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Vivaldi's Seasons and some Debussy stuff that I happened to catch on NPR. That I call it "stuff" shows how cultured I am lol.
It's kind of hard to pick a single favorite classical piece, but I have a definite preference for late romantic, early modern impressionist. Sibelius, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov, Barber, Copeland, Gershwin, Ravel, and most of all Debussy.
And with Debussy, I have a real preference for Debussy conducted by François-Xavier Roth with his period-instrument orchestra Les Siècles (in much the same way that I have a preference for Sibelius conducted by Osmo Vänskä, especially the Symphony cycle he recorded with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra).
But it's not all about period instruments. I'm not too keen on the Vivaldi concertos played by a chamber orchestra but when you get a great recording of a soloist with full orchestra, it's really powerful stuff. After the video, I've linked to Concerto No. 4, which features the legendary Itzhak Perlman playing alongside the London Philharmonic Orchestra (there's nothing twee about this performance). This is also a great example of a 1976 recording, which has since been converted to Dolby Atmos to great effect.
But I've also included what I think of as the benchmark Dolby Atmos recording, as it was captured live at the V&A museum in a space with spectacular acoustics, rather than being post-processed (Pastorale is a favorite impressionistic piece by the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger).
If you're a fan of John Williams film music, Deutsche Gramophone has just released a concert he performed live with the Berlin Philharmonic a few years back. This is also of note as a great Dolby Atmos release. Orchestral music is so well suited to Dolby Atmos.
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/claude-debussy-jeux-nocturnes-prélude-à-laprés-midi/1441956291
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/sibelius-symphonies-nos-3-6-7/1139810491
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/pastorale-dété-h-31/1569499596?i=1569499608 (if you only listen to one Dolby Atmos recording, this is the one).
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/john-williams-the-berlin-concert/1594160236
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-four-seasons-concerto-no-4-in-f-minor-rv-297/1025652543?i=1025652741
BTW, you need to enable Dolby Atmos in your Apple Music settings and be sure to disable any EQ as this can interfere with the binaural nature of listening to virtual Dolby Atmos on headphones/earbuds. This auto enables with Apple Airpods. But you're better off listening via wired headphones via a DAC/audio interface, as Airpods (even the latest) aren’t lossless.
Debussy, La Mer.
Snap.
I love the flowing and whimsical nature of his work, I can’t imagine being able to orchestrate something which evolves like that.
In my early 20s (i.e. ancient history) I met a classical guitarist who became my friend and a kind of mentor for classical music. He opened up my ears to that world.
I admire most of everyone’s picks but I noticed not too much past 1930s. How about Messiaen? He wrote some interesting early electronic music. Also he notated bird song and also used complex rhythms from Indian music.
But when I think of my young self, there were some composers that sparked my interest. Sibelius comes to mind. I was so wrapped up with his music that in art school I painted this portrait of him.
@Stochastically Messiaen is one of my favorite composers. His Turangalila symphony is genius.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turangalîla-Symphonie ) as is his work with bird song.
Some other modern composers you might like…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōru_Takemitsu self taught and genius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_Revueltas (Sensemaya is his most famous work). The Mexican Stravinsky imho.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Werner_Henze (Symphony 6 written in Cuba is noteworthy).
I think a distinction is often made from what had always been termed ‘classical’ music and later music due to a move towards atonal and improvised music, but there are definitely some conventional compositions from post 1930: Prokofiev, Copland, Glass, Gershwin, Bartok, etc.
Nocturne in E Flat Major. Maybe a cliche answer but it makes me feel like very few pieces of music ever have, in any genre. Chopin was a genius.
For me, that's because of the way the question was framed. Bach wouldn't be who I would say was my favorite composer, but that one piece is my favorite piece of music.
Sibelius was my gateway into classical music. As a 16 year old complete metalhead I went to get in my car one day and there was a cassette of Sibelius that included Finlandia on the ground. So, I put it on and it was immediately a transformative moment.
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I'm with you on all of those. Turangalia is amazing. I'm familiar with some guitar pieces by Henze. Not so much his other stuff.
Ha! I had a similar experience around age 19 hearing Wagner. I was in a band, etc., then in a chance situation, in the right mood, heard an instrumental excerpt from his operas called "Magic Fire Music". Not really much of a Wagner fan now but Sibelius stays with me. The one that got me was the tone poem Tapiola. Where I live, in Minnesota, there's a large protected area of wilderness on the border with Canada that I've visited many times. I get such a strong Sibelius vibe up there. Sadly, mining companies are always trying to get their grubby fingers in it.
Adding my vote for Turangalîla Symphonie.
Listened to it last night after seeing it mentioned here. It’s one of those pieces where I hear something new on each listening.
I have to be in the right mood for "classical" music, but if I am, Arvo Pärt is up there, and another vote for the Rite of Spring, though I prefer that with the visuals (there’s a YouTube video about how they recreated the costumes and choreography, which includes a performance). Vaughan Williams’s Tallis Fantasia is pretty good, and Varèse is worth exploring. As for earlier stuff, I found that performances on original instruments were a revelation. For example, Mozart ceases to be bland chocolate-box music and develops a sonic edge when his work isn’t played on smoothed-out modern instruments. And likewise Beethoven, especially played as it was written (including precise tempo instructions - BPM, as it were - that are often ignored).