I have these classical songs:

Bach - Air
Bach - Tocata in d mol
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Edward Krieg - In the hall of the mountain king
Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D
Mozart - symphony no. 40
Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain

I like them all XD

I would like to hear more great pieces though, could someone please give me some suggestions? I'd love to hear them ^_^

Paganini - Cantabile, Vln/Piano (Pag is awesome - he really does stretch the abilities of the violin!)

Elgar - Enigma Variations (Nimrod), Pomp and Circumstance March 1

Grieg - Morning,

Mozart - Eine Klein Nachtmusik

Handel - Arrive of the Queen of Sheba, Music for the Royal Fireworks

Faure` - Pavane` (this is a seriously gorgeous piece)

And who could leave out dear old Vivaldi and his 4 seasons ;)

These are just examples of popular classical pieces found on most compilation CDs - check out some MIDIs on the net to find out which ones you like :)

Thanks Angelic for creating this topic, cause then I would never have found my music CDs!! ^^

Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata (2nd movement)
Beethoven - Rage over a Penny
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (1st movement)
Chopin - (Andante Spianata and) Grande Polonaise
Chopin - Butterfly Etude
Chopin - Revolutionary Etude
Chopin - (Grand?) Waltz in E flat
Grieg - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd movement)

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EDIT: Found more songs, wahaha . . .

Albinoni - Adagio for Organ and Strings
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Handel - Largo (from Xerxes)
Liszt - Liebestraum
Mascagni - Intermezzo (from Cavalieria Rusticana)
Saint-Saens - The Swan

X_X You guys will create a huge archive of recomendations soon.

I suggest these:

1. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (or Mondschein Sonaten...) 2nd Movement.

2. Beethoven - Pathetique Sonata - 2nd Movement.

Hey, I'm working on the Fugue part of that Toccatta and Fugue in D. That's a miraculous piece. I'll give my recomendations by time period. The ones with stars are the "must hears."

Baroque:
1) The fast movements from Handel's Cuckoo and Nightengale concerto
2) Handel's Water Music: particularly "menuet," "Bouree," "Andante Allegro," and "alla Hornpipe." The latter is just classic.
3) Bach's Well Tempered Clavier "prelude in C major."
4) Handel's Dixit Dominus. See "Gloria Patri," "Dominus a Dextris Tuis," and "Iudicabit in Nationibus."
5) Bach's Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Strings, and Continuo in C minor. First and third movements

Clasical:
1) Beethoven's Fifth: first, third, and fourth movements. (*****)
2) Beethoven's Third symphony
3) Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) particularly "Bei Mannern" and "Der Holle Rache" (*****).
4) Mozart's Don Giovanni, particularly "Madamina!" and "Don Giovanni, a Cenar Teca!"
5) Mozart's Requiem K.626 ESPECIALLY his DIES IRAE. (*****)
6) Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major (Adagio) (*****) This is the most beautiful Piano Concerto I have ever heard.
7) Kyrie from Mozart's Mass in C Minor. This was in Triplets of Belleville.
8) Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca
9) Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. Overture (*****) and Non Piu Andrai (*****).

Romantic
1) Obviously Beethoven's 9th. 1st, 2nd, and 4th movements. (*****)
2) Schubert's Der Erlkonig (*****) Extrodrnarily creepy piece.
3) Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, first movement.
4) Faure's Requiem. See the Pie Jesu. (*****) Perhaps the most beautiful sacred solo in existance.
5) Bizet's Carmen. "Overture," "Votre Toast," and "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." (*****)
6) Bizet's Agnus Dei. Particularly the a capella choral version. Simply marvelous.
7) Wagner's "Ride of the Valkeyries."
8) Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto (first and third movements.) (*****)
9) Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (*****).

Contemporary
1) Stravinsky's "L'oiseau de feu."
2) Tan Dun's "Farewell" from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." (*****)

Sorry, as you can see, I'm not too up to date on contemporary stuff. Of course this is just a pathetic fraction of the wealth of Classical Music there is out there. I'm always finding more great compositions. Give us some feedback and tell us if you like our recomendations.

