Top Five Pieces of Classical Music

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

I was going to suggest on a desert Island, but some wag would ask about power resources.

My list:

1. The Ring of the Neibelungen - Richard Wagner
2. Fifth Symphony - Beethoven
3. Fifth Piano Concerto - Beethoven (Emperor concerto)
4. Overture to Gone with the wind - Korngold
5. Overture to Star Wars, Episode VII - Williams

[Zelgadis 638]

Ah...  I remember talking about something like this waaaaaayyyy back...

In no particular order:

- Pastoral Symphony (number 6), Beethoven

- Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky

- Requiem, Verdi

- Pieces for Harpsichord, Jacquette de la Guerre

- Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz

@N_O_Body:  Star Wars VII? 

ISF

[amal81 3]

Hmmm...classical music...I call that good 'working' music. Working in the office, doing your chores, doing homework, than nothing better but classical music.

-Beethoven 5th symphony

-Vivaldi All four Seasons

-Star Wars - duel of fates

-Bach-Brandenburg Concertos, the whole series

-Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

[DuskTrooper 316]

Does silence count as classical?

[timotheus4 39]

Oh, so hard to choose!

The Bach Orchestral Suites...if I have to choose one, then #3.

The "New World" Symphony (Dvorak's 9th)

Elgar's Enigma Variations

Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos...if I have to choose one, then #2.

Beethoven's Piano Concertos...obviously there are a lot of them, so maybe just the Moonlight & Pathetique.

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

Zel.  Yes, Vii of IX.  I think the sub-title is "A New Hope"

DT:  Only if you are a knave.

[DOXXP29 5]

Bach: Tocatta & Fugue in Dm Wagner: The Valkeries Beethoven's ninth Rachmaninoff - most anything Tschychovsky (sp?) - also, most anything EDIT: Why can I never get new "paragraphs" when I post even though they appear in what I send out?!?

[thesonofgray 0]

I don't know if this would be technically classical, but I love orchestral music with choirs (as background or melody - no words, just voice).  Some Star Wars music has that and titles like Carmina Burana have the same effect since I don't comprehend what they are saying anyways. 

I have a fairly large selection of music by midieval choirs (replications, of course) and it just gives me goose bumbs when you listen to it super loud on a nice home theater system - it's like you're really in a cathedral in some long ago midieval town.  **shivers**

Not really a top 5 list.  But oh well.

I'm weird.

Edit:  I almost forgot!!  I love Adagio for Strings.  We used to play it in band class way back in high school and, while it doesn't have the same effect without strings (obviously), it sounded sooo awesome.  I think when you can actually play the music you are listening to, it gives you a deeper appreciation for everything you are hearing.

Edit again:  I just keep on goin.  Has anyone heard Veni Veni by Mannheim Steamroller?  Ugh.  The perfect balance of voice and orchestra.  Just magnificent.  I can't imagine what it would sound like in a real cathedral like Chartes or St. Vitus.  **shivers again**

Ok, I'll stop now.

[callagrafx 3]

Originally posted by: DOXXP29 Bach: Tocatta & Fugue in Dm Wagner: The Valkeries Beethoven's ninth Rachmaninoff - most anything Tschychovsky (sp?) - also, most anything EDIT: Why can I never get new "paragraphs" when I post even though they appear in what I send out?!?quote>

Sorry to dive off topic, but are you using Safari on Mac and using the reply button?  It somehow ignores the RTE and the line breaks.

On topic:

1. Bach Cello Suite no 1

2. Adagio for strings - Barber (from Platoon)

3. Symphony no. 5 Beethoven

4. Vivaldi Autumn from 4 seasons

5. Planet Suite - Holst

[jen_p 53]

What a great idea for a discussion topic. These are my absolute favourites. I generally like the whole symphony, suite, ballet or whatever each is from, but these stand out to me. In order of me thinking of them:

1. The Swan from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Sa

[Zelgadis 638]

Originally posted by: N_O_Body Zel.  Yes, Vii of IX.  I think the sub-title is "A New Hope"

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That's Star Wars IV.    And there are only 6 Star Wars movies total. 

ISF

[amal81 3]

Most people have Beethove's 5th as Favourite, why is that?

[choco1 4]

Here is my list:

1. The Blue Danube by Strauss II

2. Tchaikovsky Overture by Tchaikovsky

3. 5th Symphony by Beethoven

4. In the Hall of the Mountain King by Wagner

5. Orpheus in the Underworld Overture by Offenabch

[A Nonny Moose 8,263]

Originally posted by: amal81 Most people have Beethove's 5th as Favourite, why is that?quote>

Well, how many pieces of music do you know that depend solely on four notes, three of them the same?  Besides, it is the allied victory theme from WW II.  Those of us who remember ..._

@choco:  Which Tchaikovsky Overture?  You mean the 1812?  And, I don't think "In the Hall of the Mountain King" is by either Wagner.  Google for it and you'll find it is by Grieg.  It is part of the Peer Gynt Suite.

[amal81 3]

Originally posted by: N_O_Body

Originally posted by: amal81 Most people have Beethove's 5th as Favourite, why is that?quote>

Well, how many pieces of music do you know that depend solely on four notes, three of them the same?  Besides, it is the allied victory theme from WW II.  Those of us who remember ..._quote>

LOl I am not that old, but I saw the movie 'The Longest Day', and yes I did hear Beethoven's 5th in background when allies were about to land at Normandy on 6th June.