Classical music/composers thread

[Endiment]

Okay, I'm gonna put it out there right now: I love classical music. I've been listening to Bach and Mozart literally since I was born. I listen to the classical station on the radio every day. I'm a musician myself (I play flute) and it really is worth the effort to hear myself play the beautiful music of G.F. Handel.

But as a woodwind player I miss out on some of the best romantic composers in history: Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and especially Chopin. I really wish I could play the piano but the bass clef eludes me time and time again.

I haven't much of a classical collection myself (that's what the radio is for), but right now I'm busy stockpiling Chopin music. Some of my favorites are

Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor, Posth. Op. 66
Valse in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Etude in E Major, Op. 10 No. 3
Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10 No. 4

Yundi Li's performance of Fantaisie-Impromptu is really incredible.

So what kind of classical music do you like? Favorite composers?

 

[MrQ]

I really like Pachabel's Canon and a few others. I just listen to it, I rarely get the names...

 

[Frank Booth]

Try Erik Satie. His piano work is out of this world. George Enescu is one of my favorites. Shostakovick is again one of the great modern composers.

 

[!Woodstock!]

Rachmaninoff, Chopin FTW!

 

[Macaroni]

Woohoo. I'm the only one in the entire neighborhood who enjoys classical music (as evidenced by my recent lack of sleep), so its nice to see someone else who likes it. I use Pandora a lot, and switch to Paganini when I play Spy, then Dvorak when we start plowing through defenses. Twisted, yes. Evil, no.