I like slower melodies with a lot of horns, pianos, and cellos....
Can you recommend a composer other than Mozart, Bach, Beethovan or Tchacovshy?
Or a composition from either of those four that would be a good example of the type I mentioned above?
2007-07-21 01:08:03 · 14 answers · asked by James V 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
The Swan by Saint-Saens
Hope this helps!
2007-07-23 22:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I reccomend Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Schubert, Brahms and Albinoni.
Particular songs that come to mind(with lots of horns, pianos, cellos) include:
Adagio in G minor--Tomaso Albinoni
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5--Villa-Lobos
Nocturne No. 20--Frederic Chopin
Vocalise Op. 34--Rachmaninoff
Hungarian Dance No. 1--Brahms
Gymnopedie No. 1--Eric Satie
If you like, I can send some of the songs I've listed above via email:)
2007-07-21 11:36:15 · answer #2 · answered by [operatic stock character] 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems that you are in the basics as far as composers. Not a bad thing, but sometimes it's hard to listen to certain composers after listening to the well known ones.
Brahms-A great composer for you to listen to next(he is similar to Beethoven in orchestration, the way he wrote). Lush melodies and fantastic horn solos. Any symphony will do. Symphony 1 and 3 are my favorites and also you could check out his Academic Festival Overture. (not entirely a slow piece but definitely a piece worth listening to)
Rachmaninoff- A Russian like Tchaikovsky, they have simliar styles and melodic lines. I suggest any work by him but for starters Raphsody on a Theme by Paginni and his Symphony numbers 1 and 2.
Holst- Listen to The Planets, beautiful cello line in the Jupiter movement.
Any thing by Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Smetana, and Mahler.
I hope you find something you liked!
2007-07-22 01:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by bassoonsara 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Swan by Saint-Saens
Second Movement of New World Symphony-Dvorak
Second Movements of Chopin's piano concerti-any
2007-07-21 08:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try Debussy's La Mer, you may like it. Maybe St. Saens. Have you listened to Johann Pachelbel (I like Canon & Gigue for Strings). Listened to Wagner? I think I won't help much, not being into horns in general.
2007-07-21 08:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by Cam1051Sec 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for horns ( as in French horns in particular) you want Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, and Anton Bruckner. They all loved the French horn ( as well as brass in general) and wrote some of the toughest, most beautiful music for those instruments.
Richard Strauss wrote operas as well as purely symphonic music- the opera Der Rosenkavalier might be a bit too involved for you to start with, so try the tone poems " Also Sprach Zarathustra" "Till eulenspiegel" "Tod und Verklärung".
Wagner invested himself in opera- it's a slog for anyone, even opera fans to get through- but the four opera cycle "Der Ring der Nibelungen" has all the instruments you want and more.
Gustav Mahler wrote symphonies with and without chorus involved- he admired Beethoven's 9th symphony and wanted to follow through there. He gets very intense, and there are 10 symphonies to enjoy.
Anton Bruckner adored Wagner, and filled in the symphonic gap that Wagner left. He also wrote 10 symphonies ( one of them is titled the "zero"- in German, the "null") and are heavenly, from a brass player's point of view.
None of these pieces are a quick fix- they all last a good long time ( the 4 Wagner operas about 20 hours from front to back)- so take your time to enjoy them.
2007-07-21 10:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by lynndramsop 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
sounds like you just need a collection of chamber music with just the slow movements ..... schuberts double cello quintet, and the trout , schuman piano quintet or any piano ensemble there are also several ensembles with french horn
2007-07-21 11:19:17 · answer #7 · answered by toutvas bien 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
French composers are great....
Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud...
Also listen to Gabriel Faure's "Pelleas et Melisande".... Great composition!!!!
Try listen to Borodin's "Nocturne" too...
2007-07-22 05:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by Vylaska 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much piano.
I love Brahms!
I know little about music. If I like what I hear, that is it.
If you have a liking for piano, try Eric Satie...don't know if he has any full symphonies, though.
2007-07-21 08:10:36 · answer #9 · answered by aetheru 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Philip Glass : Brooding and Minimalist
Listen here
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Prokofiev
Sample here
http://www.songofthesalesman.co.uk/ad.aspx?partist=Prok
Ludovico Einaudi: Contemporary
Samples here
http://www.songofthesalesman.co.uk/ad.aspx?partist=ludo
Also track down Arvo Part
Albums here
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=Arvo%20Part&tag=songofthesale-21&index=music&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738
2007-07-21 08:14:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