subject says it all.
Thanks.
JS Bach Toccata & Fugue in D minor [E Power Biggs organist]
George Gershwin Rhaposdy in Blue
Faure - Pavane
?- from Turandot - Nessun Dorma
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Anything by Rachmaninov, Grieg. Holst or Sibelius
Verdi did a few good tunes as well…
Classical music to do what to
To awake to?
To get it on to?
To beat someone up to?
To dine to?
To become one with God to?
To become one with Gods to?
To be buried to?
To be married to?
To comit Hari-Kari to?
To have a homosexual encounter to?
To float around space station to?
What do you want?
Really obvious shit like Beethoven’s Fifth and Stravinsky’s Firebird?
Or cool oblique things like the Prokofiev Violin Sonata and Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass?
What are your needs? What are your wants? Help us to help you out, here.
No specifics. Anything you like. Anythingt that’s good. I like classical music as a whole, so, anything you think I’ll like.
Buy some of those “[composer’s name]'s Greatest Hits” CDs. That might be the best bet so you can narrow down your likes and dislikes further.
Sorry, I am have been drinking so it is difficult to narrow down my request. If you just post something that you like, chances are I will like it too. Post your entire classical music playlist if you want. the more replies the better. even if I don’t like what you post. the worst I can do is ignore it.
Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg.
Try it, you’ll like it.
Requiem - Faure
Afternoon of a Faun - Debbussey
The Rite of Spring - Stravinski
Appalachian Spring - Copeland
Porgy and Bess - Gershwin
Jerimiah – Symphony No. 1 - Bernstein
The Shubert Trio Sonatas - particularly 1 and 3
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas (Sonata No. 8 in C Minor (Pathetique), Op. 13, Sonata No. 23 in F Minor (Appassionata), Op. 57, Sonata No. 14 in C# Minor (Moonlight), Op. 27 – but get a good recording Horowitz if available)
Big n’ brassy:
The Seven Deadly Sins–Kurt Weill
Symphony in F–George Gershwin
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue–Richard Rodgers
Victory at Sea–Richard Rodgers and others
Sacred music:
Faure’s Requiem is delicate and lovely, perhaps my favorite–the end of the GLORIA is one of the most incredible moments I’ve had as a chorister. But for different takes, there are famous ones by Mozart, Brahms, and Shubert. The Verdi one is amazing with a DIES IRAE that will scare the hell out of you.
Purty n’ quiet:
Symphony #3 by Henrik Gorecki
Mahler’s symphonies, esp. #4
Der Winterreise, by Schubert; a German song cycle
Many, many more, but these are a few of my faves.
Bach violin partita #3, BWV 1006
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*Originally posted by Lobsang *
If you just post something that you like, chances are I will like it too.
:dubious:
That certainly does not work for me.
Nice job on the quote tags, DP.
A list of 101 composers (from the top of myhead - I probably missed out a few important ones as well) and a suggestion of an interesting composition to start with :
Albeniz - Tango
Alwyn - Symphony 2
Arnold - Commonwealth overture
Bach CPE - Organ concertos
Bach JS - Cello suites
Bantock - Hebreidan symphony
Barber - Knoxville summer of 1916
Bartok - Concerto for orchestra
Bax - Tintagel
Beethoven - Symphony 6
Bellini - Norma
Berg - Violin concerto
Berio - Folksongs
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique
Bizet - L’Arlesienne
Boito - Mefistofeles
Borodon - Polovetsian dances
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Britten - War requiem
Bruch - Violin concerto 1
Bruckner - Symphony 9
Chopin - Nocturnes
Copland - Appalachian springs
Corigliano - Symphony 1
Debussy - La Mer
Delibes - Coppelia
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
Dutilleux - Cello concerto 1
Dvorak - Symphony 9
Elgar - Cello concerto
Falla - Nights in the garden of Spain
Faure - Requiem
Finzi - Calrinet concerto
Gershwin - Rhapsody in blue
Gorecki - Symphony 3
Grieg - Holberg suite
Gubaidulina - Jetzt immer Schnee
Handel - Watermusic
Hanson - Symphony 2
Harty - Irish symphony
Haydn - Late string quartets
Hindemith - Mathis der Maler symphony
Holmboe - String quartets
Honegger - Pacific
Ives - Symphony 3
Janacek - Mass
Kancheli - Nightprayers
Krommer - Clarinet concertos
Lilburn - Symphony 3
Liszt - Preludes
Lutoslawski - Concerto for Orchestra
MacMillan - Veni veni Emmanuel
Mahler - Kindertotenlieder
Martinu - Symphony 3
Mendelssohn - Violin concerto
Messiaen - Turangalila symphoniy
Moeran - Cello concerto
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition
Nielsen - Clarinet concerto
Part - Tabula rasa
Penderecki - Threnody
Piazzolla - Libertango
Prokofiev - Romeo&Juliet
Puccini - Tosca
Rachmaninov - Pianoconcerto 2
Raff - Lenore symphony
Rautavaraa - Vincentiana symphony
Ravel - La valse
Respighi - Fontane di Roma
Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade
Rodrigo - Guitar concerto
Rossini - William Tell overture
Roussel - Symphony 4
Rutter - Requiem
Salinen - New Zeland diary symphony
Schmidt - Symphony 4
Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht
Schubert - String quintet
Sculthorpe - Kakadu
Shostakovich - Symphony 7
Sibelius - Violin concerto
Smetana - Moldau
Spohr - Double quartets
Strauss J - Fledermaus overture
Strauss R - Don Juan
Stravinsky - Rite of spring
Szymanovski - Symphony 3
Takemitsu - A flock descends in the pentagonal garden
Tavener - The protecting veil
Tchaikosvky - Violin concerto
Telemann - Tafelmusik
Vaughan Williams - Symphony 5
Verdi - Requiem
Villa-Lobos - Bachiana Brasilieiras
Vivaldi - Four seasons
Wagner - Ring der Nibelungen
Walton - Facade
Weber - Clarinet concertos
Webern - Orchestral pieces
Widor - Organ symphony 5
Zemlinsky - Lyrische Symphonie
Satie - Gymnopedies
Schumann - Rheinische Symphony
Should definitely be inthere. :o
Bach-- cello suites.
Beethoven-- sonatas: pathetique, moonlight
Mozart-- die Zauberflote
Rodeo, Billy the Kid, and Concerto for Clarinet and Strings - Aaron Copland
If you want something tranquil and pleasant, listen to Beethoven’s Symphony #6.
If you are in the mood for something more brassy and ballsy, try Tchaikovski’s Symphony #4.
my favorite symphonic work: Symphony #9 (From the New World) - Antonin Dvorak
Music for band:
English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
First Suite for Band - Gustav Holst
The Planets, Holst
Carmina Burana, Orff
Samson, Handel
Messiah,Handel
Requiem, Mozart
Requiem, Fauré
Requiem, Lygeti
6th symphony, Pastorale, Beethoven
2th Piano concerto, Rachmaninov
1st Piano concerto, Chopin
1st Piano concerto, Tschaikovsky
1st Violin concerto, Brahms
Bolero, Ravel
Pictures of an exhibition, Mussorsky - Ravel
Pomp and circumstance, Elgar
Brandenburg Concertos, Bach
Haffner symphony, Mozart
Trumpet concerto, Haydn (by Wynton Marsalis)
Watermusic, Handel
Music for the royal fireworks, Handel
Symphony nr5, Mahler
Flower duet, Delibes
4 seasons, Vivaldi
Symphony nr 3, GORECKI
What, nobody’s mentioned Beetchoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto yet?!
You can practically hear Erroll Flynn leaping from tree to tree in his tights!