In Reply to: Re: Good Classical Music posted by Daverz on April 21, 2007 at 23:53:00:
...but for pure emotion Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" is THE one. Gorecki's tribute to those imprisoned in the German concentration camps. Get the one with Dawn Upshaw.It may not be the greatest work ever written, and perhaps it just caught me at the right time, but I've never been moved more by a piece of music.
Neil
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- Maybe it's just me - Neil E. 07:59:52 04/22/07 (14)
- Oddly enough - Feanor 18:51:37 04/22/07 (0)
- I REALLY like that piece, but I've never heard anyone be SO... - SE 10:55:54 04/22/07 (12)
- "true passion instead of some over-intellectualized pseudo-superiority rant -- is very refreshing." - jdaniel 11:13:00 04/22/07 (11)
- True, true...I said it was "refreshing", not necessarily the ONLY way... - SE 13:48:23 04/22/07 (10)
- GREAT song - qazaq 16:44:06 04/22/07 (9)
- Re: GREAT song - jdaniel 16:54:44 04/22/07 (8)
- Re: GREAT song - qazaq 17:14:52 04/22/07 (7)
- classical music pieces are not usually called "songs" - docw 15:44:23 04/23/07 (6)
- Re: classical music pieces are not usually called "songs" - qazaq 18:37:25 04/23/07 (5)
- there are some real good compilations on LP - docw 07:20:13 04/24/07 (4)
- A bunch of compilations might be just what I need... - qazaq 18:50:15 04/24/07 (3)
- I am not familiar with this music (contemporary) but many here are... - docw 10:10:36 04/25/07 (2)
- Re: I am not familiar with this music (contemporary) but many here are... - qazaq 16:02:11 04/25/07 (1)
- classical trumpet is a bit...dry - qazaq 16:55:57 04/25/07 (0)