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[OFF TOPIC] Music Thread


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2 minutes ago, Wumo said:

All this discussion about "Carmen" has made me think. What are your favourite piece/s of classical music? 

I have a long list of pieces of classical music I love. I will probably make a top 12 or maybe a top 20 one day. But as it is almost New Year's Eve here in Denmark, why not end the year with a piece of music many people here in Denmark associate with New Year.

 

Brings back some good memories from Watchmen :d

 

Some of my personal favorites are:

Rhapsody In Blue

O Fortuna

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Ride of the Valkyries

Flight of the Bumblebee

Habenera

Moonlight Sonata

Bolero (I practice every single public speech I do to this song) (pro tip :p)
The Flower Duet

Waltz of the Flowers

Swan Lake

Clair De Lune

Lacrimosa

Beethoven’s 5th

Dance of the Knights (One of my favorite songs of all-time. It’s generally associated with the October Revolution and USSR in US popular culture)

 

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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7 minutes ago, dcro said:

My favorite is George Gershwin (surprise, surprise... :whistle:). If you can count him under classical classical music though.

 

I am guessing that we're going by the widest definition of classical music :p

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Well. Another piece of music for the New Year. For me the poem Ring out, Wild Bells, is a major part of the New Year celebration.

For my family the last thing before the bells ring is watching the New Year celebrations from Skansen in Stockholm, which ends with a Swedish translation of the poem (usually timed to perfection).

I haven't watched it live the last years, but the poem is still magnificent and for me, this is the best musical rendition (though there are some great, more classical choral renditions as well):

 

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favourite Music 2019

[ESC-style]

 

:BUL  :CAN  :FIN  :GER  :GBR  :ITA  2019 :JPN  :PAK  :SVK  :SUI  :UGA  :USA

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#12

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ℙ??????                                          :SVK

Na každého príde!

 

 

 

#11

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ???????                                         :SUI

The Adventure

 

 

 

#10

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ℝ???? ?????                               :UGA

Wan Acel

 

 

 

#9

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ℍ?????????                                   :FIN

100

 

 

 

#8

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ?????? ??, ℕ???? ????             :PAK

Addi Maar

 

 

 

#7

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ???? & ℝ??? ???????????        :BUL

Tigre

 

 

 

#6

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ?????????                                      :GBR

War's Coming To Our Shores

 

 

 

#5

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ????? ????? ℂ????                       :JPN

Earth (ft. Kotori Koiwai)

 

 

 

#4

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ??? ????????????                      :CAN

Pique La Baleine

 

 

 

#3

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ?? ℚ?????????? & ??                    :GER

Zulu

 

 

 

#2

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ??? ℝ???????                                 :USA

Candidate

 

 

 

#1

 

Spoiler

 

  ▶ ???? ?'???????? & ???? ℕ????   :ITA

Mistake

 

 

 

 

@Wumo

Here it is. It was quite a challenge but I managed to find some obscure and interesting titles, shaping up to be an unusual list. As it usually goes for me. Really glad about certain discoveries. :d

 

Quite a few new entries too: Bulgaria, Finland, Japan, Pakistan and Uganda!

 

Spoiler

Also, #11 is a joint Swiss/Italian band but for the sake of the list I consider them Swiss since Italy is placed higher.

 

 

Statistics
 

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Artists with more than 1 appearance

 

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Titles with more than 1 appearance

 

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Total points after 6 years

 

1. Great Britain :GBR GBR - 58 Points

2. United States :USA USA - 57 Points

3. Italy :ITA ITA - 48 Points

4. France :FRA FRA - 28 Points

4. Sweden :SWE SWE - 28 Points

6. Germany :GER GER - 27 Points

7. Poland :POL POL - 18 Points

8. Canada :CAN CAN  - 15 Points

8. India :IND IND - 15 Points

10. Iceland :ISL ISL - 13 Points

10. Ireland :IRL IRL - 13 Points

 

 

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2019 Top 12 Alternates
 

Spoiler

 

:GBR Pythia - Ancient Soul

 

 

:ITA Gigi D'Agostino - Joyful

 

 

:PAK Ali Zafar feat. Urooj Fatima - Laila O Laila

 

 

 

2019 Honorable Mentions (below cut)

 

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:CHN Avar - Resonance

 

 

:CZE Porta Inferi - Phoenix

 

 

:MGL The HU - The Gereg

 

 

:EST Tred.Attack! - Lell'o (ARVØ Remix)

 

 

 

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According to the tradition Polish Music TV Channel Stars.tv finished the year with "The Final Countdown" by Europe and started a new one with a "Happy New Year" by ABBA (yeah, another ABBA divorce song used in totally different context after very well known in sports "The Winner Takes It All"). Now it's TOP 100 Euro Disco Hits. Seems to be going until morning. So many of Modern Talking, C.C. Catch, Sandra, Savage, Bad Boys Blue and so on... And then 11:15 transition to Wiener Philharmoniker Neujahrskonzert...

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Bombay Bicycle Club with the first decent release of the year (Okay, Youtube got it just before New Year, but the official release was jan 1st).

Good to see them back.

 

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Just found this gem thanks to “The Two Popes”. What a beautiful song, and I like this version where it’s been mixed with “Walls”, the main score from “The Two Popes”:

 

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