Spinning Today (Classical version)

[synsei]

I lost touch with classical music after I left school apart from the very few signature pieces I still have in my collection (The Planet Suite, 1812, Beethovens 5th etc). I rediscovered orchestral music a few years later after having seen such wonderful sci-fi blockbusters as Star Wars, Alien, Close Encounters etc where I fell in love with orchestral soundtracks. Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, John Barry, Trevor Jones et al will probably go down as last centuries superstar classical composers and may even be placed up there with the big guns one day...

[MartinT]

Add to that Ennio Morricone, Dave.

Thanks, Jerry, I'll try and look those pieces up.

[WOStantonCS100]

Given the aforemention, I feel a little bit better about posting this here:

Frank Sinatra Conducts The Music Of Alec Wilder / The Alec Wilder Octet



Wiki on Alec Wilder

[jandl100]

Ummm ... not really classical music, that. Why do you want to post about it here?

Anyhoo ....

Yesterday (friend still here, so not much) ....

Handel - German Arias, with the lovely Arleen Auger. Beautiful.

[WOStantonCS100]

Ummm ... not really classical music, that.

"In addition to writing popular songs, Wilder also composed classical pieces for exotic combinations of orchestral instruments."

Why do you want to post about it here?

Anyhoo ....

Hey Jerry, have you actually listened to this music, particularly side one of this album?

At any rate, if the moderator deems the post irrelevant to the thread, it can be removed with no objection from me.

[synsei]

I sort of feel the label 'Classical' muddies the waters somewhat as some will interpret it literally and only consider the traditional Classical composers whilst the majority will, as I did for an awful long time, use the term to describe a wide range of orchestral music. Perhaps the Classical Section should be renamed The Orchestral Section to avoid any confusion. To illustrate, I'd prefer to post in here if I was listening to one of my orchestral soundtracks rather than in the regular What Are You Spinning Today thread.

[MartinT]

And I agree with you, Dave. Anything that is of a classical nature or that uses orchestral accompaniment is fine here, and that includes film soundtracks. I would not want it to be called the Orchestral Section, however, because of all the solo and choral singing that would not then be included.

[synsei]

That is a very good point Martin, me bad...

[MartinT]

Don't worry about it

Even Wikipedia has difficulties with the definition.

[jandl100]

Yes, fine .. even a purist like me would include a lot of film music under the classical moniker ... Lord of the Rings - YES!! .... so carry on.
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This morning, before a 6 hour hike ....

Haydn Piano Variations in f-minor. I don't normally like Haydn much, finding him a bit too light-hearted and depressingly jolly ... but this is a very serious and deeply felt piece indeed, exquisitely played for me by Nikolai Demidenko on Hyperion.