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Dunno if we've had a thread for classical so... just post your favourite pieces.

This is one of mine, absolutely gorgeous.



I love piano-based stuff like this - this piece is unbelievable.



Obviously Chopin's a great one to listen to for piano pieces:


My favourite composer is Debussy though, and while this and Clair de Lune are clichés, they're just wonderful.


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  • westwest Frets: 998

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  • equalsqlequalsql Frets: 6224
    edited October 2015

    Elgar Cello Concerto 1st Movement: Jacqueline du Pre


    And for Piano: 

    Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72916
    Two favourites at opposite ends of the emotive scale…

    Mussorgsky - Night On A Bare Mountain



    Beethoven - 'Moonlight' Sonata


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  • MegiiMegii Frets: 1670

    (the slow movement beginning after 11.30 chokes me up)



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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4356
    Guitar based it has to be Koyunbaba Op19 I Moderato, although the whole thing is pretty impressive.




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  • MegiiMegii Frets: 1670

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  • IanSavageIanSavage Frets: 1319

    Don't usually go in for classical but I did sound for this lot at the weekend and really enjoyed it.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdetR9VEtR0

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  • westwest Frets: 998

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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 762
    edited October 2015
    Debussy, "Pour l'Egyptienne" just listen to them secundal clusters.

    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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  • MegiiMegii Frets: 1670
    Can't not have any Mozart...




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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72916
    And for something completely different…

    György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna

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  • vizviz Frets: 10760
    edited October 2015
    For all you hot blooded males and females out there - Netrebko and Hvorostovsky getting close and personal in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. 

     
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    George's Messiah for me, every time. The David Willcocks version on a boxed set of EllPees
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  • vizviz Frets: 10760
    edited October 2015
    Megii said:


    Bravo @Megii Sir! I love quintets with two cellos, and Schubert in C is the best of them all! In fact, check out question 18 here :)

    http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music-quizzes/name-the-piece/#uRZjeXGUZ05pvM6B.97
    Roland said: Scales are primarily a tool for categorising knowledge, not a rule for what can or cannot be played.
    Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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  • MegiiMegii Frets: 1670
    viz said:
    Megii said:


    Bravo Sir. Love quintets with two cellos, and Schubert in C is the best of them all!
    Cheers @viz - my dad used to play this a lot, so I got an early appreciation of Schubert. It is incredible I agree.

    In a different, rather chilling, vein, how about a bit of Bartok:



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