What is your Favorite Classical music Piece?
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ANSWERS: 83
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Beethoven's Third The one that can get stuck in my head for DAYS, though, is Strauss's "Blue Danube"...especially in "Merry Melodies" form.
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
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Moonlight Sonata by Bethoven. I have tried and tried to play it on the piano for years but it just get so darn difficult by the 3rd page!
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Peter Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
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The 1812 Overture played by the Boston Pops on July 4th. Love the "Cannon" sounds!
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Do you mean classical as from the classical era as (1750 - 1810)? or classical as in "has stood the test of time"? Because if its the former then I would say Hayden's Farewell Symphony, not so much because of the music but because of the story behind it!
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Vidor's Toccata (Allegro) from Symphony No. 5 in F minor
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Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
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"Military Polonaise" by F. Chopin.
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1812 Overture...one of the greatest songs I was ever lucky enough to play on the Ol' Clarinet.
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The one and only.... Gorecki - Symphony No.3 (with Dawn Upshaw) To be played at my funeral, 3 times. http://www.amazon.com/Henryk-Gorecki-Symphony-Sorrowful-Songs/dp/B000005J1C#moreAboutThisProduct
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Beethoven Symphany. Any part always warms the atmosphere.
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Requiem For My Friend by Zbigniew Preisner. Composer: Jacek Kasprzyk. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. (especially track No.10 - Meeting, in Part 2, Life). Listen to it laying down, with your eyes closed.
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"Appalachian Spring" by Aaron Copland. I love his treatment of the folk song, "Simple Gifts," and his "Fanfare for the Common Man." Close behind is Dvorak's 9th Symphony "from the New World." From the choral world, "Five Mystical Songs" by Vaughn-Williams.
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Fur Eliese (sp?)
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Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise - Albert Franz Doppler
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Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. Ok, ok, I know... that's Baroque.
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Pachelbel Canon.
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George Frideric Handel's "Messiah"
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Piano Sonata No. 8 In C Minor, Op. 13 - Pathetique by Beethoven (More commonly known as Sonata Pathetique) I was able to play the first movement (Grave) about 10 years ago. My piano teacher had given me the sheet music as a parting gift when I quit lessons after 8 1/2 years.
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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
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I don't have a particular favourite, whenever I hear what I like I feel a bit paralysed by the power of the orchestra arrangements. I like Blue Danube, and many others that I cannot name as I don't know the names! Rest assured, there are more cultured AB users out there (than me!) who will have more specific answers for you. :)
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The Ninth Symphony by Ludwig Van Beethoven. It's a divine masterpeice, the Hammer that broke Classiclasim, the peice that saved my life with it's tones of joy.
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The Ninth Symphony by Ludwig Van Beethoven. It's a divine masterpeice, the Hammer that broke Classiclasim, the peice that saved my life with it's tones of joy.
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Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition
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Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninov or Kinderszenen by Robert Schumann.
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Handel's Zadok the Priest
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Zadoc the Priest by Handel
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So hard! I think it would have to be Poulenc's Violin Sonata (Allegro con fuoco). I never really listen to the rest of it, but I adore that part. It's just too cool. I love Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre almost as much--and a bunch of others, but I'll force myself to stop there.
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The Flower Duet, from Lakme. Sooooo beautiful.
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Yo-Yo Ma The Suite for Solo Cello NO. 1 in G, BWV 1007: I. Prelude That was a mouth full.
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Any symphony by Sibelius.
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Ludwig Van Beethovens, Moonlight Sonata. For Piano; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck For Guitar; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS8eVFq1ZdU The movements are beautiful.
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Opening -Philip Glass (Glassworks)
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For me, it is a hard choice between "The Hall of the Viking King", "Ave Maria" by Beethoven, and Mozart's "Requim".
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Vivaldi's four seasons and Elgars pomp and circumstance number 9 in d minor
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flight of the bumblebee played on any instrument (I wish i could play it lol)
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Claire de Lune by Debussy
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dvorak -- from the new world (symphony nine) -- if you like old american spirituals, give it a listen
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Either Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 or Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 though it's hard not to include Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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um i don't know the names or who sang them but the dnace of the sugar plum fairy is my fav. i think that is the name of it :)
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The Overture of 1812.
