Playlist of Classical music

Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1, David Popper's Elfentanz, Oblivion (Astor Piazzolla Piano Trio), Chopin's Polonaise Brillante, and Alberto Ginastera's Pampeana No. 2, are some ones I can name off the top of my head. I'll pop in with some more if I can remember any besides these.

 

Bah, so much light stuff.

Give me some Schubert string quartets from "Death and the Maiden" (14) to the end.

Give me some Mahler 4 & 5.

Shostakovich cello concerto #1, his Jazz suite, maybe even #8.

Prokofiev #5 and Romeo and Juliet.

Beethoven string quartets (14 and 15 work).

Dvorak cello concerto in B minor, Slavonic dances, #9 "New World".

For a great alternative to old classics, I love Bach's Brandenburg concertos recorded by Richard Egarr and the Academy of Ancient music. Maybe a little too egg-heady to be jazzed by the arrangement and orchestration?

 

^^^^ Very, very nice taste. Love every selection. Repped.

 

Haven't listened to a lot of Classical music since my college days, but this has always been one of my favorite pieces. (the Smetana piece, not the Dvorak Symphony)

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Mussorgsky (orchestrated by Ravel) - Pictures at an Exhibition
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe Suite
Debussy - La Mer and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Tchaikovsky - Symphony #6 as well as Piano Concerto #1
Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite as well as Piano Concerto in A Minor
Bach - Mass in B Minor, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Cantata #140, "Sheep May Safely Graze", Air on the G String, Brandenburg Concertos
Handel - Messiah, Royal Fireworks Music, and Water Music
Beethoven - Symphonies 5, 7, and 9 as well as Violin Concerto and Moonlight Sonata
Stravinsky - Firebird, Petrushka, and Rite of Spring
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations
Holst - The Planets
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Dvorak - Symphony from the New World
Copland - Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, and Billy the Kid
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantasquie (sp?), L'enfance du Christ

And so much more

 

Going way out on a limb there, aren't you Manny?

 

They are classics for a reason. Even if it's not the most innovative or unknown, good list of all-time favorites and a place for people to start who are thinking of adding classical to their playlists.

 

Never thought I'd see the day when Manny sells out.

 

Don't defend him, he is just a front runner (or sellout like ima said). He would have listed eine kleine nachtmusik as well but he doesn't know how to spell it.

 

just want to say thank you all.