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All Time Favourite Classical Music Piece

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  • 09-02-2017 6:44pm
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    DickSwiveller
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    For me it would have to be Schubert's String Quintet in C Major. The whole piece is astonishing, particularly the second movement, possibly the most beautiful slow movement ever written. If you haven't listened to it before you're really missing out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtZgIKZ_jrw&t=502s


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    filbert the fox
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    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy overture - Tchaikovsky

    The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky

    Troika from Sparticus - Khachaturian

    bit of a Russian theme going on here.......

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C# minor - Rachmaninov

    Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis - Raeph Vaughan-Williams

    Eroica -marche funebre from Symphony no. 3 - Beethoven


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    DickSwiveller
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    filbert the fox wrote: »
    Romeo and Juliet Fantasy overture - Tchaikovsky

    The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky

    Troika from Sparticus - Khachaturian

    bit of a Russian theme going on here.......

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C# minor - Rachmaninov

    Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis - Raeph Vaughan-Williams

    Eroica -marche funebre from Symphony no. 3 - Beethoven

    Thanks for the reply Filbert. Love all those pieces you mention.


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    filbert the fox
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    Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams

    Canon - J.S. Pachelbel

    Double violin concerto - J.S.Bach

    Andante from piano Concerto no. 21 (elvira madigan) - Mozart (pure genius)

    Dance macabre - Camile Saint Saens

    Adagio G minor for strings and organ - Albanoni

    Adagio - Barber

    Queen of the night aria from the magic flute - Mozart (high notes)


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    midiofnowhere
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    beethoven symphony 7 2nd movement all day long


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    filbert the fox
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    midiofnowhere wrote: »
    beethoven symphony 7 2nd movement all day long

    "All Night Long" all day long. Sorry little joke.:D

    How about for peace and quiet:

    4'33'' by John Cage

    (there was a composer called Cage,
    for silence was all the rage,
    no musician he found
    ever made the wrong sound
    or misread the notes on the page)


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    DickSwiveller
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    midiofnowhere wrote: »
    beethoven symphony 7 2nd movement all day long

    Yes, it's astonishing. I challenge anyone to listen to the 2nd movement and not get goosebumps.


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