Best Classical music piece of all time
 

I vote Requiem, Mozart

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I've always liked the piece playing when Edward G. Robinson goes in to be euthanized in the movie Soylent Green.
Man I loved that movie when I was a kid.

Oh yeah, and my wind chime plays Beethovens Moonlight Sonata which is goot.

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I love the Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven but I wouldn't it's the best

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I disagree. I think that Mozart's requiem is an amazing piece but it's nowhere near the best. Here's just a sample of pieces that I think are better.

Bach's St. Matthew Passion
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9
Mahler's Symphony No. 9
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5

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Beethoven's 5th in C minor.

Also, I know it's not the best, but I am a huge Ave Maria fan.

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how do you have a windchime that plays a certain song?

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Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony.

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Pachelbel: Canon in D

The classical version of a 1-hit wonder.

~D

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I haven't listened to enough classical music, but I'm going to vote for Rachmaninof's 2nd piano concerto.

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There's this one Chopin piano concerto that has also been done as a piano/violin concerto. (I'm pretty sure it was originally written for solo piano). I don't even know the opus or anything but it is my favorite piece of classical music. There have certainly been some more astonishing pieces and there are many better but it's my favorite.

It's pretty well-known, I think it's in C or C#.

NT

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Rite of Spring, Stravinsky, if by classical you mean orchestral

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Jupiter,Planets Suite: Holst

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Albinoni - Adagio In G Minor For Strings And Organ

sample here

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Chopin, Prelude in D# major, "Raindrop". I've been using that to go to sleep to for years now; you can just drift away into the music listening to that.

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Chopin, Prelude in D# major, "Raindrop". I've been using that to go to sleep to for years now; you can just drift away into the music listening to that.

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That is an incredible piece.

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All of it.

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Debussy - Claire de Lune

one of the few pieces i can have on repeat for literally 12 hours

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Four Seasons by Vivaldi
Brandenburg Concertos by Bach
Cello Suite No.1 by Bach

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Ain't Nuthing but a G Thang - Dr Dre

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For me, it has to be Barbers "Adagio for Strings", followed by a close second of Moonlight Sonata.

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Beethoven's glorious 9th, 'Ode to Joy'.

Best composers in terms of consistently good: Bach, Elgar, Beethoven.

Mozart's overrated - too many notes.

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any spam/spyware free places i can DL some beethoven etc?

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Already been said, but...

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

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Beethoven's Violin Concerto

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Good. Haunting in Gallipoli.

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Overture to Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), as heard at the start of 'Trading Places'.

Sheriff

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1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky. Classical music with cannons.

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1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky. Classical music with cannons.

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AKA the Bad News Bears theme?

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1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky. Classical music with cannons.

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AKA the Bad News Bears theme?

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Damn it - I totally forgot. It's ruined for me now.

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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2
Beethoven Symphony #7 (5 is good too)
Beethoven's 14th piano sonata (esp. last movement)

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D-flat major.

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The Requiem

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It's all in the ear of the beholder, of course. My favorite composer is Chopin. He was the master of every musical element--harmony, melody, texture, counterpoint, rhythm, form--except for orchestration. But of course he made the piano into an orchestra in and of itself. If you want to sample his genius, listen to the Barcarolle, the "Winter Wind" etude, and the Piano Sonata in B minor.

Based on the space in the Schwann catalog, the most popular 18th and 19th century composers are, in order:

Mozart
Beethoven
Bach
Brahms
Tchaikowsky
Schubert
Chopin
Haydn
Wagner
Schumann
Verdi

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

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Mahler's Symphony No. 9

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I love that one!

By the way, I'm surprised no joker mentioned "The Lone Ranger Overture."

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Four Seasons by Vivaldi

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This is the one. I could listen to this over and over.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Ode to Joy is a hymn.

The 9th is the "Choral"

And I agree with your choice, BTW. Mozart's Requiem is probably my favorite composition, but I can't call it the best when it was written by more than one composer.

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Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique

It's sweet.