Classical Music

[Kayu]

Mendelssohn, Felix - Violin Concerto in E Minor- Op. 64 - I. Alegro(1)
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 I_ Moderato

also according to my piano teacher is not hard to teach a child to play.....just teaching how to read the sheet is the hard thing(wich is also the problem on grown ups), he also said he could teach anyone who is interested to play any piano song in one year including kids.

here is a list of a top 100 from one torrent cd i found of classical music

The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music

Disc 1: 1685-1730

1. Bach - Toccata in D minor
2. Pachelbel - Canon in D
3. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement
4. Handel - Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D
5. Purcell - Trumpet Tune and Air
6. Bach - Air (from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D)
7. Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Spring
8. Albinoni - Adagio
9. Vivaldi - Mandoline Concerto in C, RV 425
10. Bach - Minuet and Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite No. 2)


Disc 2: 1731-1775

1. Handel - "Hallelujah" from Messiah
2. Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from "Orpheus and Eurydice"
3. Bach - Sinfonia in G, from "Christmas Oratorio"
4. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, 1st movement
5. Handel - Largo, from "Xerxes"
6. Vivaldi - Flute Concerto in G minor "La Notte", VI. Allegro
7. Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, from "Solomon"
8. Bach - Oboe Concerto in D minor, 2nd movement
9. Handel - Concerto grosso in A minor op. 6 No. 4
10. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, 2nd movement


Disc 3: 1776-1787

1. Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1st movement
2. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, 2nd movement ("Elvira Madigan")
3. Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro - Overture
4. Mozart - Flute Concerto No. 2 in D, 2nd movement
5. Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca, from Piano Sonata in A
6. Mozart - Don Giovanni - Overture
7. Mozart - Horn Conerto No. 3 in E flat, 2nd movement
8. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, 1st movement
9. Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro - March
10. Mozart - Serenata Notturna


Disc 4: 1788-1810

1. Mozart - Symphony No. 40, 1st movement
2. Beethoven - "Moonlight" Sonata, 1st movement
3. Haydn - Symphony No. 94, "Surprise", 2nd movement
4. Mozart - The Magic Flute - Overture
5. Beethoven - Fur Elise
6. Haydn - Emperor's Hymn, from Sring Quartet in C
7. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, 1st movement
8. Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A, 2nd movement
9. Beethoven - Minuet in G
10. Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E flat, 3rd movement


Disc 5: 1811-1841

1. Rossini - The Barber of Seville - Overture
2. Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, "Unfinished"
3. Mendelssohn - Spring Song
4. Chopin - Polonaise in A, Op. 40 No. 3, "Military"
5. Schubert - Ballet Music in G, from "Rosamunde"
6. Weber - Der Freischutz - Overture
7. Schubert - Ave Maria
8. Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A, "Italian", 1st movement
9. Schumann - Traumerci
10. Schubert - German Dance No. 1

Disc 6: 1842-1853

1. Mendelssohn - Wedding March, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2. Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat
3. Verdi - Nabucco - Overture
4. Schumann - The Merry Peasant
5. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
6. Wagner - Lohengrin - Prelude to Act 3
7. Verdi - La Traviata - Prelude to Act 1
8. Wagner - Tannhauser - Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg
9. Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, 2nd movement
10. Suppe - Poet and Peasant - Overture


Disc 7: 1854-1866

1. Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld - Overture
2. Rubinstein - Melody in F
3. Liszt - Les Preludes
4. Brahms - Waltz in A flat
5. Verdi - The Force of Destiny - Overture
6. Grieg - I Love You
7. Smetana - The Bartered Bride - Overture
8. Offenbach - Barcarolle, from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
9. Strauss II - Tritsch Tratsch Polka
10. Suppe - Light Cavalry - Overture


Disc 8: 1867-1876

1. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, 1st movement (excerpt)
2. Brahms - Cradle Song
3. Smetana - The Moldau
4. Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries, from "The Valkyrie"
5. Grieg - Morning, from "Peer Gynt"
6. Bizet - Les Toreadors, from "Carmen"
7. Delibes - Notturno, from "Coppelia"
8. Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave, Op. 31
9. Bizet - L'Arlesienne - Intermezzo
10. Strauss II - The Blue Danube - Waltz


