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Your favourite classical music

I havn't seen one of these in a while so go ahead and name your favourite classical piece (I'm assuming that at least some of you are cultured) Mine is:

Pachelbel - Canon in D

You can listen to a sample here by scrolling right till you find the song title. (third from the right)

Re: Your favourite classical music

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Originally posted by smallSHEEP Pachelbel - Canon in D

No offense, but that's to classical what DJ Sammy-Heaven is to trance.

All-time favorite? hmmm it's hard to say. Probably would choose from Shostakovich's 5th Symphony, Dvorak's cello concerto, Beethoven's piano concerto #5 "Emperor", Brahms's Third Symphony or Violin Concerto, Debussy-La Mer, any of the early John Adams works aaah so many more really. Depends on what mood and art period i'm into at the moment.

I know it's the one everyone chooses but I can't help but loving it to bits. It's repetative which is why I like it (Reminds me of trance)

Edit : Did anyone play the game 'Elite 2 - Frontier', There was a really great piece in that I can't remeber the name of.

Another Edit : One of them is 'Strauss - On the beautiful blue danube'

i hear ya, it's very catchy indeed. but for anyone that listens to classical a lot and attends concerts in a serious way this piece is a joke. just too simple and not very deep. whenever i play at a wedding or any gig i always play this... i'm so sick of it.

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Originally posted by YaleTrance ... i'm so sick of it.

Generally anything that I have heard more than a couple of times I sick of but never tire of that one. The worst is:

Vivaldi - Spring

Thats what school orchestras do to you i guess

Yeah, Brahms 3rd Symphony [and also 4th] is amazing, would be one of my favorites of time. In terms of works in a symphonic scale - Mozart's 25th Concerto for Piano and Orchestra - one of Mozart's most under-rated works.
In terms of solo pieces - Bach's Goldberg Variations no doubt!
If I had to pin point two pieces - those would be it, but of course, there are MANY more that have a special place in my ears - ranging from different periods; 20 centuary, Romantic, Impressionism, etc.

There seems to be alot of classical threads these days, and I seem to keep replying with the same answers hehe

Gabriel Faure- Pavane (op 50)
Chopin- Nocturne in c sharp minor
Edvard Grieg- Elegiac Melodies (Herzwunden und Letzter Fruhling)

ah, so now i know where Vitamin C ripped off the melody for one of her songs

oh one of my favorte classical stuff is the Godfather movie theme. (yes i know i know nothing about classical musak )

Mozart :

1. Requiem in D Minor: I. Introitus - Requiem
2. Requiem in D Minor: II. Kyrie
3. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No.1 - Dies irae
4. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 2 - Tuba mirum
5. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 3 - Rex tremendae
6. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 4 - Recordare
7. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 5 - Confutatis
8. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 6 - Lacrimosa
9. Requiem in D Minor: IV. Offertorium - No. 1 - Domine Jesu
10. Requiem in D Minor: IV. Offertorium - No. 2 - Hostias
11. Requiem in D Minor: V. Sanctus
12. Requiem in D Minor: VI. Benedictus
13. Requiem in D Minor: VII. Agnus Dei
14. Requiem in D Minor: VIII. Communio - Lux aeterna

Agree w/ Bach's Goldberg Variation and the Shostakovich 5th.

Other stuff:

Mahler 8th Symphony: quite long. I have to be in a certain mood.

Sibelius 5th Symphony: overall, a very massive work. If you listen carefully, you can trace out the melody line from Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the 4th movement.

Stuff by Debussy
Shostakovich string quartet #8
Bartok 3rd Piano Concerto
Neilsen 5th Symphony
Beethoven Eroica

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Originally posted by futurefoton929 Agree w/ Bach's Goldberg Variation and the Shostakovich 5th. Other stuff: Mahler 8th Symphony: quite long. I have to be in a certain mood. Sibelius 5th Symphony: overall, a very massive work. If you listen carefully, you can trace out the melody line from Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the 4th movement. Stuff by Debussy Shostakovich string quartet #8 Bartok 3rd Piano Concerto Neilsen 5th Symphony Beethoven Eroica

nice picks

Symphony no. 5 by Gustav Mahler

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussourgsky

Wagner - Die Valkeure (Ride of the Valkyries)


I'm actually the principal trombone in the American Youth Philharmonic and I've been awarded a full scholarship To West Virginia University for Trombone performance, so I've got a bit of experience with classical music.

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Originally posted by albertoR Mozart : 1. Requiem in D Minor: I. Introitus - Requiem 2. Requiem in D Minor: II. Kyrie 3. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No.1 - Dies irae 4. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 2 - Tuba mirum 5. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 3 - Rex tremendae 6. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 4 - Recordare 7. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 5 - Confutatis 8. Requiem in D Minor: III. Sequenz - No. 6 - Lacrimosa 9. Requiem in D Minor: IV. Offertorium - No. 1 - Domine Jesu 10. Requiem in D Minor: IV. Offertorium - No. 2 - Hostias 11. Requiem in D Minor: V. Sanctus 12. Requiem in D Minor: VI. Benedictus 13. Requiem in D Minor: VII. Agnus Dei 14. Requiem in D Minor: VIII. Communio - Lux aeterna

definitely...i especially like Kyrie and Agnus Dei
i also thoroughly enjoy Sonata No.14 c-sharp Minor, "Quasi una fantasia" ("Moonlight") ..remember first hearing it in Resident Evil
also, his Sonata No.8 c Minor, "Path�tique"
Symphony 9 "Choral"
Bach - Fugue in D minor

Gustav Holst - Mars, The Bringer of War

and who could possibly forget...

Maurice Ravel - Bolero

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Originally posted by DJ_Elyot and who could possibly forget... Maurice Ravel - Bolero

Hehehe, yes how could one forget - it was an aphrodisiac for many couples who attened the initial performances back in the days.
After hearing the piece, audiences would go home and shag like there was no tomorrow and some were so arroused that they left half-way through the concert.

i have to throw in a couple of pieces.

bach- violin partita no.2 in Dm (especially teh chaccone)

stravinsky- rite of spring.

shostakovich- string quartet no. 8

and i cant believe that no one has mentioned the greatest uplifting trance of all time:
beethoven-9th symphony (esp. finale)

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Originally posted by Dmatrox ah, so now i know where Vitamin C ripped off the melody for one of her songs oh one of my favorte classical stuff is the Godfather movie theme. (yes i know i know nothing about classical musak )

I LOVE the Godfather theme!
I think its from some hungarian dances, I have to ask my director.
THere's also a jazz song that uses the theme, one of my favorites
It's called 'Come Live Your Life With Me', I like Peter Cincotti's version of it.

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Originally posted by Skaya Symphony no. 5 by Gustav Mahler Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussourgsky Wagner - Die Valkeure (Ride of the Valkyries) I'm actually the principal trombone in the American Youth Philharmonic and I've been awarded a full scholarship To West Virginia University for Trombone performance, so I've got a bit of experience with classical music.

Yeah yeah yeah....blah....just kidding chris. You know I'm proud of ya

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