sir do you listen to classical music? If yes do you have any recs?
I am, in fact, a classically trained oboist!
Classical music is an enormous genre, spanning centuries and cultures. Because of my training, I focus on the Western tradition. I enjoy the baroque and romantic periods the most, with some 20th century.
Usually when asked for recommendations (assuming you are new to classical), I lean towards music that feels like a movie soundtrack or otherwise has memorable themes non-musicians easily remember:
Ma Vlast - Moldau: Smetana
Danse Macabre: Saint-Saens
Night on Bald Mountain: Mussorgsky
New World Symphony: Dvorak
Scheherazade: Rimsky-Korsakov
The Planets: Holst
Symphony No. 4: Tchaikovsky (5 is also a banger)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis: Vaughan Williams (Lark Ascending is also great)
My personal favorites, however, are what I enjoy playing:
Summer Music: Barber
Trio and Sextuor: Poulenc
Serenade for Winds: Dvorak
Double concerto: J.S. Bach
Sinfonische Metamorphosen: Hindemith
Concerto for Orchestra: Bartok
I do have one exception, and it's that I fucking love the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
