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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If I wake up in a bad/grumpy mood the one piece of music guaranteed to lift my spirits is
Winter, violin concerto number 4 in F minor Rv297.
It never fails to lift me up.
What, if any, is your favourite classical piece? |
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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago
Gapping Fanny |
"In the hall of the mountain King. Composed by Edvard Grieg
Not this version?
https://youtu.be/mOKoLiOkWWQ
No, although that is funny 
Sent you my one  "
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Unless its gapping ofc  |
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Andantino - Brian Crain, is answer piece I love
This instils a feeling of peace when I listen to it and at times I’m celebrating like I’ve scored a goal as it washes over me…
His Song for Sienna has the same effect
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Jules Massenet: Méditation (Thaïs) is pretty relaxing
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Legende is nice too.
For something different try:
Menuet. Toshifumi Hinata
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Max Richter recomposed: Spring 1 Four Seasons, Daniel Hope lead string.
I’ve uploaded a snippet in our video list or the official version at
https://youtu.be/DLDvbnK_Sqk
It’s my alarm tune. Wakes me with a smile and uplifts my spirits when I want to lose myself for a few moments. 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Max Richter recomposed: Spring 1 Four Seasons, Daniel Hope lead string.
I’ve uploaded a snippet in our video list or the official version at
https://youtu.be/DLDvbnK_Sqk
It’s my alarm tune. Wakes me with a smile and uplifts my spirits when I want to lose myself for a few moments.
M"
And mine..
T. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.
My play list is increasing now.
I find it’s the best way to start the day and end up happier than if I stick the news on.
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
Titz Towers, North Notts |
Siegfried's Funeral March. It's an epic piece of music. I first came across it when it was used in Excalibur. It really does fit the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxSeeN03Xfg
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By *immyGGMan
over a year ago
South Cheshire |
Never been a big fan of classical, but I think that Leo Delibes - The Flower Duet (Lakme) is an absolutely beautiful peace of music.
Now I'm off to mix an hours set of stomping tech house tracks |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Oooh….. cultured people!!!
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov…
The full piece is just beautiful…. The bit bill Murray learns in Groundhog Day is the reason I wanted to learn the piano |
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By *rincipessaWoman
over a year ago
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"We’re big fans of Ludovico Einaudi
Mr does quite a good job of Dietro Casa on the piano (it’s a work in progress)
Not very knowledgable on the old classical pieces. "
I love Ludovico Einaudi too, Una Mattino my favourite
Also Threnody - Goldmund
And Nocturne no 2 in E flat major, Op 9 No. 2 - Chopin |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"Recently my listening has been Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony, but my three goto pieces would be
Rachmaninov's piano concerto no 2 Beethoven's 7th Symphony
Bach's B minor mass"
Nice choices.
The second movement of the Beethoven is divine |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Tchaikovsky violin concerto. Amazing. "
Absolutely i was about to comment about this, although slightly dissmayed noone has mentioned Johann strauss yet? |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
I used to play trumpet in a really good orchestra.
The first time we played the slow movement of Rachmaniov’s 2nd Symphomy, tears were rolling down my face. It’s a gorgeous piece. It was like being utterly ravished by sound .
It’s easy to get drawn to the tune, but listwn also to the ebb and flow of the other instruments - genius-level composing . |
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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago
Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe |
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach is probably my favourite classical piece. Sounds great on a church organ.
https://youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY
There's a guy in Hull who plays it on his guitar in a bit of a mash-up with Rolling Stones and ELP.
https://youtu.be/IsJJNO_t7FE |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I used to play trumpet in a really good orchestra.
The first time we played the slow movement of Rachmaniov’s 2nd Symphomy, tears were rolling down my face. It’s a gorgeous piece. It was like being utterly ravished by sound .
It’s easy to get drawn to the tune, but listwn also to the ebb and flow of the other instruments - genius-level composing ."
After reading that I have no noice but to listen to it
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"I used to play trumpet in a really good orchestra.
The first time we played the slow movement of Rachmaniov’s 2nd Symphomy, tears were rolling down my face. It’s a gorgeous piece. It was like being utterly ravished by sound .
It’s easy to get drawn to the tune, but listwn also to the ebb and flow of the other instruments - genius-level composing .
After reading that I have no noice but to listen to it
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Great - hope you enjoyed |
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Living in Scotland
Land of the Mountain and the Flood by Hamish Mcunn
Written when he was a student
Also Brahms Academic Festival Overture.
Lizt les Preludes.
Carnival Romaine and Benvenutto Cellini by Hectot Berlioz.
