tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post2018878820249584239..comments2024-01-23T17:14:04.067-05:00Comments on Jaltcoh: What are the scariest pieces of classical music?John Althouse Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11703450281424023177noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-3997530615191897282014-12-12T07:55:52.513-05:002014-12-12T07:55:52.513-05:00Elgar's Cello Concerto
Bruch's Shelomo
Blo...Elgar's Cello Concerto<br />Bruch's Shelomo<br />Blochs's Kol NidreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-75083784702010230912008-11-01T19:43:00.000-04:002008-11-01T19:43:00.000-04:00While my wife was going through her long, drawn-ou...While my wife was going through her long, drawn-out dying-of-MS process, she became increasingly aphasic. I usually left the radio on when I was off working so she'd have company. One time I came back into the room and found her giggling. Charles River Syndicate tried to play Schubert's <I>Unfinished</I> but a technical casualty prevented them from getting through the performance. Her weakened intellect could still see the irony. I mention this because anyone not vaguely disturbed by the quavering strings at the opening lack's imagination.<BR/><BR/>D-minor Tocatta & Fugue: Are readers more empathic to Bach's big pipe organ original, or Stokowski's <I>Fantasia</I> orchestration? I feel strongly both ways.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Cohen stepped outside the classical realm, so having already introduced big pipe organs I'll mention the first few bars of the Weber's Overture from <I>Phantom of the Opera</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-33528699344346615882008-11-01T18:24:00.000-04:002008-11-01T18:24:00.000-04:00One of the Nazi extermination camps had a prisoner...One of the Nazi extermination camps had a prisoner band which was forced to greet new prisoners with a thing called the "Death Tango." I never have heard it and I hope I never do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-45831874580030244802008-11-01T04:03:00.000-04:002008-11-01T04:03:00.000-04:00Stravinsky - The rite of spring Sacrificial Danceh...Stravinsky - The rite of spring Sacrificial Dance<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSyoi0EGYBw<BR/><BR/>Great for imagining monstersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-1392705016504484442008-11-01T02:23:00.000-04:002008-11-01T02:23:00.000-04:00When I was in high school, I put on Schoenberg's P...When I was in high school, I put on Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire on a loop and blasted it over a boombox for trick-or-treaters. I didn't get a lot of people willing to come to the door that evening, but I'm not sure if it was because the kids found it scary (as opposed to finding it really annoying.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840097396940734395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-57208276556556666032008-10-31T23:16:00.000-04:002008-10-31T23:16:00.000-04:00In the hall of the mountain kingIn the hall of the mountain kingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-82889496480221504122008-10-31T23:04:00.000-04:002008-10-31T23:04:00.000-04:00I got excited about listening to the music, and fo...I got excited about listening to the music, and forgot to write that my two favorite previously unmentioned pieces are Funeral March of a Marionette and Ride of the Valkyries. You just can't beat Wagner for drama.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016460260138310689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-77969052346847229202008-10-31T22:55:00.000-04:002008-10-31T22:55:00.000-04:00Oh, I have that CD that Ferd mentioned too. It's ...Oh, I have that CD that Ferd mentioned too. It's called Fright Night: Music That Goes Bump in the Night, for those of you that don't want to cut and paste.<BR/>It has most of the songs people mentioned (that are actual classical music), plus some great ones like Mars, from The Planets, and Witch's Ride, from Hansel and Gretel.<BR/>I'm going to go listen to it now. Seems appropriate.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016460260138310689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-8090192765489045912008-10-31T20:04:00.000-04:002008-10-31T20:04:00.000-04:00Ann: this is the best post I've read in quite ...Ann: this is the best post I've read in quite a while. I'm a big fan of classical music, and thought you'd be interested in this CD collection of scary classical music I have from back in 1989. Suprisingly, it's still available: <BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5re69x<BR/>(Cut & Paste to your URL box)<BR/>Here's a more contemporary CD of Scary movie music - one of my favorites:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/67ello<BR/>Love you...ferd.berfelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045060446380374922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-39044288113004592972008-10-31T17:26:00.000-04:002008-10-31T17:26:00.000-04:00Bartok's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste...Bartok's <I>Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste</I>. The second movement is the famous one, since it was used in some horror movie (<I>The Shining</I>?), but I think the fugue (last movement?) is really creepy. Also, <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iudtvUpu3f4" REL="nofollow">Lutoslawski's cello concerto</A> has its creepy moments.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02873949286995651782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-55041731526950890562008-10-31T17:13:00.001-04:002008-10-31T17:13:00.001-04:00Another obvious but good one is Bernard Hermann's ...Another obvious but good one is Bernard Hermann's Psycho Theme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-25492475633475093522008-10-31T17:13:00.000-04:002008-10-31T17:13:00.000-04:00The final (fifth) movement of Berlioz's Symphonie ...The final (fifth) movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique was composed to evoke a dream of a witches' dance. It's pretty spooky.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-66918277870727823352008-10-31T16:59:00.000-04:002008-10-31T16:59:00.000-04:00There is no piece of classical music I've found mo...There is no piece of classical music I've found more unsettling than Ives' "<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr0yeOm0SNM" REL="nofollow">The Gong on the Hook & Ladder</A>." I know it's supposed to be a sonic portrait of a small town, New England 4th of July parade, but it sounds instead like the Hellmouth has just opened underneath me.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11762589940867885062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-70354938823516628542008-10-31T15:47:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:47:00.000-04:00Also, along the theme taken up by RLC of movie mus...Also, along the theme taken up by RLC of movie music, the theme to "Rosemary's Baby" is really creepy.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-12547645938154925162008-10-31T15:46:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:46:00.000-04:00How about the opening and closing to Carmina Buran...How about the opening and closing to Carmina Burana?<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwMkGBNQ08gdbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-37789005464117734822008-10-31T15:40:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:40:00.000-04:00Dick beat me to "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor". I...Dick beat me to "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor". I used to blast that on the stereo when kids were walking up to the house for Trick or Treat and I've seen kids turn and run away when it started.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-48190778286828380102008-10-31T15:35:00.000-04:002008-10-31T15:35:00.000-04:00You might consider Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D M...You might consider Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor which is played in most of the old horror movies.dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976498133597991337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4464222071440015933.post-52681641867590217132008-10-31T12:11:00.000-04:002008-10-31T12:11:00.000-04:00This isn't classical, but I heard it on my classic...This isn't classical, but I heard it on my classical station and the announcer called it the scariest music he knew: Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack for "The Omen".<BR/><BR/>I think the taste of this generation of classical music listeners -- judging from myself and my station's playlist -- runs to the soothing and lyrical. We use classical music as a way to decompress in the evening or during a commute. (I mean that literally, in the sense of lowering blood pressure.) When I hear bombastic nineteenth-century music on the radio, I usually turn it off. That's what they had to listen to before they had rock'n'roll (as you imply). Our 24-hour classical station has a dinnertime show called "Banquet Music," and a later evening show called "Night Air" that emphasizes people like Vaughan Williams, Delius, Sibelius, Hovhaness, Satie, Corelli, and Debussy. <BR/><BR/>Tomorrow night the Texas Early Music Project is playing "Les Plaisirs de Versaille," an evening of the lighter side of French baroque -- could there be anything lighter? -- and I'm going.Richard Lawrence Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951947957345891398noreply@blogger.com