Author Topic: What is your favorite piece of classical music? (Read 12497 times)

Mithrandylan · « **Reply #60 on:** January 27, 2014, 10:10:35 PM »

Don't think I've seen these mentioned, but Mozart's Requiem and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

Cuthbert · « **Reply #61 on:** January 27, 2014, 11:07:05 PM »

It's too difficult for me to pick a single favourite but several I've listened to lately are so exquisite that I must list them: Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor played by Karl Richter, Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Siegfried's Funeral March conducted by Furtwangler in 1933, Chopin's Piano Concerto in F Minor played by Wilhelm Kempff & Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, the Intermezzo specifically.

Cuthbert · « **Reply #62 on:** January 28, 2014, 03:02:05 PM »

Bedrich Smetana's Die Moldau, Haendel's Organ Concerto Op 4 No. 1 G Minor played by Karl Richter & Chopin's Prelude in C Minor, Op 20 No. 28 which is very short, but also very beautiful.

JohnAnthonyMarie · « **Reply #63 on:** January 29, 2014, 07:47:02 PM »

Bach's Cello Suite... ahhh, nice.

McFiggly · « **Reply #64 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:09:49 AM »

This is, by far, Mozart's most sublime composition:

All joking aside, the video does sum up Mozart and his music quite nicely. I think especially of the segment starting at 1:12 that occurs in what could be Church, where all of the vainly over-dressed lords and ladies of the 1700s peel back to reveal Mozart at the center. Yes, that captures his music perfectly, because at that center of Amadeus's music there is not Deus, but the man himself, and it is decorated very sweetly with all of the frills of 18th century architecture and dress. Mozart's music is essentially a pretty ode to the essentially vain, but still tasteful, humanity of the 18th century.

McFiggly · « **Reply #65 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:24:30 AM »

Quote from: Mithrandylan

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

Good for a laugh, but Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights is funnier.

soulguard · « **Reply #66 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:54:26 AM »

Quote from: Mithrandylan

Don't think I've seen these mentioned, but Mozart's Requiem and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.

I have both of these downloaded and am listening to 1812 right now.
The bells at the end make me dream of some Catholic victory.

soulguard · « **Reply #67 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:57:18 AM »

Quote from: crossbro

Pachelbel's Canon.

One of the few songs i play on the piano when I go to the local pub.

BitDudeX · « **Reply #68 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:03:52 PM »

The Rosary Sonatas[0] and Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices & Organ[1]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3UB7vOZiw[/youtube]
[1][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naoydy7yO80[/youtube]

BitDudeX · « **Reply #69 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:11:54 PM »

Also John Cage: Thirteen Harmonies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BowyUXyNud4[/youtube]

It's so calming.

Quote from: McFiggly

It makes my skin crawl, Memento. I mean, I've always felt a certain kind of despair when seeing this kind of thing, people practically giving up their entire souls in that hysterical way. Hypnotism disturbs me in the same way, it just seems wrong. But since I've been learning about Satan the entire thing takes on a new dimension.
Actually, there's this disgusting video by an "artist" named "Aphex Twin" called "Windowlicker" that pretty much explains the phenomenon. In that video Satan possesses a couple of prostitutes, and when they are possessed they take on the same demonic, ugly, twisted face that Satan himself as; so that it's Satan's face on women's bodies. That's pretty much what's going on when these girls experience this mass hysteria: they are putting on the image of the Devil, they are worshipping the Beast. If you asked them why they reacted like that they would not be able to explain it to you, it's just an uncontrollable feeling that arrests them. It's part of the witchcraft that is Television. Television is a form of mindcontrol, it's more subversive than you imagine. It plants images in your head so that when you see one of these celebrities in real life, they have this kind of "divine" aura about them, like they are from another world. It's demonic.

HOW DARE YOU! Aphex twin is awesome.

Tell me this isn't beautiful:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk[/youtube]

Thought windowlicker is a horrible song.

PG · « **Reply #70 on:** October 25, 2014, 12:19:40 PM »

This is a current favorite of mine. The composer is Michel Blavet. It is a traverso and Teorba duo. It is fantastic. It builds towards the end, and is a very impressive display. I would also argue that this flute player is the best out there.