Favourite pieces of classical music

[Mad Cyril]

Jupiter, the bringer of jollity - Holst

Symphony No. 7, Allegretto - Beethoven

Scheherezade - Rimsky-Korsakov

 

[Napster]

Bach's Air on a G String
Tschaikovsky- 1812 Symphony
Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition
Elgar's Enigma Variations
Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique

so many to choose from...

but my all time favourite is Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

 

[RHB]

Nella Fantasia from Ennio Morricone.

 

[mattitouk]

Yep, Bach's Air on a G String

 

[Firestorm]

Hall of the Mountain King
Holts Planet suite

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Always liked the intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni.

Presented pretty well here in the intro to Actua Soccer 3

[video=youtube_share;ITNrqN7QZQw]https://youtu.be/ITNrqN7QZQw[/video]

 

[Uncle Leo]

[video=youtube;vqzz7B7V2IE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqzz7B7V2IE[/video]

Bit of a white bread selection but there you go

 

[Supernaut]

Gorecki - Symphony no.3
Or anything by Arvo Pärt, Aaron Copeland, Steve Reich, Philip Glass etc.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Gorecki - Symphony no.3
Or anything by Arvo Pärt, Aaron Copeland, Steve Reich, Philip Glass etc.

[video=youtube;oMxN5q8HxfA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMxN5q8HxfA[/video]

 

[Supernaut]

And how could I forget this - the greatest piece of choral music ever written in my humble estimation.
Beautiful, purity, perfection...

[video=youtube;YDOENZediM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDOENZediM8[/video]

 

[MK Shrimper]

Too many to choose from, my my ultimate favourite is;

[video=youtube;-TGKJ9MgCOQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ[/video]

 

[Pubey]

And how could I forget this - the greatest piece of choral music ever written in my humble estimation.
Beautiful, purity, perfection...

[video=youtube;YDOENZediM8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDOENZediM8[/video]

Love this.

I'll post some links to things I've been liking recently...

 

[Pubey]

An underrated piece by an underrated composer:

[video=youtube;NL_hUfz3nLg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL_hUfz3nLg[/video]

 

[Pubey]

[video=youtube;-WsqK1mCGeY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WsqK1mCGeY[/video]

The greatest ending ever, probably the earliest piece of post-rock.

 

[Pubey]

[video=youtube;wWlzbT_CvqI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWlzbT_CvqI[/video]

Can't go wrong with Sibelius

 

[Pubey]

Like a kick to the gut.

[video=youtube;8Y29oya3Qxs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y29oya3Qxs[/video]

 

[Pubey]

[video=youtube;1A6BfyhFSVQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A6BfyhFSVQ[/video]

 

[Firestorm]

Does Mantovani count ?

 

[Pubey]

This was used for The Trip when they were on the Amalfi Coast. Magnificent.

[video=youtube;_CqxzBUr6I0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CqxzBUr6I0[/video]

 

[Pubey]

Last one from me!

[video=youtube;xPNrvzdn3qI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPNrvzdn3qI[/video]