# Favourite classical music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351 "2018-03-10T19:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/21 "2018-03-11T18:28:13Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I may start a thread called “What Horribly Overplayed Classical Music AREN’T You Thoroughly Sick Of?” nm ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/22 "2018-03-11T19:36:20Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I may start a thread called “What Horribly Overplayed Classical Music AREN’T You Thoroughly Sick Of?” Great idea. Regarding _piano quintets_, I’ll definitely second **Fauré** ’s, too, especially the one in [d minor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-j6LLkpQYY). The passage starting at 3:20 is pure joy. As matter of fact, I consider him as one of the greatest melodists ever. His music is paradoxically both intensely moving and strangely elusive, like a perfume. Also, check out [**Franck** ’s piano quintet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbtf2IDwN0) (that second movement !) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/23 "2018-03-11T20:15:10Z")
A quick list while I’m here : **Dowland** : Lachrimae Pavan **Bach** : Matthaus-Passion, Cantatas 109 and 147, flute sonata BWV 1030, the Well-Tempered Clavier, cello suites, violin concertos, orchestral suites **Mozart** : Don Giovanni, clarinet quintet **Beethoven** : piano sonatas 8, 14, 15, 17, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 + symphonies 5, 6 and 7 + piano concerto 4 **Schubert** : Winterreise, piano sonatas 20 and 21 **Mendelssohn** : The Hebrides, symphony 3 **Chopin** : Nocturnes 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15 and 19 + Préludes 4, 6 and 15 + Impromptu 3 + piano sonata 2 **Brahms** : symphonies 1 and 4, clarinet quintet, Intermezzi op.117, Klavierstucke op.118, piano concerto 1, cello sonata 1 **Franck** : piano quintet **Fauré** : piano quintet **Tchaikovsky** : piano concerto 1, violin concerto, Swan Lake, symphony 1 **Debussy** : Syrinx, piano préludes 1-24, Images, Estampes, 6 Épigraphes Antiques, Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune, La Mer **Satie** : Gnossienne 1 **Ravel** : piano concerto in G, Miroirs **Scriabin** : piano sonatas 6 and 9 **Stravinsky** : the Rite of Spring **Prokofiev** : Romeo & Juliet, piano sonatas 2 and 6, symphonies 3 and 7 **Dutilleux** : Tout un Monde Lointain **Ligeti** : Lux Aeterna, Lontano, cello concerto, piano études ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/24 "2018-03-11T20:49:41Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > Great idea. > > Regarding _piano quintets_, I’ll definitely second **Fauré** ’s, too, especially the one in [d minor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-j6LLkpQYY). The passage starting at 3:20 is pure joy. As matter of fact, I consider him as one of the greatest melodists ever. His music is paradoxically both intensely moving and strangely elusive, like a perfume. > > Also, check out [**Franck** ’s piano quintet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbtf2IDwN0) (that second movement !) Merci! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/25 "2018-03-12T00:30:33Z")
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos #2 and #3, and Symphony #2 Chopin: Every single thing he ever wrote, especially etude #3 in E, op10.3, “Tristesse” Tchaikovsky: All the symphonies, Swan Lake and Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony #7 Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture Lehár: The Land of Smiles: “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” Verdi: Rigoletto Gershwin: Porgy and Bess Kálmán: The Bayadere: “Shimmy” Puccini: La Boheme Lalo: Symphonie espagnole ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/26 "2018-03-12T01:16:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How many of mine are on it? 😛 Not that many. The first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth, definitely. The Tchaikovsky, Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in D minor (horror movie music). Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” I still dig, as well as the “Morning Mood” from the _Peer Gynt_ incidental music. Can’t get sick of them, just like the Mendelssohn Shakespeare music. The flash mob band playing the Grieg on the Copenhagen subway is one of the sweetest things on YouTube. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gww9_S4PNV0/maxresdefault.jpg "Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Phil playing Peer Gynt.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gww9_S4PNV0) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/27 "2018-03-12T01:25:41Z")
And for real flash, the **Carmina Burana** flash mob is pretty hard to beat. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/PJNp5UKRtbQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Flashmob Carmina Burana") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/28 "2018-03-12T02:21:08Z")
Back in my youth I had a friend that had a father with a huge collection of classical music. I was not really that interested in classical music but a combination of his father’s collection and copious quantities of weed made me a believer. I like Vivaldi and Telemann. Also a big fan of Mozart (Toccata and Fugue in D minor) and Beethoven (9th). ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/29 "2018-03-12T02:26:43Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Back in my youth I had a friend that had a father with a huge collection of classical music. I was not really that interested in classical music but a combination of his father’s collection and copious quantities of weed made me a believer. I like Vivaldi and Telemann. Also a big fan of Mozart (Toccata and Fugue in D minor) and Beethoven (9th). Copious quantities of weed can make a classical music lover out of anyone. That shit really opens up your ears. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/30 "2018-03-12T02:27:46Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > And for real flash, the **Carmina Burana** flash mob is pretty hard to beat. > > [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PJNp5UKRtbQ) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/31 "2018-03-12T02:41:40Z")
Beethoven’s odd numbered symphonies (except the first). Darius Milhaud’s “[Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf24HMfNxuA).” Rossini’s overtures to “La Gazza Ladra,” “The Barber of Seville,” and, of course, “William Tell.” Benjamin Britten’s “[The Trees They Grow So High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAt4D98bAzU),” which he dedicated to my father. The Brandenburg Concertos, notably number 3. Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” Tchaikovsky’s Ninth Dvorak’s [Quintet in A Major, Op. 81](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qz6y-ME8zs) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/32 "2018-03-12T02:48:03Z")
[Pachelbel Canon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stCKjZniMsQ) [Barber Adagio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/33 "2018-03-12T02:59:06Z")
Shostakovitch [The Eyes Wide Shut song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjnzGwmbqs). Love it. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/34 "2018-03-12T03:07:12Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > I may start a thread called “What Horribly Overplayed Classical Music AREN’T You Thoroughly Sick Of?” I get it. Many of us don’t listen to the genre enough to get so picky. I DO get it, though. Bach’s Toccatta and Fugue in Dm. Still makes my hair stand on end! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/35 "2018-03-12T03:08:40Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Back in my youth I had a friend that had a father with a huge collection of classical music. I was not really that interested in classical music but a combination of his father’s collection and copious quantities of weed made me a believer. I like Vivaldi and Telemann. Also a big fan of Mozart (Toccata and Fugue in D minor) and Beethoven (9th). Of course I meant **BACH’s** Toccata and Fugue (sp?)! [Best Version Ever, according to the link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho9rZjlsyYY) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/36 "2018-03-12T03:24:40Z")
[Another favorite thanks to the movin’ pitchers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwAzXBCCQrQ) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/37 "2018-03-12T03:40:43Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > Great idea. > > Regarding _piano quintets_, I’ll definitely second **Fauré** ’s, too, especially the one in [d minor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-j6LLkpQYY). The passage starting at 3:20 is pure joy. As matter of fact, I consider him as one of the greatest melodists ever. His music is paradoxically both intensely moving and strangely elusive, like a perfume. > > Also, check out [**Franck** ’s piano quintet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvbtf2IDwN0) (that second movement !) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/38 "2018-03-12T04:03:25Z")
Biz-natch’s Niventh ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/39 "2018-03-12T04:11:09Z")
[Stumbled across this just now.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPmKRtWta4E) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/40 "2018-03-12T04:19:17Z")
[Should be familiar to Doors fans.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBKFMB-yPg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351.md?page=3)