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Great idea.
Regarding piano quintets, I’ll definitely second Fauré’s, too, especially the one in d minor. 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 (that second movement !)
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
Merci!
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
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.
And for real flash, the Carmina Burana flash mob is pretty hard to beat.
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.
Thanks!
Beethoven’s odd numbered symphonies (except the first).
Darius Milhaud’s “Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit.”
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,” 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
Shostakovitch The Eyes Wide Shut song.
Love it.
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!
Of course I meant BACH’s Toccata and Fugue (sp?)!
Best Version Ever, according to the link
Thank you!
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