It's intended to depict the motion of waves, but is also great to listen to when flying a stunt kite.
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Sorry, you can't beat Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. There is just nothing else like it. We play it at the highest volume our speakers will allow without distortion. It is just invigorating.
quote: In The Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg.
Oh, I love this! I used to own a copy of it with vocals, but it's long gone, and I don't know how to find it again.
I dream of someday getting my computer and internet fixed at home, and getting the music that I long for from iTunes.
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Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Vivaldi's Four Seasons Dvorak's New World Symphony (I second this one!) Barber's Adagio for Strings (that was Barber, wasn't it?) Chopin's piano Nocturnes Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (I also second this one, but it has to be with real cannons) Night on Bald Mountain (Was that Mussorgsky or Rimsky-Korsakov? I get them mixed up all the time.) I could go on and on. I probably will later.
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Scheharazade, Rimsky-Korsakov. Polovtsian dances from Prince Igor, Borodin. New World Symphony, Dvorak. Concerto in E Minor, Yngwie Malmsteen.
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Yngwie Malmsteen? No way! He's a heavy metal guitarist isn't he?
Add Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection" to my list. It always brings tears to my eyes.
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Gustav Holst's The Planets Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question Carl Orff's Carmina Burana Beethoven's 7th symphony (oh heck, ALL of his symphonies) Charles Koechlin's Le livre de la jungle
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Solveg's Song by Grieg Anything by Chopin Any of Beethoven's piano sonatas Anything by Debussy Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin
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Yes, yngwie is a heavy metal guitarist. However, he is also a classical guitarist If you like guitar work, I'd recommend that concerto.
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Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is topping my list right now, but then it depends on my mood.
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Dvorak's Serenade for Strings in D minor Barber's Adagio for Strings Holst's Planets, especially Mars Traumerei by Schumann New World Symphony, Scheharazade, Polovstian Dances, Carmina Burana, Debussy, Grieg, Chopin, Liszt I love them all
This thread makes me miss being in an orchestra...
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Strictly Speaking, Beethoven's 9th is far and away my favorite Classical piece.
Since many of you are listing pieces that are, technically speaking, not Classical, I'll add Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, and second Carmina Burana and Rhapsody in Blue.
Also, Pachelbel's Canon in D has got to be a hands-down all-timer.
Copeland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" is nice, too, as is Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's renditon of Mussgorssky's Pictures at an Exhibition .
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Mille Regretz - Josquin de Prez Several other motets - Josquin Miserere - Allegri Brandenburg Concertos - J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations - J.S. Bach Solo Suite for Cello, No. 6 - J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor - Bach Messiah - G.F. Handel Trumpet Voluntaries - Purcell Water Music - G.F. Handel Cello Concertos (all of them!) - Vivaldi Symphony No. 40 - W.A. Mozart Marriage of Figaro - W.A. Mozart String Quartet 46 - Haydn Pathetique Sonata Op. 13 - Beethoven Symphony No. 3 - Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - Schubert Songs without words - Mendelssohn Dichterliebe - Schumann Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano - Schumann Piano Concerto No. 3- J. Brahms German Requiem - J. Brahms Requiem - G. Faure The Moldau - Smentana The Italian Symphony - Mendelssohn Don Pasquale - Donizetti The Barber of Seville - Rossini Bachianas Brasileiras - H. Villa-Lobos Madame Butterfly - Puccini La Boheme - Puccini Vespers - Rachmoninoff La Mer - Debussy String Quartet - Debussy Ariettes Oubliees - Debussy Sheherazade - Ravel Pavanne for a Dead Princess - Ravel Slavonic Dances - Dvorak New World Symphony - Dvorak American String Quartet - Dvorak Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 - Mahler Kindertotenlieder - Mahler Falstaff - Verdi La Figure Humaine - Poulenc Gloria - Poulenc String Quartet No. 4 - Bartok Mathis der Mahler - Hindemith Appalacian Spring - Copland Rodeo - Copland The Creation - Copland Anything by Copland Mass - Bernstein Candide - Bernstein
I'm not trying to bore you to tears or be a snob...I really do love all of these pieces of music. And I KNOW that I'm missing quite a few. I would recommend ANY of them for a collection.
Edit because I spelled 'lieder' wrong. The horror!!
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Mozart Requiem and the St. Matthaus Passion (Bach), plus almost all of Shostakovitch, particularly the quartets and the 10th symphony.
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I enjoy most classical music, but I have an irrational fear of some musical instruments, especially the contra bassoon and the harp. Old gothic harps with eagle claws and mermaid heads give me the willies.
I think it all stems from having listened to Rusty in Orchestraville too many times as a kid. Rusty falls asleep while practicing the piano and dreams that the instruments come to life. At the end of the dream the instruments attack poor Rusty. Now any time I hear the harp or bassoon I get cold chills.
My sister played the bassoon in high school, and my wife hired a harpist for our wedding reception. Im going to have to get therapy if those two instruments keep popping up. Theres a fellow in New York who transfers old childrens records to CD. I think Ill have him make a copy of Rusty for me and then listen to it in my sleep.
