Suggestions for loud and powerfull classical music?

Question

I dont know alot about classical music but I really like the loud and powerfull parts, especially with the brass and lows. Does any one have any recomendations for songs or composers that have more of that?

Answer 1

You probably should explore the overtures of Rossini(William Tell , La Gazza Ladra,etc.), von Suppe (Light Cavalry, Poet and Peasant) , Beethoven (Egmont, Coriolan), Weber (Der Freischutz), Verdi (La Forza del Destino), Tchiakovsky (1812 Overture) and Wagner (Die Meistersinger, Die Walkure,etc). They are usually high on the excitement and low brass end of the scale.

Enjoy.

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Answer 2

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Suggestions for loud and powerfull classical music?
I dont know alot about classical music but I really like the loud and powerfull parts, especially with the brass and lows. Does any one have any recomendations for songs or composers that have more of that?

Answer 3

Standard works:

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Tschaikowski (or however you spell it): 1812 Overture (and Symphonies #4,5,6)
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (from the opera The Valkyries)
and of course, Beethoven's 9th symphony (have to mention)

A little more off-beat:

Anton Bruckner: Te Deum (with giant chorus & soloists)
Johannes Brahms: First Piano Concerto (the opening, anyway)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony #8 "Symphony of a Thousand" with 2 choruses, soloists, etc. (first movement, anyway)
Leos Janacek: Sinfonietta (starts with a super fanfare with 8 trumpets)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony #10, first movement (you have to wait, like 10-15 minutes for the exciting part, but that makes it that much more exciting)

Hope this helps! And if you get them all, you'll have the beginning of a great classical collection

Answer 4

depends on what you call famous- most classical fans know and enjoy the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. They are not often played on radio stations. These are highly emotional works that range from the quietly sublime to out-and-out despair. The first one- the Titan- is an attempt to pick up where Beethoven left off. Numbers 2,3,4 have chorus of various forces to go with, again, a follow-up to Beethoven 9. 5,6,and 7 do without vocals, and Symphony #8 is often titled Symphony of 1,000 because of the huge choral forces as well as list of soloists in addition to the enormous orchestral forces Mahler loved using. Symphony#9 is again orchestra alone, and Symphony #10, which Mahler never finished, ( but was finished sometime inthe 1970s by musicologists) winds up the series. You will find many recordings available, with top-name conductors and orchestras. Happy listening

Answer 5

Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is all-around a loud symphony, especially the first and fourth movements. The first movement starts with a loud fanfare, which turns out to be the theme that runs throughout the movement, which represents Fate. The finale is a rousing finale with much brass fanfare.

A lesser known work (but a popular one in the classical music world) is Bruckner's own Fourth Symphony. The main theme is played on brass and played throughout the first movement. The third movement is definitely one for brass lovers as the movement depicts a hunting scene, with the dueling horns imitating hunting horns. The finale is also amazing, with a special moment around the eight minute mark where only the horns play the main melody so nobly. I hope you check these out!

Answer 6

No-one has yet mentioned Richard Strauss "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (used in the film "2001") and his Alpine Symphony, and Don Juan tone poem.

Also very dynamic, loud and exciting is Liszt's "Les Preludes" (in the final section, that is).

Also, the "storm" sequence from Mahler's first symphony, and the finale of Sibelius' 2nd symphony.

Saint-Saens' "Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah and the finale of the organ symphony (No 3).

There was a CD call "Orchestra Spectaculars" that had a compilation of loud and exciting pieces. It apparently is still available. See http://www.amazon.com/Orchestral-Spectaculars-Paul-composer-Dukas/dp/B000003CTO/ref=sr_1_1/102-3110607-0662542?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1189983909&sr=1-1
It includes "Les Preludes" and the "Bacchanale".

Answer 7

Bach Toccata and fugue in G
1812 overture.
Wagner Tannehauser overture ( used in a film called counterpoint) many years ago, with Charlton heston

Answer 8

Mars by Holst

Bachanelle by Saint-Saens

Lots of Wagner stuff.

There is a collection of CD's out there called Classical Thunder, check them out they probably have a bunch of stuff you would like.

Answer 9

One of my favorite pieces, which according to a friend, "scares kids and horses" is the Verdi Requeim. There is plenty of bombast, subtle sounds, spectacular singing (four soloists", and a complete experiance in choral singing, rolled into one piece. Many jokingly call it Guiseppi Verdi's "greatest opera", although it is a mass for the dead.
Dead notwithstanding, it's a must, if you like exciting music.

Answer 10

Prelude in G minor (opus 28, No.22) by Chopin. it's very fast, and loud, but with feeling! =) the left hand is all in octaves and it goes very low at the end.. lol it has some awesome dynamic runs and, it's only two pages, but goes by so fast, and leaves you feeling.. wow.. that person can play that?