What is the greatest of all classical music peices

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Saint Saens Symphony No 3 the organ symphony (theme for the movie Babe)

Beethoven’s 5th symphony

Brahms 1st symphony

you are getting I like symphonic rather than chamber music.
for more modern stuff,
Holst’s the Planets
 
JS Bach’s Mass in B minor came straight from Heaven.
As did WA Mozart’s Requiem.
Include Handel’s Messiah in there with other divinely inspired compositions.
 
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ridesawhitehors:
JS Bach’s Mass in B minor came straight from Heaven.
As did WA Mozart’s Requiem.
Include Handel’s Messiah in there with other divinely inspired compositions.
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You’ve hit upon three of my favorites as well. Add also, Bach’s, Taccata and Fugue in D minor.

Such music!

Dan L
 
I vote for Handel’s Messiah, although since it was written in 1741, it really isn’t Classical music. 🙂

For the uninitiated, Western music breaks down into the following categories:
  1. Pre-Medieval: Up to 450 A.D.
  2. Medieval: 450 A.D. to 1450 A.D.
  3. Renaissance: 1450 A.D. to 1600 A.D.
  4. Baroque: 1600 A.D. to 1750 A.D.
  5. Classical: 1750 A.D. to 1820 A.D.
  6. Romantic: 1820 A.D. to 1900 A.D.
  7. Modern: 1900 A.D. to now.
So, technically, Handel falls into the Baroque Period, not Classical. If you listen to the radio announcers, they usually just glob everything into one category, “Classical”, even though that’s incorrect. 🙂
 
2nd Movement of Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata is one of my favorites. And I can’t get enough of Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu, either.

In the realm of sacred music, *Regina Coeli *by Biggs is my favorite version of that hymn.
 
Scott Waddell:
I’m going to guess he means Pachelbel’s canon, which is actually quite lame.

I’d say Beethoven’s 7th Symp.

Scott
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Me too - particularly the 2nd movement.
 
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pnewton:
The Halleluiah Chorus - Handel, by far
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Dear friend

My favourite too as well as Adagio for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major Mozart (my favourite composer) and also Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) as well as Concerto D Minor Vivaldi.

God Bless you and much love and peace to you

Teresa
 
Today, I’d say Beethoven’s 5 and 7th symphonies.
Tomorrow, I might give a different answer; so much extraordinary music.
 
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GregoryPalamas:
No One goes: da, da, daaa, da, da, da, da, daaaa, da, etc.

The other goes: buddleup, buddlup, buddlup, bup, bup, etc. 😃

Does that clear up the difference for you?😉

Dan L
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:rotfl: Oh, that makes my sides hurt!!!
 
#1- G.F. Handel’s Messiah

#2- W.A. Mozart’s Requiem in D minor

#3- J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor

#4-Anything by Purcell (a.k.a. “I can’t believe it’s not Handel!”)
 
These are all great responses. I used to live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area, and they had a classical radio station which did an annual “Top 50” greatest pieces of all times, where the listeners would vote on their website. Once the tally was in (I think this happened after Christmastime, I’m not sure), they would play all 50 pieces on the air in a row. Near the top was always Beethoven’s Symphonies; from a musicological point of view, probably his 9th Symphony deserves the top spot, but I am personally partial to his 3rd Symphony, the Eroica, partly because I just plain love it (I’ve taught my two year old daughter how to conduct it), but also because it marks some of the first great developments in the sonata allegro form and symphonic form overall. It is considered by many to be the transitional “piece” (if you can narrow it down to one piece) between the Classical and Romantic eras of music history.

For 20th century music, I’d probably have to name “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky for its devastating influence on the music world, but I am particularly fond of Aaron Copland’s 3rd Symphony and Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe”. Very difficult to choose, though, I could name a lot more composers than that.

Michael
 
In my most humble opinion…I just don’t know. I have loved classical music since I was 9 yrs. old and first heard Handel’s Messiah on the radio. My very first long playing 33 records were Peter Illich’s 1812 Overture and La Mer by Claude Debussey (for my 13th birthday in 1964). Speaking of those times, anyone remember when Leonard Bernstein had young people’s concerts on TV? Aside from the very few Monkees’ (eek) albums I bought when I was in high school, I never listened to rock and my entire album and CD collection is classical with the exceptions of my two greatest ethnic music collections of Celtic music and native South American music. I’ve grown beyond Beethoven and Mozart. I love Mahler when I’m down ( oh Lord is THAT strange) - and I have to be really careful listening to that new Gorecki symphony -3rd.

