<p>As much as classical music is good (wow that sounded awkward), I like what I tend to call "new classical" music, or at least what is the most directly comparable thing to classical classical music:</p>
<p>Movie scores.</p>
<p>Some of my favorites: Hook (J-Williams), Spider-Man (Danny Elfman), Edward Scissorhands (Danny Elfman), A Beautiful Mind (James Horner), LOTR (Howard Shore), and Jerry Goldsmith too.</p>
<p>hooray!</p>
<p>oh geez, that's not classical music!! I call it sparkly music.</p>
<p>adagio for strings is great to listen late at night, or while doing HW</p>
<p>a little off subject who are ur favorite soloists? any instrument... seeing as i play the violin... i have to go with oistrakh heifetz and midori</p>
<p>I love soundtrack scores to death (Hook, Legend of Bagger Vance, LOTR, etc) but I'll be the first to admit that it's not really classical music. What defines classical music isn't just flowing melodies played by classical instruments. Classical music makes you think, and while I love to listen to scores while studying, it doesn't do it for me like Bach or Mozart.</p>
<p>Anyways, favorite classics (I really have to arrange by period or else it's a mishmosh):
Baroque:
Vivaldi's Winter
JS Bach's Cello Suites (all of 'em)</p>
<p>Classical:
Mozart's Requiem (<em>drools</em>)</p>
<p>Romantic/Impressionist:
Debussy's Claire de Lune
Tchaik's Violin Concerto in D</p>
<p>Contemporary:
Stravinsky's Firebird Suite
Gershwin's anything (esp. American in Paris)
R.V. Williams' Wasps Overture
Shostakovich's Piano Concerto 2</p>
<p>and NOT Adagio for Strings....good God, that piece nearly killed me of boredom last time I played it. And despite it's appearance, it's a very difficult piece to play well, and it's damn near impossible when you're bored stiff.</p>
<p>PS. I'll take violinists Perlman and Hilary Hahn, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and vocalist Renee Fleming any day. Pur virtuosic gold, all of 'em.</p>
<p>Chopin Fantasia Impromptu
Bach Toccata and Fugu
Mozart Turkish March
Beethoven Turkish March (Ruins of Athens)
Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Wagner Festmarch from Tannhauser
J. Strauss Radetzsky March
I especially into marches</p>
<p>"La Forza del Destino" by Verdi
"Die Moldau" by Smetana
"Semiramide, Symphony" by Rossini
"Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev // Promenade" by Mussorgsky</p>
<p>I'm a big band guy.</p>
<p>Favorite composers:
Purcell
Handel
Beethoven/Mozart
Grieg, Shostakovic, Rachmaninov (-off), and Danny Elfman, regardless of his movie tunes</p>
<p>Favorite performers (I'm a bit on the conservative side):
Perlman, Kreisler (old recordings), Yo-Yo Ma, Bell, Chung, Menuhin</p>
<p>Mahler's Titan...the fourth movement brought me to tears.
Bernstein's Jeramiah Symphony...destruction of the temple.
Beethoven, Tchaik everything, because tortured composers is so my thing. </p>
<p>Shosti and Prokofiev, because they're disgustingly difficult to play and fantastic to listen to. </p>
<p>And Symphonie Espagnol, because it's lovely and Spanish-influenced, and makes me want to ditch school and run off with a gypsy.</p>
<p>wow, i have to change my mind about maxim vengerov, i listened to his bazzini... ABSOLUTELY AMAZING... he's fairly good, i guess his sarasate was his only bad piece</p>
<p>pookdogg-- i heard hilary hahn play a paganini concerto a few months ago... wow. she's so good it's sick.</p>
<p>harpingchic... yes that's correct she played the paganini concerto along with her bach partita's... and yes she's very good, but listen to heifetz or oistrakh or perlman, and u will hear a difference... she's got a ways to go before that</p>
<p>I dunno, cujoe, those Bach Partitas she played were pretty darn good. Maybe in terms of virtuosic Paganini she looks up to Heifetz the Speed Demon, but she plays the best Partitas I've heard, and I've heard a lot.</p>
<p>anyone heard Midori's recording of Sibelius in D minor...i think with the Israel Philharmonic?
is it just me or are many parts of it way too legato?</p>
<p>yea i have it... i actually really like it... i played it freshman year and i think the part calls for a lot of rubato... and pookdogg... i recommend you listen to the oistrakh recording of the partitas... such command but still a sweet tone</p>
<p>"I am sure he is spinning in his grave."</p>
<p>I meant that classical music isn't usually said to "rock". It would probably offend many of these composers if they heard it.</p>
<p>Mozart piano concertos are my hero. <3</p>
<p>Concerto 20. Like, omg.
And then piano concerto 488, but I'm biased 'cuz I play that one.</p>
<p>And then you have his Vesperae solennes de confessore (Vespers) Wowwwwww.</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>tore, it rocks as in it rocks my socks. :) i didn't think anyone would take that literally.</p>
<p>who here actually plays an instrument? not to discriminate but i'm curious how many people are here</p>
<p>I play the guitar.</p>
<p>i play violin.</p>