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Favourite piece of classical music
I am a massive classical music fan
I like all the great works and composers But without any hesitation repetition or deviation I proudly say my favourite bit of classical piano music is Chopin,s Minute Waltz which of course is the theme to Just A Minute that brilliant Radio 4 panel game |
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Being a classical musician myself I don't think I could choose a number one favourite as there's so much to choose from! Also it changes depending on the times etc but at the moment I would say Beethoven 7th Symphony, Mahler Ruckert Lieder, Schubert Death and the Maiden Quartet and Janacek Taras Bulba. I am a big opera fan too and am listening to Lulu by Berg a lot at the moment
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Nimrod from the Enigma Variations.
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Moonlight Sonata
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Vivaldi "Four Seasons"
Beethoven "9th Symphony" Pachelbel "Canon in D" |
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I absolutely love Night On Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky or Night on BALD mountain as it's sometimes called. I'm not sure if there's a difference. If anyone knows maybe you can tell me.
Also love Ride of the valkyries by Wagner Montagues and Capulets by Prokofiev Moonlight Sonata |
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I'm afraid Im a bit of a philistine when it comes to classical music but I'd also go with Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets.
The other one that springs to mind is Jupiter by Holst-which became the basis for the hymn I Vow To Thee My Country. |
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bought a cd 'Heavy Classix' some years ago n really got into it.
If i remember 1812 & Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets were fav's four seasons (spring) is another. I seem to favour the violin over the piano ? |
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Anything by Saint-Saëns, especially The Carnival Of The Animals.
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Mahlers 8th symphony..........but I always skip the singy bit at the beginning and go straight to CD2.........
![]() The final part of Mahler's Das leid von der Erde Beethoven - Piano concertos numbers 1 and 4, Violin concerto, Symphonies 7 and 9 Leave it at that - you can't go wrong with Beethoven and Mahler |
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Mahlers 8th symphony..........but I always skip the singy bit at the beginning and go straight to CD2.........
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1. Mahler 6th Symphony
2. Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius 3. Mahler 9th Symphony 4. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet 5. Mahler 8th Symphony 6. Bruckner 9th Symphony 7. Shostakovich: 10th Symphony 8. Nielsen 5th Symphony 9. Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus 10. Finzi: Introit |
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That organ chord at the beginning with the choir coming in is fab, though.
I'm not keen on the beginning of the symphony with those songs..........fortunately I've got it on a 2 CD set and the songs are all on the first CD with the proper music on the 2nd one........ ![]() It's the same with Das Leid von der Erde........I always skip the first few short songs and go straight to the final tone poem which is just amazing - it lasts 30 minutes so it's practically a symphony..........I'm listening to it now on Youtube....... |
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The Consul by Gian Carlo Menotti
Romeo & Juliet by Prokofiev Symphony # 3 / Sorrowful Songs by Henryk Gorecki Carmina Burana by Carl Orff Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez The Lamb by John Taverner Song for Athene by John Taverner The Mikado by Gilbert & Sullivan |
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Messaien's L'Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle
Orff - Carmina Burana Verdi - Requiem Saint-Saens - Organ Symphony Mascagni - all of Cavelleria Rusticana |
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Difficult one but probably,
Music for 18 Musicians -Steve Reich Symphonique Fantasique - Hector Berlioz Variations on a Theme of Paganini - S Rachmaninoff Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland Cello Suite no 1 Prelude - J B Bach Shaker Loops - John Adams La Mer - Claude Debussy Dies Irae (Requiem) - Karl Jenkins Gassenhauer (Schoolwerk) - Carl Orff Flower Duet (Lakme) - Delibes |
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Difficult one but probably,
Variations on a Theme of Paganini - S Rachmaninoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E7XH...eature=related |
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Beethoven symphony no 6 fifth movement
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Mahlers 8th symphony..........but I always skip the singy bit at the beginning and go straight to CD2.........
![]() The final part of Mahler's Das leid von der Erde Beethoven - Piano concertos numbers 1 and 4, Violin concerto, Symphonies 7 and 9 Leave it at that - you can't go wrong with Beethoven and Mahler I also concur with Beethoven's violin concerto, the 1st piece that really got me into classical music. Surprised no one's mentioned Mozart yet. |
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I prefer Mahler's 9th but also generally skip to CD 2 of that one.
I also concur with Beethoven's violin concerto, the 1st piece that really got me into classical music. Surprised no one's mentioned Mozart yet. |
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Dance Of The Blessed Spirits by Gluck.
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Ride of the Valkyries, Blue Danube and Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
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Just a few non opera pieces...
Mozart - Flute & Harp Concerto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRVzdwDgegQ Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtCPLIMYtc Mozart - Piano Concerto 21http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I OK there's a theme here ![]() If I'm including opera I would include the relatively obscure Martha - Friedrich von Flotow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP2Oq...eature=related Along with a couple of fairly obvious choices for lovers of Italian opera; Verdi - La Traviata and Puccini - La bohème |
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Difficult to pick one, but Bach seems to have got more and more important to me as I've got older - the Cantatas and the St Matthew Passion especially - along with Schubert's later works.
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