[!--QuoteBegin-SinisterMinisterX+May 10 2005, 03:05 AM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(SinisterMinisterX @ May 10 2005, 03:05 AM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]I also listen to a lot of "classical" music. Why do I put "classical" in "quotes"? Because what most people call "classical" music is actually divisible into several distinct styles...
Baroque (leading exponents: J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Handel) ... not really my favorite, but good for relaxation.
Classical (leading exponents: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven) ... Great stuff. Beethoven is my favorite composer. You haven't heard real music until you've seen a live performance of his 3rd Symphony.
Romatic (leading exponents: Brahms, Wagner, Chopin, Schumann, many more) ... half of it is superb, half crap. I particularly dig Wagner and Mendelssohn.
20th-Century Orchestral (leading exponents: Stravinsky, Bartok) ... interesting, but a bit weird. Takes real concentration to enjoy. Schoenberg's "Transfigured Night" is my favorite from this period. To give you an idea how disturbing some of it is: Bartok's music was used as incidental music in some early Friday the 13th movies.
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You mentioned Mozart, have you heard Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, Third movement? [!--emo&
--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/smile.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'smile.gif\' /][!--endemo--] also used as soundtrack for Truman Show, really brilliant piano/keyboard work, the composition that got me into classical music.