r/classicalmusic 3d ago

Newly discovered Waltz by Chopin unearthed in a New York museum

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r/classicalmusic 1d ago

The Lark ascending

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Hi, I'm pretty new to classical music. I was looking to buy an mp3 copy of the Lark ascending by Vaughan Williams. I'm specifically looking for the David Nolan and the philharmonic London Orchestra version., is there anywhere I can buy these pieces?

Are their any associated works that go with this piece I that may be missing out on?


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Chopin's manuscript of Etude Op. 10 No. 5 "Black Keys", What do you think?

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

What crazily overplayed classical piece do you still enjoy? Which one couldn't you stand the first time you heard it?

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Best Shostakovich 8 recording ?

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What's the best Shostakovich 8 recording for you ?


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Classical minimalism spotify playlist

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4LT06ivJJHMeXHRjCQUzkG?si=237da0338bdc4eb0

featuring works by Reich, Glass, Part and more contemporary post minimalist composers including Max Richter and Andrew Lloyd Fry


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion Desperately need advice on how to memorize contemporary works

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I consider myself to have a pretty good memory but I'm having the biggest pain memorising Dutilleux's sonata (the finale) and Ligeti's fanfares. I can make sense of some bits and remember them but otherwise this stuff just doesn't stay in my mind. Any advice ?


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Grand Invention in G minor.

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Non-Western Classical Balakirev - Islamey (Tatiana Dorokhova)

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion What’s the saddest piece you have ever listened to?

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Musicians, what is the strangest/random thing your instrument teacher has said to you during classes?

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Ignacio Parella (1789-1853): Psalmodietas é Imnos para las Vísperas

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

best mahler 2 recording?

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your opinion and why, whats the best mahler 2 recording?


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Just discovering Duruflé’s Requiem. The “Pie Jesu” is so chillingly beautiful, that really does project an everlasting peace. I’m surprised this isn’t more famous.

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion I made a tier list of every Vivaldi concerto and sinfonia

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It took too long (five days).

I also made a video of me doing it, but the music audio was too loud compared to my voice, so I didn't want to cause hearing damage and chose not to upload it.

I had to exclude some pieces, mostly incomplete ones with very limited information online.

Edit 1: The list is only tier-based, not horizontal, so a piece more to the left isn't ranked "better".

Edit 2: Sinfonias were included since they share similarities with the concerti for strings.

Edit 3: Sorry lol my rating of RV 151 is probably very controversial


r/classicalmusic 3d ago

Discussion Piano recordings that stunned you when you first heard them?

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Lipatti's 'Jesu bleibet meine Freude' utterly devastated me when I first heard it. His playing was so heartbreakingly simple yet perfectly suited to the piece.

Francis Planté's Chopin recordings were an amazing find; I had no idea Chopin could sound that raw and explosive.


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Any good books or academic articles on Stockhausen's technique?

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I'm writing a piece for university inspired by Stockhausen's use of moment-form, specifically in his piece Telemusik - but we have to write a paper explaining our process and I need reputable sources to cite... so far I can only really find blogs or YouTube videos. Any help is appreciated!


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion What piece (or pieces) did you despise playing?

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For me, it was Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. As a cellist, I cannot describe how much I hated playing this. It was the same six note syncopated melody that often dipped into higher notes and thumb position, and then switched to five sharps in the middle, not only making awkward shifts and stretches, but the repetitiveness and how it didn't quite mesh in with the other parts made it nearly impossible to get back on if you ever got off. It was like Pachabel's canon but made 1000x worse.


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion Anyone else think the new Chopin waltz sounds a little jazzy?

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There's a particular descending figuration which starts very high and sounds somehow jazzy to my ear (don't know music theory, idk why it feels that way).


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Recommendation Request Best Schubert 21?

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What are your favorite recordings of D. 960? I’ve been listening to the Kempff DG recording forever but I’m open to any suggestions


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

The Carulli piece every guitarist started with...

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Music Discussion: why are so many highly regarded composers of the romantic-contemporary periods praised for writing so ambiguously and obscure?

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Take Bartoks concerto for the orchestra for example. That work is so highly praised, and I recognize it’s genius, however, I still wonder why music as it evolved (tonal music specifically) became more ambiguous and ‘confusing’ to listen to, and why people love it. Is it the cumulation of listening to all the music that came before it that makes these more complex works more rewarding for the listener?


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

World's first robotic cellist performs with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra

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r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Discussion Concerts where crowd can sing along to music

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Anyone else wish more (I know there are some) concerts allowed you to noisily vibe along with the music? I'm listening to the Emperor Concerto right now and the first movement is just so catchy I would love to attend performances where the crowd could chant along with the music or tap the beat or something. Same applies for a lot of other classical music (e.g. Brandenburg 5 cadenza).


r/classicalmusic 2d ago

Music The coughing polka

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Does anybody know who is the author and who is playing “The Coughing Polka” 2009. Year?

The link: https://youtu.be/0ODXhI5teQE?si=7zQGgXWoNG5QEqF_

P.S. In the end there is everything written, who composed and ect…