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Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:16 AM

I'm very partial to Carl Orff, Shostakovich, Arvo Part, John Cage, Terry Riley, and a variety of others. (I could go on and on)

Who are your favorites both old and few.. and what pieces especially move you.

Rain-Tree by Toru Takemitsu would be a specific piece for me. As well as Shostakovich's string quartets.

Beautiful.

sqook

sqook

I'm lost
September 2002

DEC 15, 2003 10:20 AM

Requim, by Mozart. I'm also a big Rachmaninoff fan.

djk29a

djk29a

Korea, D.P.R.
April 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:35 AM

Iannis Xenakis' pieces have a place in my heart
J.S. Bach will always rule with any of his fugues (my favorite is the plain ol' Fugue in G Minor, not the Toccata & Fugue)
Rautavaara and Berlioz never fail to interest me when I get bored
Saint Saens' Carnival of the Animals never fails to give me a chuckle
And let's not forget the truly gifted Maurice Ravel with the under-appreciated Bolero. His sonatas are pretty damn difficult too

Bellini's La Sonnambula arr. by Bottesini and performed by Gary Karr is near the top of my list

I've been bad at picking favorites, yeah...

legionnaire

legionnaire

Belgium
November 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:37 AM

How's this for a cliched answer? Beethoven's' 9th symphony.

Also a big fan of his Apassionata sonata.

MrSmead

MrSmead

Savannah, GA
February 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:51 AM

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2
Beethoven's 9th and 6th Symphonies
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
just about any Mozart
at the moment I'm listening to Orff's Carmina Burana
John Williams is far simpler, but I still like his music (especially the Imperial March)

yipple

yipple

Milwaukee, WI
December 2002

DEC 15, 2003 10:51 AM

agustin barrios - vals op. 8, no.3
jose luis merlin - suite del recuerdo
l.m. gottschalk - souvenir de la havane

rodrigo - concierto de aranjuez

exploded

exploded

Chicago, IL
September 2002

DEC 15, 2003 10:57 AM

gyorgy ligeti is probably my favorite 20th C. composer...


i'm not really one for the true classical composers...i dont know why, I've listened and studied their music, anymore it just seems boring to me. I appreciate it, and can see the genius in it, but it doesnt do anything for me anymore.

zenhell

zenhell

Sri Lanka
January 2003

DEC 15, 2003 11:29 AM

DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN

throatneedle

throatneedle

Baltimore, MD
September 2002

DEC 15, 2003 12:23 PM

all of 'don giovanni'

anotherlostsoul

anotherlostsoul

I'm lost
December 2003

DEC 15, 2003 12:37 PM

I love the French Impressionists - Debussy, late Ravel, Satie, etc...
Of course, the Classicists as well - Beethoven and Mozart (I love Requiem too!!)

Also, my best friend is a modern classical composer and he's awesome smile

jonasChiba

jonasChiba

Mount Prospect, IL
February 2003

DEC 15, 2003 12:52 PM

lieberstram(sp?) by franz lizst(sp?)

hairstreak

hairstreak

United Kingdom
September 2003

DEC 15, 2003 02:11 PM

love 4'33'':
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[Edited on Dec 15, 2003 by hairstreak]

YAWG

YAWG

Victoria, BC
November 2003

DEC 15, 2003 05:45 PM

The Well Tempered Clavier by J.S Bach (yes the whole damn thing).
Marriage of Figaro by Mozart.

Those are my favorite pieces but in terms of styles Baroque and Classical are always welcome in my ears.Not too much into later stuff,I guess I'm not refined enough to enjoy it.

max_beta

max_beta

I'm lost
October 2003

DEC 15, 2003 05:46 PM

I like the one with the cannon... smile

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

DEC 15, 2003 05:50 PM

Mozart's piano concerto no. 42, and The Marriage of Figaro. I LOVE Mozart.

jwgacy138

jwgacy138

Chicago, IL
October 2003

DEC 15, 2003 05:51 PM

Orff Carmina Burana THE best of all time hands down.

i love minor

palindrome

palindrome

Portland, OR
February 2003

DEC 15, 2003 05:57 PM

Any waltz by Shostakovich makes me all tingly in the panties.

blush

handle

handle

I'm lost
July 2003

DEC 15, 2003 05:58 PM

I like to put on Wagner when I'm feeling molevolent and want to frighten my roommates. I know it's horribky played out and cliched, but I also like to put on Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" at random times when I have lots of company, because it makes life feel like a pretentious art film.

Honestly though I would have to say my favorite classical piece is Glenn Branca's Symphony No.1 featuring Lee Renaldo and Thurston Moore pre-Sonic Youth

Cheech

Cheech

Portland, OR
January 2003

DEC 15, 2003 06:37 PM

the (original) Rollerball soundtrack-- Toccata in D Minor, the Waltz of Sleeping Beauty, Adagio...

Koyaanisqatsi

Chopin - Nocturne no. 8 op. 27 D flat

some of the same old stuff everyone else likes-- Bolero, Moonlight sonata

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

DEC 15, 2003 06:46 PM

I can't stand classical music.



Give me everything from Hildegard of Bingen through J.S.Bach, skip a few decades and start with Beethoven's 4th onward, but classical... puke





wink

[Edited on Dec 15, 2003 by coughee]

Zundapp1

Zundapp1

Seattle, WA
November 2003

DEC 15, 2003 08:03 PM

Without a doubt:
"The Lamentations of Jerimiah" by Thomas Tallis (circa 1545)
"Abduction from the Seralio" by Mozart (1781?)
"First Book of Songs" by John Dowland (1603)
"12 Noels" by Flemish organist Claude Daquin (circa 1740)
"A Musical Joke" by Mozart (he did a parody of earlier composers' works, and it is rather funny provided you are at least a little familiar with some of the styles of Bach, Telleman, Handel, and a few others)


I much prefer early music over romantic era stuff (there are exceptions). I think many people believe it is devoid of emotion or the "fire" that romanticism possesses. Or that many works are by anonymous composers and it is a little harder to select music based on loose standards of time and region than it is a composer of the 19th century that we know so much about.
But verily, I say unto you, that early music has not only as much emotion as much later works, but the science, intellect and foundation of western music thoery itself; it is not just a relaxing diversion from life, because so many works are very serious minded meditations... on life, on death, on love. This is not to discount any other works of music, but it is no coincidence that the bulk of what early music has survived happens to be religious in nature.
I think I could go on, but nobody would read smile

knox_velour

knox_velour

Rancho Cucamonga, CA
November 2003

DEC 15, 2003 08:09 PM

Vivaldi's Gloria
Bach's Tocatta and Fuge
Mozart's 25th Symphony

YAWG

YAWG

Victoria, BC
November 2003

DEC 15, 2003 08:43 PM

I second roundNround,go on lukie2p.
We'll let you know when you get to pretentious.If that's even possible on a thread dedicated to Classical music. wink

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:05 PM

fuck pretentious. it's only pretentious if you don't really like it.

ClicheGuevara

ClicheGuevara

Toronto, ON
September 2003

DEC 15, 2003 10:17 PM

Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue

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