posted November 21, 2003 09:37 AM         

A site I go to nearly everyday for music is:
www.bbc.co.uk

There are live concerts everyday.

Artists that I would like to know more about are:

Gustav Mahler
Frederic Chopin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Stravinsky
Prokofiev

Suggestions are always most welcome!

Love,

posted November 21, 2003 10:04 AM           

One of my local NPR stations - 90.9 WETA - has a "listen live" feature & plays classical music for the bulk of their programming day.
http://www.weta.org/fm/ <--the site
http://www.weta.org/fm/whatson/ <--the schedule
http://www.weta.org/fm/whatson/playlist.php <--the daily classical playlist

I wish I could tell you more about those you've listed, but I'm more into Beethoven and Rachmaninov (typical Fish, eh?).

posted November 21, 2003 10:26 AM         

I love everyone on your list Aphrodite. Except maybe Stravinsky. Love "The Firebird" but much more for the ballet and story than for the music. I've tried to get through "Rite of Spring" about 100 times and just can't seem to do it. Igor takes a sophisticated ear. I applaud you.

I wish I could point the way to an informative website. But I'll eagerly await with you a response from someone else.

posted November 21, 2003 11:20 AM           

It's one of those that I really should have as I've seen it way too many times - the whole final "Ode to Joy" scene is remarkable.

posted November 21, 2003 02:13 PM         

I am listening to WETA, per Corri's recommendation. Tchaichovsky's Winter Dream is on right now.

posted November 21, 2003 10:06 PM         

If anyone is in need of recommendations, try the Cello Concerto No. 1 by Dmitri Shostakovich, or the Concerto Grosso No. 12, opus 6, by Handel. Both are excellent in their own ways. I got to know both from the inside out while playing them.

posted November 22, 2003 07:44 PM         

Aphrodite - Ah, Tchaikovsky. Every winter, like clockwork, I dig out my old copy of "The Nutcracker" and surround myself with "The Waltz of the Snowflakes". Now some might say "The Nutcraker" is overdone and bit cheesy but I still think its got a little magic in it. Read once that Tchaikovsky wrote it while trapped in a cabin during a blizzard outside of St. Petersburg. I believe it. You can just HEAR the snow falling. Both the strength of the storm and the delicacy of the tiny snowflakes. Magic

posted November 25, 2003 09:36 AM         

All this talk of "Immortal Beloved" inspired me to watch it again over the weekend. Cool film, Gary Oldman has been a fave of mine since "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."

One of my CDs of Beethoven's 9th was recorded on original instruments of that time period...I'll have to find it at home later and let you know what it is.

posted November 25, 2003 01:20 PM         

i have that site bookmarked and learned a good deal about categorization

thanks corri, i'll check out the site.

hi trillian,

i have dial up service at home too. i am able to listen to streaming while i am at work through T1 lines. i think one of mahler's symphonies is touted as beethoven's 10th. i forget which, though i think it's his 9th. *sighs* i heard beethoven's 5th in concert. va bene, albeit a bit jazzy to suit the conductor's taste. lol.

what is the story behind 9th symphonies? is it because artists (usually) die after they write them?

posted November 25, 2003 03:54 PM         

Check out the New Grove site. (http://www.grovemusic.com/index.html?authstatuscode=200) Its the definitive resource for almost anything music related.

A funny story about 9th symphonies... Mahler was so superstitious that he avoided writing his ninth symphony. He was convinced he would die if he wrote it. He eventually wrote his ninith and started a 10th but died before it was finished. Hmmmm

As far as recommedations I can provide you with some if you'll tell me what you like best, ie. chamber music, symphony, solo pieces etc.

Peace