response 25 of 67:

Apr 24 22:38 UTC 1994

well, here i am in another classical item.  damn.

Jaks' Bombpop is incredible, you have to dance whenever you hear it and
it makes you fall over when youre done.  all jacks make you feel this way live

when my band Labotomy plays this song called potat' gun it it really 
eerie, like phydosis-wiko-weird ness.  come see us live and feel what i mean

this song by a old blues-punk colaberation called "stop this World" , bu
the band monkeywrench is incredible, it makes me almost cry, it makes
me realize my life, my problems, everything

if nyone is in the least bit interisted in my opinion just say so and i''ll
go on....

response 27 of 67:

May 4 23:40 UTC 1994

Great Gate at Kiev, and the promenade after the Old Castle are my
favorites from Mussorgsky.  The Alleluiah section of Symphony of Psalms
has a kind of mind-blowing peace to it.  Good King Crimson makes you
wonder how such complex music is possible, but my top pick is
side 2 of Giles Reaves tape "Sea of glass".  Submerged is calm, meditative,
and Suspended...on a sea of glass is like nothing you've ever
heard.

response 29 of 67:

Nov 22 00:35 UTC 1994

Really.  I agree with buk.  While classical music is good, all types of music 
can move a person emotionally.  The first piece that moved me that wa "Exit",
by U2.  So much emotion....

response 31 of 67:

Nov 22 14:16 UTC 1994

The item topic was classical music that makes you say
"Oh my God," not any music that moves you emotionally.
I welcome the drift, however, because it's a good
subject.

response 33 of 67:

Nov 22 16:24 UTC 1994

Probably it means, if you have to have it explained, you've never experienced
it.

response 35 of 67:

Nov 23 03:38 UTC 1994

If anybody has heard of the Broadway play "Chess",
The chess instrumental is a beautiful peice that will
have you laying on the floor stunned. Pick up the
Studio version, Not the Broadway Cast Version. It's
worth it.

response 37 of 67:

Feb 12 20:54 UTC 1995

Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is just absolutely amazing and emotional. 
Turn off the lights and let your mind go when you listen to this one!.

response 39 of 67:

Feb 13 22:07 UTC 1995

Frank Zappa's "G-Spot Tornado" of _The Yellow Shark_
Beethoven's 9th, all 72 minutes of it

response 41 of 67:

Feb 15 03:29 UTC 1995

        John Oswald Spectre on the Kronos Cd Short Stories.  This piece builds
slowly until at the *climax* of the piece there are 4000 overdubs layered
together, it's lush and scary, and more noisy than Sonic Youth :-).
        It's also worthwhile to check out the Febuary article on Oswald in
Wired to get some background on his composition method which he calls
pluderphonics.

response 43 of 67:

May 22 07:35 UTC 1995

I'm especially fond of Respighi's treatment of Gregorian Chants in the
second movement of Church Windows. Be sure to listen with the volume way up.

response 45 of 67:

Sep 14 12:32 UTC 1995

Bela Bartok!

response 47 of 67:

Sep 19 07:31 UTC 1995

For an interesting variation, Sarah, listen to Saint-Saens's
"Carnival of the Animals". It's a piece for piano and orchestra.
It has a lot of interesting movements, but one is a variant of his
theme from Danse Macabre. It's different but you'll recognize it
right away.  (xylophones)

My favorite movement is the 'cello (swan).

Khatchaturian's Sabre Dance is a ballet from the opera "Gayne"
(pronounced "guy-nuh") btw.

Recommended classics related to your favorites above include:
Rimsky-Korsakov "Russian Easter Overture"
Moussorgsky "Night on Bald Mountain"

If you really like violin and S-S, check out his
"Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso"

response 49 of 67:

Sep 20 02:52 UTC 1995

Thanks, Steve.  (It's weird not calling you Mr. Weiss).  I play the piano,
so I always gobble up any music that features it.  =)  I'll definately try
those pieces out. 
<birdy checks at the library for the cd's>