Your favourite classical compositions

[Undisputed Truth]

Edvard greig - Peer Gynt - Morning mood.

Solo drive through the lakes with this on. About as spiritual as it is beautiful

 

[odetojoy]

Beethovens 9th obviously....and I don't mean the part everyone knows.

 

[Binxy]

 

[CPLforever]

Beethovens 9th obviously....and I don't mean the part everyone knows.

I like his Ode to Joy.

Does Ave Maria count? Said many many times how much I love it. My favourite rendition of it is by Maria Callas.

 

[SR7]

Can New Age fall under ‘Classicial’? Genres are hard to determine, in my opinion.

 

[Lukas73]

too many to mention...
so here goes...
Concerto for Violin and orchestra, OP.14 III.Presto - Samuel Barber
El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copeland
Owt by Lennie Bernstein - On the Town, Prelude Fugue and Riffs being firm favs.
Festive Overture - Shostakovich (my all time fav)
Short ride in a fast machine - John Adams
Appalachan Spring - Aaron Copeland
Firebird Suite - Stravinsky
La Mer - Debussy
Symphony No.5 in D Minor - Shostakovich

been lucky enough to play a few of these pieces.

 

[EDGE]

Scheherazade.

 

[Beau Tye]

This one's one of my favourite ever bits of music from any genre

 

[Big Jeff]

When I’m feeling morose.

There is only one piece. This brings me to tears. For me it’s the most moving piece of music ever written.

Barbers Adagio for strings. Give it time, it builds to the most incredible crescendo.

 

[Mackem Al]

Ravel - Balero
Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights

My exposure to this music is limited.

 

[MONTYMCPHAIL]

The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams is my favourite piece

 

[monkeytassle]

Faure pavane
Fantasia on a theme Thomas tallis

 

[chriswallace85]

This one's one of my favourite ever bits of music from any genre

And sooooooooooooooooooooo Sally can waaaaaaaaait.


Class aye.

Our lass's cousin once removed or summit is in the Royal Philharmonic, and her family are basically the Von Trapps. They played this as a string quartet for us when she walked down the aisle. Immense.

 

[turnthetide3]

Finale to the 1812 Overture - I turn into a very animated Simon Rattle!

 

[pride of the north]

When I’m feeling morose.

There is only one piece. This brings me to tears. For me it’s the most moving piece of music ever written.

Barbers Adagio for strings. Give it time, it builds to the most incredible crescendo.

That's beautiful. You know there's a version for unaccompanied choir as well? Pop 'Barber Agnus Dei' into YouTube and you'll find it. Lovely stuff.

too many to mention...
so here goes...
Concerto for Violin and orchestra, OP.14 III.Presto - Samuel Barber
El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copeland
Owt by Lennie Bernstein - On the Town, Prelude Fugue and Riffs being firm favs.
Festive Overture - Shostakovich (my all time fav)
Short ride in a fast machine - John Adams
Appalachan Spring - Aaron Copeland
Firebird Suite - Stravinsky
La Mer - Debussy
Symphony No.5 in D Minor - Shostakovich

been lucky enough to play a few of these pieces.

Love a bit of Shostakovich. I'd probably pick this as my favourite:

 

[chriswallace85]

I was watching a programme about Morricone, and there was someone from the classical community basically saying there's a lot of snobbery in their world towards film score composers, and it took him years to realise that actually Morricone was genius.

 

[Colbert]

 

[Will e]

Even though when I was a younun I was referred to as a " Punk rock bastard" by an old bloke at work, I'm an old bloke now.

I absolutely love these

 

[STHLM]

Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia by Khachaturian.

Also known as the Onedin Line theme.

 

[BiG]