Classical interlude - A little something musical for you all.

jumpy · 09-16-09, 11:37 PM

Perhaps to calm things down a little in GT, I offer you some Ralf Vaughan Williams

The quality is not always great (which is a shame) but you get the idea. Not entirely sure of the dates on some of these, or even who is performing them, although you can tell some of the amateur ensembles (who aren't bad for all that).
Some of my favourite pieces, old and new performances:

new
The lark Ascending pt1 bbc concert orchestra (janine jansen)

The lark Ascending pt2 bbc concert orchestra (janine jansen)

old
The lark Ascending pt1 adrian boult/LPO (jean pougnet)

The lark Ascending pt2 adrian boult/LPO (jean pougnet)

date?
Tallis Fantasia (extract) anthony collins/LSO
?

the fifties (Barbirolli's "Sinfonia Antartica" mono recording was made in September 1953 - according to youtube comments)
Sinfonia Antarctica
1
2
3
4
5

new (is hard to get better (more professional?) recordings of this)
Serenade to music
pt1
pt2

O clap your hands

A Sea Symphony (one for subsim)

Don't listen to them all at once now

AngusJS · 09-17-09, 01:05 AM

Sinfonia Antartica is awesome

and Tallis Fantasia is absolutely breathtaking. For me popular music can never match the sheer beauty and emotion that classical music can express.

But I think Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet, 2nd movement is more fitting for the atmosphere here.

Shearwater · 09-17-09, 05:22 AM

Some of my personal favorites:

Sergej Rachmaninoff
- op.39 No.2 (The Sea and the Shearwaters ... err I mean Seagulls

):

- op.34 No.14 (Vocalise):
(there are dozens of versions of this piece - I recommend the version orchestrated by the master himself)

- op.29 (Isle of the Dead):
- Part 1:
- Part 2:

Everything pretty soothing, or rather melancholy. Enjoy.

Oberon · 09-17-09, 08:25 AM

Some of my favourites:

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Op. 18 No. 2 - Mvt 1 (Pt 1)

(Part two of above)

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: Georgian War March

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov:Procession of the Sardar for Orchestra

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (part one)

(Part two of above)

I vow to thee my country

The British Grenadiers

The Black Bear

And my all time favourite:

Gustav Holst - Mars: The Bringer of War

NeonSamurai · 09-17-09, 08:40 AM

Now for something a bit different

Rodrigo - Fantasia para un gentilhombre 1-4
Featuring, Andre Segovia
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...drigo+fantasia

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

NeonSamurai · 09-17-09, 08:53 AM

Gee got a certain theme going there Oberon or what?

09-16-09, 11:37 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Classical interlude - A little something musical for you all. Perhaps to calm things down a little in GT, I offer you some Ralf Vaughan Williams The quality is not always great (which is a shame) but you get the idea. Not entirely sure of the dates on some of these, or even who is performing them, although you can tell some of the amateur ensembles (who aren't bad for all that). Some of my favourite pieces, old and new performances: new The lark Ascending pt1 bbc concert orchestra (janine jansen) The lark Ascending pt2 bbc concert orchestra (janine jansen) old The lark Ascending pt1 adrian boult/LPO (jean pougnet) The lark Ascending pt2 adrian boult/LPO (jean pougnet) date? Tallis Fantasia (extract) anthony collins/LSO ? the fifties (Barbirolli's "Sinfonia Antartica" mono recording was made in September 1953 - according to youtube comments) Sinfonia Antarctica 1 2 3 4 5 new (is hard to get better (more professional?) recordings of this) Serenade to music pt1 pt2 O clap your hands A Sea Symphony (one for subsim) Don't listen to them all at once now __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life Last edited by jumpy; 09-17-09 at 01:45 AM.

09-17-09, 08:25 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Some of my favourites: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto Op. 18 No. 2 - Mvt 1 (Pt 1) (Part two of above) Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov: Georgian War March Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov:Procession of the Sardar for Orchestra Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (part one) (Part two of above) I vow to thee my country The British Grenadiers The Black Bear And my all time favourite: Gustav Holst - Mars: The Bringer of War Last edited by Oberon; 09-17-09 at 08:37 AM.

09-17-09, 08:40 AM	#5
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Now for something a bit different Rodrigo - Fantasia para un gentilhombre 1-4 Featuring, Andre Segovia http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...drigo+fantasia Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Prelude __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

09-17-09, 08:53 AM	#6
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Gee got a certain theme going there Oberon or what? __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

09-17-09, 01:05 AM	#2
AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Sinfonia Antartica is awesome and Tallis Fantasia is absolutely breathtaking. For me popular music can never match the sheer beauty and emotion that classical music can express. But I think Shostakovich's 8th String Quartet, 2nd movement is more fitting for the atmosphere here.

09-17-09, 05:22 AM	#3
Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	Some of my personal favorites: Sergej Rachmaninoff - op.39 No.2 (The Sea and the Shearwaters ... err I mean Seagulls ): - op.34 No.14 (Vocalise): (there are dozens of versions of this piece - I recommend the version orchestrated by the master himself) - op.29 (Isle of the Dead): - Part 1: - Part 2: Everything pretty soothing, or rather melancholy. Enjoy.