2007-09-20 04:41:07 · 15 answers · asked by 32characters 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
I'm happy to answer this one. You must listen to Symphony No. 41 in C major (K. 551) by Mozart. It's also known as "Jupiter." It is by far my favorite piece of music ever. Also Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Mozart, is a must listen.
Just for fun give Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement a listen. It's floating around in space in the Voyager spacecraft for a reason.
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 is a guilty pleasure of mine as well.
2007-09-20 04:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Jesus & Kristle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends on the day, time, etc. ... Upon reading your question, my first reaction tonight is: "Pur ti miro" (Final Duet from "L'Incoronazione di Poppea") by Claudio Monteverdi.
http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/569--~kosmosoper~search_audio.html
Scroll down a little less than halfway. I have a recording that is a little better than this, but you'll get the idea. The song is a "consumation" song that implies the first intamacy of Nero and Poppea's marriage bed. In the Baroque, physical contact on stage was not allowed, so the vocal inteplay between the voices was the usual substitute.
2007-09-20 21:50:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Impossible to give just one...
Chopin - Ballade No.1 in g minor
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4
Mozart - Batti, batti from Don Giovanni.
Brahms - Intermezzo No.3 Op.117.
Bach, J.S. - Aria from the Goldberg Variations.
Vivaldi - Winter from the Four Seasons.
Scarlatti - Sonata in D minor K.9
Scriabin - Piano Sonata No.5
Schubert - Piano Sonata in B flat major D.960
Schumann - Carnaval.
Well those are the ones I like best today - answer could be different tomorrow.
2007-09-20 13:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Malcolm D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Vivaldi-Winter from The Four Seasons
Bach-Brandenburg Concerto no.2, first movement
Bizet-Carmen
Handel-Sarabande and Variations in D minor
Tchaikovsky-Spanish Dance from The Nutcracker Ballet
Stravinsky-The Rite Of Spring
Gershwin-Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel-Bolero
Bach-Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Albeniz-Rumores de la Caletas (Malagueña)
Chopin-Berceuse
These are just part of the songs I like. There are many to list down...
2007-09-20 19:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Archduke 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So many wonderful ones to choose from! Some of my all time favorites include:
"Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff
"Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber
"Magnificat" by Arvo Part
"Since by Man" from "The Messiah" by G. F. Handel
"Seven Last Words" by Theodore DuBois
I could go on and on. I have an extremely difficult time choosing a single favorite.
2007-09-20 14:25:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like more than one!
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Pavane - Faure
Nimrod - Elgar
Jupiter - Holst
Agnus Dei {Adagio for Strings} - David Hill
O Fortuna - Carl Orff
Theme from The Piano - Michael Nyman
2007-09-20 11:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nessun Dorma from the opera Turandot
2007-09-20 11:46:57 · answer #7 · answered by Chanteuse_ar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dove sono from The Marriage of Figaro.
2007-09-20 14:32:48 · answer #8 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ravel-Gaspard de la nuit
Rachmaninoff-Cello Sonata
Debussy-Nocturnes
Rimsky-Korsakov- The heavy clouds disperse
Blumenfeld-Preludes
2007-09-21 12:08:25 · answer #9 · answered by Allan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm, theres a lot but i really like modern expressionist like Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Schoenberg, and on the opposite end of the mirror symmetry i really like Debussy's Lune De Claire .
2007-09-20 13:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by robbie_johansen 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