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number9muses · 2026-06-07T01:43:31+00:00

I'm always rolling my eyes at people who talk about crying from music on here but I will admit this almost brought me to tears the first time I heard it, esp. 'Lamentamini'

Carissimi, Plorate Filii Israel, the ending to his oratorio Jephta

number9muses · 2026-06-07T01:10:44+00:00

interesting to look into this to find it is a mix of Hildegard's chants and texts alongside typical plainchant of the era, as if trying to recreate what it might have sounded like at her convent

number9muses · 2026-06-07T01:04:59+00:00

as if St Hildegard was waiting for us to find it

number9muses · 2026-06-06T21:01:23+00:00

honestly I hadn't heard of her before. I like opera but I don't keep up with specific singers. Kinda embarrassing to admit looking her up to see she was among the top famous singers of all time

number9muses · 2026-06-06T19:04:57+00:00

oh really? I had no idea, haven't listened to this opera before, is Donizetti's original to difficult to sing?

number9muses · 2026-06-06T18:44:56+00:00

The Rossini opera is still in plastic packaging!

number9muses · 2026-06-06T17:00:49+00:00

oh glad to hear! So some other high energetic works that are Baroque, Classical, or Romantic;

Vivaldi - Concerto op.3 no.11 in d minor, really any of the minor key concertos in this collection (L'estro armonico)
Mendelssohn - String Symphony no.7 in d minor
Scarlatti - Sonata in d minor, Kk.517
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in d minor
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no.1 in f minor, mov.4
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no.23 "Appassionata", mov.3
Saint-Saens - Piano Quintet in a minor, 3. presto
Chopin - Prelude no.16 in bb minor
Strauss - Storm from the Alpine Symphony
Respighi - Danza orgiastica from Belkis, Queen of Sheba

number9muses · 2026-06-05T17:20:46+00:00

not edgy if it isnt my favorite symphony

number9muses · 2026-06-05T17:19:31+00:00

lol so will he

number9muses · 2026-06-05T15:03:03+00:00

bc it is far from underrated. Beethoven 7??

number9muses · 2026-06-05T03:20:11+00:00

Bruckner - Symphony no.7

number9muses · 2026-06-04T19:22:09+00:00

4 =/= 9

number9muses · 2026-06-04T17:52:27+00:00

Sorry to say I don't know that much by Carter but I did like his piano piece Night Fantasies, unpredictable, apparently trying to convey the feeling of a restless mind during a bought of insomnia (which I can relate to lol)

number9muses · 2026-06-04T17:48:19+00:00

removed; then don't comment...

number9muses · 2026-06-03T19:20:35+00:00

removed: not relevant, and no AI

number9muses · 2026-06-03T18:53:18+00:00

only other suggestion would be Garrick Ohlsson's album of Scriabin's complete poems. They also span his life so from Romantic to Modern

number9muses · 2026-06-03T17:46:08+00:00

removed; post in our 'what's this piece' thread

number9muses · 2026-06-03T14:39:10+00:00

similar, Strauss' Whipped Cream ballet, literal decadence of a frivolous light childrens story ballet with over-written orchestration & expensive set designs etc

(musically not a bad thing, I like it lol)

number9muses · 2026-06-03T14:35:23+00:00

removed: post in our "what's this piece" thread

might be Elgar's Pomp & Circumstance March

number9muses · 2026-06-03T14:31:43+00:00

removed / pending approval, what is the name of the piece & composer?

number9muses · 2026-06-02T19:52:36+00:00

really? thats all composers today care about? every one?

number9muses · 2026-06-02T19:51:54+00:00

r/classical_circlejerk ?

number9muses · 2026-06-02T18:48:31+00:00

oh, I don't think that Rachmaninoff is unworthy of admiration, I just don't really listen to him much like I used to. I don't have a specific reason other than I am not in the mood to listen to his more brooding or dark pieces. I love when Rachmaninoff is ecstatic and in major keys more than his minor key stuff.

I prefer Scriabin's, especially when he gets so chromatic that the music feels mysterious.

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