Favorite classical pieces.

[Robespierre2.0]

All right you ruffians, let's see just how cultured you are. Name your favorite pieces of classical music- any period. For the sake of being specific, I'm going to name individual movements as opposed to complete works. Also, I'm rattling these off as they come to mind, so they're not going to be in chronological order.

Polovotian Dances - Borodin
Symphony No. 7 Mvmt. 2 - Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 Mvmt. 1 - Beethoven
Pictures at an Exhibition (especially 'Polish Ox-Cart) - Mussorgsky
Inside Four Walls - Mussorgsky
Mars, Bringer of War - Holst (yeah, I'm a tankie sometimes)
Slavonic Dance #7 in C Minor - Dvorak
Symphony No. 2 Mvmt. 2 - Howard Hansen
'When I am Laid in Earth' aria from Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Suite from Masquerade - Khachaturian
'Confutatis' and 'Dies Irae' from Requiem - Mozart
The Chairman Dances - Adams
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky
Pasacaglia and Fugue in C Minor - Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Les Preludes - Liszt
'Ja Nuns Hons Pris Ne Dirar' - Richard the Lionheart (more medieval, but still kinda counts)
Finlandia - Sibelius
Adagio of Sparacus and Phyrgia - Khachaturian
Armenian SSR National Anthem - Khachaturian
Gnossiene No. 1 - Satie
Gymnopede No. 1 - Satie
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde - Wagner
'In Taberna' from Carmina Burana - Orff
Claire de Lune - Debussy
'Che Gelida Manina' - Puccini

That's all I can think of at the moment...

[Random Precision]

Oooh, I like this game! I'll even star my favorite composers to show how obsessed I am.

Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Mass in B Minor, Goldberg Variations
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Alexander's Feast
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, Don Giovanni
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Beethoven*: Eroica Symphony, Symphony No. 7, Choral Symphony, Emperor Concerto, the piano sonatas (especially Tempest, Appassionata, Moonlight, Hammerklavier), Diabelli Variations. I have his complete piano works, so I'm still working through those.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, the piano concertos
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Boris Gudonov, Khovanshchina
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Capriccio Espagnole
Dvorak: New World Symphony, Serenade for Strings, Serenade for Winds
Bruckner: Symphonies 7, 8, and 9
Saint-Saens*: Piano Concerto No. 2, Organ Symphony
Chopin: Nocturnes
Debussy: La Mer, Nocturnes for Orchestra
Respighi: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome
Strauss (Richard)*: Death and Transfiguration, Metamorphosen, Four Last Songs, Alpine Symphony
Mahler*: Any and every work the man did in his life. Especially Symphonies 2 and 8
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 2, Isle of the Dead, "The Bells" choral symphony
Stravinsky: The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Oedipus Rex, Symphony of Psalms
Shostakovich*: Symphonies 5, 7 "Leningrad", 10, 11 "The Year 1905", 14. Cello Sonata, Piano Trio No. 2, Festive Overture, String Quartet No. 8
Khachaturian: Spartacus
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 5
Sibelius: Finlandia, Symphony No. 2, Karelia Suite
Holst: The Planets
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Ligeti*: Atmospheres, Lontano, Lux Aeterna, Requiem, Ramifications
Part: Tabula Rasa, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Penderecki: St. Luke Passion

That enough for you? God, I'm so obsessive-compulsive about listing out my favorite music. :blushing:

[MarxSchmarx]

Bach's Violin concerto in A minor is the greatest work of art ever created.

Also on the list:
- Night Queen's Aria in Mozart's Magic Flute
- Brahm's Violin Concerto in D Major (3rd movement, can't stand the rest)
- Bach Fugue in G minor
- Wagner's prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- 4'33 by John Cage. Just kidding this "piece" is a joke.
- Anything by Vivaldi that's not the 4 seasons.



'When I am Laid in Earth' aria from Dido and Aeneas - Henry Purcell...
Mozart: Requiem in D Minor,YES.

And no Beethoven's 5th? What the hell is wrong with you sheeple??

[Hit The North]

Among my favourites are:

Violin Concertos in E, G minor, A minor - J S Bach
Concerto in D minor for two violins - J S Bach

Divertimento in E flat KV 563 - Mozart
String Quintets Nos 2, 5 and 6 - Mozart
Cosi Fan Tuti - Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart

Symphonies nos 3, 5 and 9 - Beethoven
The late String Quartets - Beethoven
"Grosse Fuge" in B flat major - Beethoven
Missa Solemnis - Beethoven

String Quintet in C Major - Schubert
String Qaurtets Nos 14 and 15 - Schubert
Ave Maria - Schubert

Messa de Requiem - Verdi

Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano Op. 19 - Rachmaninov

Flower Duet from Lakme - Delibes (most will know this as the 'theme tune' for British Airways which nearly ruined it - but it is in fact achingly beautiful.)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Shostakovich
String Quartets 2, 3, 8, 12 - Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No 2 - Shostakovich

Funeral Music for strings - Lutoslawski

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

Shaker Loops - John Adams

Spiegel Im Spiegel - Arvo Part

Violin Concerto - Philip Glass
Metamorphosis 1-5 - Philip Glass
Mad Rush - Philip Glass

Doom. A Sigh - Istvan Marta

[Hit The North]

- Anything by Vivaldi that's not the 4 seasons.



Although Four Seasons is awesome - I particularly like Nigel Kennedy's version.

[Random Precision]

Bob the Builder, you my friend have excellent taste in music.

[Hit The North]

As do you. :)

[communard resolution]

Sergei Prokofiev - 'Dance of the Knights' from Romeo and Juliet.