My Favourite Classical Works
Submitted by neptune on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 02:01
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- 10.0
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- Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)
- Bach - Partita No. 2 In D Minor 'Ciaconne'
- Verdi - Requiem
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- 9.5
- Bach - Toccata & Fugue In D Minor
- Part - Tabula Rasa
- Messiaen - Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
- Boulez - Répons
- Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
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- 9.0
- Beethoven - Grosse Fuge In B Flat Minor
- Mozart - Symphony No. 41
- Tchaikovsky - 6th Symphony 'Pathetique'
- Beethoven - 5th Symphony
- Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 In C Minor
- Beethoven - 3rd Symphony 'Eroica'
- Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor
- Bach - Mass In B Minor
- Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
- Bach - Passaglia & Fugue In C Minor
- Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms
Author Comments:
Just so you know, I know close to nothing about classical music, these are just my personal favourites from what I've heard so far.
Works to be judged -
9th Symphony - Mahler
Very nice list. Based on your 10 rating of Rite of Spring I highly recommend you check out Glenn Branca's The Ascension. It's basically a symphony of abrasive noise. It's astonishing. May need 2-3 listens to take form, so think with that.
Thankyou! Sounds awesome, I'm getting hold of it right now, I can't wait to hear it if it holds similarities in structure, sound and quality to Rite of Spring. Any other recommendations you think I'd like?
Ostrobothnian Symphony-Balakauskas and as we've discussed before Jazz Composer's Orchestra by Michael Mantler, which is similar in ways to Branca's The Ascension, though with much more compositional complexity/depth and significantly more emotional impact, despite how difficult that is to imagine. Also, for no particular reason other than how amazing it is, you need to get ahold of Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill.
Thanks, they will all be acquired in the very near future! :)