# Classical music: what's good and interesting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Music\ **Created:** [February 16, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337 "2021-02-16T21:52:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AndrewFlying](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/andrewflying/32/23595_2.png) [@AndrewFlying](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/AndrewFlying)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/44 "2024-04-16T06:14:05Z")
This always completely buckles me I’m not sure but I think Shane meadows has used this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kIfTEBAR_zE/maxresdefault.jpg "Divenire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIfTEBAR_zE) ---
**Author:** ![Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jesse3enne77/32/20719_2.png) [@Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Jesse3enne77)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/45 "2024-04-17T22:00:38Z")
Just amazing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tOjQ4j9bLvg/maxresdefault.jpg "Alexander Scriabin - The Poem of Ecstasy {Le Poème de l'extase}") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOjQ4j9bLvg) ---
**Author:** ![Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jesse3enne77/32/20719_2.png) [@Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Jesse3enne77)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/46 "2024-04-18T22:14:13Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mNJAbfIpUio/maxresdefault.jpg "Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Tashi 1975)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNJAbfIpUio) ---
**Author:** ![Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jesse3enne77/32/20719_2.png) [@Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Jesse3enne77)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/47 "2024-04-19T00:14:33Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WJ8RVjm49hE/hqdefault.jpg "Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 (Rubinstein)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ8RVjm49hE) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-QW34ZhbjT8/maxresdefault.jpg "Daphnis et Chloé, 3rd part - Charles Dutoit, Montréal Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QW34ZhbjT8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fofFII2raCw/maxresdefault.jpg "Symphony No.6 "Fantaisies Symphoniques" - Bohuslav Martinů") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fofFII2raCw) ---
**Author:** ![MorrieSE11](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/morriese11/32/193_2.png) [@MorrieSE11](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/MorrieSE11)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/48 "2024-06-12T21:18:07Z")
This short, bittersweet composition by William Grant Still was broadcast on Radio Three’s always interesting Breakfast show today. Thought it might form part of a nice late-evening soundtrack. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kKr2CDmu5ZU/maxresdefault.jpg "Song For The Lonely") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKr2CDmu5ZU) ---
**Author:** ![grohs](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/grohs/32/32805_2.png) [@grohs](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/grohs)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/49 "2024-06-13T09:15:24Z")
Gonna fire some Opera in here… the whole thing is great but this piece from Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ is just outstanding, one of my favourite pieces of music ever! Never fails to give me shivers in the build up and gets me proper glassy-eyed when it “drops” at around 3mins - incredibly powerful piece and pretty rare for an Opera to have a fairly long instrumental section in the middle. Ugh, so so good! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v4JrDpuI2go/maxresdefault.jpg "Billy Budd, Op. 50, Act 2, Scene 2: "I Accept Their Verdict" (Vere)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4JrDpuI2go) ---
**Author:** ![Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/jesse3enne77/32/20719_2.png) [@Jesse3enne77](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Jesse3enne77)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/50 "2026-08-07T23:44:57Z")
![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SpmYl5TKLjc/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/SpmYl5TKLjc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDSpmYl5TKLjc&start=24 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CD5IyUrlSAE/maxresdefault.jpg "Glenn Gould. Bach, The Goldberg Variations. The Complete Unreleased 1981 Studio Sessions.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD5IyUrlSAE) ---
**Author:** ![MorrieSE11](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/morriese11/32/193_2.png) [@MorrieSE11](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/MorrieSE11)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/51 "2026-08-31T19:23:33Z")
A couple of pieces here that are quite beautiful IMHO. Just listened to BBC R3 and they played Howard Skempton’s gorgeous “Lento”. Always think it’s worth 12 mins of anyone’s time: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BCGhH_N_Ovc/maxresdefault.jpg "Lento") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGhH_N_Ovc) And I think Herbert Henck’s rendition of Frederico Mampou’s music is so still and exquisite: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MXSMu0RgfC4/maxresdefault.jpg "Mompou: Música callada I: No. 1, Angelico") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXSMu0RgfC4) ---
**Author:** ![Ddiscof](https://forum.testpressing.org/user_avatar/forum.testpressing.org/ddiscof/32/16876_2.png) [@Ddiscof](https://forum.testpressing.org/u/Ddiscof)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337/52 "2026-09-01T17:57:30Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NN21v36ipOE/maxresdefault.jpg "Craig Armstrong | Weather Storm (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN21v36ipOE) Bit obvious but I’m loving this on a ‘now thats what I call classical chill album’ CD thing… Bollocks to the class thing, I’d play this out to the public, go home and do some welding or other such working class activity… Massive Attack [Previous page](https://forum.testpressing.org/t/classical-music-whats-good-and-interesting/1337.md?page=2)