What are 5 classical works that you like a lot?

Question

Here are 5 from me. Now list yours. Provide details about albums, if there is a specific album you recommend getting.

The Art Of The Fugue by Bach
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss
Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven
The Jupiter Symphony by Mozart
Dracula by Phillip Glass

Answer 1

Oooo... definately random order for this...



'Adagio for Strings' ~ Samuel Barber {I can't identify the version I have}

'The Lark Ascending' ~ Ralph Vaughn-Williams {Nigel Kennedy recording}



Elgar ~ "The Enigma Variations"

Elgar ~ "Cello Concerto" {the Jacquline du Pre recording}

Holst ~ "The Planets Suite" {Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle}

Answer 2

My Top 5 Works



1. Bolero by Ravel

2. Tocatta And Fugue In D Minor by Bach

3. Ride Of The Valkyries by Wagner

4. Dies Irae by Mozart

5. The Blue Danube by Strauss

Answer 3

I'd likely give an entirely different list next week, but at the moment, in no particular order:



Dmitri Shostakovich's 8th string quartet

George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (I reccomend Bernstein conducting. There's a laid back sexiness to the piece that I've only heard him realize)

Maurice Ravel's La Valse

Arvo Pärt in general of late (particularly Tabula Rasa, Fratres, and Silouans Song)

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor



Honorable mention to Philip Glass' 2nd and 5th string quartets, Leonard Bernstein's Facsimile, and John Adams' Shaker Loops.

Answer 4

Ah....



In no order:



O Mio Babbino Caro, the aria from Gianni Schicci by Giacomo Puccini, ties with Ponchielli's Suiccido for my favourite aria

Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) by Richard Strauss

Symphony no.2 'Resurrection' by Gustav Mahler, definitely my favourite symphony

Requiem in D minor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (completed by Süssmayer), contains the famous Kyrie, Dies Irae, Lacrimosa and Confutatis



last of all.... oen that keeps getting stuck in my head...



The Infernal Galop (Cancan) from Orpheus in the Underworld, by Jacques Offenbach.

Answer 5

1) Etude in E, Op. 10, No 3 by Chopin [esp. on classical guitar]

2) Magic Flute by Mozart

3) Swan Lake theme by Tchaikovsky

4) The Maid With The Flaxen Hair by Debussey

5) Marraige of Figaro by Mozart

Answer 6

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor , Op13 (Pathetique)

Bach-Suite #1 Solo Celo in G Major

Rachmaninoff-Piano Concerto No2 in C Minor , Adagio Sostenuto

Delibes-Lakme

Beethoven-Moonlight Sonata the 3rd Movement

Answer 7

La Campanella from Liszt's Grand Etudes by Paganini

Symphony 5 by Beethoven

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

Pathetique Sonata by Beethoven

Piano Concerto 3 by Rachmaninoff

Answer 8

Brahms Symphony no. 3

Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6

Dvorak Symphony no. 8

Beethoven Piano Sonata 24 in F sharp

Mozart String Quartet "Dissonance"



What a nice little list. I'm sure the recordings I have are not the best.

Answer 9

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven

Marche Slave by Tchaikovsky

Canon in D by Pachelbel

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Liszt

Fur Elise by Beethoven



As for albums, I listen to 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music.

Answer 10

The top 5 most played pieces/songs on my ipod and itunes are:



1. Concerto for Lute in Dmaj (Antonio Vivaldi) - Il Giardino Armonico (Luca Pianca, soloist)

2. Gelido in Ogni Vena, from Farnace (Antonio Vivaldi) - Cecilia Bartoli (with Il Giardino Armonico)

3. Priva son d'ogni conforto, from Giulio Cesare (G. F. Handel) - Ewa Podles

4. Ciaccona (Merula) - Me, and my ensemble.

5. Tambourin (Rameau) - Me.

Answer 11

1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn

Die Walküre by Wagner (Opera)

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Le Nozze Di Figaro by Mozart (Opera)

Answer 12

Mitternacht by E-Nomine(he is considered a classical German playwright)

Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor by Bach

Partitia in E-Minor by Bach

and any and all Chopin songs

Answer 13

~Bruch violin concerto, all three mvments

~Paganini Caprice no. 14

~Sarasate's Spanish Symphony

~Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

~Dvorak Violin Concerto

and so much more. These are just five of my many favorites.

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Answer 14

Gorecki's 3rd

Tchaikovsky's 6th

Wagner's "Overture to Tannhauser"

Gabrielli "Complete Antiphonal Brass Choir Works"

Mahler's 9th

Answer 15

Only 5?? I would have trouble narrowing it down to 500.

Answer 16

I cannot pick 5. It would be sacrilegious!

I like your choices.

Since I cannot pick, I will say anything on that is on http://www.classicalconnect.com/