Favorite Piece(s)

[hornplayer]

Perhaps this has already been asked, but Im just curious...what is everyones favorite piece(s) in each of the following catagories (my answers appear next to the group)? Feel free to add or omit groupings at your pleasure. I know that its hard to tell, but if you were forced to give an answer, what would you choose.<P>Favorite Composer: Beethoven/Mozart<P>Favorite Piece Overall: Beethoven's Ninth<P>Favorite Concerto of Any Instrument: Carl Maria von Weber, Horn Concerto<P>Favorite of Chopin's Nocturnes: Probably #13 in C minor, Opus 48<P>Favorite Hungarian Rhapsody: #2<P>Favorite Season: Spring<P>Favorite Recording: Karajan 1984 Beethoven's Ninth or 1975/76 Kleiber Beethoven's 5/7 (the gems of my CD collection)<P>Least favorite (famous) Composer: Stravinsky<P>Least favorite (famous) Piece: Rite of Spring<P>Id also like to ask a Moderator to remove my previous threads that were not music related, such as "Hello Everyone."<BR><p>[This message has been edited by hornplayer (edited 04-20-2001).]

[EJA_2]

Hey, HP,<BR> I'll have to think about your question, although I think I'm right up your street. <BR> If you want to delete those posts, just go to them, hit the edit button, and then check the box that says "delete this post" next to it. Then hit the submit button. [img]/ubb/wink.gif[/img]<P> -- EJA<BR>

[hornplayer]

It says only forum leaders can delete posts.

[EJA_2]

My mistake; you are quite right. Gracious, you stay up late!<P> -- EJA

[hornplayer]

And looking back, I was up for almost another hour after that!

[BenG]

Favorite Composer: Too many to name just one. If I had to name just one it would probably be Beethoven.<P>Favorite Piece Overall: Again, too many to name...but Brahm's Symphony No. 2 would be up there.<P>Favorite Concerto of Any Instrument: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5<P>Favorite Hungarian Rhapsody: Liszt's No. 5<P>Favorite Recording: Deutshche Grammophon recording of the Emperor Concerto. Wilhelm Kempff, Piano; Leitner conducting.<P>Best work of the 20th Century: Rite of Spring.

[hornplayer]

<shudders>...Rite of Spring...<shudders><P>You guys should add your own catagories!

[keokime]

fav composer-beethoven<P>fav piece overall-brahms' first<P>fav concerto of any instrument- rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto<P>fav chopin prelude-4, 15, and 24<P>fav rhapsody- 2<P>favorite recording-horowitz in moscow<P>least fav composer-stravinsky<P>least fav piece-prokofiev's 5th symph.<P>favorite musical type-romantic

[serge urtizberea]

favorite composer: do I really need to say? [img]/ubb/smile.gif[/img]<P>fav piece? the 9th, or maybe piano quartet 2 by Dvorak (for the moment)<P>fav concerto? either Ludwig's 5th or Schumann's<P>fav nocturne? not familiar with any of them, yet.<P>fav hungarian rhapsody? not really familiar with 'em , either.<P>fav season? presuming I will be able to listen to that work again without gagging, I'll say winter.<P>fav recording? Saint-Saens' 3rd symphony with Maazel conducting Pittsburgh on Sony (1996).<P>least fav composer? any of the Classical guys.<P>least fav piece? Eine Kleine Natschmusik >gag<.<P><p>[This message has been edited by serge urtizberea (edited 04-22-2001).]

[audiogirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BenG:<BR>[Best work of the 20th Century: Rite of Spring.[/B]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>As a general rule, I like less structured classical music, but......... I heard an orchestra play "Rite" on PBS the other night. I kept thinking: How on earth would anyone in the audience, or even in the orchestra, KNOW if they hit a wrong note on this piece, just by listening? So much of it sounds like gobbledy-gook.<P>Respectfully dissenting, (BenG)<BR>audiogirl<P>P.S. Like that word, Ben? [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]<BR>

[treebeau]

Favorite Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.<P>Favorite Piece Overall: Beethoven's 3rd Symphony.<P>Favorite Concerto of Any Instrument: Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 4, K.218<P>Favorite of Chopin's Nocturnes: I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you (meaning: I don't really know any well enough).<P>Favorite Hungarian Rhapsody: Brahms, number 6.<P>Favorite Season: You mean Vivaldi ? If so, then "Primavera."<P>Favorite Recording: Can't single one out.<P>Least favorite (famous) Composer: Can single out Hindemith.<P>Least favorite (famous) Piece: Barber, Adagio for Strings, even though it's supposed to grow on you.<P>Regards,<BR>Tim B.<BR>