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arrgh! This it like one of the hardest questions I could ever answer....there are soooo many, and the list gets bigger! Well, at the moment, I "feel" like listening to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
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Piano Concerto #1 by Peter Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major
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Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 J.S. Bach. Then again most cello or violin pieces
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One of my favorites is "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre. It's a choral piece originally composed to Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", but there were copyright issues so he hired somebody to write new lyrics to fit it. If you can manage to find a recording of the original, it's a little better, but either way it's awesome. Also, check out Whitacre's "Cloudburst".
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concerto in g .. by vivaldi .. it's my alarm every morning :)
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Agagio for strings, Gloomy sunday and the score from the matrix.
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I have several favorites. Rachmaninov's 3rd is ridiculously difficult which adds to my appreciation of it. Shostakovich's VI Waltz from Jazz Suite No. 2 is amazing. Currently I like Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Movement IV- the only way to describe it is "epic".
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I like any Bach.
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i can't even begin to pic on an answer - i was raised on that. by 18 months i could name the classical composers just by their face from haydn to beethoven bach mozart prokaviev tchaikovsky vivaldi berlioz etc etc. and i could tell the dif between their music...*shakes head* the older i get the more i realize how odd i was....
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Four way tie: 1812 Overture-Tchaikovsky Ride of the Valkyries-Wagner Hall of the Mountain King-Grieg Barber of Seville-Rossini
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I'm so glad you said "piece" and not "song." That's such a huge pet peeve of mine.
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I really like Pachelbel's, "Canon in D Major" and Tchaikovsky's, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". :)
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That would have to be Classical ROCK!
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I listened to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. It was the best piece because I played that piece in middle school orchestra. Beethoven is pretty much golden. It's all I hear.
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Iron Man! Classical METAL!
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I don't listen to much but I like listening to Violin Romance by Beethoven.
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Besides Beethoven, I like to hear the Fourth Symphony of Johannes Brahms.
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TCHAIKOVSKY is my favorite.
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rachmaninoff concerto #2 (aka rachy 2). it rocked my world!!
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Shostakovich's 4th Symphony.
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Espana by Emmanuel Chabrier. Never get tired of it. I can hear it over and over and over again.
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Dvorak's "New World symphony", Debussy's "La Mer", Copland "Appalachian Spring", Holst "The Planets", Rimsky Kosakov "Scheherazade", Vivadi's "Four Seasons", Sibelius "symphony #2", "Finlandia", Shostakovich "Symphonies # 5 and 8", I could go on and on. Tough question since it is hard to pick just one>
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Widor's Toccata OR Fur Elise
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Pachabels Cannon
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My present favorite is Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 There are many pieces I classify as favorites, but this one is top dog for now.
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luigi boccherini's minuetto
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I don't think there is any other piece of music as emotionally stirring and passionate as Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
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Claire de Lune by Debussy and then Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven : )
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Stravinsky's " Le sacre du printemps " [ "The Rite of Spring;" music for the ballet ] +5
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i dont have a fav classical piece but ido enjoy classical music.JAZZ IS NOT GRANDPA MUSIC!!!
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"Waltz of the Flowers," part of Tchaikovsky's family of Nutcracker Suite symphonies. (It's also Christmas music, since they play it mostly around Christmas, but you won't hear it on Oldies or Classic Rock stations around X-mas, of course.)(Except maybe as part of an X-mas commercial.)
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Stair way to heaven solo lol :D
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Toccata and Fugue in D by JS Bachchch. Or New World Symphony by Dvorak. It is a toss up
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Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto You can watch Olga Kern play it on youtube
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From the "unexpected answer department" (and bear with me) Try 80's/90's metal band Savatage ballad; "When the Crowds are Gone" I know, I know, not your cup of tea but give it a shot and you just might find that you like it. I was impressed. Then again, I'm a moron. But it is done in symphony.
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Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto. Particularly the first part, Moderato in C minor.
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revolutionary etude, by chopin
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That's so hard to choose!! I have to pick 10: Bach's Concerto for Two Violins The Planets (especially Jupiter) by Holst Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No. 3 "Tristesse" Adagio and Allegro for Horn and Piano by Schumann Nocturno for Horn and Piano by F. Strauss Mozart's 4th Horn Concerto Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto Shostakovich - 5th Symphony and Piano Concertos Tchaikovsky Symphonies Mahler Symphony No. 1 (If you can't tell, I'm a horn player :D)
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Liszt's Transcendental Etudes especially no. 12 (Chasse Neige)
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Frederic Chopin's Nocturne in B flat minor Opus 9
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