Favourite Piece Of Classical Music?

scwxx77

I like Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky.

beatsystem

"I guess you were listening to Radio 3 at the time of posting? Wink It was pretty good - I do like rhythmic pieces like that. "

No I have nt been listening to radio3, i heard it since it was first performed years ago and have had all of his music since. I work in the music school of Bath Spa university and was a DJ for many years,music and cycling are important to me. I also compose music which was influenced by systems music hence my name on here and my band name "beatsystem" google it if you want. New cd out soon on entropy records france

jc4lab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7ez2m_HCA
Remember this from years ago when KWC was an Asian babe. ..the Bruch Viiolin Concerto throughout still remains my Favourite Classical music

LazyBoycp

beatsystem wrote:

"I guess you were listening to Radio 3 at the time of posting? Wink It was pretty good - I do like rhythmic pieces like that. "

No I have nt been listening to radio3, i heard it since it was first performed years ago and have had all of his music since. I work in the music school of Bath Spa university and was a DJ for many years,music and cycling are important to me. I also compose music which was influenced by systems music hence my name on here and my band name "beatsystem" google it if you want. New cd out soon on entropy records france

That's weird, it was being played on R3 at pretty much the time you posted. What are the chances of that?! Reich was composer of the week this week.

Oh, Schumann's Konzertstuck for 4 Horns was on this morning - always worth a listen.

Cakegirl

Another one for Borodin, Polotsvian Dances

Mozart: Overture to Marriage of Figaro (always brings a smile)

Bryn Terfel singing Somervell's setting of A Shropshire Lad.

Brandenburg Concerti for keeping you going relentlessly through core exercises. I also think Rossini overtures might be good for keeping you going on the rollers, but doubt my cadence could keep increasing to match, so have never dared try!

AndyRubio

At this very moment - a nice bit from Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3kg7 ... shortfilms

or if you prefer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XQ6tjxu ... re=related

mr_poll

Its a broad church so depending on mood there is a lot to be said about a number of the pieces posted previously.

However the OP has it a right about Orff's - O Fortuna - i remember it from Young Sherlock Holmes

Despite his detractors I do like Einaudi and when watching This is England the music was so well used it was haunting.

Whether it is classed as "classical" - but dont ignore Movie Sound Tracks - John Williams and Danny Elfman are masters in their field.

Anonymous

A small clip of an example of my favoured Russian 'Shock and Awe'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU49Y81E ... re=related

Anonymous

AndyRubio wrote:

At this very moment - a nice bit from Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3kg7 ... shortfilms

or if you prefer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XQ6tjxu ... re=related

All I can say is...

How many of todays so called lions of the keyboard could produce such a melting cantabile?. Rachmaninovs unique artistry will live on through time.

Diogenes

Symphony number 3, Pastoral, Vaughan Williams, you can almost taste spring in the air.



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tonyw43

scwxx77 wrote:

I like Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky.

This remains one of my favourite pieces, being one of the first I ever heard (Walt Disneys Fantasia). Debussy, CPE Bach and Paganini are right up there for me.

deptfordmarmoset

NapoleonD wrote:

AndyRubio wrote:

At this very moment - a nice bit from Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf3kg7 ... shortfilms

or if you prefer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XQ6tjxu ... re=related

All I can say is...

How many of todays so called lions of the keyboard could produce such a melting cantabile?. Rachmaninovs unique artistry will live on through time.

Thanks for that link - I didn't know the Gluck '''melody'' piece at all. And Rachmaninov's timing is exquisite. It's one of those pieces would be technically easy to play, but a damn sight harder to make every note sing, and make every note count. I better stay away from it

jc4lab

Also like Songs of the Auverge..Especially the famous Shepherdess bit you hear on old the BA commercial

dilemna

I didn't realise there were so many cultured cyclists ...............

So many great works to choose from there is no definitive choice. How can Beethoven be compared any better than Bach or Mozart, or Mahler any better than Elgar who is in turn better than Rachmaninov better than Tchaikovsky ............ Favourites by their nature are subjective to the person making them.

For me two greats pieces, Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No.2 and Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A.

Then Beethoven's Romance No.2 for violin and piano and Shostakovich's Romance of the Gadfly. But then .......... also Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen.

Khachaturian's Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia the best orgasmic piece of music ever written .

dilemna

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

POlonaise in A flat major op.53

Polonaise in A, Op.40 No.1

Nocturne Op.9 No.2

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Schoenbergs Verklarte Nacht

Capriccio Italien - mr tchai Kovsky

Lutoslawski's chain 2

Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor

Its hard to believe this came from the heart and soul of man

Violin Concerto No. 3, Adagio

et enfin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYmrU2Pt ... re=related

with a hint of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgOxqwVd ... re=related

I heard this quite by chance very late one night/early morning on Classic FM and was hooked on the piece immediately. Haven't heard it since but bought the cd a short time after.

dilemna

beatsystem wrote:

"I guess you were listening to Radio 3 at the time of posting? Wink It was pretty good - I do like rhythmic pieces like that. "

No I have nt been listening to radio3, i heard it since it was first performed years ago and have had all of his music since. I work in the music school of Bath Spa university and was a DJ for many years,music and cycling are important to me. I also compose music which was influenced by systems music hence my name on here and my band name "beatsystem" google it if you want. New cd out soon on entropy records france

More like Classic FM ......

daveydave43

Shostakovich - 2nd Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEokX0mUywg
Mussorgsky - Nigh on Bald Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8
Verdi - Requiem (dies irae) Few 20 seconds or so....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY

sloboy

dilemna wrote:

I didn't realise there were so many cultured cyclists ...............

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That's not culture, it's a high boredom threshold :oops:

Pussonally, I like to sit through seemingly interminable operas. Verdi for the drama, Puccini for the songs. Donizetti cos the missus fancies Juan-Diego Florez.

heavymental

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp58sIFa ... re=related

Love this piece!

alex16zx

Diogenes wrote:

Symphony number 3, Pastoral, Vaughan Williams, you can almost taste spring in the air.



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It's interesting how vastly interpretations of works can differ. This work calls to mind for me a wintry countryside, with frost covering the barren fields, and animals huddling under bare trees for shelter. I actually listened to it whilst out for a walk today, and it's really quite bleak. I guess it depends on your mood the first few times you listen to it, and I think I am probably influenced by knowing the inspiration behind it.

berliner

Carl Nielsen from the Aladdin Suite - African Dance - It Rocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2mg8fUM3Ig