The Classical Music Thread

[deathism]

Not sure if its been started..

but well..its 10.45pm and normally before i sleep i listen to Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". it helps me to sleep better.


An idea struck me, which was to create a thread which objective is to share our favourite classical pieces. (not only restricted to classical, baroque, renaissance or wadeva is fine too)


here's a few that i like

Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Bach's Arioso (prolly where vinnie got his idea for "april sky")
Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacktmusik (its a lil overplayed, i know)
Mozarts Turkish March


and a few other which i will update later as its in my ipod..(read: laziness)


basically another objective of mine in creating this thread is to check out some of the reccomendations that you may have as i wish to expose myself to more classical music. Exams are coming and its always the same few that i listen to. i could use some variety.

:mrgreen:

 

[crozzfire]

Tchaikovsky's my hero! Swan lake ftw!
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[deathism]

the name's a tongue twister..


im typing it cos i tried pronouncing it and my tongue fell out of my mouth.:mrgreen:

 

[emg-rocks]

i love beethoven's works. fav is his symphony no. 7 (2nd movement)

 

[DoubleBlade]

You guys should check out this pianist/composer called Franz Liszt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt

He is considered to be the heavy metal rockstar of the Romantic Era of music. Super technical shredding pianist!

My favourite pieces from him are Totentanz (Dance of Death) opera and La Chappella.

 

[truelove]

which movement of moonlight sonata do you listen to?

 

[Hydrofly]

Stravinsky's rite of spring. Love it.

 

[sshaz-ni]

"pathetique" movement 3
moonlight sonata movement 1 and 3
paganini caprice 5
tchaikovsky's slavonic march opus 31

:]

 

[Cheez]

Too many to list! But absolute favorites:

1. Mahler's Symphony no. 1 (esp 1st and 4th movements)
2. Respighi's Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome - absolute favorite: 4 movements portraying the pine trees in different parts of Rome).
3. Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien
4. Verdi's Overtures - all of them!
5. Bach's Brandenburg concertos (esp no. 2, 4 and 5)
6. Piano music: Debussy's Reverie (favorite because I've been playing it on the piano recently!).
7. Albinoni's Adagio

Ths list goes on!

 

[deathism]

well...for moonlight sonata..i love both movement 1 and 3..


but im listening more to movement 1..somehow i love it more.

 

[Resetti]

my favs are

Bach's Goldberg Variations, all of em!
Concerto de Aranjuez by Joaqin Rodrigo
Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky.

 

[vernplum]

Chopin - 24 preludes (Martha Argerich on Deutsche Gramaphon is my favourite version)
Tschaikovsky - Swan Lake
Bach - Lute Suites, Well Tempered Clavier, Brandenberg Concertos, Toccato & Fugue in Dm
Beethoven - Symphony #6
Holst - The Planets
Mozart - Piano Concerto #21

 

[hohoholalala]

Berlioz - Requiem (Colin Davis)
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique
Tchaikovsky - 6th (Karajan)
Tchaikovsky - nutcracker(Seiji Ozawa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_efzYcXGI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3CjBLrazE8
The arabian dance is sooo good here haha =D

 

[DoubleBlade]

1)"Totentanz" - Franz Liszt
2) Requiem - Mozart
3) Mass in D minor - Mozart
4) La Chappella - Franz Liszt
5) Nocturne in E flat major - Chopin
6) Polonaise in A major - Chopin

The list goes on and on.....

 

[Heyn]

Cello pieces from the Anime Blood+

 

[boiboi]

1) Isaac Albeniz - "Sevilla"
2) John Cage - "Bacchanale, for prepared piano"
3) Chopin - "Nocturne in C# min"
4) Barrios - "La Catedral"
5) Carlo Domeniconi - "Koyunbaba"

 

[letterhead]

eeee... i dun like moonlight sonata, very creep, last time i play that song i feel like puking, no offence.

my favourite has got to the Pathetique and also Franz Listz's Mephisto Waltz lol.

which periods do you guys prefer more? Classical has got to be my favourite.

 

[widdly]

Stravinsky's rite of spring. Love it.

+1
I like the Firebird one better though.

Edgar Varese - Arcana
Richard Strauss - Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Elgar's cello concerto

 

[yy_fuctup]

This coming from Deathism? Heh.

I don't know what I like. I like the C3 piece for my Grade 8 ABRSM Piano Practical 1 to 2 years ago if I'm not wrong.

 

[rx7]

I like Phillip Glass's pieces