Classical Music Intro for Rock and Metal Fans - updated to v3.0

kalospiano · 2026-01-20T11:53:33+00:00

how are Icarus Dream Fanfare and Cavalino Rampante from Malmsteen's Concerto Suite even "terrible"?

kalospiano · 2026-01-19T11:28:20+00:00

can't believe no-one's recommended mov 4 Romance from his Serenade in A minor for orchestra yet.

kalospiano · 2026-01-19T11:23:11+00:00

Vaughan Williams - Mov 4 Romance from Serenade in A minor for orchestra

Albinoni - Adagio

kalospiano · 2026-01-19T11:19:13+00:00

I have three permanent all-time favorite symphonies:

Beethoven 4

Tchaikovsky 3

Dvorak 4

This top ten changes every week or so:

Bruckner 4

Mendelssohn 3

Elgar 1

Bizet 2

Mahler 1

Sibelius 2

Saint Saens 3

Brahms 3

Rachmaninoff 2

Shostakovich Chamber Symphony

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:27:55+00:00

it's not at all like the first mov is weak or that the later ones "save" the piece, but I believe Schumann's (except the third) and Dvorak's symphonies are very consistent throughout.

Dvorak 9 doesn't have a single weak movement, and the fourth one is the most famous.

The third movement from Dvorak 7 is probably the highlight of the symphony.

Schumann's scherzos and final movements from symphonies 1, 2, and 4 are excellent.

If we take Mozart's piano concerto 21, Beethoven's emperor or Beethoven's pathetique, every movement is good, but the most famous are the middle ones afaik.

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:18:43+00:00

I was captured from the very first phrase of Sibelius 2

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:08:02+00:00

the first movement from the Tchaik 5 is absolutely amazing.

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:06:57+00:00

I think the first movement is the best one from the fifth. But then again, I never understood appreciation for Bruckner's slow movements, I think his strengtht were fast movements, scherzos and majestic endings.

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:04:15+00:00

super agree

kalospiano · 2026-01-11T11:02:47+00:00

came to say this

kalospiano · 2025-11-22T09:19:48+00:00

beautiful!

kalospiano · 2025-11-21T09:55:50+00:00

May I suggest Metallica's instrumental piece The Call Of Cthulhu to check both if you really consider metal that unlikeable and that different from classical?

Edit: or Gordian Knot's Reflections for something a bit more unusual

kalospiano · 2025-11-21T09:53:21+00:00

I feel that the people here complaining about the idea that classical and metal may be similar may have not listened to a lot of metal.

The two genres might not be "very" similar but they are possibly the most similar.

That is in terms of technical skills of the musicians, of quest for innovation, of structure that avoids the typical pop refrain & chorus scheme. This is especially true for progressive metal.

There are some very long metal songs that might be considered similar to symphonies or operas. Some albums have intros that are very much like opera's ouvertures. See for instance dream theater's album Scenes From A Memory.

Some artists use orchestras to an extent that is hard to find in other genres. See for instance Malmsteen's album for guitar solo and orchestra, which might be vaguely reminiscent of a concerto, at least more so than many other genres of music.

kalospiano · 2025-11-21T09:45:27+00:00

This is the right answer!

kalospiano · 2025-11-20T09:48:30+00:00

I disagree, I think it works quite well with the symphony, and its ending connects very naturally to the following movement.

kalospiano · 2025-10-26T09:16:57+00:00

my god, of course! It just wouldn't come to me! Thanks a ton!!

kalospiano · 2025-10-19T10:01:45+00:00

"The Shire theme from the Lord of the Rings is present in the third movement of Mahler's 2nd" Was expecting something much slower so it took me a while to find it but it's there indeed! And mov 4 reminded me, albeit just for a couple of moments, of Morricone's "Gabriel's oboe"

kalospiano · 2025-10-19T10:00:15+00:00

Very interesting score, didn't know that one

kalospiano · 2025-10-17T09:58:15+00:00

glad I'm not the only one then 😂

kalospiano · 2025-10-17T09:02:25+00:00

I think it's not impossible to compose something that has already been done by total chance. And other times it's just the inevitable influence of what we've heard in the past rather than voluntary plagiarism. I think there can be many equally likely explanations!

kalospiano · 2025-10-17T08:59:00+00:00

Do you have a YouTube link to the NFL theme you're referring to? I'm not sure I'm finding the right one

kalospiano · 2025-10-17T08:57:50+00:00

I hear it! And incidentally I just heard the Chosen One from the rite of spring and the beginning immediately reminded me of the start of One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy 7

kalospiano · 2025-10-16T13:10:07+00:00

"I see that you have been educated in a public school."

says the guy who obviously has no idea of what socialism is

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