Your favourite classical pieces

[Ryth]

Not actually from the classical period, but Igor Stravinsky's Rite Of Spring pwns like everything.

[Old Manus]

I think my favorite classical piece is Dvořák's From the New World, 2nd Movement.

Hell yes. In fact, that whole symphony is valid.

I love classical music almost as much as I love rap music. Got a few GB of it on here, the best include:

in no particular order

Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie
The Blue Danube - Johann Strauss
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber
Piano Concerto 21 - Mozart
Preludes 4+7 - Chopin
Cavelleria Rusticana - Intermezzo - Pietro Mascagni
Piano Sonatas 14+15 - Mozart
Fantasia in D Minor - Mozart
Danse Macabre - Saint-Saens
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Clair de Lune - Debussy
Morning - Edvard Greig
Nimrod - Edward Elgar
Piano Concerto no. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto no .1 - Tchaikovsky
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 - Liszt

Can't be bothered to write any more

[Quindiana Jones]

Oh...too many. Way too many.

[Rocket Edge]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee".

That piece makes me happy...

[Hambone]

The Peer Gynt suite by Elgar(?)

It's by Grieg.

Let's see...In no particular order:

Elgar's Cello Concerto in E-
Haydn's Cello Concerto in C
Pachelbel's Canon
Vivaldi's Seasons Concertos
Mozart's Jupiter Symphony
Elgar's Enigma Variations
Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D
Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites
Gabriel Faure's Elegy and "After a Dream"
Schumann's Cello Concerto in A-
David Popper's "Dance of the Elves"
Cesar Franck's Violin Sonata in A
Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto in G-
Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B-
Saint-Saëns' "The Swan" from the Carnival of the Animals

There are WAY more, but I don't feel like remembering all of them.

[ReloadPsi]

Piano: The Minute Waltz. This tune makes me very happy each time I hear it.

Orchestral/Symphonic/whatever the proper term would be: That really fast part of the Nutcracker Suite that I don't know the name of.

[Roto13]

Pretty much the entirety of Mozart's Requiem.

Now, which people like classical music and which just like to think of themselves as the type of people who like classical music?

[sillybuttons™]

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata.

The best, no questions.:mog:

[Tabris]

Händel's Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, Nos 1-6

[Sergeant Hartman]

Manus pretty much nicked everything I was going to say.

[Disco Potato]

I like a lot of Eric Whitacre stuff . My favorite piece of his right now is "Lux Aurumque."

[Quindiana Jones]

Now, which people like classical music and which just like to think of themselves as the type of people who like classical music?

Hah, I know exactly what you mean. Personally, I can't claim to know much about classical music, but I ruddy love some of it.

Some of it, like all genres, is pants.

[Bashini]

Pretty much the entirety of Mozart's Requiem.

Now, which people like classical music and which just like to think of themselves as the type of people who like classical music?

I like classical music, but I do not spend much time studying it. I prefer stuff from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, especially when I am reading or cooking.

[Garnie]

eroika and sympthony no.9! i grew up on that stuff. my dad loves it!
i will say i love the song time to say good bye whan its sung as an opra

[Citizen Bleys]

My ultimate favorite is Bach's 2-Part Invention in F Major, but I'd second Fur Elise and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

Once in a while some Brahms (Ungar Tanz #5 in particular) is nice, but 90% of the classical music I like is Bach.

EDIT: I guess it's Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F Major, not just Two-Part Invention in F Major. BWV 779.