[BarryRX]

It seems that in my "mature" years, I have started to enjoy classical music. I would like to expand my itunes classical music collection and would like some suggestions. I seem to prefer classical and romantic over baroque so far. I don't have very much, but so far I have a few Mozart symphonies, including Jupiter, and Beethovens 5th and 7th symphonies. Thanks.

[lightworker888]

Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto is by far my all time favorite among many others. Still get goosebumps listening to it.

LW888

[Geewiz]

If you were a fan of Flash Gordon serials, get Liszt's Les Preludes. Also, you'll enjoy Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exposition and Night on Bald Mountain. There are few things as enjoyable as the French Impressionists -- Debussy's Clair de Lune (and all of his piano music) plus La Mer....Ravel's Bolero and Satie's Gymnopédies. Want stirring with a bit of dissonance...Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (don't get the Stravinsky conducted version...it's very sterile). Love Americana - Copland's Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, also his Fanfare for the Common Man. THAT'LL KEEP YOU BUSY!

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

My favorites are Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Also his harpsichord concertos are awesome. In fact pretty much everything by Bach blows me away.

[BarryRX]

Thanks everyone. Those suggestions will shortly use up most of the iTunes gift card I got for Christmas. It certainly has been a long strange trip from the Dead and the airplane and the Beatles and the stones to Mozart!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by BarryRX

Thanks everyone. Those suggestions will shortly use up most of the iTunes gift card I got for Christmas. It certainly has been a long strange trip from the Dead and the airplane and the Beatles and the stones to Mozart!

I am hoping you have heard The Villages Philharmonic, and the Villages Voices. They both are wonderfully talented groups of people and the Church on the Square has delightful acoustic qualities.

Just WOW is all I can say.

[cathyw]

Vivaldi is my favorite. Especially The Four Seasons.
I also recommend reading the book "Classical Music for Dummies"
When my husband and I first starting listening to classical music, we both read it.
It's filled with tons of great suggestions and you will quickly determine what you like and don't like. It comes with a CD.

[quirky3]

Brahm's 3rd Symphony is my very favorite. Tchaikovky's 6th Symphony. Beethoven's 9th, of course - - - (I got a speeding ticket one time because I got so excited listening to it that I didn't notice my speed increasing). Vivaldi's Concerto for two trumpets is very energizing. Mozart's 40th Symphony.
Listen to the Mozart Requiem and then watch the movie "Amadeus" - it will give you chills! Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. "Nessun Dorma" sung by Luciano Pavarotti.

[PennBF]

I like Rochmaninoff's Concerto #2 in C Minor the best of all.!!! It is
very hard to play and many can't play it. There is a good CD out
played by Van Cliburn. It has 3 movements and with the final being
a terrific ending. You would proabably recognize it as it has been
played in the background to a number of movies. It is by far a
wonderful Concerto to sit back, relax and just listen..

[batman911]

Try this web radio station if you like classical music. It is free and you can purchase music if you want to.

WCPE: Listen Now


The station is WCPE.

[Schaumburger]

Originally Posted by batman911

Try this web radio station if you like classical music. It is free and you can purchase music if you want to.

WCPE: Listen Now


The station is WCPE.

Barry -- I agree with batman911; WCPE is an excellent classical music station broadcasting out of North Carolina that you can listen to online. I often listen to it here in Chicago. My favorite classical composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Barber, Copland.

I wonder if the public libraries in The Villages have classical CD's that can be checked out? That is one way to explore a composer's music before buying it.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Schaumburger

Barry -- I agree with batman911; WCPE is an excellent classical music station broadcasting out of North Carolina that you can listen to online. I often listen to it here in Chicago. My favorite classical composers: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Barber, Copland.

I wonder if the public libraries in The Villages have classical CD's that can be checked out? That is one way to explore a composer's music before buying it.

Every composer Schaunburgr listed, although I find Brahms a bit heavy. If you like Night On Bald Mountain, mentioned by someone earlier, you might like Dvorak's New World Symphony.

Also, Give Rhapsody in Blue a whirl for a little more modern feel. Also, try looking some of this up on You Tube. I had a hankering for the whole Handel's
Messiah the other night, not just the choruses, and found it there.

[swrinfla]

When I am online, my background is almost always the feed from WUFT | News and Public Media for North Central Florida from the University of Florida in Gainesville the University of Florida's NPR outlet. Online the feed is virtually all classical music, which I have missed since coming to TV from St. Louis!

I listen to the more standard NPR feed when I'm in my car, but the classical music isn't really available elsewhere, yet!

SWR