"classical" music that knocks your socks off

[lizzie]

"The Goldberg Variations" by Johann S. Bach.

I don't know any other piece that's so versatile: When I'm sad, it cheers me up. When I'm energetic, it makes me think. When I'm lethargic, it gives me energy. And when I'm nervous, it calms me down.

Just amazing.

Bach was the very first classical music I ever listened to. Classical was not something that I ever heard at home growing up, and when I was in my early 20's, I decided I wanted to give it a try. I've never regretted it. I find classical to be uplifting. and great for focus and meditative effects.

 

[Master PO]

Beethoven - 6th Symphony 'Pastoral' (Complete)

Beethoven - 6th Symphony 'Pastoral' (Complete)

 

[lizzie]

Beethoven - 6th Symphony 'Pastoral' (Complete)

Beethoven - 6th Symphony 'Pastoral' (Complete)

One of my favorites.

 

[lizzie]

One of my favorites.

 

[lizzie]

And another

 

[German guy]

One of my favorites.

My mother would often play Beethoven's 6th Symphony when we had an afternoon nap when I was a small kid. She'd tell me how this music tells a story: First a nice picknick in a garden, then a thunderstorm and so on. I still start feeling sleepy when I listen to it.

 

[German guy]

I don't really like Wagner. IMO, it's the musical equivalent of emptying an entire bottle of vodka with one gulp, and then bashing the empty bottle over one's head. One song at a time, okay, but please not more than 10 minutes in a row -- let alone 6 to 8 hours!

I'm fond of a couple of Russians, though. Love Stravinski and Prokoviev:

 

[Gaius46]

I'm a sucker for classical guitar.

 

[Graffias]

 

[Graffias]

I don't really like Wagner. IMO, it's the musical equivalent of emptying an entire bottle of vodka with one gulp, and then bashing the empty bottle over one's head.[/video]

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