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Your Favorite Classical Music


Carolyn Marie

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I don't thnk I've seen this poll yet. So let's see what classical music our members love

to listen to.

And you young people - I want to hear from you too! Headbanger music is great, but

you've got to have heard some good classical that turns you on too.

Some of my favorites:

Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 8 - Beethoven

Brandenburg Concertos - J.S. Bach

Water Music - Handel

Rodeo Ballet - Aaron Copland

The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Concierto de Aranjuez - Rodrigo

The Planets - Holst

Mandolin Concertos (all) - Vivaldi

Violin Concerto No. 1 - vivaldi

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That is a very nice list Carolyn Marie, I would start there and add a few of the heavier Romantic Compositions (as I am a Brass Player and Mozart had little to offer there although Symphony Number 40 is very nice).

I like the Instrumental selections from Wagner's Ring but you really have to be in the mood and have a lot of spare time to listen to all four of the Operas. Also Orchestral versions of Tannhauser and Lohengrin.

Schubert's Symphony Number 8 - The Unfinished (it was really number nine but because of Beethoven's 9th being so good his friend's didn't like the idea of his 9th being unfinished so they switched nuumbers and called his 9th "The Great")

Dvorak's Symphony For the New World.

Smetena's The Moldau from Ma Vlast and the trumpet solo from the Bartered Bride

Brahams - Acedimic Festival Overture

"Professor" Peter Schickele -The Unbegun Symphony (he was born too late to write the first two movements) and the Quodlibet

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel's Orchestration - not the piano schetches)

There that's a few of them.

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest Amelie

there are so many!!! here are some of my faves across the genre (not just symphonic)... and by no means a comprehensive list:

Shostakovich - 5th Symphony

Stravinsky - Petrushka

Poulenc - Gloria

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3

Vaughn Williams - The Lark Ascending

Barber - Piano Concerto (Op. 38)

Gabaye - Sonatine for Flute & Bassoon

J.S. Bach - Coffee Cantata

Liebermann - Gargoyles... also his Sonata for Flute & Piano

Andres - Dyades for 2 Harps

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"Professor" Peter Schickele -The Unbegun Symphony (he was born too late to write the first two movements) and the Quodlibet

Love ya,

Sally

Peter Schickele - now there's a name I didn't expect to see! I saw him in concert once - he

entered the auditorium sliding down a rope from the rafters. Whatta guy! :lol:

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Guest Rosie2012

Now... I really like classical music.

During HS my dad would play it in the car while he drove us to school.

It was a really good way to start the day.

Unluckily I dont remember any names of composers or the songs.

Now, Im really into Neo-Classical music. :P

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Guest OneOutOfnOne

Let's see... right now it's a lot of Mahler, Berg, and Stravinsky since I bought myself enormous CD collections of each for my birthday. I was just listening to Petrushka last night, Amelie!

I feel like this is the third time I've mentioned Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony, but goodness, what an amazing piece.

And a few more I've had on lately...

Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy

Prokofiev - Toccata

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3

Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie

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Guest Mesingw

Vivaldi: Four Seasons (all)

almost anything by Archangelo Corelli

Vangelis: El Greco: Movement IX

Dead Can Dance: Host of the Seraphim (i know they did not write it but i like their version best)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: theme to swan lake/anything from the nutcracker

Bethoven: Fur Elise

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

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Does anyone else know Vaclav Nelhybel's "Chorale" for Band?

Very slow but the chord structure is amazing and the movement of the inner voices---ahhhh!

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Sally

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Guest S. Chrissie

Stravinsky - Firebird

Tchaikovsky- Overture 1812

Mahler- Symphony 1, 3 and 5

Strauss- Also Sprach Zarathustra

Holst- The Planets (with choir, now that's awesome), First Suite for Military band and Second Suite for Military Band.

Beethoven and Wagner- any of their clarinet concerti :P

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Guest April63

I like some classical music. It has more meaning to it than other music.

Beethoven: 4. und 5. Sinfonien (4th and 5th Symphonies), Für Elise

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Holst: The Planets

John Williams: Star Wars (This should really be considered a classic)

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Guest rachael1
Peter Schickele - now there's a name I didn't expect to see! I saw him in concert once - he

entered the auditorium sliding down a rope from the rafters. Whatta guy! :lol:

That; I would have liked to have seen. :D

Alas my classical education leaves a lot to be desired but I think we should also include;

Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries.

Rachael

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Guest Gloria13
I don't thnk I've seen this poll yet. So let's see what classical music our members love

to listen to.

And you young people - I want to hear from you too! Headbanger music is great, but

you've got to have heard some good classical that turns you on too.

Some of my favorites:

Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 8 - Beethoven

Brandenburg Concertos - J.S. Bach

Water Music - Handel

Rodeo Ballet - Aaron Copland

The Four Seasons - Vivaldi

Concierto de Aranjuez - Rodrigo

The Planets - Holst

Mandolin Concertos (all) - Vivaldi

Violin Concerto No. 1 - vivaldi

Carolyn Marie

I like Beetoven's 6th symphony "The Pastoral"

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I like Beetoven's 6th symphony "The Pastoral"

An excelent choice, do you have a favorite recording?

I have so many recordings of my favorite pieces that it is hard to decide which one to listen to.

But at least on the Planets by Holst, I do have a number of recordings ranging from Tomita's all electronic recording to my current favorite By The Royal Scottish Symphony conducted by Neeme Järvi.

Love ya,

Sally

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I have a lot of favorites in various genre's, but one abiding love is classical guitar.

I probably have 15 different recordings with Segovia, John Williams, and Christopher

Parkening. I was fortunate to have seen Segovia in concert twice before he died.

There is just something so romantic, sensual and peaceful about guitar music.

Carolyn Marie

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