Have played all of them amazing being surrounded by live musicians and being part of a performance . |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Never been a big fan of classical, but I think that Leo Delibes - The Flower Duet (Lakme) is an absolutely beautiful peace of music.
Now I'm off to mix an hours set of stomping tech house tracks "
You say this but I have discovered what is called classical drill.. which is Classical music with a Drill beat under it…. It sounds like it shouldn’t work.. but by golly it does!!! |
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Good shouts with the Rachmaninov Paganini variations and the 2nd piano concerto.
There is so much I like and so much I don’t.
Vaughn Williams London Symphony. Particularly the second movement. Movement called Song from the Hary Jarnos suite. I could go on. Lol. |
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"Living in Scotland
Land of the Mountain and the Flood by Hamish Mcunn
Written when he was a student
Also Brahms Academic Festival Overture.
Lizt les Preludes.
Carnival Romaine and Benvenutto Cellini by Hectot Berlioz.
Have played all of them amazing being surrounded by live musicians and being part of a performance ."
I love, Land Of The Mountain And The Flood. |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"Never been a big fan of classical, but I think that Leo Delibes - The Flower Duet (Lakme) is an absolutely beautiful peace of music.
Now I'm off to mix an hours set of stomping tech house tracks
You say this but I have discovered what is called classical drill.. which is Classical music with a Drill beat under it…. It sounds like it shouldn’t work.. but by golly it does!!! "
I’m imagining that right now. I actually can see what you mean, especially as drill (at least the stuff I’ve heard) is often moody and atmospheric.
I love both classical and techno. There’s moee overlap than you’d think, particularly with minimalist composers etc. |
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By *immyGGMan
over a year ago
South Cheshire |
"Never been a big fan of classical, but I think that Leo Delibes - The Flower Duet (Lakme) is an absolutely beautiful peace of music.
Now I'm off to mix an hours set of stomping tech house tracks
You say this but I have discovered what is called classical drill.. which is Classical music with a Drill beat under it…. It sounds like it shouldn’t work.. but by golly it does!!!
I’m imagining that right now. I actually can see what you mean, especially as drill (at least the stuff I’ve heard) is often moody and atmospheric.
I love both classical and techno. There’s moee overlap than you’d think, particularly with minimalist composers etc."
I've just had a listen to some of it and oh my! It so works!! |
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Good topic OP!
Fave all time piece is Vivaldi’s guitar concerto in D. It’s also really good when arranged for lute.
Grew up on his four seasons.
Anything by albinoni, particularly his oboe pieces.
Also a huge fan of contemporary classics such as einaudi, especially the divenire album (divenire and svanire). And for the sentimentalist in me, love the suites from some major Hollywood productions.
I once caught on classic fm in my car at Christmas, the suite from The Snowman. Happened to coincide with a long journey and I was so happy! |
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I know we aren't meant to do more than one, but others I love that I haven't seen mentioned...
Lasse Moro, by Gesualdo, and in fact most of Madrigal VI.
Tallis' Lamentations.
Alamire's electric, driving, martial, visceral version of the Agincourt Carol.
Mahler, Symphonies V and VIII.
Shostakovich, Symphony V.
Tristan und Isolde, and especially, of course, the Liebestod.
So many more.
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This thread has brought me unexpected pleasure on this dull and wet Sunday.
Whilst googling the two previously mentioned composers (to check spelling)
I was chosen by Youtube to have Victor Borge thrust into my list of suggested viewing.
I've been laughing nonstop. He took me right back to 405 line TV in the 1950s.
Literally (as they say) fell off my chair when he played the William Tell Overture with the sheet music upside down.
someone in the comments observed that his antics at the piano introduced a lot of youngsters to classical pieces.
Anyone who needs cheering up, google him.
Classic, indeed. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We’re big fans of Ludovico Einaudi
Mr does quite a good job of Dietro Casa on the piano (it’s a work in progress)
Not very knowledgable on the old classical pieces. "
Sounds amazing.
I love Einaudi. My favourite is I Giorni, I have a video my son made of him playing I Giorni on the piano, he sounds fantastic.
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By *ooBulMan
over a year ago
Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’ |
Bach - Cello Suite No.1
Yo-Yo MA plays a mean cello! It makes the hairs on my neck stand up every time I hear it. LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1prweT95Mo0
I love anything Baroque - Handel, Hydan, Pachelbel, and the all time bad boy Mozart.
Being it's a chill out day & boy do I need it then:
Pachelbel- Cannon In D Major.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80
As rock legend Ronnie Dio always reckoned Beethoven's last was the ultimate in heavy rock cos he was a bit deaf... Rock hard, Rock heavy, Rock Monster!!!  |
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"We’re big fans of Ludovico Einaudi
Mr does quite a good job of Dietro Casa on the piano (it’s a work in progress)
Not very knowledgable on the old classical pieces.
