Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1955688)

The one I got last also counts, since I really like it and I'm effectively still in the process of getting into classical.

Malipiero. Didn't know about this composer. Just traded for it on a whim. It was cheap, it was string quartets and I've heard several good things from the "Brilliant Classics" label. Turns out it's really damn good. I've still only heard disc 1 though.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1955697)

^ That's a wonderful album cover, MicShazam, and a composer I've never heard of. As they are string quartets that you describe as "really damn good," I might give them a listen after I've checked out Frownland's latest recs.

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1955697)

TBH, I only came here to bump the thread and now...

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1955630)

Thanks for your detailed answer josht! That's a lot of years and a lot of listening that you've put in, but as you honestly say, still only scratching the surface of this almost limitless genre.

I've heard about 3 of the pieces you mention, but to all intents and purposes, I'm like a guy in the audience of a cartoon I once saw: A drawing of a concert hall, with the conductor on his plinth, busy with his baton, looks over his shoulder to tell the audience "... and now comes the bit you've heard on tv..."

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1956018)

^ :rofl: I love Marge's last line!

... and yes, me too MicShazam: I don't check out everything I say I will. But you did listen to 801 Live, right?!

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 1887546)

I might check out the Roxy Music album on your rec, MicShazam.
And how about "801 Live" ? With good reason that album usually turns up on any list of Best Art-Rock Live Albums Featuring Eno and Phil Manzanera.

Originally Posted by MicShazam (Post 1887608)

Didn't actually know it existed since it's under Manzanera, but I will check it out.

Originally Posted by grindy (Post 1887645)

That 801 album is the ****.

Originally Posted by Nik (Post 1186624)

I've actually always been in to the intensity and raw emotion of orchestrated movie and video game scores so it wasn't a huge deal to jump into Classical. It helps that I had taken music all through high school and gained an appreciation for the traditional instruments (and played about 20 different arrangements of Canon).

The final push came from a course on Music History I took in university (Classical period to Modern day). We had to memorize about 30 pieces of music and then had listening tests. Getting to know the music so well that you can pick out the piece and movement at any point in the music will really do a number on anyone, provided they stick with it.

But in all honesty, and as cliche as it may be, Beethoven's Fifth. Mahler has some great numbers, Mozart and Papa Haydn as well. Holst, Wagner, Puccini, Liszt and many others.