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Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 7:10:40 AM   
AthenaSurrenders


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Status: offline 		I know there are some music connoisseurs on this site - please help me!

I'd like some suggestions for some more accessible classical pieces. Ideally shorter pieces, or if you could point me to the most accessible sections of longer pieces that would be good too.

My tiny person has suddenly developed a great interest in music overnight. I only play a little and I'm fairly uneducated. We already listen to a decent range of non-classical genres, so I'm looking to broaden our horizons. Any sort of mood or theme is good, just looking for things we can listen to on our car journeys or have on in the background to our play.

Thank you.

Edit to add: I'm very relaxed on my definition of classical. Just tell me about a piece you love.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 9:19:16 AM   
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Rachmaninoff - "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"
George Winston - anything from Autumn (my fave CD of his...but you can't go wrong with any of his music)
Pachebel - "Canon in D major"
Mozart - "Violin Concerto no. 5"
Bach - "Air"

Hope this helps. Classical music is not my normal preferred genre of music, but there are just some times where cranking up the volume on these songs is exactly what I need.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 9:25:18 AM   
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William Tell Overture --------------------------Rossini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7O91GDWGPU

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 9:30:31 AM   
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Lots of nice Waltzes in there.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 9:35:58 AM   
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And always for the win, Tchaikovskis nutcracker suite.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 9:49:53 AM   
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Der Ring des Neibulungen. (yanno, kiww da wabbit!!! kiww da wabbit!!!)

oder Faust.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 10:08:26 AM   
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"Die Valküre" - "Flight Of the Valkeries" in English - Wagner

There was a "rock/disco" version of "Beethoven's Fifth" called: "A Fifth of Beethoven" I don't remember the artist but, it might be a good segue from "rock" to classical.



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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 1:16:25 PM   
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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 1:34:06 PM   
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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 1:34:36 PM   
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Ravel Pavane for une Infante Defuncte
Mozart symphonies 40, 41
Bach Brandenberg concerti 2 and 4
Grofe Grand Canyon Suite
Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade


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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 1:38:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: calamitysandra
I used the German version with my sprogs.


Ja, Warum nicht? Selbst verstehendlich, oder?


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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 3:15:30 PM   
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The Meditation from Thais
Chopin Nocturnes
Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin

Youtube will bring you several versions of all of these.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 4:01:41 PM   
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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 4:12:06 PM   
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Prokovfiev Peter and the Wolf


Thanks. Now I can't stop whistling Peter's theme.

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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 5:00:17 PM   
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantasia-Special-Edition-DVD/dp/B004I8WHCO/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1372808829&sr=1-1&keywords=fantasia

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fantasia-2000-Special-Edition-DVD/dp/B004C03TJS/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1372808829&sr=1-3&keywords=fantasia

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2



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RE: Accessible Classical Music - 7/2/2013 5:24:14 PM   
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Tchaikovsky - War of 1812 - It has cannons.
Holst - The Planets - A collection of shorter pieces, each with a theme matching the god or goddess the planet it was named after.

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