Comments on: What Are Your Favorite Pieces Of Classical Music?

By: Sully

Sully — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:57:05 +0000

O fortuna

By: In the Evening

In the Evening — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:34:27 +0000

I really like Shostakovich 5th Symphony.

By: Braylyn

Braylyn — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:57:32 +0000

as a band student and a clarinet player my all time favorites have been chant and celebration and marches of the armed forces =]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:52:34 +0000

with out a doubt Clair de’ lune. absolutely beautiful. This piece goes through so many amazing phases. I can sit down and listen to it all day. Debussey is a genius. I highly recommend this piece

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:27:04 +0000

Well, I like anything by Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti but then again, they were composers from the baroque era.

By: Papagena

Papagena — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:20:14 +0000

My favorites tend to change quickly. Right now, my current favorites are as follows:
“For unto us a child is born” from The Messiah – Handel
Snow Maiden: Danses des oiseaux – Rimsky-Korsakoff
String Quartet No. 60 – Haydn
and more…

By: tc

tc — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:37:49 +0000

oh i really like some of Jonathan c’s stuff. here some other stuff i like:
samuel barber- adagio for strings
gustav holst- the planets (all of them)
gustav mahler- symphony #5
Shostakovitch- symphony #11
dvorak: slavonic dances (i love #2)
that’s just a few things. good stuff.

By: Jonathan C

Jonathan C — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:33:07 +0000

Ravel’s Bolero for sure. If I play just 5 minutes of it, I can’t help but listen to the entire song, all the way up to the deafening crescendo.
Other favorites:
Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin)
G Major Concerto (Ravel)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (R. Strauss)
Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)

By: A.Y.

A.Y. — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:56:42 +0000

Heh, I don’t think you’ll agree with me, but I personally feel that Beethoven has composed the best classical music the world has ever known.
Favorites:
Pathetique Sonata (all movements)
Moonlight Sonata (all movements)
I also enjoy Mozart’s Fanatasies and Fugues, and some of his other late works.

By: Dean

Dean — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:39:16 +0000

Symphony No. 3 in D Minor (Mahler)
Carmen: Overture (Prelude) (Bizet)
Rodeo: Hoedown (Copland)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major (Mozart)
The Music of the Night
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (Tchaikovsky)
Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna and VI. Dance (Orff)
William Tell: Overture (Rossini)
1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Tchaikovsky)
to name a few…