I am looking for mostly baroque pieces at the moment and I am looking for something different than the obvious. For example, no Air on the G String - Bach. I'm trying to find pieces that I might not have heard of or that are not well known.But just in case, I'll take whatever you may know of. Opera is fine too, but in line with tragedy, slow movements are best, like adagios, some sarabandes, and largos. Can you help? If you can list your favorite recordings of the pieces as well, that would be great!!! Thank you.
2007-12-17 17:43:29 · 8 answers · asked by Gitana1 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
I will be looking at romantic later, but now I am concentrating on mostly baroque although some moving towards the classical period, like Mozart, Beethoven, are fine. Thank you all so much!
2007-12-17 18:39:10 · update #1
Hi sweet brother.
2007-12-18 08:08:38 · update #2
I am not sure if this is what you want but try the Chaconne by Vitali :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AloBa9SPM7U
Or the Chaconne by Bach :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFdbQtu2A4Q
Or Bach sonata for violin #1 in G minor :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8E4z4VQVpI
2007-12-17 21:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by brian777999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tragic Classical Music
2016-10-31 11:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are interested only in baroque at the moment, I would suggest the final chorus from Bach's St. Matthew Passion 'es ist vollbracht' (it is finished). Several of the arias are also very tragic. Also some of his cantatas are also written in this mood - try 'Ich habe genug' - the English translation 'I've had enough' should indicate how tragic it is. From Mozart, I would suggest the aria 'Dove sono' from The Marriage of Figaro sung by the Countess when she thinks her husband doesn't love her any more. From Beethoven - the adagio from his A minor string quarter (op 113, I think off the top of my head without checking). Going back a bit in time, have you heard Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Anne? That has a wonderful slow, sombre march.
2007-12-17 20:15:44 · answer #3 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is getting into the Classical period, but try listening to Gluck's Orpheo ed Euridice. Very nice. Fairly tragic, although with a somewhat happy ending.
For real tragedy, you have to visit the Romantic era, and get some Wagner or Puccini and crank it. I suggest Tristan und Isolde or Tosca.
2007-12-17 18:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Spooky Donkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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If you like Dvorak, you should like Brahms' symphonies. The 4th is amazing. If you like big and tragic symphonies, listen to Mahler and Shostakovich. If it's doom and gloom that you want, go for Sibelius' 4th Symphony, or Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead. If it's complex emotional trauma you're after, Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony has the most bang for the buck.
2016-04-05 00:21:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Bach's sinfonia n.o 15 in B minor. It's pretty famous(: For romantic period I would suggest Tchaikovsky's October from the seasons.
2007-12-19 19:54:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Anna
2007-12-18 08:06:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mozart Rondo in A minor for piano
2007-12-18 00:42:54 · answer #8 · answered by CWRUlibrarian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gymnopedie no. 3 (If i'm not mistaken). The song just like someone want to kill him/herself, but there is the spirit in the middle of the music.
2007-12-18 01:20:36 · answer #9 · answered by Christ Billy A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Brunnhilde's Immolation" from Wagner's Die Gotterdammerung. There are so many good recordings of it, it's difficult to choose a favorite. Go to You Tube, and click on Die Gotterdammerung, and you will see what I mean.
Wotan
2007-12-17 17:51:35 · answer #10 · answered by Alberich 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