Favorite classical pieces

[doc_bean]

Well we did composers, can't love everything one does. I am of the minimalist church, less is more.

Sometimes more really is just simply
much
more

I confess, I love completely over the top pieces

[Martok]

In no particular order:

Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor

Beethoven's 5th Symphony

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

Handel's Messiah (yes, all of it)

[Moros]

I confess, I love completely over the top pieces

The 1812 Overture indeed is a very good composition.

[Bijo]

There aren't really classical pieces I adore that much I would deem them "favourite", but... The Valkyries piece is nice. Sometimes listening to Classical music makes my mind lazy.

[Hooahguy]

The 1812 Overture indeed is a very good composition.

agreed!

[Fragony]

I confess, I love completely over the top pieces

Well I have to admit that Carmina Burana is a great piece, seen it live in Amsterdam concerthall, it's LOUD. Another over the top good one, fast forward 1:30

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCS7on6igXg

Also listen http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=yg7sU5...elated&search=

[Banquo's Ghost]

As noted in the other thread, my very favourite piece is Allegri's Miserere. The authentic voice of God.

I'm also extremely fond of Ungar's Ashokan Farewell, used as the theme for Ken Burn's Civil War documentaries. Haunting and beautiful.

For reflective moods, I love Albinoni's Adagio in G minor. Such longing, such deep melancholy. I have a recording of it with trumpet rather than organ, and it is sublime.

Of course, this is from a man who collects Requiems.

[Fragony]

How did you end up so cheerful That is a great piece indeed but it really makes me want to hit things with a hammer for some reason. If you like requiems (is there anyone who doesn't write requiem wrong on first try?? Same with dungeon, always have to look it up) check out second one in my previous post, best part of a deutsche requiem (DAMNIT again) by Brahms. You will probably like this one too;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ywyRbaMHg

[Banquo's Ghost]

How did you end up so cheerful That is a great piece indeed but it really makes me want to hit things with a hammer for some reason. If you like requiems (is there anyone who doesn't write requiem wrong on first try?? Same with dungeon, always have to look it up) check out second one in my previous post, best part of a deutsche requiem (DAMNIT again) by Brahms. You will probably like this one too;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ywyRbaMHg

Both are real favourites. I hadn't come across the Scholl version though, so thanks for that.

[Ramses II CP]

Mozart's String Quartet no. 19, k. 465 'Dissonant'

Look this up and listen to it. Sometimes a limiting format can force a composer to exceptional brilliance. I think the limits of the string quartet did so for Mozart here.

Bach... everything. Esp. Goldburg Variations, The Art of Fugue, both books of the WTC, BWV 812 (D minor) and 815 (E-flat major) from The French Suites, urgh, a lifetime worth of brilliantly listenable music just from one man.

Liszt's Totentanz.

Faure's Pavane.

Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Mussorgsky's whole Pictures at an Exhibition.

Wagner's Flying Dutchman Overture.

Chabrier's Espana.

Brahm's Hungarian Dance #5.

J. Strauss's Pizzicato Polka.

Tried to pick favorites from a variety of different moods and styles there, but if you asked me next week I'd probably have a completely different list below the top two.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Well I have to admit that Carmina Burana is a great piece, seen it live in Amsterdam concerthall, it's LOUD. Another over the top good one, fast forward 1:30

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCS7on6igXg

Nice, one of my favorites!

[Pannonian]

Just to add some cheese to proceedings, here's Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Banquo will remember the bit beginning around the 4 minute mark.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Just to add some cheese to proceedings, here's Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. Banquo will remember the bit beginning around the 4 minute mark.

[Pannonian]

Reviving this thread for a good cause. CATcerto, by Nora the Cat and Mindaugas Piecaitis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeoT66v4EHg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_%28cat%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindaugas_Piecaitis

[TevashSzat]

I've always loved the works of Shostakovich, especially Festive Overture. I have particularly fond memories of playing an excellent arrangement of it for a Wind Ensemble.