Favorite classical music
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Anyone here a fan of Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, the music used in Raging Bull? I love wistful/melancholy music, often used in epic types of movies. Examples being Once Upon a Time in America, The Godfather trilogy...and I can't think of other prime examples, but you probably get the idea if you've seen these movies. Another great example would be Rachmaninoff's Variation on a Theme of Paganini No. 18. That is the type of music I love. It's not quite depressing, like the fourth movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, but it is longing and full of sorrow like in parts of the first movement.
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Lets see:
-Adagio for Strings
-Nadia Boulanger's Trois Pièces pour le Violin, Flute, et Cello in E Minor, Op. 45
-the theme from the movie Casper, Casper's Lullaby
-Gabriel Fauré's Seule, Autome, Au Bord de l'Eau, and many others
-Bethoveen's Moonlight Sonata
-Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musike
-Straus's Emperor's Waltz
That's just to name a few.
-Adagio for Strings
-Nadia Boulanger's Trois Pièces pour le Violin, Flute, et Cello in E Minor, Op. 45
-the theme from the movie Casper, Casper's Lullaby
-Gabriel Fauré's Seule, Autome, Au Bord de l'Eau, and many others
-Bethoveen's Moonlight Sonata
-Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musike
-Straus's Emperor's Waltz
That's just to name a few.
March to the Scaffold is by Berlioz, and Russian Sailor's Dance is from "The Red Poppy" by Gliere. Also can't believe I forgot New World Symphony, one of my favorites.Well, here are some of my favorites. Most of these I've played in an orchestra myself. I can't remember some of the composers though. Though I am sure most of you do and have listed them as well.
Die Fledermaus- Strauss
The Blue Danube Waltz- Strauss
Capricio Italien-Tchaikovsky
March to the Scaffold- "???"
Russian's Sailors Dance- "???" <- ( Had such a hard time with this in middle school)
New Word Symphony no.9 - Dvorak.
Beautiful piece, can't believe I forgot it.Rachmaninoff's Variation on a Theme of Paganini No. 18
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Just about the only classical I have listened to in the last year is WTC book II and recently I. I'm not sure if the genious of those works can ever be described or discovered.PrinceofLowLight wrote:I like Bach's harpsichord pieces a lot.
Among the greatest pieces in the two 48 suites are:
Book I, Fuge c
Book I, Prelude d
Book I, Prelude e
Book I, Prelude Bb
Book II, Fuge c
Book II, Prelude c#
Book II, Fuge e#
Book II, Fuge F#
Book II, Prelude f#
Book II, Prelude A
Book II, Prelude a
Each one is so good, it was hard to narrow it down to even those few
I like the heavier stuff best.
Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet suite nro. 2
Ravel Bolero
Albinoni Adagio for strings
Sibelius Finlandia
Verdi nabucco, chorus of hebrew slaves
Tchaikovsky as a whole
Mozart as some good stuff
Basically anything that gets my thing going. 'Cos if it doesn't why bother.
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Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet suite nro. 2
Ravel Bolero
Albinoni Adagio for strings
Sibelius Finlandia
Verdi nabucco, chorus of hebrew slaves
Tchaikovsky as a whole
Mozart as some good stuff
Basically anything that gets my thing going. 'Cos if it doesn't why bother.
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"And if you don't wanna feel like a putz
Collect the clues and connect the dots
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