What IS Your Favorite Classical Piece

[PoliticalChic]

Mozart Rondo all Turka,, I love the finale


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I love that one too. I'm working on that piece.

Here's another one thats nice and fast. This guy's fingers are on fire!

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[Xenophon]

Rodriego's concierto de aranjuez

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[xsited1]

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[editec]

Favorite (loosely described as) classical piece?

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mossorsky, probably.

I think that's considered Romantic, not Classic, though.

Really depends on my mood.

 

[Epsilon Delta]

Favorite (loosely described as) classical piece?

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mossorsky, probably.

I think that's considered Romantic, not Classic, though.

Really depends on my mood.

Pictures at an Exhibition is pretty awesome. Ever heard the Emerson, Lake & Palmer version??

Mussorgsky's also got Night on Bald Mountain, which rocks. It reminds me of Fantasia.

 

[Againsheila]

Yeah, middle school kids can be cruel! Still keep singing Annie! It's theraputic!

I sing in my car.

Today we were practicing "Up on the Rooftop" for the Christmas Program at school, the kids didn't know the second or third verses that well, so I started singing them really loud. I told them they better learn it or I would sing AGAIN! (but you can do that with second graders lol)

Years ago, I was stuck behind an rv on the freeway. I was happily singing along to an oldies station when I realized the teeny bopper girls in the RV were singing the same song I was. We happily kept on singing, to the same radio station until traffic started up again.

 

[Againsheila]

The first one I ever heard...Theme from the Lone Ranger...

 

[Harry Dresden]

The first one I ever heard...Theme from the Lone Ranger...

that would be the William Tell Overture.....Excellent piece of music

from Von Suppe ....the Light Calvary Overture

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how about Beethoven's 5th piano Concerto

 

[aztech]

Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn....Fingal's Cave is on the island of Staffa in Scotland.

Youtube Sample

 

[alegria]

Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, 1. Allegro molto moderato (A minor), performed by Arthur Rubinstein

Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, 2. Adagio (D flat major), performed by Arthur Rubinstein

Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, 3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato (A minor &#8594; F major &#8594; A major), performed by Arthur Rubinstein

the three videos are on youtube; i'm not allowed to post urls yet.

 

[xsited1]

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An older Yngwie:

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[Agnapostate]

All of John Williams's work is impressive, even for brass instruments. (I used to play the trombone.)

That being said, Duel of the Fates was particularly impressive.

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[alegria]

Pictures at an Exhibition is pretty awesome. Ever heard the Emerson, Lake & Palmer version??

Mussorgsky's also got Night on Bald Mountain, which rocks. It reminds me of Fantasia.

years ago, i performed a piano adaptation of "promenade," from moussorsky's pictures at an exhibition as a wedding processional. it sounded exquisite (i thought, anyway).

 

[alan1]

Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, romantic period.

 

[xsited1]

Okay... One more. (I'm in a shredding mood tonight.)

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[Missourian]

Okay... One more. (I'm in a shredding mood tonight.)

The Great Kat

Regular

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On Speed Version

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The Great Kat is the stage name of Katherine Thomas (born 1966), an English-born, Long Island NY raised, musician best known for her thrash metal interpretations of well-known pieces of classical music. Most feature her using the electric guitar, but some have her on violin. Thomas is in fact a classically-trained violinist, graduating from the Juilliard School and touring for a time playing conventional classical music before crossing over to metal.

According to her website, Guitar One magazine listed her as one of the "Ten Fastest Shredders of All Time",[1] and many media reviews of her work have praised the speed and clarity of her playing. Her classical background, technical skills and self-promotion are sometimes compared to Yngwie Malmsteen.

Kat's public persona, as portrayed in her publicity photos and videos, is mainly that of a dominatrix, albeit in a somewhat over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek manner.

Wikipedia Link

 

[Missourian]

Seriously, I'm not a big classical music fan, but I'll take some Doris Day from the 40's.

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[Agnapostate]

I prefer Dorothy Day.

 

[xsited1]

The Great Kat

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The Great Kat is in the list of top 10 shredders (she's #10), but I think it's only because she's a woman. I liked her violin stuff before she became some kind of crazed mutant, but her guitar work sounds like a cat being skinned.​

 

[Truthmatters]

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