# Classical music recommendations (especially Romantic era) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-recommendations-especially-romantic-era/845725 "2020-01-01T17:40:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-recommendations-especially-romantic-era/845725/41 "2020-01-22T12:13:31Z")
I’m going to throw an odd one into the mix: [Friede auf Erden](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VspcenwuI64)(“Peace on Earth”) by Arnold Schoenberg. Before you recoil in horror and go “Urgh! Schoenberg!”, note that this is Schoenberg before his break from tonality to atonality. This is a lush choral work - I know you said you prefer non-choral, but still - that occasionally explodes into dissonant chaos and then settles back into that rich tonal lushness. It’s not long (about ten minutes), and I would thoroughly recommend listening to it all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-recommendations-especially-romantic-era/845725/42 "2020-01-22T16:23:15Z")
Pre-atonality Schoenberg is a feast for the ears, especially if you love Wagner, Mahler, and Strauss. The symphonic poem **Pelleas und Melisande** and the cantata **Gurre-Lieder** are enormous works in both length and vocal/orchestral forces… **Gurre-Lieder** employs three separate male choruses on top of a full 8-part choir, soloists, and a monster orchestra. Check em out! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-recommendations-especially-romantic-era/845725.md?page=2)