Anyone into classical?

[tonymontana99]

If so, what's your favourite composer and work? Mine's Beethoven, 9th Symphony - Ode to Joy movement. Nothing beats it.

[dxcxdzv]

The 6th is better haha.
Dvorak - The New World Symphony 4th movement.
But my favorite is Beethoven too.

[BlackParadePixie]

YES!

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I mostly listen to Mozart...but will sometimes listen to other things.

[dxcxdzv]

Haha, let's post musics!
I really love Te Deum. Charpentier french composer!
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And for Dvorak, if you never did it, just listen.
If you want to hear how great the American continent is.
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[everlong]

I could never get myself into classical. Not my kind of thing.

[Porpoise101]

Profkiev and Mussogorsky

[SethfromMI]

I don't go out of my way to listen to it, but I can definitely appreciate it

[ImCoolBeans]

I won't put it on in the car or when I'm just hanging out listening to music, but I do listen to classical music while reading, doing homework, or studying. It helps me remain focused and on task. Whereas other music, like rock music for example, will distract me from doing my homework, as I'd rather be jamming along than studying :P

[BlackParadePixie]

I listen to it mostly when I'm doing homework.

[eric2001]

I saw an awesome sight and sound show with Holst's The Planets.

[qurious17]

Beethovens Missa Solemnis is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. Usually has me in tears during the Benedictus.

[BlueNoteGuy]

One word: Brahms. Not the most iconic, but definitely good.

[Capto]

I'm not really the biggest fan of Classical.

I much prefer Russian romanticist and postromanticist music. Obviously Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov rank up there with the greats, but I personally hold a preference towards the works of Mussorgsky [almost entirely because of Pictures at an Exhibition, actually; obviously because of the iconic Promenade, but I also love Gnomus, the Old Castle, and the Great Gate of Kiev] and Scriabin [his Études Op. 8, his Piano Sonatas].

One of my greatest Russian guilty pleasures is Shostakovich. Fight me. His 24 Préludes and Fugues are a stunningly diverse and deep homage to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Additionally, following the evolution of the sound and quality of his Symphonies and how they echo his political standing and prestige of his career, fluctuating between hyper-orthodox and tentative experimentalism is truly an amazing musical parallel to the multifaceted sociopolitical and cultural environment that Shostakovich inhabited and created in.

I love French Impressionism as well, though my understanding as pertaining to this movement is much more shallow. Debussy [Estampes], Ravel [Le tombeau de Couperin, particularly the Toccata], and Satie [Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes] were all superb composers. I enjoy the works of the 'pro-impressionist' Fauré [Pavane, Op. 50, duh] as well.

[TrampCore]

Bach is by far my favourite.

[tovaris]

Bach

[Microcosm]

I've been listening to some classical lately. I think it's some of the most beautiful music that humanity has ever produced. Unfortunately, I can't play any on instruments and have not been very adamant in looking for new works and such.

Mozart's Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro (exact name from Spotify) is absolutely amazing to me.

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