I like classical music but I don't know anything about it, what kind is good to listen to?

Question

I enjoy classical music along the lines of "River Flows through you by Yiruma First Love." What is similar to this?

What is good classical music?

Answer 1

You have good grammar.

But the "River Flows in You" by Yiruma, is pop.

Not classical. At all.

In fact, compared to "real" classical music it's rather sounds like elevator music. Just something to keep in mind...



Nocturne in C Minor, by Chopin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MzrAGZHDvo



Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata Mvmt 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg



Debussy's Arabesque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbaLOJv888A



Hope you like these, and:

Debussy- Light, happy, impressionist, airy

Chopin- Melancholy

Beethoven- "emotional", dark

Mozart- "Angelic"



So look into those, my friend who used to like that Yiruma stuff...she likes all this stuff now...Try it out...



*Edit*

When I said you have good grammar I wasn't being sarcastic...but okay. Most people who ask about Yiruma "Tlk lyk dis" or put a wall of words up that no one can read.

Answer 2

As everyone has told you River Flows Through You is not a classical piece.



Chopin, Debussy, Holst are all good composers.

If you're looking for more popular pieces, you can go to things such as 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky and William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini or even Flight of the Bumblebee by Beethoven.

If you are looking for exiting Symphony pieces any song from The Planets by Gustav Holst are good, my favorite would have to be Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity.

Answer 3

While River Flows Through You is a beautiful piece, it is not classical. Just Instrumental.

An instrumental song I love is called 'Adrianne' By Day of Fire. It is all on the acoustic guitar and it is beautiful.



If you want, actual classical music, refer to the other answers, personally I love Beethoven's Fur Elise, and Moonlight Sonata, and pretty much everything else he composed, except for his compositions for the voice, which I'm just not fond of.



Hope this helps!

Answer 4

What you mentioned is not classical music.



Look up:



Beethoven Symphony No.9

Beethoven Moonlight Sonata mvt: 1, 2, 3

Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F Major

Bach Double (Concerto for Two Violins in D minor)

Bach "Ich habe genug" (BWV 82a)

Bach - Concerto No.3 in D Major for harpsichord (BWV 1054)

Bach - Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor (BWV 1067)

Bach - Suite for Orchestra No.3 in D major (BWV 1068)

Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major

Mozart Symphony No.39 in E flat major (RV 543)

Bach, J.S - "Air" Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major (BWV 1068)

Bach, J.S - Partita No.3 Prelude (BWV 1006)



Cello Pieces:

Bach - Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor (BWV 1008) - Mov. 4/6

Elgar Cello Concerto 1st Movement, 2nd Movement, 3rd Movement, and 4th pt one & two

Shostakovitch Cello Concerto No.1



You may also want to search:

Joseph Sziget, Henry Szeryng

Tchaikovsky Symphonys.

Answer 5

"River flows...."is not classical.....i noe tat song is nice, i like it too.

for classical music, mayb u can listen 2 "rondo" of mozart ( im pretty sure u mite heard tiz b4, its quite a fast rythm),chopin,pachelbel, vivaldi.

i would also like 2 recommend u 2 listen 2 baroque music....its an older period than classical period. example like canon in D major, four seasons by vivaldi...i really love tis song....

if u like tat yiruma song, then i think u like song wich genre is romantic period. nowdays got many romantic song i tink u noe better den me.

Answer 6

I am sorry to inform you that the pieces you mentioned are NOT classical music, hence it will very though for you to find "equivalents" because they do not exist.



I will recommend Chopin piano pieces instead which are amazing and of no equal:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x93pwAvUkAA



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj3CHx3TDzw



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkHB3VgX-Ow