"Ahhhh Bach!
(I'm partial to the fugue)
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
I'm a fan of some heavier things as well. Opeth is an supremely talented group o' musicians. The only rock concert I've ever been to is Megadeth.
Gotta be one of the best mixes of classical and rock ever done, bar none.
That was the one that made me realize that the members of Deep Purple were actual musicians and not just a three chord rock band.
The band members wrote the concerto.
I propose you go forth and listen to Beethoven's ninth, before someone seconds my motion.
"... and the theater where his lady love performed was the theater I was once in charge of when I was in college."
Wow, I love the music to Somewhere In Time.
Amen! I'm also a devotee of DT (see my post 327). Victoria's real.
The Bach mass in B Minor? The St Matthew's Passion? The best of the Mozart Piano Concerti?
I am a fan of Brian's Third symphony (probably his most "normal" work) and his Fourth. I have not yet heard his others. I wish that the infernal BBC could locate "Prometheus Unbound."
Everytime I try to play Steely Dan I get the impression that nobody appreciates it.
kidding...
"Ahhhh Bach!
(I'm partial to the fugue)
Space-Dyed Vest is haunting.
Ah - another Mahler 8th fan. I have Georg Solti's rendition on both a 30 year old 4-LP set and CD. The LP sounds better, IMHO, especially on my rig.
What, "Paralyzed" by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy didn't make the list?
Yes, Penderecki is a great talent. I actually really like his symphonies, especially the First, the Third, and the Seven Gates of Jerusalem. Once he dropped his experimental radicalism, he turned out to be a neo-Romantic of genius. He has kept his sonorous soundscapes but produced actual music that you can "sit down and listen to."
"Then you compounded the tragedy by listing that piece of dripping schlock 'Proud to be an American.'"
I have to protest that statement, I think that is a great song. "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free..."
Any Sun Records Recording from 1952-1959
That's a great list, great music all. I love Tchaikovsky, the Nutcracker is absolutely brilliant, in addition to the 1812 Overture.
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