# Non-soundtrack classical that rocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509 "2008-06-19T19:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509/21 "2008-06-21T21:36:10Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Wow, talk about going for the obscure option! [/QUOTE] No, that was the error option. I meant Bach’s violin concerto in E major. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509/22 "2008-06-21T21:46:13Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] No, that was the error option. I meant Bach’s violin concerto in E major. :smack: [/QUOTE] Hah hah, that makes a LOT more sense! 🙂 > [@Paladud](#): > > Shostakovich - Tenth Symphony, second movement A corker of a suggestion. You can go [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZbJOE9zNjw) for a quite exceptional performance, by a truly unique youth orchestra. Which reminds me, if it’s dance that you want (or even if it isn’t!), the [encore](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWs9G-c_pcs&feature=related) from the same concert just has to be seen. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509/23 "2008-06-21T22:17:36Z")
It might be DQ’d by the OP’s criteria, because it’s been featured in so many soundtracks and haunted houses, but Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor floors me every time (I don’t know enough about classical to tell if it’s been mentioned here under another name.). True, it doesn’t make me want to dance, but neither does the best grunge rock or Led Zepplin. It just gets my blood pumping, that’s all. So yeah, Toccata and Fugue. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509/24 "2008-06-22T06:16:31Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] The genius of the seventh is that _all_ the movements are pure rhythm and lightness. This even applies to the second movement: all too often played as a dirge, it’s marked ‘allegretto’ and is surely an elegant pavane. [/QUOTE] Solti got it right. I’d have to add almost any waltz, especially the ones in Tchaikovsky’s ballets. And the ballet music from Gounod’s _Faust._ ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509/25 "2008-06-22T06:37:26Z")
No mention of Dvorak’s New World Symphony? Also, a person favorite of mine is Aaron Copeland’s “Appalachian Spring”, as well as his “Rodeo.” And, good grief, how about Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”?[http://youtube.com/watch?v=yiyc9Ak3EtQ](http://youtube.com/watch?v=yiyc9Ak3EtQ) & [http://youtube.com/watch?v=NOcuvv01nO4](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NOcuvv01nO4) Love, Phil [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-soundtrack-classical-that-rocks/453509.md?page=1)