music Favorite piece of classical music?

[Octavia Heartstrings 28,414]

If you listen to classical music, which piece is your favorite?

Personally, my favorite has always been "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg. Undoubtedly one of the most iconic classical pieces of all time, and for good reason. I love how it starts out quiet, gradually gets more and more intense, and then goes insane at the end... so foreboding and so badass!

 

[Misty Shadow 7,087]

That's tough. Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, I used to listen to regularly. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is fantastic too, that might be my favorite, but I also really love Ode to Joy. 

Edited January 31, 2022 by CloudMistDragon
Slight typo.

[Sparklefan1234 161,894]

" Cello Suite No. 1" by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Edited August 9, 2021 by Sparklefan1234

[Fluttershutter 2,122]

There are lots but here's a great one:

 

[Sparklefan1234 161,894]

Another piece that I love is "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin.

 

 

[Dark Horse 12,799]

One of my favourite pieces has to be Clair de Lune, L.32. Such a great piano suite. 

 

[ZiggWheelsManning 7,373]

"Luck Be a Lady Tonight" knows where to hit me  

[Fluttershutter 2,122]

I tend to like more "metal" classical but Fur Elise is one of the most relaxing and peaceful pieces of music ever.

 

[Dreambiscuit 8,024]

I love Clair de Lune. It’s so magical and dream-like. And Pas de Deux and Waltz of the Snowflakes from the Nutcracker. So powerful and sweet. 

 

 

[daviddaviddavid 772]

I'll agree with the user above who said Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, which surely has to be one of the best pieces of music ever written objectively, and is probably my personal favourite. This is my personal favourite performance of it, as it is actually in Baroque tuning which is roughly a semitone lower and I think that makes it sound even better.

Other honourable mentions go out to Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony (also honourable honourable mention to his 5th symphony purely for the french horn solo section in the 2nd movement), Chopin's Etude 10 Op 3 and Fantaisie Impromptu No.4, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and of course the fantastic Franz Liszt's La Campanella. Oh, and anything by Paganini because Paganini.

Edited February 20, 2022 by daviddaviddavid

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,152]

While the Rite of Spring is my favorite piece of classical music in general, Mahler's 8th is actually my favorite symphony.

Along with this I generally tend to prefer any symphony that includes keyboard instruments; specifically the organ and/or piano. For me they just add so much when included within a symphonic texture. These Organ/Orchestra symphonies by Guilmant and Widor (respectively) are amongst my favorites here.

 

 

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,152]

I shared this one in another thread, but I want to highlight Ives' Symphony #4 for it's extensive keyboard section; which includes a solo piano, an orchestral (4-handed) piano, a quarter-tone piano, an organ, celesta, and some sort of theremin-ish instrument.

 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

I love Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor. It reminds me a huge thunderstorm passing by. You can definately tell that it's at its most powerful at the climax and the buildup is oh so glorious, getting to that high end and coming down, repeating the intro notes on triple forte or forte-fortissimo, most people call it fortississimo. I've played this piece myself and it was so much fun. My old #1 used to be Chopin's Valse Op 64 no2. 

 

[Light Blade 8,658]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony #4