The favourite classical music and opera thread

[RedRalph]

That's what I like about it. I can't say he's my favourite though. But I will keep exploring. Surely you know Clair de Lune?

Yes, now that you mention it I do know that one by name. but thats the only one. Me and a mate used to get cataclysmically stoned and just sit there listening to Debussy... relaxation beyond relaxation. If you'd care to reccmond by name osme other stuff I'd be much obliged.

 

[classical_hero]

Here is his 10th Prelude from book one (The Sunken Cathedral) I can pla this, but i dont have access to a piano with the right pedals. By that I mean that I need a middle pedal that is not used to dul the sound but to sustain the note. It is needed on the deep notes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlbHzV7v7p8

Here is the 7th one from book one. (What the west wind saw). I wish I could play this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DxD7qbuQk

Here is the piece that stated the who Impressionism in Music. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune. Impressionism at it's best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TGbCXteJjQ

 

[Fifty]

Yes, now that you mention it I do know that one by name. but thats the only one. Me and a mate used to get cataclysmically stoned and just sit there listening to Debussy... relaxation beyond relaxation. If you'd care to reccmond by name osme other stuff I'd be much obliged.

Well the Clair de lune is just one part of a larger work called Suite bergamasque, so you might want to check that out.

If you like work that tries to paint an image, La Mer is good (its about the sea)

His Prelude a l apres-midi d'un faune is apparently quite revolutionary, though I haven't listened to it. The Estampes were also very unique apparently.

 

[classical_hero]

Since Fifty is into Faure I thought it would be god to share one on my favourite parts of his Requiem.

In Paradisum

This is the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkT07TP-mo&feature=related&fmt=18

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Let's do some waltzes!

Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky, from the Nutcracker

Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss

The Godfather Waltz by Nino Rota

This is the Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkT07TP-mo

I loves Lacrimosa so. I love the whole Requiem

 

[SpiritWolf]

Debussy's music literally sounds like magic, with little or no sense of key. Cathedral was pretty fun to play, though I think it sounds more epic when orchestrated.

http://www.manhattanbeachmusic.com/audio/engulfed-cathedral-ms.mp3

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Anyone a fan of Debussy? What do you think about the concept of Impressionist Music?

I played a wind band transcription of "Footprints in the Snow" once. It was really an amazing song. I've heard songs of his here and there, and always liked them. The only name I remember, of course, is Claire de Lune.

EDIT:

This is the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w_Wl_lN1Mw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeS-d5hEcLE


Russian Easter Festival Overture. It's Rimsky Korsakov's best song. This particular version isn't as good as the one I have on cassette.

I've played this, too. Very very fun for Trombones.

 

[Bast]

I have the Mozart Complete Symphonies and only recently I've been listening to them a lot. The allegro pieces are just really awesome.

I'm really now into Vivaldi especially his violin concertos.

 

[GoodGame]

I pretty much like everything in Holst's The Planets and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. The one Beethoven tune in the remake of Pirates! (one of the ball dances) is pretty good too.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I found this really cool visual representation of the notes in Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

 

[classical_hero]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Lljxre0OM

 

[Elliot]

Shostakovich's preludes and fugues are amazing. The first fugue is my current favorite piece. Its tender and sweet and the theme is written using only the white keys on the piano. How could he make such an interesting piece with only those few notes?

The prelude runs until 2:35 and then the fugue starts. This is played by Shostakovich himself btw.

 

[Fifty]

I acquired 46 CDs worth of my favorite violinist, Jascha Heifetz... he's so awesome!!!!

I never realized how awesome Gershwin was until listening to Heifetz's rendition.

Right now, though, I am listening to his performance of the Kreutzer Sonata (Beethoven)... marvelous!!!!!!

 

[Godwynn]

This is one of my favorite pieces.

Georg Friedrich Händel's The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.

 

[musekick]

Chopin- Prelude in E minor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef-4Bv5Ng0w

 

[Camikaze]

I really like Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, IV: Allegro con brio.

 

[classical_hero]

Here is more Chopin with his Etude in Aflat, Opus 25 No.1 This is his 13th Etude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbGGfYObJ20

Here are some pieces that i can play.
Chopin Nocturne No.11 in G minor Opus 37 No.1. The piano is not the best, but the playing is very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkIn69-6Tw
Nocturne in E minor. Opus 72 No.1 Posth.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hcKt7-h4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hcKt7-h4k[/URL]
Waltz in Aflat Opus Post 69 No. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvxUIA5aZ0

 

[Camikaze]

Nocturne in E minor. Opus 72 No.1 Posth.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hcKt7-h4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6hcKt7-h4k[/URL]

I am playing this for my piano exam later in the year, and I have to say, it is one of my favourite pieces to play.

 

[andvruss]

Classical is tasty.
I especially like Russian composers, including, but not limited to:
Shostakovich!!
Prokofiev
Stravinsky (kinda)
Mussorgsky
Scriabin
Rachmaninov
Tchaikovsky
Borodin
Schnittke
Rimsky-Korsakov
Glazunov
Kabalevsky
Khachaturian (Armenian, I know)

 

[Agent327]

Stravinsky, especially the ballets, is my no 1 Russian composer.

quote=Camikaze;7806888]I really like Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, IV: Allegro con brio.[/quote]

Actually, the whole symphoney is quite good. It's my favourite after the 5th and before the 9th (where he changed a line in Schiller's Ode to Joy - to not upset his aristocratic audience?).