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Classical Music You Like
Been done before I know, but the topics were a bit old and didn't want to drag them up. There's frequently a lot of talk on here about popular music, but what about classical. What are some of your most liked classical compositions? They don't have to be your favourite, just something you really like.
I've always enjoyed listening to 'In The Hall of the Mountain King' by Grieg from Peer Gynt. It's quite disappointing to see this frequently dismissed as, 'That Alton Towers song'. It's actually a great composition. Watch the orchestra in this video - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE. It's great how it starts very quiet with stringed instruments simply being plucked, rather than a bow being used. Then in turn each section of the orchestra joins in, adding noise and tempo to the piece, before everyone is playing furiously and in complete unison. It's great to watch, and is much more worthy than just being 'that Alton Towers tune'. I'd also give a nod to Barber's Adagio for Strings. It has leant itself to a number of re-mixes in recent years, Tiesto and William Orbit to name two. The original however easily holds its own. Any classical pieces you like? |
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Tons!
![]() Like you, I think Grieg is great (I also love "Morning" from Peer Gynt and "Aase's death"), also Rachmaninov (how can you not feel tears coming during the piano concerto no 2?). Barber's "Adagio for strings" is one of my all-time favourites. Also love Chopin (the slower, more laid-back stuff like the nocturnes and etudes), Holst's "The Planets Suite", Khachaturian's "Adagio from Spartacus" (The "Onedin Line" music), lots of Mozart stuff, Dvorak's "New world symphony", Elgar's "Nimrod" and "Pomp and Circumstance", "Pictures at an exhibition" by Mussorgsky, and hundreds more. Wagner's "Ring cycle" without words is tremendous too (I don't like opera at all), and "Also sprecht Zarathustrhra" by Richard Strauss is one powerful piece of music. I know most of them are themes from films or ads, but I do listen to a lot of classical music, and I guess that is where I first got into it, through popular renditions. I also like Debussy, Beethoven, Faure, Rossini, Bizet, Handel, Pachelbel, Bach, Brahms, Vivaldi ... the list goes on!
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I'm no expert on classical music by any means, but I dip my toes in there every now and again. Some stuff I like is...
Adams - Shaker Loops, The Chairman Dances, etc. Barber's Adagio (everyone likes this) Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra Boulez - Notations VII Cage - The Seasons and Suite for Toy Piano Chopin - quite a few of the Etudes Copland - Applachian Spring, Music for Movies, Quiet City, etc. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue Glass - Symphony no.2, Saxophone Concerto, parts of 'Music in Twelve Parts', particularly parts 1&2. Holst - Planets Suite Hovhaness - Mount St Helens Symphony Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals Scott Joplin's piano rags Messiaen - Quartet for the End of Time Quite a lot of Arvo Part's pieces Reich - Music for 18 Musicians, Different Trains and loads of others Satie - Gymnopedies and other pieces Stravinsky - Rite of Spring Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending and Tallis Fantasia |
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My favourite Beethoven..........
Violin Concerto Piano Concerto number one. Mahler....... 8th Symphony Sibelius Violin Concerto Symphony number...........err, i forget the number, but it's the one that ends with the 7 or 8 big chords |
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I'd also give a nod to Barber's Adagio for Strings. It has leant itself to a number of re-mixes in recent years, Tiesto and William Orbit to name two. The original however easily holds its own.
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Barber's Adagio (everyone likes this)
Also got RIDE OF THE VALKRYIES (sp?) as well. |
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Anyone know the chords for this?
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I love Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and Gustav Holst's "The Planets"
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i love composer chopin
i played pianio by his classic project |
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I like everything - from My Chemical Romance to Katheryn Jenkins! I think there are some great classical singers, like Katheryn Jenkins, but I also like listening to some old pieces such as Jerusalem, The Planets etc. I like quite a contrast of music!
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http://uk.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=ForestChav
I have a lot of stuff favourited - the Koopman stuff especially. The guy's a genius. In fact, I have a Koopman CD on now. |
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The older I become the more I like this music ,when I used to be working away from home , driving back Classic FM was a must, so relaxing.
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The older I become the more I like this music ,when I used to be working away from home , driving back Classic FM was a must, so relaxing.
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Schubert - Death and the Maiden
Walton - Cello concerto Vaughan Williams - Almost everything Holst - ditto Sibelius - ditto Shostakovich - Seventh symphony (Leningrad) Kurt Weill - Street Scene Gershwin - Porgy and Bess Bizet - Carmen |
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I love Sarah Brightman.
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Clair de lune by Debussy and Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin come to mind.
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I've always enjoyed listening to 'In The Hall of the Mountain King' by Grieg from Peer Gynt.
My favourites are : Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Gorecki The Lamb & Song for Athene - both by Taverner The Consul - Menotti Missa Criolla - Ramirez Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev Stabat Mater - Rossini |
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Grieg - Dawn (from Peer Gynt)
Everyone knows this one. It captures the morning so well. Satie - Troisième Gymnopedie Simple yet beautiful melody Beethoven - 'Moonlight' No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 no.2, Presto agitato I like to play this piece on the piano. |
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Grieg - Dawn (from Peer Gynt)
Everyone knows this one. It captures the morning so well. Satie - Troisième Gymnopedie Simple yet beautiful melody Beethoven - 'Moonlight' No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 no.2, Presto agitato I like to play this piece on the piano.
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I like Albinoni, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart.
My problem is that I like some classical but don't always know who it's by or what it's called. Some of the tracks(?) named here are great, some Delius & Grieg. Don't like Wagner or Brahms (at least what I've heard so far). |
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Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev
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I like Albinoni, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart.
My problem is that I like some classical but don't always know who it's by or what it's called. Some of the tracks(?) named here are great, some Delius & Grieg. Don't like Wagner or Brahms (at least what I've heard so far). |
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Elgar's"Nimrod"
Paganini's Rhapsody On a Theme Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" , Piano Concerto number 1, & Sleeping Beauty |
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