Your favorite top 10 classical music pieces

[RSI]

I just realized I don't really have any classical music, and I don't really know what's good/bad. I have a crapload of different types of music, from blues/jazz to classic rock to techno/dance to rap to just plain rock/punk rock, etc... but not any classical. I would really like to experiment with this. It would make for excellent background music while I'm trying to think, I think.

-RSI

 

[chechi]

Well, you cant go wrong with the masters, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, ect. I myself am really into classical guitar. The best there is Andres Segovia, and John Williams(not the composer). Good Luck.

 

[VirusDub]

Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (actually, they're all really good, I just picked 2 because I'm listening to it right now)
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Verdi - La Forza del Destino
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Moussorgsky/Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition
Berlioz - Symphony Fantastique
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Gershwin - An American in Paris

I could list of whole ton more, those are just the stuff I've listened to most recently.

 

[RSI]

Thanks a lot. Checking out some of that right now.

-RSI

 

[Grasp23]

Virus Dubs list is good,

I would add to it, Beethoven's Symphonies (they're famous for a reason).
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto's (Especially the third).
Anything by Chopin (If you are looking for piano music)
and Shuberts Unfinished Symphony.

Happy listening......g23

 

[VirusDub]

<< Virus Dubs list is good,

I would add to it, Beethoven's Symphonies (they're famous for a reason).
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto's (Especially the third).
Anything by Chopin (If you are looking for piano music)
and Shuberts Unfinished Symphony.

Happy listening......g23 >>

Ah yes, Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished", one of my favorites. Beethoven Symphonies 3, 5, 7, and 9 are top-notch (not to say the others aren't good, because they are).

 

[Ionizer86]

Vivaldi--4 seasons (Spring, summer, autumn, winter).
Beethoven--Pastoral
Mozart--Romanze

and a whole lot more

 

[StevenYoo]

Gustav Holst - The Planets (the best piece ever)
Mozart - Requiem
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Tchaik - Marche Slave
Holst - First and Second Suites
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Folk Song Suite
Dvorak - Symphony #9 - "New World"
Mahler symphony 3
Stravinsky - Firebird Suite
Respighi - Pines of Rome (FREAKING AWESOME PIECE)
Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana (a nice, 1-act opera)

 

[VirusDub]

<< Holst - First and Second Suites >>

I used to like those, but they get played to death by every single band on the face of the earth. I played then every year between 9th grade and now 1st year in college. It's absurd. Besides, Holst's Hammersmith is much better.

 

[NeoMadHatter]

<< Vivaldi--4 seasons (Spring, summer, autumn, winter).
>>



that's really good. that's all you need.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< Vivaldi--4 seasons (Spring, summer, autumn, winter). >>


Yep. You can't go wrong with 4 seasons ?^??^?

 

[RSI]

Thanks a lot for all the suggestions, everybody.

Damn, the more I use morpheus the more I hate it.

-RSI

 

[datalink7]

My favorite Composer is Rachmoninoff, but here are some of my favorites:

Rachmoninoff - Rach 3
Rachmoninoff - Vocalise<---Possible #1 Favorite
Rachmoninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme<---Other Possible #1 Favorite
Rachmoninoff - Concerto #3
Rachmoninoff - Piano Concerto 2
Chopin - Minute Waltz
Chopin - Polonaise
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven - 5th Symphony
Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei<---Other possible #1 Favorite

 

[DataFly]

Pachelbel's Canon (also spelled Kanon)
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Vivaldi (anything by him)
Bach's Double Violin Concerto
Bach's Brandenburg Concerti (any of them)
Bach (anything by him)
Beethoven's 3rd Symphony
Beethoven's 6th Symphony
Mozart's Requiem
Mozart's 40th
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
The Great Gate of Kiev (dunno by whom - if you can find this one please IM/email me!)
Bizet's Carmen (esp. March of the Toreadors - check spelling)
Holst's The Planets
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky (anything by him)
Rakhmaninov's Piano Concerto #4
Rakhmaninov (anything by him)


I know that's more than ten, but they're all great.

 

[VirusDub]

Here's a few more from my collection you might want to check out:
Bruckner - Symphonies 4 and 7
de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings" (it's not classical the sense of being old, but it's still what most people would call classical)
Khachaturian - Masquerade
Schubert - Trout Quartet
Tchaikovsky - Symphonies 4 and 6 (1 through 3 really weren't all that great, but 4-6 are amazing), Romeo and Juliet Overture, Nutcracker, Swan Lake
Verdi - Il Trovatore

 

[KevinF]

It's certainly not up to Beethoven, but if you're looking for something different, I have to suggest the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack.

I suggest Summer Overture and Meltdown.

 

[CubicZirconia]

I would say this is more Neo-Classical (is that a word?) but I have always loved the theme music for the movie Jurassic Park. Journey to the Island by John Williams.

 

[Descartes]

<< I have to suggest the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. >>



Note, having string instruments in a song does not automatically qualify it as classical music...

 

[BP]

I'll second Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, one of my favorites.
Try Adagio for Strings by Barber. You may remember it from Platoon or Homeworld.
The Planets by Gustav Holst has always been popular. I'm partial to Jupiter and Mars.

 

[dionx]

i only know #1. i dont wanna think about the other 9 right now.

#1 - pachelbel - canon

 

[VirusDub]

<< Note, having string instruments in a song does not automatically qualify it as classical music... >>

That's true, but classical, in modern connotation, is usually used to mean "played by an orchestra". If you want to get really technical, the only real classical music was written between about 1750 and 1830. Before that, it was baroque, and after that it was romantic and then contemporary.

 

[wQuay]

mp3s are no way to experience classical music.

 

[Pastfinder]

These are in no particular order:

- Leonard Bernstein: "Scherzo" ("Profanation") from Symphony #1
- Percy Grainger: Irish tune from County Derry
- Gustav Holst: Mars, Bringer of War from The Planets
- Philip Sparke: Celebration
- Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
- Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
- Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait (and yes, I heard it before the stupid bowl)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio Espanol
- Richard Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries
- William Schuman: When Jesus Wept

 

[Pastfinder]

de Meij - Symphony No. 1 "Lord of the Rings"

In 5 movements, number one is titled Gandalf. I was told this music wasn't used in the movie, kinda of a shame

 

[VirusDub]

<< mp3s are no way to experience classical music. >>

Very true. The best way to experience the music is to play it with an orchestra.