Sounds amazing.
I love Einaudi. My favourite is I Giorni, I have a video my son made of him playing I Giorni on the piano, he sounds fantastic.
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Oh I love that too! We had it as background music when we got married.
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"In the hall of the mountain King. Composed by Edvard Grieg "
When I was in junior school, every so often the headmaster would gather the whole school in hall for a down beat hour before we finnished at 4pm (YES 4PM)..some times there would be a general knowledge quiz...sometimes sometimes someone would be invited up to sing a song (recall one lad doing a scaffold hit..either lily the pink of thank you very much)
And sometimes he would play classical music saying you'll remember this...
I've never forgotten hearing Greig's Hall of the mountain King for the first time as an 8 or 9 year old and the visions you it brought |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Barber's Adagio for strings,
Doesn't matter if it's an orchestral version, William Orbit's version, or the Tiësto version, they are all utterly sublime"
Agreed and I’m surprised this wasn’t the first to sprint to mind, I get chills during the violin solo every time I hear it |
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By *anae21Woman
over a year ago
Nearer than you think |
I love choral works, eg. Whitacre, Lauridsen, MacMillan and Palastrina.
Saint Saens wrote some achingly beautiful music (eg Samson & Dalila). Modern composer, Thibaudet is pretty good, too.
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"In the hall of the mountain King. Composed by Edvard Grieg
When I was in junior school, every so often the headmaster would gather the whole school in hall for a down beat hour before we finnished at 4pm (YES 4PM)..some times there would be a general knowledge quiz...sometimes sometimes someone would be invited up to sing a song (recall one lad doing a scaffold hit..either lily the pink of thank you very much)
And sometimes he would play classical music saying you'll remember this...
I've never forgotten hearing Greig's Hall of the mountain King for the first time as an 8 or 9 year old and the visions you it brought"
I suspect that the headmaster was having a chuckle, in the certain knowledge that by the age of 18 or 19 the boys would recognise the familiar rhythm.
It was 'widely held' at my school that Grieg wrote it tongue in cheek or should we say 'hand on cock' to convey the impression of someone having a nifty fifty.. |
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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago
Wiltshire and London |
"Fanfare for a common man - Aaron Copland
As well as being fantastically uplifting, great childhood memories.
Gonna listen to it now! "
You ought to try his third symphony, the piece from which the fanfare was taken. One of the greatest American symphonies. |
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By *cplsMan
over a year ago
Nr Waltham |
Just so many exceptional pieces of music covering 300 years, many already featured above. I guess if I have to pick just one, it has to be Beethoven's 9th Symphony. I first heard this on A Clockwork Orange when I was about 13. |
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By *ornLordMan
over a year ago
Wiltshire and London |
"Just so many exceptional pieces of music covering 300 years, many already featured above. I guess if I have to pick just one, it has to be Beethoven's 9th Symphony. I first heard this on A Clockwork Orange when I was about 13."
Your first point nails it. I have a library of some 3,000 "classical" CDs and none of these is the only recording I'll ever need. However, I'm afraid that while the first three movements of LvB9 are up there, I'm no fan of the finale, having sung it too many times for thag. If I have to have a 9th symphony, it would be Mahler, Schubert or Bruckner. Dvorak's 9th, "popularised" by TV adverts, is actually among the worst of his symphonies. |
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By *igman_UKMan
over a year ago
Kdderminster/Birmingham/Paisley |
"Well not really easy to choose from beautiful ecclesiastical and byzantine pieces to late baroque and the romantics but nobody said it yet, I will go for Monteverdi's Vespers on this ocassion "
Ooh good choice and jolly good fun to sing. I do love 16th century. Having said that Fair as the Heaven by William Harris is utterly devine |
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"Just so many exceptional pieces of music covering 300 years, many already featured above. I guess if I have to pick just one, it has to be Beethoven's 9th Symphony. I first heard this on A Clockwork Orange when I was about 13."
Should you have been watching 'A Clockwork Orange' at 13?
I was deeply disturbed by it when I saw it it my late 20s.
More to the point, I was even more disturbed by youths in the Bexleyheath cinema cheering out loud at the violent scenes.
Nothing wrong with Beethoven's 9th Symphony, though. |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No5 for eight cellos and soprano.
I first head this when doing a concert in a church when about 16. Everyone was free to leave the rehearsal, bar the cellos. As I was packing up, I heard the most transformative, ethereal sound I’d ever heard. It totally blew me away . |
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