exciting classical music works

traveller

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Some of my all time favourites are listed in this thread and a few that I am not familiar with and will now seek out. I would add: Danzas fantasticas – Turina Violin Concerto in D – Tchaikovsky
 

_music_4_ever_

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I agree with Giovanni and I add all the Toccatas & Fugues (my favorite is the BWV 540), the Air BWV 1068, the Well-Tempered Clavier, his chorales, and the Brandenburg concertos. But I love the whole Bach work! ;)

Speaking on Bach, you have a kind of german poem on your signature, Giovanni. Is that a Bach work?
 

ParryHotter

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Some of my favorite quick exciting pieces are Brahms' Hungarian Dances (solo piano or 4 handed). Definitely worth a try!
 

rojo

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Yeah! No. 5 in particular, with loads of tempo changes. Actually, I prefer that one played on the violin! Shocking, I know. :grin:
 

arianna

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The Hungarian Dances are great fun!

My personal favourites are No. 5 and No. 2. I like the orchestral version of No. 5, while the violin version of No. 2 is my favourite. You should definitely check out the violin version, ParryHotter!
 

rojo

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You`re right arianna; I totally forgot about the orchestral version, which is great as well! But I still think I prefer No. 5 on violin. Now I`m not sure anymore! *goes off to find the orchestral version*
 

Krummhorn

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Saint-Saens -----Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Joseph Jongen ---Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra
(heard the Jongen piece live at the LDS Conference Center in 2003 at the Innaugural Concert of their new Shoenberg Organ
 

dko22

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trying to combine drama and excitement, I tend to think of the Russians and especially Prokofiev. His "Cantata for the 20th anniversary of the Revolution" is in places wonderfully wild and over the top --this is the most extreme example. And there's never been a more powerful climax in music than the first movement of Shostakovich's "Leningrad".
 

arianna

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You`re right arianna; I totally forgot about the orchestral version, which is great as well! But I still think I prefer No. 5 on violin. Now I`m not sure anymore! *goes off to find the orchestral version*

I don't think I've ever heard No. 5 on violin. I think I'll check it out!
 

Serassi1836

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  • Mozart's Requiem (expecially Dies Irae)
  • Bach's Toccata and fugue in D minor
  • Vivaldi's Gloria
  • Presto from Beethoven's 9th simphony
 

Mat

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Funeral March from Chopin's B flat minor piano sonata

Grieg's 2nd and 3rd movemnt of his A minor piano concert

Leonard Bernstein's Adagio for Strings

W.A Mozart - Requiem in D minor

L. van Beethoven - Coriolan overture

C. Debussy - Claire de la lune

J. Sibelius - First movement for Violin concert in D minor

And much much more...
 

zoned

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;);)Mahler's symphony no. 6 "The Tragic" for me is exciting,strangely enough. Florent Schmitt's La Tragedie du Salome is very intense-the composer may have had some nazi leanings though. Beethoven Sym. no 9 "The choral" is very exciting.Havergal Brians Gothic Symphony is awesome.
 

acciaccatura

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Heh, I find much music exciting - so much that it would be hard for me to single out individual works... but I can at least start:

Bach - Piano Toccata C minor
Bach - Kyrie from Mass in B minor, St. John's Passion, numerous church cantatas
Mozart - String Quintets in C major and G minor, K515, 516
Mozart - Piano Concertos C major K503, D minor K466
Mozart - Don Giovanni, 2. act
Beethoven - almost all of his late works for piano and for string quartet + a lot of other stuff :D
Schubert - Piano sonatas D major D850, C minor, D958 - A large amount of lieder
Schumann - Kreisleriana, Carnaval, Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Piano Concerto
Liszt - Faust Symphony, Piano Concerto in E flat, most of Annés de Pèlerinage, all three vols.
Dvorak - Symphony #9, Cello Concerto, Sonatina for Violin & Piano
Brahms - Handel Variations
Brahms - Piano Concerto #1, d minor
Brahms - Symphonies #3 & #4
Brahms - Cello sonata in F-major, Violin sonata in d minor, Piano Quintet
Mahler - Symphonies 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
R. Strauss - Elektra, Salome, Frau Ohne Schatten, Rosenkavalier, Arabella
R. Strauss - 4 Letzte Lieder, Metamorphosen for strings
Debussy - Images I-II, Preludes I-II, L'Isle Joyeuse
Ravel - Piano Concerto G major, Gaspard de la Nuit, Miroirs
Bartók - Viola Concerto, Piano Concertos 2+3, Concerto for Orchestra, a large amount of his piano music, Violin Sonata #2, String Quartet #5
Janacek - Makropoulos Case, Jenufa, Katya Kabanova,
Janacek - Sinfonietta, Violin Sonata, Galgolitic Mass
Shostakovich - Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 10, 13, 14, 15, Concerto for piano with trumpet
Stravinsky - Petrushka, Sacre du Printems, Les Noces, Symphony of Psalms
Nielsen - Symphony #5

Geez - I have to stop now though there is much much more...
 

zoned

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Taras Bulba and Sinfonietta by Leos Janacek-These two works are very exciting and they sound unique. Close your windows before playing! The Tragedy of Salome by Florent Schmitt-the composer was French,but may have been a Nazi sympathizer-currently researching.Also,The Miraculous Mandarin by Bela Bartok-stunning clarinet writing.And The Divine Poem by Scriabin-lesser known than his Poem of Ecstacy,but very interesting,possibly a bit overwrought,but definitely a unique soundworld!
 
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