Bollen
Vintage Member
It's my favourite classical piece - and trust me, I've listened to all of them. I love it even more than anything Beethoven or Mozart composed. It's passion, it's obsession, it's perfection.
I did a search for Palladio on YouTube and clicked on the top video.
Here are some of the comments I found:
"I need more classical music like this. It has a sense of calmness yet is still energetic and dramatic. Magnificent."
"I turned the radio on in the car and came across this piece of music it was so awesome I got to my destination but parked up and waited to find out who it is. Thank you for sharing this Love your video too absolutely perfect for the music "
"Thanks a lot for your comment Lynne, it was almost the same story for me. I came across this piece when I was in a museum in Germany and this fantastic piece suddenly came on the museum's playlist. I was immediately hooked."
"Same for me today. I was listening to classic fm and the sound system in my car is fantastic so I turned it up...wow. I know it has been over played on tv add`s etc but I think it is my new favourite classical tune."
"Ah I love this song so much!! There's just something about it, what a wonderful piece. This is definitely one of those songs I could listen to over an over."
"Just listened to it in music class today for the first time...I love it!!!"
"started listening to this because my class is playing it in orchestra but then i grew to really like it"
"The end gives me goosebumps every time"
"I just love this song so much that I HAD to ask my ballet teacher for this. I first couldn't find it but I'm soooo happy that I have found it!!!! Now I can use this music for warming up home too ))))"
"Wow,,,,What a niece piece ,,,Wow,,,,Superb"
"I agree, it's one of those pieces that when one listens to doesn't easily stop "
"I know better than to read comments, yet some say this is not classical music, it is alchemy, same 12 notes many octaves, yet music by definition has an ease to the ear. I defy anyone to not admit this. How about imagine writing this yourself, sillies, then appreciate the genius this is. Pure spirit."
This is the video I pulled the comments from:
However, just to give you another perspective:
"Not sure I'm liking it that much. Some repetitions (along with the performance like in the harp piece) seem almost like film music. Very smooth but I'm not sure how deep.
I'm going to sing the Armed Man this spring. And this music is to me unoriginal and boring. Nothing exciting about it! This guy should stick to film score or pop music.
Err... I'm not sure that this should be classed as 'classical' or 'art music'. It might use orchestral instruments, but the rest of it kind of disqualifies the music :/ To me, it just sounds like an orchestrator's arrangement of some tunes that an aspiring 15-year-old musician weaved on a piano in 10 minutes. In all honesty, listening to the Dies Irae from his 'Requiem' (not provided in the OP), I both cringed and laughed.
I also think it's quite indicative of this man's style that his Palladio was used in a performance by an electronic string quartet for Britain's Got Talent...
The music struck me as amateurish in many ways... a pop musician taking a stab at the classical genre... far too "new age" in sound. I am open to music that bridges the gap between genre such as Osvaldo Golijov, William Bolcom, John Zorn, Anouar Brahem, and others... but Jenkins just didn't hit the mark in my book.
I agree. It's all pretty dreadful as far as I am concerned. It's not classical music as I understand it. "