The Classical Music Thread

[tomirk]

I am sorry if this has been done before but the search engine is down.

So, please post pieces of classical music you like, preferably with a youtube link.
My 2 offerings:

Wagner - Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Funeral March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53s4jyCqqU

Enio Morricone - The Mission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoQ2yiS1lsY

[Mobile Chicane]

Beethoven's Piano Concertos (Paul Lewis version).

Edited to add the link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beethoven-Complete-Piano-C...

For those unfamiliar with Beethoven (I never 'got' him until comparatively recently), this is music like you've never heard.

Exquisite beauty.

Edited by Mobile Chicane on Thursday 14th October 01:41

[tomirk]

Chopin- Polonaise op. 53 ( Although this has been irrevocably corrupted by the Monthy Python song which I involuntarily start to sing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdPvEyrrVos

Edited by tomirk on Wednesday 13th October 22:06

[ShadownINja]

Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqdcDGmtJqI

Even more enjoyable when I play it myself.

The "runs" up and down the octaves are a bit of a rush as it's 50:50 whether I manage it perfectly or just completely cock it up, mind. I found it's best not to concentrate and just let the fingers do their thing. Much like making love to a beautiful woman.

Edited by ShadownINja on Wednesday 13th October 22:22

[kiteless]

I'd be amazed if this thread hasn't been done before, but if it has I can't remember it and if not it should be a good 'un.

The first three that immediately spring to mind for me:

Chopin Nocturne No.1 - this version by Maria Joao Pires in particular for its warmth and delicacy

http://www.trilulilu.ro/ycebliss/c0d83f8bfb01b0

RVW's Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis. Music with a stained-glass beauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkMIgMYf6go

Chopin's Berceause Op.57. I can't find Barenboim's version (utterly captivating), but Evgeny Kissin aint a poor substitute TBH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkmJCNP5P3g

[ShadownINja]

Some other pieces:
Not a big fan of Mozart or choral pieces but do like Requiem eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU18mdj1Mtc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQ8UHSL05A

Is this classical? Is any of the above? Most is baroque. Anyway...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8VH0sbEU20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR7eUSFsn28 <--- one day, eh.

Oh, yeah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FXoyr_FyFw <--- sadly, I can only remember the Toccata bit but it's damned good fun playing on a church organ. I did threaten to play it as my sister walked up the aisle on her wedding if she wasn't nice to me in the month leading up to her big day.

Edited by ShadownINja on Wednesday 13th October 22:43

[Sim89]

Brahms Piano Concerto 1 & 3 in Dm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc9QMV6J-AQ

[TedMaul]

Mozarts clarinet concerto in A, particularly adaggio movement. No access to youtube but look for work done by Michael Collins

Canon in D major by Pachelbel is probably classed as Chamber Music but i really like it

Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev

[kiteless]

I only discovered this recently, but enjoy it's drama with the occasional reflective moments.

Beethoven's Coriolan Overture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6sKWuAcuOI&fea...

[singlecoil]

A good start to classical music would be Rimsky-Korsakoz's Scheherazade, a particular favourite of mine. I was fortunate enough to be able to record a televised performance of the World Orchectra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.

[kiteless]

singlecoil said:

A good start to classical music would be Rimsky-Korsakoz's Scheherazade, a particular favourite of mine. I was fortunate enough to be able to record a televised performance of the World Orchectra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.

I bet that was an experience!

[singlecoil]

kiteless said:

singlecoil said:

A good start to classical music would be Rimsky-Korsakoz's Scheherazade, a particular favourite of mine. I was fortunate enough to be able to record a televised performance of the World Orchectra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.

I bet that was an experience!

It was on the TV, and I recorded it. I wasn't actually there, but I did get a better view than if I had been, because of the number of camers, and the close-ups of the players of the various solos.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Mozart. That is all.

[FourWheelDrift]

Gustav Holst's Planet Suite, this being just Jupiter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo

And one that is not on Youtube, but you can find it on the internet. "Charge of the Titans", by Patrick Wilson and Derek Austin. Used as the theme to a Discovery channel series called Battleships.

[Z06George]

Aside from the obvious like Mozart and Beethoven I really like Dvorjak and J.S.Bach from the baroque period. Brahms was probably my favorite classical composer his piano quartet in f minor is unreal the third movement is just amazing.

[kiteless]

singlecoil said:

kiteless said:

singlecoil said:

A good start to classical music would be Rimsky-Korsakoz's Scheherazade, a particular favourite of mine. I was fortunate enough to be able to record a televised performance of the World Orchectra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.

I bet that was an experience!

It was on the TV, and I recorded it. I wasn't actually there, but I did get a better view than if I had been, because of the number of camers, and the close-ups of the players of the various solos.

Ah. I got the impression that you were part of the TV crew.....

I do like Scheherazade, particularly the 1st movt.

[Z06George]

kiteless said:

singlecoil said:

kiteless said:

singlecoil said:

A good start to classical music would be Rimsky-Korsakoz's Scheherazade, a particular favourite of mine. I was fortunate enough to be able to record a televised performance of the World Orchectra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev.

I bet that was an experience!

It was on the TV, and I recorded it. I wasn't actually there, but I did get a better view than if I had been, because of the number of camers, and the close-ups of the players of the various solos.

Ah. I got the impression that you were part of the TV crew.....

I do like Scheherazade, particularly the 1st movt.

I got to play the piece on a tour in Poland in the summer, it is easily my favourite piece I've played in and orchestra.

[MoleVision]

Liszt's transcendental etudes are a big favourite of mine... not that I can play any of the damn things...

I can hack my way through no 6..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFAPVSbKh7I

and play a very slow version of my favorite, no. 12. appropriately named "Blizzard"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkWJkL_VU-k

Also Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 is always good fun, especially the Bugs Bunny / Tom and Jerry versions! Though my hands seem to tie themselves in knots at about 3min40 (in the 1st video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLR3oNNY4_A

Cant find the Bugs Bunny one but think its called "Rahapsody Rabbit"
Tom & Jerry - "The Cat Concerto"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvapzt8FKLk

[kiteless]

A couple of weepie, romantic ones.

One of my favourite conductors (along with Sir Neville Marriner) leads one of my favourite symphonic movements - Mahler Symphony No.5 Adagietto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXoADUoYy4

And one of the world's greatest fiddlers, Joshua Bell - The 2nd movement of Max Bruch's violin concerto:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZjw9pN0kX0

[angusfaldo]

Suggest to try Strauss - Four Last Songs. The ultimate recording is the original Kirsten Flagstad recording from May 1950 but the Felicity Lott version is pretty awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LLFqD6Vnhc