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Old 02-08-2007, 18:47
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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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Old 03-08-2007, 13:56
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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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Old 03-08-2007, 22:46
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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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Old 04-08-2007, 01:13
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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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Old 13-08-2007, 08:46
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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.
Anyone know the chords for this?
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Old 13-08-2007, 09:09
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Barber's Adagio (everyone likes this)
Quite right. I have several different versions of the song, including the original, and some of them on my MP3 player.

Also got RIDE OF THE VALKRYIES (sp?) as well.
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Old 13-08-2007, 12:01
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Anyone know the chords for this?
Google 'Adagio For Strings Chords' seems to throw up a good selection of results. Take your pick from there.
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Old 13-08-2007, 12:04
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I love Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and Gustav Holst's "The Planets"
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Old 13-08-2007, 13:13
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i love composer chopin

i played pianio by his classic project
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Old 13-08-2007, 13:38
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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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Old 13-08-2007, 13:48
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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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Old 13-08-2007, 14:50
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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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Old 13-08-2007, 23:47
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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.
Hehe... I'm 23. It's not age.
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Old 14-08-2007, 18:48
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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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Old 14-08-2007, 19:03
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I love Sarah Brightman.
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Old 14-08-2007, 19:57
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Clair de lune by Debussy and Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin come to mind.
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Old 14-08-2007, 20:17
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I've always enjoyed listening to 'In The Hall of the Mountain King' by Grieg from Peer Gynt.
I love Peer Gynt - Haven't listened to it for ages - I must give it another spin.

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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Old 14-08-2007, 20:21
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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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Old 14-08-2007, 20:26
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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.
Yes I love that one too
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Old 14-08-2007, 20:49
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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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Old 14-08-2007, 21:11
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Romeo and Juliet - Prokofiev
Totally forgot about that. It's a great piece. Always enjoying listening to it.
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Old 16-08-2007, 00:40
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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).
What Albinoni pieces do you know, then?
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Old 16-08-2007, 17:41
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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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