Posted on 03/01/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by Reaganesque
I was sitting here tonight listening to Mozart's Requiem and I got to thinking: what do I consider to be the best work of music ever? For my part, Mozart's work really does the trick for me when I need to be re-energized. Therefore, I believe that his Requiem is the greatest work of all time. There just isn't another work that is as powerful and passionate. When the chorus sings the final "Amen" at the end of "Lacrimosa" I get the feeling that he knew it was the last thing he would ever write. It gives me chills at times.
Other favorites are:
Handel's Messiah
The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
"He repeats the same theme many times, but the themes are charming and delightful."
That was a standard practice of most composers of those days.
And I've forgotten which part of the Requiem it is, but it is clearly a re-use of "And With His Stripes We Are Healed,"
from Messiah by Handel.
Louie Louie
Without equivocation.
With the right conductor, the "Dies Ire" really cooks. We had a blast with it about a month ago.
I agree!! Figaro has one of the most thrilling overtures of all time.
Handel's Messiah is the greatest musical work of all time. Not even King George of England would sit when it was being done and if out side he would remove any hat or headgear he had one as no man may cover his head or sit in the presence of the One True King of Kings.
Hear, hear! What a great duet...much better than the Captain and Tennille!
...sorry...couldn't resist.
Worst song ever = Yoko Ono's "No, No, No"
Tom Petty ain't uglier than Mick Jagger.
Not by a long shot :~D
Good Vibrations
Ohhhhh..... Spem in Alium........Lovely! Couldn't find it and had to order it over the internet. Lost it again. I think my son snitched it! He's now in Japan. Guess I have to order it again! lol!
Is that Charles Ives?
"I have sung the Mozart Requiem many times. . . ."
You're right. Great minds think alike. But you
are fortunate to have participated in the staging of
the work.
How about some patriotic music?
The Stars and Stripes Forever...John Phillip Sousa
The Star Spangled Banner...Francis Scott Key
America the Beautiful...Katherine Lee Bates
This Land is Your Land...Woodie Guthrie
It isn't, but it's not meant to be, either. And the soprano solos were written for his wife, who was not at the same level as her sisters, one of whom was the Queen of the Night. I prefer Mozart for opera and, well, "Ave Verum Corpus."
You, are the man (or woman)!
Can't read all the posts, so apologies for any dupes...Crossroads-Cream, Dixie Highway-Journey(Live), Machine Gun-Jimi Hendrix, Beetoven's 6th-Pastoral, Mountain Jam-Allman Bros., Watermelon in Easter Hay-Zappa, Unchained Melody-Righteous Bros., Friends-Joe Satriani, Bad Horsie-Steve Vai, Dazed & Confused-Led Zep, Chicago-Liberation. Fun thinking about these songs...oh yah Pia Jesu, Charlotte Church.
The Beatles are one group that I've overlooked their politics. I've always been amazed at how they seemingly reinvented themselves with every album after 1965.
I almost forgot: Chris Guest and his "troupe". Spinal Tap is a classic, and A Mighty Wind is nothing short of amazing.
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