What's your favorite piece of classical music?

[ManBearPig]

Links appreciated.

 

[blackdogdeek]

ode to joy

http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Joy-Symphony-No-Minor/dp/B000SZE21A

 

[shortylickens]

Seasons.
Its nice and long for a good road trip or train ride, its easy to find different versions (i.e. the one you like) and I've always had a special fondness for it ever since William Shatner.

 

[DaveSimmons]

My 2 favorite classical CDs are

Sharon Isbin -Bach: Complete Lute Suites
(live not the CD) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkEbm19kVQE
Amazon - ASIN: B000002SRT / ASIN: B00008LP1Q
= http://www.amazon.com/J-S-Bach-Compl...0357156&sr=8-1

Jakob Lindberg - Vivaldi - Complete Works for Italian Lute
opening - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETZI9SlPqog
Amazon ASIN: B0000016BR / ASIN: B002PR2NP6

 

[GrumpyMan]

Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2

 

[PottedMeat]

ode to joy

http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Joy-Sympho.../dp/B000SZE21A

lol Petrol Records has a way of differentiating its classical albums from the others.


but yeah ode to joy is always good, all ~70 minutes of it.

 

[Albatross]

In da club,op. 2 for violin and strings.

 

[Away]

Mozart - Clarinet Quintet, K.581 (Allegro)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1g4y6xigU

 

[Crono]

Tough choice, but probably Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cpKzDoOdA

 

[lxskllr]

Don't really know. I like classical, but I'm not /into/ it. If you take a liberal definition, I'd say Rhapsody in Blue.

 

[BornStar]

ode to joy

http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Joy-Sympho.../dp/B000SZE21A

Lovely lovely Ludwig Van.

 

[qliveur]

Tough one, but probably Beethoven's 6th Symphony.

The 9th is just too heavy.

 

[dud]

While not "classical" ... it has classical in it's name:

Classical Gas from 1968 ...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Gas

 

[eits]

tough choice...

i'll list my top 6, in no particular order:

- igor stravinsky - the rite of spring

- nikolai rimsky-korsakov - scheherazade

- ludwig von beethoven - 9th symphony, 1st and 2nd movements

- paul abraham dukas - sorcerer's apprentice

- ottorino resphighi - the pines of rome, 4th movement (pines of the appian way)

- hector berlioz - symphonie fantastique, 5th movement (dream of a witches' sabbath)

 

[MagickMan]

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

 

[gevorg]

Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2

Win!

 

[disappoint]

Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto

This is just the second movement. You should listen to all three.
The 2nd movement is the most relaxing, I like all 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzqBYW2E_WU&feature=related

 

[CallMeJoe]

Camille Saint-Saens Symphony #3, final movement (Maestoso)

Percy Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy:
Lisbon
Horkstow Grange
Rufford Park Poachers
The Brisk Young Sailor
Lord Melbourne
The Lost Lady Found

J. S. Bach, Orchestral Suite #3, "Air"

J. S. Bach, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Giacomo Puccini, Madame Butterfly, "Un Bel Di Vedremo" (Renata Scotto, soprano)

 

[CallMeJoe]

Don't really know. I like classical, but I'm not /into/ it. If you take a liberal definition, I'd say Rhapsody in Blue.

My favorite 20th century orchestral work.

link

edit: I prefer Leonard Bernstein's version, but this was the first full recording I found to link.
2d edit: I hadn't played it all the way through; apologies for the premature ending!
3d edit: updated to Crono's link.

 

[Crono]

My favorite 20th century orchestral work.

link

edit: I prefer Leonard Bernstein's version, but this was the first full recording I found to link.

Yeah, prefer the Bernstein one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSq_nwoG43s&feature=related

It has a lot of jazz elements to be considered purely classical, but it's a beautiful orchestral piece.

I love orchestral music, regardless of specific genre. I even love symphonic rock/metal.

 

[xanis]

Ode to Joy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcUxwpOQ_A

 

[brianmanahan]

its a toss up between:

1- prelude in c, js bach
2- jesu joy of mans desiring, js bach
3- concerto no 9 in e flat, mozart
4- opus 23 no 5, rachmaninoff
5- moonlight sonata, beethoven

or, pretty much anything by bach

 

[brianmanahan]

ode to joy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpcuxwpoq_a

awesome version

 

[Gibson486]

http://youtu.be/Vwub-9dZLFU

 

[Anubis]

Holst - The planets

all of them