OT: baroque composers

[nan linds]

Wondering who are your favorite Baroque composers. I enjoy Bach, Handel and Vilvaldi.

 

[D J B]

Wondering who are your favorite Baroque composers. I enjoy Bach, Handel and Vilvaldi.

You might want to make this an off topic discussion.

 

[bramos]

1. no need to fix it if it ain't baroque.
2. so baroque, I can't pay attention.

 

[Sonny44]

Buddy Holly, Elvis and and Hank Williams?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Gotta love Vivaldi. I've enjoyed some of the not quite as well known composers from that era like Albinoni and Corelli. Those Italian dudes seemed to know what they were doing.

 

[hard2please]

most composers are baroque

 

[JordyG]

After those big three, Telemann, Monteverdi, and LeClaire. Some Spohr. Listening to some Galilei can be eye opening and jarring though.

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[D J B]

most composers are baroque

Well played.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

I vote for Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland's unofficial national composer. The blind Irish harpist travelled the country composing and performing during the Baroque period.

Turlough O'Carolan: The Irish Vivaldi | Irish America

In 1691, a poor, blind, twenty-one year old son of a blacksmith and his guide set out on a journey from a backwater estate, Alderford, near the town of Balyfarnon, County Roscommon, hoping to make a living as an itinerant harper. He seemed an unlikely figure to leave a lasting stamp on Ireland’s...

www.irishamerica.com

"Born in 1670 on a farm in Nobber, County Meath, at a time when Ireland was still suffering the reverberations of Oliver Cromwell’s “To Hell or Connaught” land confiscations, the family moved, first to Carrig-on-Shannon in County Leitrim, and then, in 1684, to Ballyfarnon, a village in what is now Northern Roscommon. His father, Hugh, found employment on the estate of the McDermott Roes, a leading Irish family of the old Gaelic order who, despite being Catholic, had managed to retain substantial landholding...At 18, O’Carolan was stricken with smallpox and nearly died. He survived, but the disease left him permanently blind."

O'Carolan's Concerto

 

[Hoops66]

Of course, Vivaldi (the Red Priest) but I do like Pachelbel, Canon.

Beautiful nature scenes included.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Beautiful nature scenes included

:43 South Falls at Silver Falls State Park, OR
1:12 Merced River and Half Dome, Yosemite NP, CA
3:06 Tipsoo Lake near Chinook Pass, Mt. Rainier NP, WA

Do I win anything?

 

[f1f1ferrari]

Of course, Vivaldi (the Red Priest) but I do like Pachelbel, Canon.

Beautiful nature scenes included.

That's a decent version. Too often the arrangement is too slow.

 

[JordyG]

That's a decent version. Too often the arrangement is too slow.

That's true of a lot of orchestras that play Baroque music. Which was why in the early 70's when certain orchestras started playing this music on original instruments and played the pieces at quicker paces it was so revelatory. Though slow tempi aren't limited to conductors of Baroque music only.

 

[Aluminny69]

Where is the sympathy for broke music composers?


Oh, Baroque. Nevermind. (Apologies to Emily Littella)

 

[Aluminny69]

 

[CL82]

I think that we all will go with the "usual suspects" Back, Vivaldi, Handel, Scarlatti, and maybe Wiess.

Here is a decent sampler....

 

[CL82]

Oh and OP probably was going to cave in and go with a popular music topic but then he decide to just go for Baroque.

 

[f1f1ferrari]

It's starting to sound like a baroquen record.....


(Sorry, I couldn't resist)

 

[Hoops66]

:43 South Falls at Silver Falls State Park, OR
1:12 Merced River and Half Dome, Yosemite NP, CA
3:06 Tipsoo Lake near Chinook Pass, Mt. Rainier NP, WA

Do I win anything?

Instant admiration.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Bach. And more Bach. On the Organ. With a bit of Handel.

I don't often get to listen to music but do have a number of CD's (including a full set of Bach's Organ Works.

I like Baroque music in general but have never branched out because there is a lot of Bach - and a lot of non-Baroque organ music, which I like as well.

 

[Sifaka]

 

[CTrefugee]

Wondering who are your favorite Baroque composers. I enjoy Bach, Handel and Vilvaldi.

Bach, because you can can never completely comprehend his genius. Your enjoyment never ceases to grow. His music gets deeper and more awe inspiring as you explore it and learn more about it.
For example, when Bach is first encountered, most listeners do not like his passion music. Eventually, many (most?) come to regard it as his best work. (It reminds me of how much I disliked my first taste of scotch whiskey and what happened after I started to savor it.)

 

[Zorro]

Albinoni.

 

[Plebe]

This piece, by Tomaso Albinoni, is one of my all-time favorites.

Usually known as Adagio in G Minor (Adagio in Sol minore)

 

[Boreifs]

Bach, because you can can never completely comprehend his genius. Your enjoyment never ceases to grow. His music gets deeper and more awe inspiring as you explore it and learn more about it.
For example, when Bach is first encountered, most listeners do not like his passion music. Eventually, many (most?) come to regard it as his best work. (It reminds me of how much I disliked my first taste of scotch whiskey and what happened after I started to savor it.)

The timeline to Bach is fascinating. It starts with Gabrieli and the “concertato” style, moves on to Schutz (Gabrieli was his teacher), on to Buxtehude (influenced greatly by Schutz) and on to Bach, who famously walked 100 miles to hear Buxtehude’s unpublished sacred music. Any real Bach lover should tread that path. Fortunately, plenty of recordings are available (I have too many!)