-59330886008921671952010-06-14T07:41:35.284-07:002010-06-14T07:41:35.284-07:00I've played some of that music.I've played some of that music.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-60750774604704268352010-06-14T04:04:18.912-07:002010-06-14T04:04:18.912-07:00Interesting to see everyone's take on this blo...Interesting to see everyone's take on this blogfest!L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-74238426835904584642010-06-14T02:17:13.645-07:002010-06-14T02:17:13.645-07:00I applaud you Lee a fine list by any standard. I k...I applaud you Lee a fine list by any standard. I knew most of them and they brought back many childhood memories. Thank you.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.com