I need some great classicals!

[Lyrical]

I'm looking for some great classical music. Can anyone please give me some names? I know it's hard because music from the past have long names such as Symphony no. 5 in G minor K 183 Allegro. lol.
anyway. help!

[Linksquest]

Are you looking for specific songs or composers?

[Steeltemplar]

This quite likely should be in the music section. And quite likely shall be moved there by one of the friendly moderator types.

In the meantime, let me go ahead and answer your plea.

I recommend highly the following pieces.

J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F
Concerto for Harpsichord No. 4 in A Major
Contrapunctus I from Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue)
The Well-Tempered Clavier - Book I

W.A. Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24
Violin Concerto No. 3 In G
Requiem in D

Chopin
Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Opus 28
Prelude No. 6 in B Minor, Opus 28

[the_lizardqueen]

I love a good classical song, but unfortunately I tend to forget composers and names almost instantaneously ^^;

I do like Beethoven's 9th Symphony, specifically the 'Ode to Joy' section. And Gustav Holtz's 'The Planets' are pretty nifty too, especially 'Jupiter Bringer of Jolility'. It has a gorgeous middle section and the rest is quite interesting.

[mechana2015]

Holsts Suites in F and E flat
I'll have more later.

[Dante]

Speaking of classical music, considering that it is so old, it probobly has lost its copyrights... Does anyone know where to download it for free? If it isn't legit, please update me on it... So that I can avoid downloading it.

Thanks,
Pascal

[Linksquest]

Well... here are some that I can think off the top of my head.

beethoven
Fur Elise
Moonlight Sonata

Canon in D- pachelbel


BACH
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Prelude in C major

Vivaldi- The four seasons

[Steeltemplar]

Speaking of classical music, considering that it is so old, it probobly has lost its copyrights... Does anyone know where to download it for free? If it isn't legit, please update me on it... So that I can avoid downloading it.

Thanks,
Pascal

I believe that the copyright issue for classical pieces is not the compositions themselves but the performances of them. Therefore, downloading a classical work that is not made available freely by the owner of the performance would be illegal just as downloading a modern song would be.

And LinksQ: Vivaldi...good choice. And Pachelbel. Good list overall, actually.

[ChristianKitsune]

it really hasn't lost it's copyright though..the publishers still have rights to them..^^;

at least that's my understanding..because you can buy CDs

[Kaori]

Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli

J. S. Bach
Mass in b minor
Goldberg Variations
Cantata BWV 202
Choral Variations on “Von Himmel Hoch da komm’ ich Her,â€

[Galant]

What kind of stuff do you like already?

Harpsichord - baroque? Strings, horns? Solos? Rousing, relaxing?

Personally, I'm a violin man. I bought a CD featuring music from Bach, played by Hilary Hahn -solo violin with back up orchestra. Great stuff.

Go here - http://thehiddenfountain.blogspot.com/ It's my blog, but down on the right at the bottom are some recommendations for books and music. The top 4 currently listed are, at least in some ways, 'classical'.

[Maledicte]

Bach--the Doubles Concerto for Violins in D minor (I'm fairly sure it's D minor)

Beethoven--get the Immortal Beloved soundtrack! Great picks.

Mozart--Amadeus soundtrack! woot.

Mussorsky--Night on Bald Mountain!

Handel--Israel in Egypt. Not as well-known as Messiah, but in my opinion better.

Wagner--Die meistersinger (overture), and the Flying Dutchman overture.

Orff--O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana.

Chopin--Barcarolle; aka the most beautiful piano piece I've ever heard.

Rossini--the Barber of Seville overture.

Stravinsky--the Rite of Spring. Get the Fantasia version if you can.

Gershwin--Rhapsody in Blue

Prokofiev--Peter and the Wolf a classic!

Saint-Saens--The Carnival of the animals

Liszt--Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor You've heard this one in cartoons before.

*wheezes* That's all for now...

[Tancos]

It would take a book to adequately answer the question, and a lifetime to listen to everything.

Some miscellaneous favorites, emphasizing piano music:

Domenico Scarlatti: well, everything. His brief sonatas sound good both on harpsichord and on piano
Schubert: "Wanderer" Fantasy; "Trout" Quintet
Chopin: Polonaises, Ballades, Waltzes, Etudes, Preludes ... everything, actually.
Schumann: Fantasy in C; Kreisleriana
Liszt: Hungarian rhapsodies (they may be musical junk food, but they're fun); Sonata in B minor; the Mephisto Waltzes.
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit; Le Tombeau de Couperin
Prokofiev: Toccata; Sarcasms; Visions Fugitive; Piano sonata #7 (Prokofiev was the first head-banger); the suites from Lieutenant Kije and The Love for Three Oranges
Bartok: Allegro Barbaro; Roumanian Folk Dances; Sonata; "Out of Doors" suite (or perhaps Bartok was the first to write heavy metal); Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste; Dance Suite
Debussey: Preludes
Scott Joplin: piano rags. William Bolcom called him America's Chopin, and perhaps he is. Also look for rags by James Scott and Joe Lamb.
Szymanowsky: Mazurkas
Chabrier: Espana; Bourree fantastique; Dix pieces pittoresques
Scriabin: Piano sonatas #7, 9 & 10; Vers la flamme; Flammes sombres. This, and not the noise emanating from San Francisco in the '60's, is true psychedelic music.

