My Favorite classical piece is?

I see in the posts: favorite composer, sonata....etc.

How about favorite piece?

Mine is Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto.

Followed closely by Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

To me, both of these pieces delve into the human emotions with an expertise I only have in my wildest dreams.

My only regret of being born when I was, is that I never had the chance to see Prokofiev play.

Anyone else?

Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring", followed by "Quatuor pour la fin du temps" and "Pictures at an Exhibition". All make me frighteningly aroused.

Tchaikovky's Sixth Symphony, next is Mozart's 40th Symphony, then Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor.

Hmm. Forgot Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G Major.

The Bach B minor mass,

Mozart's 20th/23rd P. Cto.,

Mozart's 8th Piano Sonata in A min,

Rach's 2nd P. Cto.,

Mozart's Requiem Mass in D min,

Andante in C (K. 1a) from Nannerl's Notebook.

4'33"

4 rotations pour marimba

Beethovens 9'th

The music in our drum show this year (It's all Beethoven. 'cept reefed. sixteenth note runs at 190 clicks.)

{ Adagio from pathetique, mvmt 2 Beethoven's ninth, 1st from his fifth, Rage over a lost penny, ode to joy gospel, 1st mvmt of the waldstein }

When you read them like this...wow... it is amazing how great and plentiful this genre of music is. Some of those listed would be in my top 10 and all in my top 50.

Hopefully this is just the beginning.

So hard to choose.

It probably changes all the time, but a current top 5 is probably:

Beethoven, Symphony No. 7

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2

Kalinnikov, Symphony No. 1

Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1

Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 3

Currently I'm at...

Verdi, Overture to 'Nabucco'

Verdi, 'Pari Siamo' from ''Rigoletto'

Verdi, 'Povero Rigoletto' from 'Rigoletto'

Verdi, Prelude to 'Rigoletto'

Verdi, 'Bella Figlia de'll Amore' from 'Rigoletto'

Verdi, 'Lassa in Cielo' from 'Rigoletto'

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Brahms - Symphony number three

Grieg - Piano Concerto

Beethoven - Symphonies; numbers 5 and 9

What, another one??

Fine, can't hurt to do it again. :D Currently;

Poulenc: Harpsichord Concerto (rural concerto)

Poulenc: Organ Concerto

Debussy: Estampes

Delius: Appalachia

Grieg: Humoresques Op. 19

Beethoven sym 5,9

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture

Wanger Ride of the Valkyries

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody's (especially no. 2)

Muswsorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition

Shostakovich: Symphonies nos. 1, 5, & 9; Piano Concerto no. 2; Piano Quintet in g minor

Holst: Suites nos. 1 & 2 for military band

Beethoven: Piano Concerti nos. 1 & 5; Symphony no. 9; Piano Sonatas

Stravinsky: Firebird

Mahler: Symphony no. 1

Music that makes me so happy that I could die to it:

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Arvo Part: Cantus in Memorium Benjamin Britten

Faur

Oh! Oh! And I almost forgot! Mussorgsky's "Une Larme"!

Hmm, it's so hard to choose.

Let's see...........

Beethoven violin concerto

Beethoven Symphony no.5

Mendelssohn violin concerto

Saint-Saens violin concerto no.3

Brahm's violin sonata no.1

that's just a few of my favorites.

Perhaps Chopin's Heroique Polonaise.

So, I have sort of done this before. This list comes from the "Most Painful Musical Pieces" thread, but since I did not stictly stay to that category when I made it the list then serves as my favorite pieces list as well. The thing about these pieces is that they evoke an emotion. It could be happy, sad, enthrallment, solemness, or just a super sense of beauty. The list consists of moments and entire pieces of my favorite film scores and favorite classical pieces. It is not a complete list, but it is most of my absolute favorites.

Twilight and Shadow from Return of the King by Howard Shore

Breaking of the Fellowhip from Fellowship of the Ring by Howard Shore

The Grey Havens from Return of the King by Howard Shore

Forth Eorlingas from The Two Towers by Howard Shore (just to name a few from the best soundtrack ever)

Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

The end of The Second Essay for Orchestra by Samuel Barber

Ave Verum Corpus by William Byrd

Goldberg Variation #1 by Johann Sebastian Bach

Beautiful from King Kong by James Newton Howard

Beauty Killed the Beast from King Kong by James Newton Howard

Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven

2nd and 3rd Movements of Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein

Signore Ascolta from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini

Duex Arabesques by Claude Debussy

Reflets Dans L'eau by Claude Debussy

Pagodes from Estampes by Claude Debussy

2nd Movement from Piano Concerto #2 by Sergei Rachmaninov

Pavanne pour une infante defunte by Maurice Ravel

Somewhere (Orchestrated Version) from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Oh hell - what would he have written if he only didn't die so young?!)

