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Poll Question: How much classical music do you listen to?
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3 [5.66%]
1 [1.89%]
7 [13.21%]
0 [0.00%]
41 [77.36%]
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    Posted: December 04 2005 at 11:46
Just interested to find out how many prog fans are also into classical, and by how much. I reckon prog & classical go together quite well, and I know there are a lot of classical fans here already. I'm somewhere between 5 & 6 in this poll!

What's your favourite classical piece, or do you think classical "sucks"? (If so, don't think of visiting me!)
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I'm into both... but Ravel's 'Bolero' sucks!
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I love both.I was raised around classical music.It was all my Mom listened to and she also played and taught classical piano.


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Classical music is very good
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Holst's Planet Suite is one of my favorite classical composition. That being said, I truly enjoy pretty much all classical, although i am not too much of a fan of the Baroque era.  I was heavily into classical music before I was into or knew anything about prog.
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I love Classical almost as much as I love Prog!

Although not a fan of modern avant-garde type composers nor a lover of opera I own over 300 classical CDs.

Personal favourites contain no surprises, but I love:

Prokoviev,Mahler,Schostakovich,Mozart,Bruckner,Wagner and Beethoven.

My favourite pieces are Rodrogo's Concierto De Aranjuez and Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No2,especially the beautiful andante and Wagner's Siegfried.

 
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I recommend the "Brazilian Bachians" (Bachianas Brasileiras) by Villa-Lobos as recorded by soprano Bidu Sayão in 1938 (it's not an opera). This record was the first to receive a pure gold register and then interred in NYC undergrounds at the 1939 World Fair to be a testimony for future generations.
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I love both!
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I love both.
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So either the vast majority of Prog lovers are also huge classical freaks, or the ones that aren't into classical aren't bothering to vote!

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Pretty much anything....but my favourite classical composers are in the mainstream, that's JS Bach and Mozart, also Debussy and Chopin. Oh, and Schubert could crank out a good tune. Not forgetting Stravinsky, Bartok, Rachmaninov and Beethoven, though sometimes Beethoven gets a bit heavy. Mahler though was not really my thing, nor the  C20 & C21 "classical" composers, a little too avant-garde for me.

Like you Tony I'm really not big on opera. I realise there is a technical skill in singing in such an affected way but it usually brings tears to my eyes when the fat lady sings, that coupled with the ham acting for me is almost as bad as having to endure country and western.

If I had to pick Desert Island discs, among the prog and some jazz would be Bach's Brandeburg Concerto's, Mozarts' final piano concerto K595 (played by Brendel), and probably a set of Debussy's Preludes.
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I can only take classical in small doses. I love ELP adaptations, though.
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Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights, from Romeo and Juliet (also a very good version with EL&P).
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No surprises here -

Mahler, Mozart, Wagner, Elgar, Dvorak... (cliched, I know, but as a poet once said, "I know what I like")

Current favorites, Mahler's 8th Symphony, Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring (and yes, I did get into Stravinsky via Yes ), Dvorak's cello concerto, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and the majesty that is Wagner's Ring Cycle (conducted by Solti, of course!)

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Me likey it all.
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I love all avant-garde, barogue, modern and classical. Prog got me into it.

Holst's planets is the best though!
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I do like some classical (Stravinsky and The Planets) but I need vocals in my music (and please don't point me in the direction of opera ).
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I like both.

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends...
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I believe you can't really understand early Prog' especially Symphonic if you don't like Classical music.

Love both.

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