Red pill me on classical/Western art music.
I've tried over and over again to get into the greats, but the only thing I ever end up being able to tolerate are Chopin's nocturnes. Each movement just seems so long and overwrought, I get bored with it before the punchline arrives.
I find it makes very good music to listen to while doing something else like browsing here or doing work or what have you
Maybe this is the pleb way to listen but I find it nice
>>63285576
You've probably heard it, but this is pretty good. John Williams took A L O T of "inspiration" from Holst https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs
>>63285898
/mu/ what is your favorite planet?
[spoiler]mine is jupiter[/spoiler]
>>63286386
Jupiter's my no.2, but the drums around 4:25(Mars) make my dick diamonds.
>>63285576
>I've tried over and over again to get into the greats
If you really have tried so hard to get into it before, I'm not sure what you want /mu/ to do. Especially if you've heard all the greats.
What do you think about the following pieces:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2j4QPjXK6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMrO_ELOdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Tc0DXcFQ
>>63286586
I haven't delved that far because I just didn't really connect with anything very easily. I figured maybe there's something I'm missing. I have to admit that I do feel somewhat inferior for being unable to "get" art music. I enjoy jazz and a fairly broad range of popular music. I'm not exactly Mensa level, but I'm not stupid either. It seems like I should enjoy it, but for some reason I just don't.
Sir Anthony Hopkins "And the Waltz Goes On"
https://youtu.be/h8QmV8wxEeE
Rachmaninov op.2
https://youtu.be/M_VCbnqbwwA
>>63285576
I just recently found a taste for classical, this is really what did it. I know it's a video game OST, but some really awesome pieces used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr6Ma3H1NXo
Listen to Mozart.
>>63286872
>What do you think about the following pieces:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2j4QPjXK6w
This one was pretty good, I liked the first and last 90 seconds the best
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMrO_ELOdo
This I liked very much, it's almost like an extended jazz piano solo
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_Tc0DXcFQ
I haven't quite finished this one yet. I don't hate it, but I did bore of it after the first 6 mins or so.
>>63286954
>Sir Anthony Hopkins "And the Waltz Goes On"
https://youtu.be/h8QmV8wxEeE
This wasn't bad, I like the tempo of waltzes in general
>Rachmaninov op.2
https://youtu.be/M_VCbnqbwwA
I liked the piano part, but not so much the strings.
>>63287374
>I did bore of it after the first 6 mins or so
>>63285576
>long and overwrought, I get bored with it
>wanting a "punchline"
Sounds like you just have a short attention span. Which means most classical will be boring to you. Maybe listen to some preludes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry5L3_0XVuk
>>63287577
You know, that might be part of it, but at the same time, I don't have a problem listening to, say, Two Sails on a Sound or Alvin Row by Animal Collective, or Breaking Into Heaven by The Stone Roses, or Trucker's Atlas by Modest Mouse, or Freddie Freeloader by Miles Davis, and those all top out over 10 minutes in length. I think part of it is that if a pattern/motif doesn't make itself evident right away I lose interest, and a lot of classical/art pieces take a little longer to develop.
>>63287723
You can have 20 minute long pieces that don't require much attention to appreciate.
The density and complexity of ideas is usually much higher in art music and if you aren't paying attention it can easily fade into the background and you'll just not process anything in a meaningful way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFPjFjUonX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq8SKwi-ycE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTTPOEvZiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6osJBtQRjoY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfOJCKN148M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt7ps6cx2KE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2E058Ep99Y
If you're fine with more "outside" music I recommend checking these out. They are lively and famous for their unexpected changes and explosive dynamics. It's sure to keep anyone engaged.
If you're not OK with dissonant classical listen to these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmMyAOohQ1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGr7iq1YN_Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZZkxLY9uqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfGDqXEFkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs9lRO9WT8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyohchiZbuE
>>63287887
I'll definitely check these out, I'm about 7 minutes into the first Stravinsky one and I like it a lot. Honestly the first piece of art music that's really pulled me in the same way as popular music. I do enjoy dissonance and dynamics in other genres, so maybe that's what I'm looking for.
>all these fucking shit recs
holy hell /mu/, you have horrible taste in /classical/
>>63288307
shut the fuck up
nobody asked for your opinion
>>63288338
hey
eat a dick ;^)
>>63285576
If you don't play classical music, read classical music, or know any other fundemental rudiment of classical it will limit your enjoyment.
Learn piano and then listen to Liszt's transcendental etudes. That will give you a pretty god damn incredible respect for /classical/.
There are literally dozens if not hundreds of instrumental classical pieces that are far harder than any other genre's competitor. No guitar solo sheds light on trying to play through Paganini's caprices. etc.
>>63288307
Coming from you that isn't much of an insult.
>>63285576
>I get bored
classical just isn't for you. move on. go back to your popular music.
