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Earlier today I pulled out an old vinyl set and gave some of it a spin -- ARTURO TOSCANINI: PRE-WAR CONCERTS, Vol. I.
I listened to the Beethoven Symphony #2 in D (recorded 11/04/39), the FIDELIO Overture (10/28/39) and Symphony #1 in C (same recording date).
I love these archival recordings.
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Apr 17, 2009 - 9:29 PM
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Zoragoth
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EVERYTHING! Mahler, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Dvorak, Suk, French Baroque, Byzantine choral and on and on.
In my teens and twenties I gravitated toward composers like Glazunov, Rimsky, and Respighi because the filmic qualities of their works. Just as marijuana is (supposedly) a 'gateway' to the harder stuff, the vivid works of these composers are a wonderful stepping stone for young film music buffs looking to explore the vast, wonderful world of classical music.
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Apr 18, 2009 - 12:01 PM
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Hermit
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My favorite classical composers are the early-, mid-, and late-romantics (i.e. Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, etc.). I prefer to listen to orchestral works rather than chamber music, tonal rather than atonal. My classical collection is about double my film score collection and consists mostly of symphonies, piano concertos, symphonic poems, overtures and incidental music (which is the evolutionary precursor to orchestral film music).
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Apr 18, 2009 - 1:52 PM
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sdtom
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EVERYTHING! Mahler, Beethoven, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Dvorak, Suk, French Baroque, Byzantine choral and on and on.
In my teens and twenties I gravitated toward composers like Glazunov, Rimsky, and Respighi because the filmic qualities of their works. Just as marijuana is (supposedly) a 'gateway' to the harder stuff, the vivid works of these composers are a wonderful stepping stone for young film music buffs looking to explore the vast, wonderful world of classical music.
I really like the fact that your first choice was Mahler!!! I'm listening and preparing a review of a new Artek recording of his Symphony No. 6 in A Minor with Gerard Schwarz and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. A dark work overall except for the 'Alma' theme in the first movement. Interesting how one makes reference to a theme like a film score!
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Apr 18, 2009 - 8:30 PM
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Mikhail
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I'd say my listening is comprised of perhaps 40% 'classical', 40% film music, and 20% everything else. My first love was actually classical, and I remain very attached to it, in listening, collecting, reading, and performance.
Many of my favorite works are dominated by three composers: Shostakovich, Mahler, and Sibelius. I guess that would say that I mainly like late Romantic and early Modern periods, and that is indeed how I describe myself (I know Shosty is thoroughly modern chronologically, but he was still fairly traditional when evaluated beside his contemporaries).
I have more music by Shostakovich than any other composer besides John Williams, but even he is likely to be surpassed fairly soon, making Dmitri the uncontended monarch of my music library.  I hope to one day own everything he ever composed (at least all works with an opus number, to simplify things), and seeing that I'm 19 and currently have all his symphonies, concertos, quartets, and lots of other stuff, I think I actually might be able to attain that goal (yes, I've actually worried about this on several occasions... if I have enough years left to buy and appreciate all his works)! I guess I identify most personally with Shostakovich... the realism, melancholy, and moodiness of his music reflects my personality pitch perfectly.
No composer can bring me to tears so easily as Sibelius. The gorgeous romantic beauty of his music touches the deepest parts of my soul. I like Mahler for his beautifully constructed but draining symphonies (obviously), and also his song cycles (obviously again). Come to think of it, that's about all he wrote, so I guess I just like Mahler. 
I also listen to quite a lot of Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorak, Wagner, Bartók, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Penderecki, Ligeti, etc. The few areas I can't really get into are pre-Bach Baroque, and French Impressionism (Ravel, Debussy).
In short, I love Classical music... have since I was a wee little tyke recording my own cassette copies of European and Russian Romantic works.
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