Don't know if it was mentioned yet, but di.fm has a pretty popular classical channel...
-- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, June 5, 2003, 10:15:54 PM, you wrote: >>>I said before that I really don't know much about classical music. ED> ditto, and I will echo that listening is probably the best bet. ED> I'm not much for the tinkly classical music, I think I'll dig through and ED> see what I have, maybe hunt a little with Grokster. How's that for a needle ED> in a haystack. ED> Some I like are: ED> Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No. 1 ED> Mahler- Symphony 1, mv 3, 4 ED> Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite - (5) Cloudburst - look for a good recording ED> though ED> ? Penguin Cafe Orchestra ED> ? Nexus (I can't remember) ED> Eric ED> From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ED> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ED> Subject: RE: Classical Music suggestions ED> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 14:11:43 -0500 ED> I said before that I really don't know much about classical music. I'm ED> probably on par with you on that. My real recommendation was that ED> instead of listening to the 7 songs that get played constantly, just ED> tune in a classical music station and start listening. That way there is ED> more variety. ED> Sure all the songs listed are popular. And they're popular for a reason. ED> Microsoft's domination of the market has killed all compe...oh wait. Um. ED> Yeah. I got into classical by listening to all the same stuff as has ED> been listed. It's just that there's a LOT of stuff out there that is ED> really nice that I don't even know the names of. I'm not trying to be a ED> snob. I'm not cultured enough to do so. I just turn on the radio and ED> enjoy. ED> -Kevin ED> > -----Original Message----- ED> > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:45 PM ED> > To: CF-Community ED> > Subject: RE: Classical Music suggestions ED> > ED> > ED> > Now, wait. I've listened to that composition a number of ED> > times. Yeah, the "Graduation Bit" makes me cringe, but ED> > there's a lot more to the song that I /do/ like. ED> > ED> > And I agree that I'm probably not as well informed about ED> > classical music as you are (though you gotta give me credit ED> > -- I know a lot more than most 23 year old men). And just ED> > because I like Brittney -- er -- pop orchestras doesn't mean ED> > I have /no/ taste. It just means that I like, among other ED> > things, light stuff. ED> > ED> > Yes, I like Mozart and Bach. I don't care for most Beethoven ED> > (though I really like Fur Elise). I probably wouldn't know ED> > it offhand, but I spent a long car trip listening to Wagner's ED> > Ring Cycle (there's no way I can spell it in German) and ED> > remember thinking it was pretty cool, despite the fact that I ED> > usually don't like opera. ED> > ED> > But the real point is that we're talking about choices for a ED> > guy who appears to be just getting into classical, and so ED> > isn't the obvious place to start the common, easy-to-find, ED> > easy-to-like stuff you seem to be knocking? ED> > ED> > ED> > -- Ben Doom ED> > Programmer & General Lackey ED> > Moonbow Software, Inc ED> > ED> > : -----Original Message----- ED> > : From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> > : Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:08 PM ED> > : To: CF-Community ED> > : Subject: RE: Classical Music suggestions ED> > : ED> > : ED> > : Wahh! I kill you all! ED> > : ED> > : Pomp and Circumstance = spree 'o death at a graduation ceremony. ED> > : ED> > : Come on guys. The "pops" are the classical equivalent of Brittney. ED> > : ED> > : -Kevin ED> > : ED> > : > -----Original Message----- ED> > : > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> > : > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:39 AM ED> > : > To: CF-Community ED> > : > Subject: RE: Classical Music suggestions ED> > : > ED> > : > ED> > : > Pomp and Circumstance ED> > : > ED> > : > larry ED> > : > ED> > : > At 12:05 PM 6/5/2003 -0400, Ben Doom wrote: ED> > : > >I can never remember the name of it. You know that ED> > annoying bit the ED> > : > >play at every graduation? That's actually about a 15-second ED> > : > chunk of a ED> > : > >pretty cool song. ED> > : > > ED> > : > >Oh Fortuna by Carl Orff. Often used in movies to ED> > indicate something ED> > : > >dramatic and scary. ED> > : > > ED> > : > >Just about anything else by Wagner (for a classical ED> > : > composer, he rocked ED> > : > >out). ED> > : > > ED> > : > > ED> > : > >-- Ben Doom ED> > : > > Programmer & General Lackey ED> > : > > Moonbow Software, Inc ED> > : > > ED> > : > >: -----Original Message----- ED> > : > >: From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> > : > >: Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 11:46 AM ED> > : > >: To: CF-Community ED> > : > >: Subject: Classical Music suggestions ED> > : > >: ED> > : > >: ED> > : > >: I'm trying out the Real Rhapsody music service. So far ED> > : > it's pretty ED> > : > >darn ED> > : > >: cool. The music selection is varied and encompasses a lot ED> > : > of the bands I ED> > : > >: like. Anyway, I'm trying to put together a classical playlist. ED> > : > >: I like the ED> > : > >: loud classical pieces in the vein of '1812 ED> > Overture','Night on Bald ED> > : > >: Mountain','Ride of the Valkyries'. What are some other ED> > : > suggestions the ED> > : > >: community might have. Thanks ED> > : > >: ED> > : > >: ED> > : > >: marlon moyer ED> > : > >: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> > : > >: ED> > : > >: ED> > : > > ED> > : > ED> > : ED> > ED> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
