I have a wide variety, ranging from Mozarts "Dies Irie" from Requiem (used in the Cliffhanger trailer superbly) to Canon in D.

Another would be Ottorino Respighi's "Pines of Rome." Yeah, we got a portion of it in Fantasia 2000 - but really guys, you gotta listen to the entire thing. It's a masterpiece.

Those, and of course... let's not forget the man who has *probably* influenced American film music more than any other, Aaron Copland. We've recently discussed his work here on the board, but I'll once again mention "Appalachian Spring," "Rodeo," "Billy the Kid," and "Fanfare for the Common Man."

Good post, Kev.
Jeron

Since when have you started listening to Classical, especially Copland?! A few months ago I played Fanfare of the Common Man for you and you had no idea who wrote that! More power to you though for just picking it up and realizing what great music it is!

There are so many great classical works and too many to name. I will name some of my favorite though.

**Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique

**Verdi- Requiem Mass

**R. Strauss- Don Juan(by far one of the most difficult pieces ever)

**Stravinsky- Rite of Spring

**Orff- Carmina Burana

**Mahler- EVERY SINGLE DAMN PIECE!

**Holst- The Planets and all his wind band works.

**Sibelius- Finlandia

**Shostakovich- I love all of his music!

**Samuel Barber- an amzing composer

*note: this is liable to change at any given moment:

1. Handel, Messiah
2. Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
3. Bach, Mass in B Minor
4. Hovhaness, Mysterious Mountain
5. Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espanol
6. Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
7. Arvo Pärt, De Profundis, Te Deum, Berliner Messe,a glorious piece
8. Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra; it simply does not get much better than this
9. Shostakovich, the string quartets and aymphonies
10. Janacek, Sinfonietta
11. Macmillan, Seven Last Words on the Cross
12. Tavener, The Protecting Veil
13. Alban Berg, Wozzeck, a powerful operatic masterpiece
14. Schnittke, anything.
15. Mahler, anything
16. Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2, 4, 5, 6, 9
Copland: Symphony No. 3, Appalachian Spring, Billy The Kid, Symphony No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Mahler: Symphonies 2, 7, 9
David Diamond: Symphony No. 4
Nielsen: Symphonies 3, 4, 5
Walton: Symphony No.1 (by Previn)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances
Goldsmith: Fireworks Overture
Norman Dello Joio: St. Joan Symphony, Variations, Chaconne, and Finale

• Anything by Anton Bruckner (suprised? )
  
• Boris Godunov (Modest Mussorgsky)
  
• Canto General (Mikis Theodorakis) - if you count it as "classical" music
  

Plus many more, including most of Aaron's list.

you want bits and pieces of my classical CDs?

okay, but you burn the other 36 copies.

Nicolai,
not sure how much into contemporary compositions you are (but if you love Schnittke you must deep into like I am), you should give James Macmillan a try. Seven Last Words is a powerful yet intimate work, written seemingly, by a devout man. CD is on the Catalyst label. Performed by a group calling themselves Polyphony.
He's also got a piano concerto out there that worth a look or two.

"Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin (especially the one conducted by Leonard Bernstein)

"The Unanswered Question" by Charles Ives

"In Paradisium" by Gabrial Faure.

And some of John Cage's work.

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Originally posted by Observer:
There are a few songs that I can think of off the top of my head

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If I sound offensive, I'm sorry, I don't intend to.

Beethoven's 5th and 9th.

Anything by Akira Ifukube, particularly "Buddha," "Sinfonia Tapkaara," "Rondo in Burlesque," "Lauda Concertata per Orchestra e Marimba," and "Symphony for Orchestra and Solo Violin."

I'd be curious to hear Jerry Goldsmith's two ballet scores, "Othello" and "A Patch of Blue" (the latter based on his film score, obviously.) I believe these were written for an Australian ballet company, and would expect sound recordings to exist, but have never even seen them mentioned as discs.

Barber - Adagio for Strings
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.2
Beethoven - Air
Mascagni - Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rustica"
Albioni - Adagio
Rossini - William Tell Overture

like the saltarello, bagatelle, mazurka, polka, etc. etc.

Come on man, do not dis the "Air." Explain what it is... or I will have to.

Aaron

http://www.bachfaq.org/airforg.html

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat minor Op. 23 - Tchaikovsky

Danse Macarbe - Saint Saëns

Canon in D - Pachelbel

Night on Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky

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Beethoven - Air? Isn't that Bach? Or is "Air" a generic technical label in the world of classical music?

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Oops.

I mixed up Bach's 'Air' with Beethoven's 'Romance for Violin and Orchestra'. it's becuase I have them on the same James Last tape and keep mixing them up.

Generically, though, 'air is what British composers have growing out of their scalp.

NP - Thin Red Line - Zimmer's masterpiece IMO

Michael Nyman's MGV; you gotta hear to believe it.

in addition to my previous Arvo Pärt listing, I shall add just about everything he's written since the last 70s. I just love this man's music. His string pieces, especially are somehow affecting to me.

ever tiem I try to nab it off eBay, someone else nabs it. dagnabbit.