For the "cultured" CCers...

[Army of GOD]

What be your favorite Classical song? I tend to enjoy Classical a bunch, but am looking for some new stuff.

My favorite as of right now (because it's always subject to change) is Mars by Gustav Holst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oDDmoWf1M.

[john9blue]

Tchaikovsky ftw.

[MeDeFe]

I'm not sure Holst qualifies as "classical", he's probably too recent. Neoclassicist maybe...

[jonesthecurl]

Mozart's Eine Klein Nachtmusik.
Beethoven's 9th.

[Woodruff]

What be your favorite Classical song? I tend to enjoy Classical a bunch, but am looking for some new stuff.
My favorite as of right now (because it's always subject to change) is Mars by Gustav Holst http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4oDDmoWf1M.

The songs from Bugs Bunny's opera. (BB is where all of my culture comes from.)

[jonesthecurl]

I don't think Wagner actually wrote it as Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit...
Maybe just a glitch in the translation.

[Yoda Skywalker]

Well I've been drug through the mire to a large degree but I'll still chime in as Michaelangelo. Beethoven's 5th, Beethoven's For Ellise which was the last song I learned and memorized on the piano (since forgotten it in case there's a test), Ode To Joy from Die Hard also Beethoven. Well that's all that comes to mind. When I first began to be oppressed in a wikid and vile way, I looked forward to befriending more cultured individuals with tastes as refined as my own, whom I had hoped would really be able to enlighten me with a greater library of knowledge as far as great classical music was concerned. I hope more people reply to this subject just to get their input.

[muy_thaiguy]

The Ode to Joy, the one that sounds as if it is galloping (I can never remember the title), Beethoven's 5th, Simple Gifts (once sang it in Salt Lake City), and the Battle Hymn of the Republic (which I got to sing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir when I was only in Children's Choir).

[Army of GOD]

the one that sounds as if it is galloping (I can never remember the title)

William Tell Overture - Finale?

[muy_thaiguy]

the one that sounds as if it is galloping (I can never remember the title)

William Tell Overture - Finale?

That's it!
Just don't ask me why I can never remember the name, I just can't.

[Army of GOD]

the one that sounds as if it is galloping (I can never remember the title)

William Tell Overture - Finale?

That's it!
Just don't ask me why I can never remember the name, I just can't.

Haha, I love that song. Mainly because I played it in band before, and it's actually a legitimately fun song to play on tuba.


But come on peoplez! Stop giving me songs that I already know and love! I'm looking for new and exciting!

[jonesthecurl]

Check out some Berlioz, and some Richard Strauss (other than the obvious Zarathustra)

Also listen to some Johan Christian Bach.

[john9blue]

Haha, I love that song. Mainly because I played it in band before, and it's actually a legitimately fun song to play on tuba.


But come on peoplez! Stop giving me songs that I already know and love! I'm looking for new and exciting!

Dvorak's New World Symphony?

[Army of GOD]

Haha, I love that song. Mainly because I played it in band before, and it's actually a legitimately fun song to play on tuba.


But come on peoplez! Stop giving me songs that I already know and love! I'm looking for new and exciting!

Dvorak's New World Symphony?

Ironic, because I'm listening to it right now.

[john9blue]

Ironic, because I'm listening to it right now.

I approve.

[Woodruff]

I don't think Wagner actually wrote it as Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit...
Maybe just a glitch in the translation.

<laughing out loud> Good point.

[Yoda Skywalker]

Check out some Berlioz, and some Richard Strauss (other than the obvious Zarathustra)

Also listen to some Johan Christian Bach.

Really not my forte.

[saxitoxin]

Hey gang! I feel safe to say I am the most cultured CCer here, or maybe ever. As an undergraduate at Humboldt University of Berlin I sang in the Populärer Befreiungchor, which was the premier chorale group on campus. I am also a season ticket holder to the San Francisco Opera.

Anyyywhooo ...

