What Is the Greatest Musical Work of All Time?

3/1/2006 | Reaganesque

[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

[njmaugbill]

Hawthorne Muchachos - 1974 Malaguena
Hawthorne Caballeros - 1976 - Flamenca Cha Cha

Bill From Nutley (Drum corps rocks).

[Humbug]

When it comes to truly great music i first think of symphonies and among my favorites are:

Schubert's 8th, Tchaikovsky's 6th, Bruckner's 8th, Beethoven's 3rd, Mozart's 25th & 41st

[Supernatural]

You are very knowledgeable and you are doing a fine job.

Great thread!

[freedumb2003]

Hungarian Rhapsody #2

"Mama....
Just Killed a Man
Put My Gun against His Head
Pulled my Trigger Now He's Dead..."

[Lurking in Kansas]

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Gian Carlo Menotti, 1951.

And no, I am not going to humor you any further.

LOL, okay, fair enough. Have any favorites written in your lifetime??

[Reaganesque]

Ha Ha! No one interprets music like Shatner. No one!

Oh, now, I wouldn't say that...

[Cyclopean Squid]

For my nonclassical contribution, I would add Dream Theater--Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory

[MistrX]

A nut?

Try genius.

[mugs99]

Yakety Sax

[daler]

"Okay, I'll give you that. Had FM lived he would surely have been knighted. And we would be referring to him as Sir Freddy by now."

Um...I just joined this thread.

You're not talking about Freddy Fender, are you?

I think he's still alive.

[Cyclopean Squid]

Bruckner 8 is huge. The coda to Movement IV gives me chills.

[daler]

Boots Randolph is a musical immortal?

[Supernatural]

Freddie Mercury, maybe?

[AndrewC]

Chopsticks. It is timeless and irritating.

[Reaganesque]

Benny Hill has much to atone for.

[MistrX]

Excelent.
But no Beethoven's 9th.

[Reaganesque]

LOL!!

[justt bloomin]

Kansas, anyone?

[Mygirlsmom]

in addition to yours:

New World Symphony - Dvorak

Hungarian Rhapsodie #2 - Liszt

Loehngrin - Wagner

Enigma Variations - Elgar

[Colorado Buckeye]

I have Mozart's Requiem in my CD player now and it's been there for a while. Unlike virtually every other piece of music, I can listen to it over and over and I never get tired of it. It's strange.