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Who is your favorite Classical composer and what melodie?

My I think right now is:
Giuseppe Verdi - Celeste Aïda

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

yes, yes, we all know what I do for a living...

Gustav Holst - The Planets (I know, I know, cliche, but it kicks ass)

J.S. Bach would probably be a more responsible choice. Christianity aside, Bach rocks.

J.S. Bach: Coffee Cantada, yes I am a caffine addict, why?

Bach and Wagner = best classical. ooo wagner..needs to go in my topic...

One my faves is the second movement of Vivaldi's Gloria in D. Haunting, soul-stirring stuff.

Hmm I do think that

Ludvig van Beethoven - Ode to Joy (Eu Anthem) has a certan kickass sound to it.

Phear the Euroempire

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have heard MANY mention Bach in a classical thread.
::WHIPS OUT MEGAPHONE:::

BACH WAS NOT FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. HE WAS BAROQUE.

"Hall of the Mountain King" from 'Pier Ghent'. (sp)

Mozart, Beethovan, Wagner, I like all the greats as well. Basically, if you learn about them in Humanities, I like them.

Barbers Adagio for string
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Danse Macabre bt Saint-Saens

and probably my favourite
Cavatina from the soundtrack to The Deer Hunter preferably the version played by John Williams (no not the composer the guitarist)

LadyTevar wrote:"Hall of the Mountain King" from 'Pier Ghent'. (sp)

Ah, yes I think it's Gent, not sure. Also, Ippolitov Ivanov's Georgian War March and 1812 Overture.

umm im stuck between a few choice works

Requiem: Mozart
Missa Solemnis: Beethoven
Eroica, Symphony #3: Beethoven
Messiah: Handel

Saurencaerthai wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, I have heard MANY mention Bach in a classical thread.
::WHIPS OUT MEGAPHONE:::

BACH WAS NOT FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. HE WAS BAROQUE.

Stravinski lived in the 20thC
Verdi in the 19thC
Both very much linked to modern and romantic styles, given that the thread maker was a Verdi fan, Victor Immanuel Rei di Italia!!!, it's a safe bet that 'classical' refers to general european music from 1500-1900.

1812 was admittedly not a good piece, Marche Slav was far better.
Also his Concerto in I think D minor, can't remember at the moment.
Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
Barber's Adagio
Stravinski's Fire Bird Suite
Pier Gent, Grieg
so much more.

It's hard to find a single favorite, as there are 400+ years of the combined musical genius of Germany, Austria, France, Russia, Poland, England, etc.

These days musical genius is greatly appreciated in both vernacular and classical senses, and greatly hindered by Record Companies. The classics however have the benefit of being in the public domain, and thus all their best work is in full display.

GonK wrote:Barbers Adagio for string

I was fishing for that title! It's really such a great tune. A friend loaned me a CD of different groups doing their own versions of it, including an organ version, a vocal version (Agnus Dei), and one by the Canadian Brass

Wait, it's Pier Gynt. And 1812 Overture is pretty good but great to play with a sub woofer hooked up to the computer.

Saurencaerthai wrote:

GonK wrote:Barbers Adagio for string

I was fishing for that title! It's really such a great tune. A friend loaned me a CD of different groups doing their own versions of it, including an organ version, a vocal version (Agnus Dei), and one by the Canadian Brass

Probably one of the best pieces of the romantic era.
BTW, Angus Dei was the arrangement Barber wrote. Mostly because he was milking a cash cow for all it was worth.

Oh and I forgot to mention Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

Captain Lennox wrote:Wait, it's Pier Gynt. And 1812 Overture is pretty good but great to play with a sub woofer hooked up to the computer.

Ancient 1970's (60's?) box record player (yes, it was marked for 78s), where the entire bottom of the stereo was a bass.

One 70' long trailer-home.

My father's record of Pier Gynt, playing 'Hall of the Mountain King', and dogs 1/4mile away howling at the loudness.

That is how I learned to love Hall of the Mountain King.

SyntaxVorlon wrote:

Saurencaerthai wrote:

GonK wrote:Barbers Adagio for string

I was fishing for that title! It's really such a great tune. A friend loaned me a CD of different groups doing their own versions of it, including an organ version, a vocal version (Agnus Dei), and one by the Canadian Brass

Probably one of the best pieces of the romantic era.
BTW, Angus Dei was the arrangement Barber wrote. Mostly because he was milking a cash cow for all it was worth.

Oh and I forgot to mention Vaughn Williams' Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.

Interesting fact. I never knew that!

J. S. Bach, Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor.

Chopin, Marche Funebre.

M. Mussorgsky, A Night on Bald Mountain.

Johann Strauß - Kaiser Walzer (Emperor's Waltz)

Several..

Bach - Cello Suite No. 5
Dvorak - "New World Symphony" (no. 6, especially "Furiant")
Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata"
Grieg - Norweigian Dances
Holst - "Neptune" from "The Planets"
Mozart - "Kyrie" from "Requiem"
Tchaikovsky - "Marche Slav"
Salieri - "Contredanse"

Will think of more later..

I've never heard classical I didn't like.

Saurencaerthai wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, I have heard MANY mention Bach in a classical thread.
::WHIPS OUT MEGAPHONE:::

BACH WAS NOT FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD. HE WAS BAROQUE.

Maybe so, but it is generally considered "classical" music.. everything that sounds like Baroque or classical is generally classical music, all things considered. It's all classical music, and it does have its subsets.

Oooh. So many to choose from:
Symphonies 3 and 5-Beethoven(who else?)
(The infamous) Night on Bald Mountain-Mussogorsky
(Of course) Rite of Spring-Stravinsky
Alexander Nevsky soundtrack-Prokofiev(why not?)
The New World Symphony-Dvorak
Rhapsody in Blue-Gershwin
Sinfonia Tapkaara-Ifukube(Better than his movie music!)
William Tell overture-Rossini("Hi ho Silver, awayyy!!")
Tocatta And Fuge in D minor-Bach
1812 overture-?
Carnival of the Animals-Saen-Seans(sp)