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Many pieces of classical music have been used in ads, movies etc that many people will recognise but don't actually know the name of. To name but a few:

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - used by the army in their ads some years ago
Carl Orff, O Fortuna - used in a Carlton beer ad in recent times

Being in my high school band, I actually got to play some of the classic pieces (or parts thereof).

 
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Flip side of the coin, the dullest classical music.

For mine it's Vivaldi, or Sibelius' meandering pieces, which leave you thinking...just get to the point. As the unfortunate are ferried across the River Styx by ferryman Phlegyas, into Dante's fifth circle, the strains of Vivaldi and Sibelius are heard, faintly at first.

Emma Ayres (ABC FM Classical Breakfast) would never entertain such music.
 
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I've always had a soft spot for Elly Ameling, but being Dutch, she is not your typical 'Go To' as far as the 'Italian Purists' are concerned, but I don't care. A wonderful Voice:D

 
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Market Depth said:
I've always had a soft spot for Elly Ameling, but being Dutch, she is not your typical 'Go To' as far as the 'Italian Purists' are concerned, but I don't care. A wonderful Voice:D
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Indeed. I enjoyed that very much.

bellenuit said:
One of the artists from the previous duet, mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča, doing the Mozart Aria to perfection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_O_85-fYYQ
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I've also posted this before in the other thread, but this is my favourite Ave Maria (Gomez), on the strength of the performance from Ms Garanca.



This is a pretty stunning Mascagni version from her too.

 
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wayneL said:
Indeed. I enjoyed that very much.



I've also posted this before in the other thread, but this is my favourite Ave Maria (Gomez), on the strength of the performance from Ms Garanca.



This is a pretty stunning Mascagni version from her too.

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I also enjoyed that too Wayne. Goosebumps, lovely feeling:D
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Beethoven: String Quartet #7 In F, Op. 59/1, "Razumovsky #1" - 1. Allegro 9:30 Alban Berg Quartet Best Beethoven 100 [Disc 5] Classical

My favourite of all time.

Available JB with 99 other gems quite cheaply.

gg
 
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Garpal Gumnut said:
Beethoven: String Quartet #7 In F, Op. 59/1, "Razumovsky #1" - 1. Allegro 9:30 Alban Berg Quartet Best Beethoven 100 [Disc 5] Classical

My favourite of all time.

Available JB with 99 other gems quite cheaply.

gg
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GREAT SUGGESTION GG!! I pretty much start my day with this, along with the AFR and a strong black, gets me going:D For those not familar here it is.

 
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Market Depth said:
GREAT SUGGESTION GG!! I pretty much start my day with this, along with the AFR and a strong black, gets me going:D For those not familar here it is.

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Thanks MD mate, tried to post a youtube , but still in learning phase.

It is a sweet piece.

gg
 
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Happy Birthday Mozart, 254 today. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Requiem mass.

Over 600 works in his 35 years, including 41 symphonies, and 27 piano concertos. The guy could speak 15 different languages. Prodigious.

Mozart died of kidney failure at the age of 35. He was in debt, and was buried in a poor man's grave.
 
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Mozart - Flute Concerto No.2 In D Major, K 314 Allegro





Motorway
 
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Symphony 25 in G - Allegro Con Brio
 
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white_crane said:
Many pieces of classical music have been used in ads, movies etc that many people will recognise but don't actually know the name of. To name but a few:

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture - used by the army in their ads some years ago
Carl Orff, O Fortuna - used in a Carlton beer ad in recent times

Being in my high school band, I actually got to play some of the classic pieces (or parts thereof).

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Quite like that white_crane... not a great classic follower, but that is one of the 'happier' or calming background/meditation ones for me.

But, probably the most moving and sadest pieces of music for me is Lara's Theme from Doctor Zhivago, particularly the crescendo. Gees I still get teary eyed all these years after the film. :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yd2PzoF1y8
 
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"Pur ti miro" Enjoy

 
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Listening to something a little closer to home tonight. Peter Sculthorpe one of Australias finest composers IMHO of course:D For all you 'Classical Music Nuts' like myself :D well worth discovering.

Enjoy



 
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... and those, who prefer it a little larger and grander, try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paH0V6JLxSI

a choir of 10,000;
and even though it's a foreign language to them, their pronunciation is still perfect.

makes you wonder:
as the sound travels at 330m per second, do the singers sitting 100m back sing their parts 1/3rd of a second earlier?
 
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as the sound travels at 330m per second, do the singers sitting 100m back sing their parts 1/3rd of a second earlier?
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I would suspect that with a choir that size, they have 30 or 40 microphones placed strategically throughout the choir, each only picking up sounds within a short range (5-8 M say) of the microphone. That way, the more distant sounds that are lagging timewise are not picked up. Pure speculation on my behalf.
 
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