Favourite piece of classical music?

[seaford]

I'm going to have to choose 3, but these are my favourites just at this moment in time:
Bruch - violin concert in G minor
Rachmaninov - Piano concerto in C minor
Borodin - Symphony #2 in B minor

All wonderful, and I have not included any Mozart or Beethoven!!

 

[Silk]

Beethoven's symphony no. 9 by a long way.

 

[Trufflehound]

Beethoven's symphony no. 9 by a long way.

5, then 6, then 7, then 3... Then 9 for me...

 

[Hendrax]

Love this piece. I am currently learning to play it, very challenging.

 

[AnotherArch]

Has to be the introduction to one of my biggest pleasures as a small boy before I experienced 'pop' music - the Lone Ranger Theme Tune. Took many years to discover it was the William Tell Overture.
Very confusing, as there was also a TV series about William Tell.

 

[glasfryn]

Four seasons Vivaldi
Pictures from an exhibition Mussorgsky

 

[mattpenfold]

Pretty much anything by Bach.

But Gould's Goldberg Variations are especially good.

 

[Surf's Up]

"Gluck, das mir verblieb" from Die tote Stadt, an aria composed by Erich Korngold and sung by Carol Nesblett and Rene Kollo. Sounds a bit pretentious but first heard it on the soundtrack for the film"Aria"- its a stunningly beautiful piece of music.

 

[Questions]

Rach 3 is harder to play than Rach 2, and the real career maker/breaker. Both sensational pieces of music though.

HA..........Truffle has seen the film Shine.

 

[16bha]

No contest..

 

[Cars]

Does philip glass count as classical?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Does philip glass count as classical?

It may depend upon whether the performer is sitting in front of a piano or an electric guitar. If it's the former then yes, classical. If the latter then it's clearly metal.

 

[m20gull]

Does the Ring Cycle count as a "piece"?

 

[ferring seagull]

I can agree with a number of posts to this thread but I see it as relatively pointless as there will be so many differing points of view.

Narrowed down, perhaps it would have been better if the thread had been 'favourite classical composer'

 

[ferring seagull]

Does the Ring Cycle count as a "piece"?

I reckon the Wagner's ring cycle has to be several pieces of music !

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Can Gershwins's Rhapsody In Blue be considered classical music? I think it can so will nominate that but I have to confess to knowing quite a few bits of classical music that I like without actually knowing what they are called.

This. Def classical and an epic tune

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

5, then 6, then 7, then 3... Then 9 for me...

Beethoven's Symphony no 7 - by a long way
The Karelia Suite by Sibelius - particularly the Intermezzo, which was "murdered" by The Nice in the 1960's
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

 

[blue'n'white]

Pretty much anything by Carl Nielsen
Weber's Clarinet Concerto
Respighi's Roman tone poems
Grieg's "Peer Gynt" Suite

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Four seasons Vivaldi
Pictures from an exhibition Mussorgsky

HHhmmm! Used to like it,but since the council use it as their 'Hold music' on the phone,I now know it...Frontwards,Backwards,Inside out,Back to front...I lost my love for it....but do like Richard Wagner music,especially 'Ride of the Valkeries'...

 

[Razzoo]