Favourite Piece of Classical Music

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Overture to Tanhauser

YouTube - Wagner: Tannhauser Overture (Solti) 1/2

[Coalman]

Ma Vlast - Smetena

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I like Blue Danube as mentioned above. Another great Strauss is the nun's chorus.

YouTube - Johann Strauss II: The Nun's Chorus

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Bach's Tocatta and Fugue - on an organ. In fact just about anything by Bach.

And Vivaldi of course. Concerto For Two Mandolins In G Major, mmmm.

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Rachmaninov's second piano concerto for me, closely followed by his third. Generally enjoy most Chopin too, esp Nocturne in E flat major:

beautiful

[KackAttack]

Binary Sunset:

YouTube - Star Wars - Binary Sunset (Episode IV. - A New Hope)

[NotAllThere]

Prokofiev. My son is practising for a competition, so it's a good job I like it. Not sure which bit he's playing but it's 10 minutes long.

Then, for light relief, he does Firth of Fifth, by Tony Banks (Genesis).

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La gazza Ladra (Thieving Magpie)

[moorfield]

The Lacrimosa from Mozarts Requiem Mass.

You need to turn your dial all the way up to 11 to appreciate it in full though.

[TimberWolf]

WHS

I like most stuff but the piece that makes all the hair stand up on the back of my neck is O Fortuna (I think thats what it's called) from Carmina Burana.

I used to think they were singing "a force for evil", perhaps because it was the exorcist theme tune (and All Spice). There's a website where people attach amusing lyrics to classical songs being sung by Johnny foreigner.