I know that sounds elitist. It’s not. I really do love this type of muisic. I can’t play any instrument. Studied trumpet in HS. But I can sing and adore Renaissance motets, villancios, etc. It seems to me that the more your explore the more expanded your horizons become. Explore you guys, explore.
 
I love all of Bach’s Suites for cello, and Edward Elgar’s cello concerto by Jacquilene DuPre. Heavenly gifted musician struck down in her prime.
 
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Wolseley:
I vote for Handel’s Messiah, although since it was written in 1741, it really isn’t Classical music. 🙂

For the uninitiated, Western music breaks down into the following categories:
  1. Pre-Medieval: Up to 450 A.D.
  2. Medieval: 450 A.D. to 1450 A.D.
  3. Renaissance: 1450 A.D. to 1600 A.D.
  4. Baroque: 1600 A.D. to 1750 A.D.
  5. Classical: 1750 A.D. to 1820 A.D.
  6. Romantic: 1820 A.D. to 1900 A.D.
  7. Modern: 1900 A.D. to now.
So, technically, Handel falls into the Baroque Period, not Classical. If you listen to the radio announcers, they usually just glob everything into one category, “Classical”, even though that’s incorrect. 🙂
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Yay! Someone did the corrections! :clapping:
Now, since the original poster asked for favourite piecses and not songs (songs being music with words set) then all vocal stuff is discluded. 🤓

Hmmmmm…
So much to choose from…

Chopin Preludes 1-7
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Hindermith Clarinet Concerto
Schumann Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano
The Bagpipes by Bartok
Girl with the Flaxen Hair, The Submerged Cathedral and Le Petite Negre by Debussy
Overture to Don Giovanni by Mozart
Overture to The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan

I’ll probly think of others later after I’ve posted these…
God gave us such a gift of music didn’t He?

👍
 
“Can you hear the drums fernando” and “Thank you for the music” by ABBA circa 1978-1981
 
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ridesawhitehors:
JS Bach’s Mass in B minor came straight from Heaven.
As did WA Mozart’s Requiem.
Include Handel’s Messiah in there with other divinely inspired compositions.
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Yes! Yes! YES!

3 out of three! Put Handel ahead of Mozart, but slightly behind Bach, and you’ll have gained immortality!!!

Handel’s “Zadok the Priest” is magnificent!
 
Fantasie Impromptu- Chopin
Rondo A Cappriccio (Rage Over a Lost Penny)- Beethoven

Phil- The Chopin you linked to is Fantasie Impromptu; and it almost killed me! Took me about 3 months to be able to hack through moderately well! :o 😃

And the last is Motzart’s K545, Sonata in C Major, I think?

P.S. I am about 40 miles north of you, in Hernando County.
 
<< Phil- The Chopin you linked to is Fantasie Impromptu; and it almost killed me! Took me about 3 months to be able to hack through moderately well! >>

Oh so that’s the name of that thing. I used to have some of the sheet music, I think I had a simplified version of it. Found the MIDI at ClassicalArchives I think. That first part is killer, as in the Amadeus movie, “too many notes, just remove a few.” :confused:

Other thing I’ve tried to play is the piano version of Flight of the Bumble Bee, made famous in the 1996 movie "Shine." Can’t play that either, too many notes, too fast.

Phil P
 
I don’t know beans about antique music. I don’t really care for instrumental music very much, though - I would rather listen to chant than an orchestra - there’s just such beauty in a collection of well-trained human voices.

I especially love the Baroque period - in music, art and architecture. 🙂 My very favorite work of music is Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. (The Magnificat will nearly always make me cry, though!) Almost anything else by Monteverdi is lovely and moving, too.

I love Mozart’s Requiem and his opere.

Vivaldi’s Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera and Cantata: Lungi dal Vago Volto.

Handel’s Messiah and Puccini’s opere.

Can’t get away from the vocals - I love, love, love to hear beautiful singing.

Elizabeth
 
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