[Brahmsian]

Favorite Composer: Brahms<BR>Best piece overall: Brahms' German Requiem<BR>Best Concerto: Brahm's piano concerto<BR>(2nd)<P>favroite Chopin etude: the one called "a song"<BR>Least favorite composer: John Cage<BR>favorite opera: Don Giovanni<BR>Favoite sonata: Beethoven's 32nd<BR>favorite horn concerto: Mozart's second.<BR>Most moving piece of music: Jupiter(HOlst)<BR>Favorite soundtrack: The Empire Strikes Back<P>

[Luegwig]

Fav composer: Beethoven!<P>Fav symphony: Beethoven's E-flat No. 3, "Eroica" (his favorite too when asked before the 9th was done)<P>Fav concerto: Beethoven's E-flat No. 5, "Emperor"<P>Fav driving music: Liszt's Mazeppa (only to be taken on twisty, deserted roads!)<P>Fav Season: Winter (i.e. Vivaldi's)<P>Most Romantic: Pachelbel's Canon in D<P>Most delightful: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.<P>Most Angry: Mozart's C-minor Piano Concerto (No. 20)<P>Most Heart Rending: The 2nd mvmnt of the Eroica<P>Most theraputic: the 4th mvmnt of the Eroica<P>--<BR>Bill<P>wlueg@e-flat.com<p>[This message has been edited by Luegwig (edited 04-24-2001).]

[BenG]

!<p>[This message has been edited by BenG (edited 04-24-2001).]

[BenG]

gobbledygook?<p>[This message has been edited by BenG (edited 04-24-2001).]

[BenG]

Audiogirl,<P>Rite of Spring is gobbledy-gook? <P>To quote Dr. Evil:<BR>"You just don't get it, do you...you just don't." <P>Seriously, I'll bet you'd like the work if you listened to it a few more times. You might still think it is gobbledygook, but maybe you'll start to think it is GOOD gobbledygook. But don't listen to me...listen to Shos. He commands a lot of respect on these boards and he thinks it's great too. We discussed the Rite a while back on another board. Don't let my obnoxious fanaticism about the work dissuade you from giving it another listen.<P>BenG@beethoven.com<P>Serge, I totally agree with you about "Eine Kleine Nacht Music." It deserves a long rest--perhaps a few decades would do the trick.<P>P.S.<BR>Sorry about the above posts...I messed up.<P><p>[This message has been edited by BenG (edited 04-24-2001).]

[Luegwig]

Don't listen to him Audiogirl!!<P>Seriously, somehow it sounded better when I heard it on the original Fantasia, but then, maybe it was just the pictures helping it along. <P>I've always liked Stravinski's Firebird (although my '69 Mustang could take it in a drag race when I was a teenager!...sorry) since I was a tike.<P>-Bill <p>[This message has been edited by Luegwig (edited 04-24-2001).]

[audiogirl]

Hello again. BenG, I'll take your advice on "Rites" and perhaps listen again. I enjoy most of the Russians I've heard.<P>And yeah, I think the Eine Kleine thing has been done to death. Brain development notwithstanding, I know I "just don't get" Mozart. [img]/ubb/wink.gif[/img]<P>Adding categories as we go, based on my rather limited exploration....<P>Favorite composer: Tchaikovsky/Gershwin<P>Favorite of Beethoven: 7th symphony. <P>Favorite piece: "The Swan" from S-S's <BR>Carnival of the Animals, or almost anything from Tchaikovsky's ballets.<P>Favorite opera: Porgy and Bess<P>Least favorite of Beethoven: 5th symphony, but only because it's also done to death<P>Most-often butchered of Beethoven: Fur Elise<P>Favorite tenor: Domingo<P>Favorite recording? Never met a Klemperer legacy I didn't like.<P>Favorite soundtrack: anything John Williams did for Lucas or Spielberg.<P>Favorite Boston Pops conductor: John Williams barely edges out Keith Lockhart.<P>Let's hope that Luegwig wears his seat belt!

[Luegwig]

I didn't then, but I do now. Seat belts in cars of that epoch were extremely cumbersome.<P>--and I don't race. I just drive...exuberantly...when it's safe. To me, driving is an art which I take too seriously sometimes. [img]/ubb/wink.gif[/img] So you gotta have great art to listen to while you do it!

[Luegwig]

treebeau (is this some reference to a having never seen a poem as lovely as a tree?),<P>Great stuff!