My top five "orchestral" pieces (I won't limit myself to classical, per se, but reach across the genres and even indulge a bit of opera!):

1. Symphony #7 in A Major (Alegretto)
You'll probably recognize this wonderful Beethoven piece! Plus, it's Saxi's all time FAV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-GotNl ... re=related

2. Sonata #2 in E-Flat Major for Viola and Piano
Uplifting and sobering, simultaneously! (Brahms)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFbOYUlzYXk

3. The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
LOL! This one is just for fun. A little modern, but a fanciful romp, in any case. Not to be confused with Vivaldi's Four Seasons, this is by Piazzolla.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbL_OCpAnc0

4. ah se l'error t'ingombra
This is a delightful and inspiring piece from Verdi's Il Trovatore. I can't find a link online to the audio.

5. Auferstanden aus Ruinen
This was adapted from a medley by the great Haydn and became the state anthem of the former German Democratic Republic, Saxi's home and the former world capital of peace. It is very sentimental for Saxi to listen to ...
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgvCWZJSQd4

[Ray Rider]

Hmm where to start...some of the best ones have already been mentioned, such as most of Tchaikovosky's music, Dvorak's New World Symphony, the William Tell Overture, Fur Ellise, Beethoven's 5th, etc.

Some that haven't been mentioned yet are Verdi's Grand March, Wagner's Flight of the Bumblebees, Dvorak's Symphony #9, Mozart's Alla Turka, Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4, Offenbach's Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld), currently listening to what WMP tells me is Symphony No. 5 in D Major Op. 107 "Reformation": Finale by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. It's really good.

If you're into what Medefe termed the "Neoclassical composers," John William's music is exceptionally good (he composed the soundtracks for many movies), Hanz Zimmer has some good tunes (Pirates of the Caribbean, Angels and Demons, etc), and Steve Jablonsky composed the music for Transformers.

[Juan_Bottom]

So long as we are posting the stuff we've all heard,
Moonlight Sonata

Haunting, yet beautiful. Just as the story of how it was written....
Today it just seems so... I dunno, dark or something given what happened to it's composer.

[muy_thaiguy]

So long as we are posting the stuff we've all heard,
Moonlight Sonata

Haunting, yet beautiful. Just as the story of how it was written....
Today it just seems so... I dunno, dark or something given what happened to it's composer.

Sadly, there is a poster on that video that is mocking Beethoven. But I marked his comment as spam.

[Army of GOD]

If you're into what Medefe termed the "Neoclassical composers," John William's music is exceptionally good (he composed the soundtracks for many movies), Hanz Zimmer has some good tunes (Pirates of the Caribbean, Angels and Demons, etc), and Steve Jablonsky composed the music for Transformers.

Hm. For some reason I just don't think Holst is Neoclassical like these guys. I mean, I literally have sex with John Williams's music. But Holst wrote almost 100 years earlier than these guys, and didn't write for movies.

Also, for anyone that likes Williams, try out his "The Cowboys Overture". Greatest song by him in my opinion, and that's saying a lot.

[john9blue]

if you're wondering the name of a classical song you've heard before, this site probably has it... just click Preview on the songs...

Some of my favorites: 2, 8, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23, 32, 33, 72, 83, 98...

[jonesthecurl]

Check out some Berlioz, and some Richard Strauss (other than the obvious Zarathustra)

Also listen to some Johan Christian Bach.

Really not my forte.

Take a listen. When we say "Bach" we usually think of the Dad. The son was hot stuff too.

[jonesthecurl]

If you're into what Medefe termed the "Neoclassical composers," John William's music is exceptionally good (he composed the soundtracks for many movies), Hanz Zimmer has some good tunes (Pirates of the Caribbean, Angels and Demons, etc), and Steve Jablonsky composed the music for Transformers.

Hm. For some reason I just don't think Holst is Neoclassical like these guys. I mean, I literally have sex with John Williams's music. But Holst wrote almost 100 years earlier than these guys, and didn't write for movies.

Also, for anyone that likes Williams, try out his "The Cowboys Overture". Greatest song by him in my opinion, and that's saying a lot.

There is a strict definition of "Classical" music for musicologists. The common meaning is broader, and vaguer, basically anything involving no jazz, rock, blues, pop, etc elements.