Can anybody suggest me a few Classical Music pieces I might enjoy?

Question

Can anybody suggest me a few Classical Music pieces I might enjoy?

Answer 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxeGu-RKC-Q&feature=related

Answer 2

Chopin - funeral march

Beethoven - symphony number 7, especially 2nd movement

Tchaikovsky - 6th symphony

Dvorak - new world symphony, especially 4th movement

Beethoven - fur Elise

Chopin - nocturne (any of)

Tchaikovsky - swan lake

Bach - toccata and fugue in D minor

boellmann - suite gothique toccata

Carl Orf - Carmina burana

Elgar - cello concerto

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Answer 3

the Brandenburg concertos (available on Amazon): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg



Quite seriously, I'd recommend PDQ Bach if you're getting acquainted with baroque & classical music.

New Horizons in Music Appreciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0vHpeUO5mw

My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOyvL-eJ-M&feature=related

compare with --

My Bonnie Lass She Smileth -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npi6YRX6oIs&feature=related





The Farmer On The Dole -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhE5CI6mI88



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Also, compare Tchaikowsky's 1812 Overture with PDQ Bach's 1712 Overture -- some people say that Tchaikowsky stole a lot of his musical ideas from PDQ Bach



1712 --- > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9y9hMKeSs

1812 -- > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgOGl_OWOqg

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Also, the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas can be lots of fun -- you ought to be able to rent a few from somewhere . . .



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSGWoXDFM64



Compare that one with Tom Leher's rewriting the lyrics to include all the elements:

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



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Lots of good stuff out there.

Best advice I can offer is to listen to what you like, dabble in stuff you've not heard of yet, but stick with what you like.



Oh yeah -- nevermind the "culture." Most of the composers who wrote this stuff were not particularly cultured, and wouldn't care if you were cultured or not.





Enjoy,

Answer 4

I can give you a cross section of some of my favourites:



Chopin: Nocturne Op 27 No 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3AvUMmXasA



Bach: Goldberg Variations (for strings):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8brwUWOew



Sarasate: Navarra (for two violins):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTIjJIbtuK0



Faure Requiem, 'Sanctus':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJJ_cA3PhUU

Answer 5

Edward Elgar, Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85, Adagio-Moderato

I recently played this in the symphony I play in and it melted my heart!

Answer 6

Beetoven symphony number X, Mozart, four seasons (I like spring)

Answer 7

One of the best pieces to check out:

The Thieving Magpie by Gioachino Rossini

Answer 8

Here's a list of very famous classical works composed between 1650 and 1950 which might help you build your own ''Basic Classical Music Library'' (including 10 'really basic' works identified with an *).



-----Baroque era (c. 1600-1750)-----

- Pachelbel: Canon in D major

* Vivaldi: ''The Four Seasons'', Violin Concertos Op. 8 Nos 1 to 4

* Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051

- Bach: 4 Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066-1069

- Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ, BWV 565

- Handel: Water Music

- Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks

- Handel: Messiah (in particular the ''Hallelujah'' chorus)



-----Classical era (c. 1750-1800)-----

* Mozart: ''Eine kleine Nachtmusik'', Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525

- Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

- Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626

* Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major ''The Surprise''

- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ''Moonlight Sonata''

* Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op.67

- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ''Choral'' (4th movement with ''Ode to Joy'')



-----Romantic era (c. 1800-1900)-----

- Rossini: Overtures (William Tell, The Barber of Seville)

* Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 ''Unfinished Symphony''

- Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ''Italian''

* Chopin: Various piano works (Polonaise No. 6 in A-flat major, Op. 53 + Étude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12 ''Revolutionary + Nocturne No.2 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2, etc.)

- Liszt: Various piano works (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 + Liebestraum No. 3 + Sonata in B minor, etc.)

- Wagner: ''Ride of the Valkyries'' from Die Walküre (+Various orchestral works)

- J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau (''Blue Danube Waltz), Op. 314 + Various waltzes

- Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances (orchestrated)

- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Suite Op 71a

* Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

- Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ''From the New World''

- Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade Op. 35

- Mahler: Symphony No. 5

- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

- Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune



-----Since 1900-----

* Ravel: Boléro

- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

- Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

* Orff: Carmina Burana

- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra

- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

- Barber: Adagio for Strings, adapt. of String Quartet No. 2, Op.11, 2nd mvt.



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