Another approach would be to look for recordings by Alfred Brendel and Maurizio Pollini. Both are excellent performers, and neither plays junk.

Re Pachelbel's canon: the next time you are subjected to it, try singing "Puff the Magic Dragon." It works.

[FaerieChica]

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, The Final Fantasy VII classical piano cd(it's all good), and the Sleeping Beauty theme by Tchaikosky. Just a few of my faves.

[mitsuki lover]

Beethover:
Symphony #5
Symphony #9
Fur Elise
Fidelio(opera)
Missa Solemnis
Moonlight Sonata
Emperor Piano Concerto
Tschaviosky:
Piano Concerto #1
Suit from The Nutcracker Ballet
Romer And Juliet
Schumann:
Traumerei
Schubert:
Unfinished Symphony
various lieder(songs)
Trout Quartet
Bach:
Brandenburg Variations
The Well Tempered Clavier
Sheep Shall Safely Graze
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
Wagner:
Lonhengrin
Parsifal
The Ring Of The Nibelung
The Mastersinger
Verdi:
Rigoletto
Aida
Mendelsshon:
Overture To A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Scottish Symphony
The Italian Symphony
Gershwin:
Rhapsody In Blue
Porgy And Bess

[Joshua Christopher]

"Dies Irae (Requiem)" is great.

[GhostontheNet]

Although I will be repeating stuff on other people's lists, I will also add a bit of commentary:

Gabriel Faure: Requiem
This is to my knowledge one of the most gentle of the Requiems ever produced, and it really creates a sweet sorrow. It's best to read up on the words of the Requiem mass in translation for maximum enjoyment when listening to them so you can understand what's going on in the music.

Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt
Musical Exodus narrative. Many tracks are baroque comedy and I'd get it in english so you can laugh where it's funny, like the plague of frogs.

Frederick Handel: The Messiah
Insanely diverse musical singing of messianic prophecies especially and some New Testament passages. This one so rules, particularly the second half. They always play this around Christmas time which depresses me to no end because people hear them sing of peace on earth and good will torwards men and then at the end of the season act like they had sung of starvation and human vivisection on earth and loathing torwards men. Get it in english so you can have a newfound appreciation of God's love, but respond appropriately to the words therin in your life.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Less gentle than Faure with it's inclusion of the Sequentia dealing with the Final Judgment and resurrection of the dead, but well matched to the words at all times, and still having a sweet sorrow.

All of these are solidly Christian music, and a lot more creativity went into them than the average Contemporary Christian Music songs that sound like every other song with repetition of stock Christian phrases in spite of the brilliantly rich treasury of Biblical symbolism they could have drawn upon. Herein lies richness.

Oh, I forgot, strange as it may sound, if you like synthesizers, the Wendy Carlos Original Score to A Clockwork Orange contains some really cool classical music played solely on synthesizers to an interesting yet strange sounding effect. Unlike the music however, the movie is most assuredly not clean and I forewarn you about the old ultraviolence and such therin.

[mitsuki lover]

If you like to listen to songs then try Stephen Collins Foster:
My Old Kentucky Home
Old Folks At Home
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Beautiful Dreamer
Old Dog Tray
Massa's In De Cold,Cold Ground

[GhostontheNet]

If you like to listen to songs then try Stephen Collins Foster:
My Old Kentucky Home
Old Folks At Home
Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
Beautiful Dreamer
Old Dog Tray
Massa's In De Cold,Cold Ground

Isn't that bluegrass and not classical?

[Raiden no Kishi]

In The hall of the Mountain King ~ composer unknown to me
Marche Slave ~ Tchaikovsky
Moonlight Sonata ~ Beethoven
Ride of the Valkyries ~ Wagner

.rai//

[Steeltemplar]

Isn't that bluegrass and not classical?

I think it is considered to be American popular folk music and/or minstrel show music (which at least some of these were originally written for).

[Stephen]

Moved to the music area.

[Zarn Ishtare]

O Fortuna.

Best Classical song on the planet.