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Bolero - Ravel The Funeral March - DeBussy Pretty much anything Copland Jupiter - Holst
Instrumental Soundtracks:
Last of the Mohicans Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Jurassic Park Dances With Wolves Lord of the Rings (which I get to hear live this Saturday--wooohoooo!)
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These threads are (1) impossible to answer accurately (2) pointless, because there's far more writing than reading -- much less replying -- going on.
"mu" Or while I've got the window open, some of my favorite [whimsical thinking] 20th-century string music:
Szymanowski - Quartet #1 Strauss - Metamorphosen Copland - Nonet Villa-Lobos - Quartet #12 Messaien - Quartet for the End of Time
Note: I don't even like strings. What am I thinking. Brass über alles!
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I remember I played one of his quartets and it was SUPER hard. Lots of gracenotes, eventually we were playing it so fast I couldn't read it and was essentiall playing it from memory.
"His" refers to Villa-Lobos.
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Once upon a time I was looking for a recording of Webern's "Langsamer Satz" and found it on the B side of some album. Szymanowski's first two string quartets were the A side. The rest is history.
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Whoo Narnia. Hindemith, Gershwin, and Bartok are my favorites in terms of composers. I'll add a few to the list...
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Symphonic Metamorphosis... Particularly the fourth movement. (incidentally, the best sleep I've ever gotten was during a live performance of this).
Ron Nelson is a great, and underrated composer. In particular:
Sonoran Desert Holiday, Rocky Point Holiday, and Passacaglia (which is a BACH homage).
I'd highly recommend listening to his work (some good Medevial Suites as well).
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The Bruch, Beethoven and Mendelsohn Violin Concertos. Bach's Double Violin Concerto. (Bonus points because I can actually play it ) Nimrod - Elgar The Magic Flute - Mozart Orpheus in the Underworld - Offenbach. (Bonus points because I was in the WA Opera's production of it )
And... I've forgotten the name: it's a Bach prelude that Yo-Yo Ma performs on the cello. Very simple, but amazingly beautiful.
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Are you talking about the Bach cello suites? Those are absolutely amazing. No. 6 is my absolute favorite.
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It's originally for the piano (well, I guess originally originally for the clavichord or harpsichord) and it's published in one of the "Preludes and Fugues" books. I'll look it up when I get home.
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A little Nelson holiday music goes a long way with me, mostly interesting in their ability to track his progress as a composer over the years.
The Passacaglia, on the other hand, is astonishing. It was the first piece to ever sweep the 3 major wind-ensemble composition awards (think Hugo+Nebula, scifi readers -- fortunately or not, as a result I don't think you can call him underrated). I have yet to encounter a more brilliant 1990's work.
edit: which is not to say it's in a particularly 90's style, a la Zwilich or Tower or even Whitacre. Nelson always harkens back to the Howard Hanson school of sound, although here he fuses it with a dark, complex hue all his own.
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quote:Richard Berg: These threads are ... pointless, because there's far more writing than reading
Not in this case. I'm about to sign up for an online music service, and I wanted Hatrack's list of the essential classics. Perhaps we can listen to each other's favorites and then discuss them.
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Okay, here's a question for all you knowledgeable jatraqueros. I am not in any way into opera, but I rather like choral music from the little that I've listened to and would like to find some more. I don't have any CDs, but I've been to concerts where they sang some Poulenc and Faure pieces and a couple of others I don't recall. I know that Faure's Requiem is supposed to be wonderful, but what else would you recommend as a starter CD collection?
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Ein Deutches Requiem - Johannes Brahms Elijah - Mendelssohn *Any CD of pieces by Morten Lauridsen ESPECIALLY the Lux Aeterna. It's fantastic. *Complete A Capella Works of Eric Whitacre (This is really the top of my list. It's modern, it amazing and ANYONE would love it!!) *Requiem - John Rutter Anything else conducted by John Rutter *Consider the Lilies - Mormon Tabernacle Choir *Requiem - Faure (definitely) *Gloria - Poulenc (any other choral stuff by Poulenc is great) *Carmina Burana - Orff St. Cecelia Mass - Gounod Any of the Brahms Motets Any motets by Josquin De prez Mass - Leonard Bernstein (if you're feeling daring) Here's some Baroque stuff that's great: Handel's Messiah is always a winner St. Matthew Passion - Bach *Mass in B Minor - Bach Gloria or Magnificat - Vivaldi
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Actually, if you wanted just selections of good choral pieces instead of the monstrous masses and oratorios, I would pick some CDs released by specific choirs. They would have a variety of different music. Some choirs that I suggest looking into:
Brigham Young University Singers (their latest CDs have been just wonderful) There are also a few CDs released with the combinbed choirs of BYU. St. Olaf Choir Concordia College Choir Mormon Tabernacle Choir There are several really good children's choirs too. Mens Choruses. Most of them that have released CDs are really good.
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