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Favorite Classical Music Piece
I've been listening to Mozart's "Requiem" quite a bit lately. I also have a particular soft spot for Bach's "Air for G-String" (har har) and Beeth-oven's "Moonlight Sonata". I guess "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber (the "Platoon Theme" could apply as well)
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Although (and perhaps because) it is one of the most oft-redone classical pieces, I've always loved "Carmina Burana." TSO does a killer version of it on their new cd Night Castle, if they ever get around to releasing the damn thing! I also love the Pere Gynt Suite, by Grieg.
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Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
The uninitiated may remember it being the sorrowful soundtrack used in the movies 'Platoon' and 'The Elephant Man'. Z
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Actually, for pure adreneline, I'd go with Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem.
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Moussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition [probably my overall favorite of any piece or set of pieces] - Great Gate of Kiev is without a doubt the pinnacle of music, for me. Simple, straightforword, yet enduringly moving. Dvorak - Symphony 9 "From the New World" - particularly the Largo movement. Handel - Messiah, Music for Royal Fireworks Orff - Carmina Burana Holst - The Planets Verdi - Requiem Medium form Tchiakovsky - 1812 Overture, Romeo & Juliet Sibelius - Finlandia
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Holt's "The Planets," particularly "Mars"
Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite" |
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