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Just curious, are you vaccinated?

Yeah, why?

Yes, it's all a mandatory prerequisite for listening to classical music properly, if you skip it everybody will know.

Cucked to death

I did it and found it extremely valuable, even went and paid for a few of the guy's more in-depth courses on certain composers once I finished the one in the sticky. I'd suggest just listen to whatever you like and get into music appreciation later once you've decided classical music is something you're truly interested in.

Can I have a composer recommendation please.
I like:
- Chopin
- Shostakovich x 10
- Ravel
- Wagner
- Debussy

In other words I am no more than one or two steps beyond babbys first classical.

Thanks friends

youtu.be/zpMdr9nBJc0

Why are you so mean

youtu.be/zpMdr9nBJc0

Look up a youtube video on fugues then listen to some of the Well Tempered Clavier by Bach. Also the Goldberg Variations are simultaneously entry level and exit level, go down nice the first time and just get better and better the more you listen to them (all of Bach is like this but most of his stuff will be incomprehensible to a newbie). The Glenn Gould 50's recording of the Goldbergs is the best for a beginner and also is the most famous and easy to find recording.

I like a lot of composers, but Bach is the only one I truly love. Despite being as famous as he is, he is hard to wrap your mind around at first but once it clicks it becomes obvious that he is far and away the greatest composer who ever lived and its not even close.

>The Glenn Gould 50's recording of the Goldbergs is the best for a beginner and also is the most famous and easy to find recording.
rope. now.

Listen to Mozart.
youtube.com/watch?v=eF74h_WhLiI
You might also like Prokofiev.

Have you actually watched any Wagner operas yet or have you just listened to the preludes and overtures? He's probably the most challenging opera composer to understand, I started my journey into opera with Tristan and The Ring. I made it through all of them and enjoyed them, but then I tried some of the later verismo operas and liked them a lot more because theyre shorter and more immediately accessible.

Tosca by Puccini, Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, and Carmen by Bizet are all much gentler introductions to opera than Wagner, and they're all incredible in their own right.

Thank you, I'll look into it.

I'm well aware of mozart, but i'll look into Prokofiev

100% just preludes and overtures. Thank you for those recs though, I'll add those to the list

I like to think of it as the Goldberg sampler. Its fast as fuck with no repeats so you can easily finish it in one setting, just remember a few of your favorite variations then go back later and listen to a more thoughtful interpretation.

>Its fast as fuck with no repeats so you can easily finish it in one setting
take your ADHD medication

Look up a stage performance of the Tannhauser overture if you want a taste of combining music with visuals. Its an awesome piece of music on its own but mix in some half naked ballet dancers jumping around in Greco Roman fantasy sex land and it elevates it to a whole other level.

youtube.com/watch?v=tLNf7Bsp-w8

That sounds fantastic, I'll watch it when I finish my lectures for this week. Thank you