The Classic Classical

Dec 29, 2008 at 3:10 PM
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I've always loved classical music from a young age, I suspect most of you are like me, you know all of the tunes but you don't know who wrote the compositions nor what their names are. So for the last few weeks I've been trawling through my collection and I've made a list of some Classics that everyone knows and should be in each of your own collections. I promise you that you have heard all of these masterful works, whether it be on an advert, film or just as a piece of magic.

So, on with the list.

O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) Carl Orff

Gymnopedie No.1 Erik Satie

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin

Prelude (Carmen) George Bizet

Largo Al Factotum (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia) Gioachino Rossini

La Donna E Mobile (Rigoletto) Guiseppe Verdi

Va, Pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) Guiseppe Verdi

La Forza Del Destino (Overture) Guiseppe Verdi

Libiamo Ne'lieti Calici (La Triviata) Guiseppe Verdi

Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity Gustav Holst

Belle Nuite, O Nuit D'amour Jaques Ofenbach

Canon in D Johann Pachelbel

Air 'On the G String' Johann Sebastian Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Johann Sebastian Bach

On The Beautiful Blue Danube Johann Strauss

Dome Epais (Flower Duet) Leo Delibes

Moonlight Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No.5 in C Minor Ludwig van Beethoven

Bolero Maurice Ravel

Tocatta & Fugue Johann Sebastian Bach

Swan Theme Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Allegro Moderato Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1812 - Festival Overture Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Also Sprach Zarathustra Richard Strauss

The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure) Richard Wagner

The Flight of the Bumblebee Rimsky - Korsakov

Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber

Montagues & Capulets Sergei Prokofiev

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le Nozze Di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

This is by no means a definitive list of the best classics, it's just some of my favourites and should be treated as such, I'm sure there are many glaring omissions here, perhaps one or two of you could enlighten me but I hope that you will agree that these would be an excellent starting point for someone who would like to begin to enjoy Classical Music.

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Yup, some of those are my favourites :) it is indeed a good list

The Canadian Brass does an excellent version of Bolero :D

You have some great picks! Some I don't recognize the names, I'll have to youtube them. Thanks for sharing!

Some of the names look familiar. I gained an appreciation for classical music when I took a music appreciation course at school. The professor was great and taught us that you could listen to a piece and tell what time period it was from depending on what instruments you could hear. Not sure I could do it now... LOL

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I really like classical music too, and many of these are some of my all-time favorites. Interesting post!

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I really like classical music too, and many of these are some of my all-time favorites. Interesting post!

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I like most of these as well.

I'd add:

Hungarian Rhapsody by Liszt
An American in Paris by Gershwin
Fanfare For the Common Man by Aaron Copland

I'd also recommend the soundtrack to Disney's Fantasia for some great classical music.

The Classic Classical

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