classical_music_for_dummies.jpg Mention “classical” and many automatically stay their hand from such creations. But music composed in the 1700s and 1800s was broadly enjoyed by many, not just the snobbish or elite. People would cheer in the midst of a concert, to which they brought friend...
playing random movements from different works just doesn't make too much sense. Besides, the current radio interface, which categories recordings according to recorded date such as 80s/90s/00s, doesn't make sense for classical music either. Spotify will need to tag their classical catalog...
when I was turned on to the "We're Only In It For The Money" album by my Boy Scout troopmaster. Two years later, I went to my first Zappa concert, when the band included Flo and Eddie and Ian Underwood. Listening to Zappa helped open my mind to exploring a wide range of music, ...
"Luciano Berio was regarded by many connoisseurs of contemporary music as the most naturally musical and least doctrinaire of the post-1945 avant-garde composers. For all that he was a pioneer in the development of electronic music and of new methods of combining speech with music, he belonged...
Here's the Spotify playlist for all the music that was mentioned in this chapter:Alex Ross' Listen To This: Chapter 2(27 tracks, total time: 2 hours)And by chance I revisited the playlist forThe Rest Is Noiseyesterday, here's thepost, and the playlist:Alex Ross' 20th Century Limited....
Here's the Spotify playlist: EMI: Great Recordings of the Century (201 albums, 4838 tracks) Albums are arranged alphabetically by composer names, except for the Caruso 1902-04 recording which is at the beginning, because it's by various composers, and also the oldest recording in this series...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 "Winter Daydreams" Franz Schubert:Winterreise- Frühlingstraum (Dream of Springtime) Here's the Spotify playlist:Winter Music(20 tracks, total time: 1 hour)I especially like the way Mozart's sleigh crushes into Finnissy's snowdrift in this playlist. Have a nice winte...
Here are the Spotify playlists:Horn Highlights(21 tracks, total time: 2 hours), andHorn(159 tracks, 14 hours)Hopefully these playlists give you a taste for everything horn! Enjoy! Guest post byKathryn Zevenbergen "A true music, that is to say, spiritual, a music which may be an act of...
Get this collection in one Spotify playlist:Delos - Young People's Series (Great Classical Music for Children)(475 tracks, total time: 32 hours).Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse inalbum view. Seethispage for an overview of the albums, andherefor more info. ...
Vayomer Elohim (Let There Be Light), for voice & piano, 1989 Get this collection in one Spotify playlist:Leonard Bernstein the Composer: Complete Chronological Catalogue(485 tracks, total time: 27 hours)Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse inalbum view. For Bernstein's music lectures, seethisplaylist....