LarenzoAOG said:
A friend of mine recently asked me to make hime a mixed tape of classical music and rap, I've got the rap music down but I've only got 4 classical songs "In the Hall of the Mountain King" "Ride of the Valkyries" "Fur Elise" and "Saber Dance".
So I just need some more good classical songs, let me know what your favorites are and I'll check them out.
1) No words sung - not a song.
2) Richard Strauss (Also Sprach, you know the opening to 2001: A Space Odyssey. among other pieces)
3) Ludwig Van Beethoven's 9 symphonies. Nuff said.
3) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. There's a CD collection. Lemme go find it. 'A Tchaikovsky Festival' Its got Symphonies 4-6, Swan Lake Suite (actually really good), The Nutcracker Suite (amazing), Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Cappricio Italien, and 1812 Overture with fucking cannons and fireworks (the real version calls for 7 cannons, but this has at least 15 or 20) GET THIS Also Marche Slav or Slavionic March.
4) Gustav Mahler. I only have his first, second, and a 'finished version' of his unfinished tenth (long explanation) but I've heard much more than that. (Piano quartet in A minor [Its one of the themes from Shutter Island]) He's really good.
5) Dmitri Schostakovich (there are many spellings of both names). Because of Stalin he was forced into writing more Romantic Era works, but there are also many very contemporary and avant-garde pieces. If you want to 'get into Schostakovich' I suggest his fifth and seventh symphonies
6) I don't have him on my ipod, but Perkofiev is really good. (Romeo and Juliet Symphony and Peter and the wolf are the only ones that I remember hearing)
7) I'm not a big fan of Mozart, but his Mass in C minor, Requiem in D minor, and Rondo Alla Turka (Movement three of K. 331) are pretty good along with his fortieth symphony.
8) Franz Liszt. Dante and Faust Symphonies, and a few other tone poems.
9) Igor Stravinsky. Petrushka, Firebird Suite, Rite of Spring, Symphony No. 1, there are others but none that I've listened to 40 times.
10) There are numerous other random pieces that aren't grouped into a composer slot that I suggest. Adagio for Strings by Barber (as long as you don't get thrown into a depression because of very sad music), Peer Gint #1 by I forget who exactly (This is the one with Mvt. 1 Morning Mood and Mvt. 4 In the Hall of the Mountain King), William Tell Overture Finale - that iconic gallop, Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff - listen to the first movement, you should recognize it, Sextet for Strings by Schoenberg, Ride of the Valkeries by Wagner, A Night on Bald Mountain and Pictures at an Exhibition, both by Mussorgsky, The Four Seasons by Vivaldi, Little Fugue in G minor by Bach, Coppelia by Delibes, Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounod, Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens, and my compositions if I ever get something published.
Happy listening!
EDIT: Forgot it, but just to give it another suggestion, Pachelbel's Canon in D
EDIT AGAIN: Classical Era end with Beethoven. Anything after that is Romantic (about 1815 - 1900 I SAID ABOUT), 20th Century (about 1900-1999) Contemporary (1970 - present. Starting around Shostakovitch's death) and 21st Century (about 2000 - Present).
To someone's post saying Halo's music is or is not classical. Its not. Time wise, no. Style, I'd say its more Romantic Era, but that's just me.
