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Rstrstx

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64. If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 03:17 AM

Aug 2013

The master himself considered it the most beautiful piece he had ever written and it's easy to understand why. It was originally to be followed by the amazing Grosse Fuge, which was so far ahead of its time it took decades to truly be appreciated.

This really is a tough question - ask me again in a few months. There are SO many candidates really.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 OP

Bach's "Brandenburg concertos" Itchinjim Dec 2011 #1

Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL music! housewolf Dec 2011 #19

A surprisingly hard question REP Dec 2011 #2

It is very hard! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #6

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring SecularMotion Dec 2011 #3

:) I'm going to see it performed live in May! sibelian Feb 2012 #42

I've never seen a live performance SecularMotion Feb 2012 #43

Do you mean never an orchestra sibelian Feb 2012 #44

Never live Stravinsky - Rite of Spring SecularMotion Feb 2012 #45

Me neither! sibelian Feb 2012 #46

"The Moldau" - Smetana Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #4

Ditto! elleng Dec 2011 #33

I am, of course, jealous as hell. What an incredible experience that must have been! Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #34

It really was, and quite a surprise. elleng Dec 2011 #35

A true favorite of mine. I sing it when I get Mira Jan 2012 #38

Either D# or Eflat, I just can't decide. Scuba Dec 2011 #5

I find Maurice Duruflé, Toccata (from Suite Op.5) absolutely amazing. Gregorian Dec 2011 #7

The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto canetoad Dec 2011 #8

Yes elleng Dec 2011 #32

The Mendelssohn / I love it with my core. And did you know Mira Jan 2012 #39

5 years after your post but, Mendelssohn wrote 2 violin concerti pangaia May 2016 #71

Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Major 1monster Dec 2011 #9

a great Fiddle Tune entitled Koeller's Hornpipe appropriates the general theme.. 2banon Dec 2011 #14

I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music housewolf Dec 2011 #18

I have a Pakistani friend who was trained in Sitar and closeupready Dec 2011 #21

I can understand that housewolf Dec 2011 #23

An interesting story about that piece... regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #25

Winton Marsalis's version Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #51

It shifts from one to another. Buzz cook Dec 2011 #10

Mahler 7 gets me every time. laconicsax Dec 2011 #11

That was my first purchase of a Mahler 7 performance. Great stuff.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #12

James Horner also ripped off the 2nd movement for Wrath of Khan. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13

tough choice....but gotta be Mahler....... dhill926 Dec 2011 #36

Wow..a single piece is too tough! Sancho Dec 2011 #15

I lve Tchai's 4th - also 6th - NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #16

Pachelbel's Canon in D Major housewolf Dec 2011 #17

Pachelbel's Canon in D always brings a special memory..... northoftheborder Dec 2011 #29

Oh, that's so sweet housewolf Dec 2011 #30

Dvorak's always been my favorite. If I had to pick one, I would say 'Slavonic Dances' RZM Dec 2011 #20

...and I'd have to go with the "New World" regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author rdharma Feb 2013 #59

Dvorak's New world rdharma Feb 2013 #61

I also like Dvorak's New World Symphony Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #66

I really have to say I think it's Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - and anything closeupready Dec 2011 #22

Lately I'm enthralled by anything Le Taz Hot Dec 2011 #26

Such a beautiful thread -- thanks to all melonkali Dec 2011 #27

I know it's months later... FredStembottom Apr 2012 #47

Boy tough one. Guess I keep coming back to Alkan's minor key Preludes, op. 39. nt dmallind Dec 2011 #28

Moldau, Smetana, among others. elleng Dec 2011 #31

River Torridge - Fantasia on a Theme freshwest Jan 2012 #37

I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself. FredStembottom Jan 2012 #40

Second movement of Beethoven's 5th piano concerto BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #41

Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is my fave nickinSTL Jun 2013 #62

No one has mentioned Mozart? Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2012 #48

erik satie's Gnossienne La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2012 #49

Cecile Chaminade's Automne, 2nd etude, opus 35 aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #50

We've got a few Mahler fans...so one more... SwissTony Jul 2012 #52

My classical IceScar Dec 2012 #53

Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #54

Anything Benjamin Britten defacto7 Dec 2012 #55

Peter Schickele tried to parody Phillip Glass Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #56

It's too bad you don't share my enthusiasm for Britten defacto7 Jan 2013 #57

Britten is just not to my taste Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #58

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherezade op. 35 rdharma Feb 2013 #60

Cencored endesano Aug 2013 #63

If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina Rstrstx Aug 2013 #64

I came across a nice adaptation of Mozart's Magic Flute in three parts Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #65

Another Mozart piece, Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 - 2nd Movement Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #67

Of course it always changes, but right now Toccata and Fugue in Dm "Dorian" sir pball Oct 2013 #68

I'm so torn. Requiem or the Ninth. sir pball Oct 2013 #69

I was just reminded of the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, K 466 Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #70

Not sure I can reduce it to one favorite, but Mozart is most of my top five. ManiacJoe May 2016 #72