"You're having my bambino..."
What do you guys and gals think out there in Freeperland?
The Third Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach - It's Not Even Close Ping!
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"You're having my bambino..."
Freepbird ;o)
Pachelbel's Canon in D (oh. and Duelling Banjos...)
"Hot Pants" by James Brown.
Rachmaninov Second Symphony
Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Mozart Requiem
Mozart "Linz" Symphony
Beethoven "Eroica" Symphony
Beethoven Seventh Symphony
Beethoven "Emperor" Concerto
Brahms "German" Requiem
Mahler Second Symphony
Copland Appalachian Spring
Mendelssohn String Octet
Dvorak "American" String Quartet
Handel "Messiah"
I am leaving out a lot and I am sure many can argue that a few on my list might pale in comparison to other works, but as I mentioned before, the question is subjective.
"Lacrimosa" is one of those pieces I can listen to over and over again. I also like the music of Ralph Vaughn Williams, who helped end the German influence over music in Britain. But for sheer exuberance and power, I gotta go with Beethoven's 9th; when that chorus starts rockin in German on "Ode to Joy", it's just overpowering!
The Wall ~Pink Floyd~
Dude!!! Freebird!!! Woooooo!!!! (holding ignited bic lighter aloft) Woooooo!!!! Freebird!!!!!
Oh for heaven's sake, everyone knows it's "Cotton Eyed Joe" by BoB Wills. hehe
1812 Overture. My favorite since I was 4 years old.
My composition "teacher" at Interlochen asked our theory class "If you had to listen to one piece of music, for all of eternity, which would it be?"
Someone joked "Ravel's Bolero" but we all agreed on Beethoven's 9th.
Now, 20 years later, I'd still have to choose the B 9th but there are some close seconds because even in the 9th, there's only more "perfect moments" than in any other piece. It would be hard to leave behind the perfect moments of all the other composers and songwriters in history.
I have yet to come across a genre of music that didn't have at least one or two shining examples of perfect brilliance.
When I had thought of posting this thread, I was going to ask what the most brilliant moments in music were, not the greatest musical piece. I thought that would be interesting.
Beethoven's 9th
Mozart - Fur Elise
ELP - Fan fare for the modern men
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (entire album)
Pink Floyd - Several Species of small furry animals gathered in a cave and grooving with a pict.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird ain't bad either.
Gustav Mahler, Symphony no. 3
A work that expands all of creation, what scope, sweep, and vision:
I. Bacchanale, Pan Marches in (the awe of the physical world, mountains, plains
II. What the flowers of the meadows tell me
III. What the animals of the forest tell me
IV. What man tells me
V. What the angels tell me
VI. And the greatest force in the universe, What love tells me
In the final movement, when the high strings soar and the brass blares triumphantly, I am in another world. And then orchestra climbs majestically to new heights...sheer Elysium.
"You are the wind beneath my wings!!!!!"
Cindy Sheehan: The Musical
(I'm kidding)
wow so many come to mind, "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple, the main theme from the film "Escape from New York" and the recent Chronicles of Narnia rap song on SNL.