Does anyone know any hard core intense classical music? You know besides Sir George Solti's Verdi Dies Irae?

Question

Oh yeah I also found the music composition to the God of War games very interesting........(n.n ) b

Answer 1

Holst - The Planets.

Answer 2

I'd say that any of Beethoven's Overtures are typically intense listening:



http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Ludwig-van-Beethoven/Composer/858-1

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http://www.all-about-beethoven.com/overtures.html



Prometheus op 43

Coriolanus op.62

Egmont op. 84

King Stephen op.117

Leonora no. 1 op.138

Leonora no. 2 op. 72 a

Leonora no. 3 op. 72 b

Fidelio (Leonora no. 4) op. 72 c

The Ruins of Athens op. 113



Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata; Symphonies #3, #5, #9

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Brahms: "German Requiem" w/parts using full chorus, very intense.

Also, his "Hungarian Dances"

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Dvorak: "Slovanic Dances" and "Slovanic Rhapsodies"

http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=3313&name_role1=1&bcorder=1&genre=55

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Liszt piano music: Hungarian Rhapsodies & Mephisto Waltzes:



http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=7203&name_role1=1&bcorder=1&genre=119

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Sibelius: Violin Concerto

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Wagner:

"Ride of the Valkyres" / "Rienzi" Overture/ Götterdämmerung: Prelude



http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Richard-Wagner/Composer/12732-1

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Answer 3

You can't get any more intense than this:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmX9N8C8nko



Or this:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKAH_t0aXA&feature=related



Or this:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mctpTyIBt_I



Alberich