Rachmanioff: Piano Concerto in No.2 op 18
J.S. Bach: Mighty Fortress is thy God
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu op.66
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Danse Macabre -Camille Saint-Seans

That's a great piece. We played it in our orchestra at Toledo. I suggest you check it out.

Tchaikovsky - Concerto in D major

Te Deum, Op. 22 - Hector Berlioz (There are also settings by Handel, Charpentier, etc.; but the Berlioz is the grandest and best of them.)

Requiem, OP. 5 - Hector Berlioz (There are also settings by Mozart, Dvorak, Faure, Durufle, etc.; but, again, the Berlioz is the grandest and best of them.)

Any of the Symphonies of Gustav Mahler (esp. #1 ["Titan"] and #2 ["Ressurection"]), Anton Bruckner (esp. #4 ["Romantic"]), Jean Sibelius, Antonin Dvorak (esp. #9 ["From the New World"]), Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms (esp. #s 1 & 4), Felix Mendelssohn (esp. #3 ["Scottish"] and #4 ["Italian"]) and Josef Haydn. There are plenty more by other composers (i.e. W.A. Mozart, etc.), but these will get you started...

Any of the Masses or Sacred Music (Glorias, Stabat Maters, etc.) or Oratorios by Schubert, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Handel, etc. There's 1500+ years worth of this particular genre, so you should be able to find *something* with even a cursory look...

I'm now trying to put as much of my CD collection as possible on .mp3 format. Time and disk space...I must have more time and disk space... XD

I dislike Berlioz. His requiem is definately not as good as Mozart's. At least you didn't say Verdi though.

Noone has Gustov Holst's THE PLANETS? wow... I suggest you get a copy, it's freaking awsome (perferibly (sp?) by a Symphony Orchestra)

Update.

Baroque:
Handel's Messiah. Especially, "Since by Man Came Death," "Behold I Tell You a Mystery" and the following aria, "And He Shall Purify," "For Unto Us a Child Is Born," and of course, "Hallelujah."

Classical:
-Mozart's concerto for flute and harp, last movement.
-Salieri's concerto in C major for flute, oboe, and orchestra. This is really fun and he obviously mimic's Mozart's style.

Romantic:
Bizet's "La fleur que tu m'avais jetee," from Carmen.
Mendelssohn's first piano concerto.

Contemporary:
Manuel de Falla's Three Cornered Hat. Check out the "Miller's Dance" and "The Neighbor's Dance."
Manuel de Falla's Nana.

Maurice Durufle- Ubi caritas
Maurice Durufle- Requiem
Maurice Durufle- Notre Pere

<3 :rolleyes: :lol: ^_^

more than i could count. currently loving "o fortuna" from carmina burana by carl orff.

mozart&#39;s requiem...so awesome...

and i have maksim&#39;s album of classical pieces that he sorta redone. and it&#39;s so cool&#33;

I play music, not listen to it that much. But I find that Handel&#39;s Water Music is awesome.

any fugue by Js Bach (fravioit is fugue in g minor)
menuet from french suite No.3 by Js Bach
sonte by beethoven

Chopin- Nocturne Op.9 Mov. 1, 2 and 3

Franz Liszt- Consolation No. 3

Bach- Badinerie

Tradtional- Greensleeve (the fancy one with pedals and stuff, the normal one just don&#39;t sound as good)

I&#39;ve recently taken an interest in classical music. I&#39;m not a fan of big orchestras, mainly piano solos. Could anybody recommend a few piano solo pieces?

Moonligh Sonata -- Beethoven
Fantasie Impromptu --- Chopin
Claire de Lune -- Debussy

Still working at the second one, but I&#39;m too lazy.... :yawn: :yawn:

lol fantasie impromptu is a good finger exercise :heh:

but really, J.S Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man&#39;s Desiring or Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude

True true, that&#39;s why I&#39;m too lazy for that :D