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)

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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'

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Last edited by smallSHEEP on Mar-14-2004 at 22:06

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

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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

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American composer John Cage on his aesthetic of silence

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

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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 )

Last edited by Dmatrox on Mar-15-2004 at 00:07

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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