Favourite Classical Music - vids or mp3

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07 Aug 2011, 7:54 pm

Couldn't find a thread. Thought I'd start one. Here are some of my favourites. BTW, youtube has a paucity of choices for classical, many would not be my first pick of performer/orchestra and the sound levels are all over the place.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52IMaE-3As&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1hXbhivFs8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuSJJ4lHIQM&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzuBab13yjY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_ylHVVrWp8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsyBcthsZHw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QB7ugJnHgs[/youtube]

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07 Aug 2011, 8:08 pm

I've got plenty of favorites, but I find myself liking this more than anything:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw2XzGl-AOw[/youtube]

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07 Aug 2011, 9:05 pm

My favorite piece is Rachmaninoff's Vocalise (Op. 34/No. 14). My favorite performance of it is Zoltan Kocsis' solo piano arrangement, but I haven't found a good version of it on YouTube. The one I found cuts something like 2 minutes off. However, I consider this version by Itzhak Perlman a close second:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwGmHZ8XgeU&feature=related[/youtube]

This version makes me want to learn violin just so I can play this piece (or at least attempt it).

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07 Aug 2011, 10:33 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmZX5BmAHYs&feature=related[/youtube]

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07 Aug 2011, 10:37 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1hC_TCTTIU&feature=BFa&list=PL9A6BFB4B48BB6111&index=4[/youtube]

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07 Aug 2011, 10:42 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZGi49Bnghs&feature=related[/youtube]

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08 Aug 2011, 12:26 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX3wZ921mLM[/youtube]

I like it best when it's arranged for winds... though it's usually done as a piano solo. This one has both a flute and clarinet accompanied by the guitar

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08 Aug 2011, 12:39 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx7vOb7GNBg[/youtube]

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08 Aug 2011, 5:58 am

I like Zez Confrey's Novelty pieces.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cajTxmoTFw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfVP9muUmrI[/youtube]

and the most popular:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrOnAptVAV8[/youtube]

I wonder where I could download orchestral versions of confrey's works such as the above... if anyone could help

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08 Aug 2011, 10:05 am

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08 Aug 2011, 10:21 am

you_are_what_you_is wrote:

Frank Zappa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4aZtx7mRw

uncle meat (the yellow shark enemble version) is possibly the most incredible piece of music i have ever heard. i do not like to watch the people playing it in video clips because it debases my experience of the music.

i listen to that song on my sound system in very high quality in the dark with no visuals except for the imagery that is inculcated in my mind by the almost miraculous turns of melody and timbre i hear.

anyway, here is a nice piece by billy joel (you may be surprised)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMzWFy25jk[/youtube]

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08 Aug 2011, 6:31 pm

Some more.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFwfJryh7Nk[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFQirXQk1s[/youtube]

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09 Aug 2011, 6:24 am

b9 wrote:

you_are_what_you_is wrote:

Frank Zappa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA4aZtx7mRw

Surprised I am.

Althrough this is kinda boring imo. I prefer Billy's Root Beer Rag. One of my favorites of his songs.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKrd0lv_p1c[/youtube]

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09 Aug 2011, 2:49 pm

Of course by the well Known:

Kyrie form Requiem: Wolfgang Amadeaus Mozart
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUtwVpvNC_Q [/youtube]

Ode To Joy: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Part 1
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKFLs3f3Nag[/youtube]
Part 2
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42GIopSUZs[/youtube]
Part 3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ1McdLKDj4[/youtube]

Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 Johann Sebastian Bach
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC1E4_imS0A[/youtube]

And Shepherds Hey: Percy Grainger
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SC5TJKpRkY[/youtube]

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10 Aug 2011, 2:09 pm

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11 Aug 2011, 11:19 pm

I know these might seem generic choices but they are still my favorites.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1URTJYlfQ&playnext=1&list=PL2745EDC33104146A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDMd934mpQ&feature=related[/youtube]

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