Disc 9: 1877-1893

1. Tchaikovsky - Polonaise, from "Eugene Onegin"
2. Dvorak - Symphony No. 9, from "The New World"
3. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers, from "The Nutcracker"
4. Rimsky-Korsakov - Alborado, from "Capriccio Espagnol"
5. Grieg - The Last Spring
6. Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. 2
7. Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty - Introduction
8. Wagner - Siegfried's Death and Funeral March, from "Twilight of the Gods"
9. Dvorak - Songs My Mother Taught Me
10. Strauss II - Emperor Waltz


Disc 10: 1894-1928

1. Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra - Fanfare
2. Mahler - Symphony No. 5 - Adagietto
3. Sibelius - Finlandia
4. Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Bumble Bee
5. Massenet - Meditation, from "Thais"
6. Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance - March No. 1
7. Dvorak - Humoresque
8. Sibelius - Valse Triste
9. Strauss II - Vienna Blood - Waltz
10. Ravel - Bolero

[Ramor]

Strauss's Blue Danube and perhaps my most favorite piece Beethoven's Fur Elise

[Alleya]

Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto (Martha Argerich)

Anything and everything by Chopin, it's all masterwork. Especially the concertos, ballades, and nocturnes

Debussy's Epigraphes antiques

Shumann's Kreisleriana, piano sonata No. 2, Faschingsschwank aus Wien

Liszt's Hungarian rhapsodies, transcendental etudes, Seven years of pilgrimage

Any of Bach's fugues, especially on a good pedal harpsichord

Mendelssohn's concertos, any of them, they're all extremely catchy

Shostakovich's string quartets

Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, jeux deau

I could go on D:

[Marius]

anyone got any good torrents such as the top 100?

reading this got me in a classical mood

[Hige]

Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back

[Mizango]

/facepalm.



Edit:Goddammit, Now I have that song stuck in my head.

[Artemas]

edit: this kid is awesome: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YQYYT3qlTu4

That kid was great.
Imagine him on some on Virtua Fighter.. Akira's jumping knee, no problem.

[Bartylby]

i don't know any names, but occasionally i'll put on the classic music channel on late at night when i'm about to goto sleep to clear my head.

if alot of the stuff from the movie "a beautiful mind" s' soundtrack counts as classical i could listen to that stuff at any time. it's so good.

[Saphirea]

Holst's Planets: Mars and Jupiter
Tchaikosvsky's 4th Symphony
Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 and 6 Brahms
Mozarts Clarinet in A and Bassoon Solo's
Bravura from Fredrick Fennil
Pineapple Poll: Sullivan

That's all that I can think off the top of my head, when I get to my IPod, I'll check through it for some more good stuff

[Howard Roark]

And my favourite Neo-Classical/New Age group would be Secret Garden. They have some gorgeous pieces.

i forgot about them, yeah they're great, i heard them when I heard Gary Zukav speak, i had to know what the music was and a couple of songs were theirs

and i was absolutely obsessed with The Fountain soundtrack for nearly a month (maybe 2), composed by Clint Mansell (also did Requiem for a dream sdtrk), feat. Mogwai, and the Kronos Quartet

[Jotaru]

Samuel Barber's "Adagio For Strings"

This answer is win, especially since, as I don't listen to classical music much at all but generally more trance / techno / whatnot, this song makes for great remixes. Much <3 for it

[Kayu]

anyone got any good torrents such as the top 100?

reading this got me in a classical mood

http://isohunt.com/torrents/?iht=2&ihq= ... sterpieces

[arlania]

Sergei Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights

[Tricen]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZGEZ71USNuw

[Osede]

Giovanni Bottesini - Concerto in D for Double Bass and Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op.33
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Antoni Dvorak - VIIII Symfonia G-dur op. 88 (hope i didnt spell wrong the name)

these are some of my favourites, there still some more

[Huggo]

Beethoven:
Ave Maria
Moonlight Sonata
Piano Sonata #8
9th Symphony

Pachabel's Canon in D.

Pretty common classical pieces. I need to flesh out my classical playlist on itunes. Need to find some good Mozart since I hear it helps you study. XD

[Starless]

and i was absolutely obsessed with The Fountain soundtrack for nearly a month (maybe 2), composed by Clint Mansell (also did Requiem for a dream sdtrk), feat. Mogwai, and the Kronos Quartet

Ironically enough "Death Is The Road To Awe" is playing right now on my last.fm station. Much <3 to Clint Mansell.