Adagio for Strings and Organ by Tamaso Albinoni

Worthy is the Lamb from the Messiah by Joseph Handel

Ase's Death from Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg

Air from Holberg Suite by Edvard Grieg

2nd Movement from Piano Concerto in A minor by Edvard Grieg

The Launch from Apollo 13 by James Horner

Re-Entry and Splashdown from Apollo 13 by James Horner

First Drop Off, First Kiss from A Beautiful Mind by James Horner

Jesu, Priceless Treasure by Johann Sebastian Bach

Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission by Ennio Morricone

Death Theme from The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone

Main Title from Gone with the Wind by Max Steiner

Main Title from The Godfather by Nino Rota

The Love Theme from The Godfather by Nino Rota

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral by Richard Wagner.

Ohhhh, what a beauty, get on youtube and search for it, gorgeous piece!

What's story behind it? Anybody know?

My fav is Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin and viola by Mozart.Every movement a stunner.The rest I cant decide.It would be intresting to know what you think about this lot...

These ARE NOT in rank order,I simply cant decide between this lot.

1.Mozart,Piano concerto 23 (especially the Adagio)

2.Shostakovich symphonys 4 and 7.

3.Mozart symphonys 40 and 41.

4.Beethoven Violin Concerto

5.Beethoven Piano concerto 5

6.Rachmaninov Piano concerto 2

7.Haydn Emperor String Quartet

8.Beethoven Moonlight Sonata (especialy the Presto Agitato)

9.Mozart Piano Sonata in C and sonata in A minor.

10.Saint Saens Symphony No. 3 Organ

11.Brahms Violin Concerto

12.Elgar Cello Concerto

13.Mozart Violin Concerto no. 4

14.Vivaldi Lute concerto in D

Phew!those are only the ones that instantly spring to mind.They are all very common,although most people would of gone for Rachmaninov concerto no. 3 rather than 2.Speaking of spring, I forgot to add the four seasons.........

My top six

Mahler- Symphony No. 06

Stravinsky- Firebird Suite

Beethoven- Symphony No. 06

Elgar- Cello Concerto

Anonymous- Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair

Holst- Suite No. 01 in Eb for Military Band

hmm....well my favourites are

I apologise in advance for the lack of accents and circumflexes in what I'm typing. I don't know how to do them on this computer lol

"Mars" from Holst's the planet suite

"The infernal Dance of King Kashchei" by Stravinsky (sadly I haven't heard the rest of the Firebird)

Debussy's "Nocturnes" (Nuages, fetes and sirenes)

"The Sorceror's Apprentice" by Dukas

Eric Whitacre's "Ghost train"

I could go on for ages about Edward Macdowell's pieces but I'll restrain myself hehe

"Carnival of the Animals" by Saint-Saens

"Les Animaux Modeles" by Poulenc

"Baba Yaga" by Liadov

"The water Goblin" by Dvorak

"The Rite of Spring" again by Stravinsky

"Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin

"Slavonic Dances" by Dvorak

Most pieces I like as you may have noticed aren't very old. There's just something about most older pieces (by people like Mozart, Vivaldi etc) that I find hard to identify with but I can see why most people enjoy them

O this is really hard. But here are some of my absolute favorites.

Allegri Gregorio - Miserere mei, Deus

Bach - Mass B Minor (All); Erbarme dich from St. Matthew Passion

Beethoven - No. 9 symphony

Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor

Dvorak - 'From the New World' Symphony (no. 9)

Mozart - Requiem, Mass in C minor, Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute & all of his compositions.

Palestrina - Missa Ecce ego Johannes

Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6; Piano Concerto No. 1

Schumann Cello concerto.

I would have to go with When David Heard by Eric Whitacre. It's pretty amazing.

My #1 favorite is Sunflower Slow Drag, closely followed by Solace (both were composed by Scott Joplin)