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• Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9LvC9WkkQ : helvetica
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  Montagues and Capulets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFq7cOVDF0 1:45 where it kicks in is one of those ... : aeg1x
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    also great ted talk on classical music if you have 20 minutes free http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ben... : aeg1x
    • Thank you, that was great : alnya
  • ah man this live version is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmqVWsIz6pc&feature=related get c... : aeg1x
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    This is a great piece! : helvetica
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      I dont know of ANYONE who knew about it before the apprentice uk : Luminair
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        I think everyone has heard it at one point or another even if they can't name it : aeg1x
        • Hopefully now I'll remember the name : Kaiser
      • I played it in orchestra, but I hadn't heard it before that. : helvetica
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4cILmbODtc - The crappy video makes it extra spooky : Nabukov
• The fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth. Not sure it gets any better than that : asylumn
• repost These picks may be a bit obvious, but they're famous because they're fantastic: Bach's Cello S... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  ma vlast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlLPLO90fSk dance of the blessed spirits - hard to find a good... : Foxhawk
  • I'm a huge fan of Ma Vlast. :) : davantalus
• [md'd] A smattering of my favorites, lets call it "young persons guide to orchestra": Mark O"Connor - F... : davantalus
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgUdrzGNys : GodZilly
• Ave Maria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQVz6vuNq7s Cello Suit No. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : Marauder IIC
• Holst - Mars, Bringer of War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX7Xy3EY6tk : Majuju
• my yin and yang are mars the bringer of war and canon in d : Luminair
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vf72U1ZnQw : Kaiser
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  <3 Samuel Barber's "adagio for strings" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM : Vantage
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    Hmm.... I won't disagree with you, but I think because of Homeworld, I'm biased towards the choral ver... : Kaiser
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      oh man that sounds like shit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkObnNQCMtM&feature=related : Kaiser
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        I read somewhere that the song is about/represents the act of *ahem* copulation. But now I can't find an... : Vantage
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          dude its 10 minutes long not 12 seconds : aeg1x
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            Maybe Samuel Barber was a pimp! Ever consider that?!? Also, the beginning is all slow and boring* so th : Vantage
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              i cede the point to the resident vagina music expert : aeg1x
              • :( : Vantage
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          ahaha, for some reason the William Tell overture and In th hall of the Mountain King come to mind. : Kaiser
          • Probably because I posted In The Hall Of The Mountain King below, along with 2 other awesome Grieg pieces... : Vantage
      • Barber was a big inspiration for "Angelus", one of my own pieces. http://www.monstunes.com/?p=94 Sh... : Vantage
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      is that why you love Yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnvjPXLzZg : DonkeyPopsicle
      • Fuck YES. :D : Kaiser
      • Hahaha, it's why I like Yes. That was honestly the first time I had heard the band, at which point I imm... : Vantage
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        God I love Yes. I saw them live a few years ago with the original lineup (including Rick Wakeman) and it ... : thetangent
        • What's funny is that I HATED YES at first. My uncle had Owner of a Lonely Heart and that thing got playe... : Kaiser
  • Shit yes. Probably my favorite classical piece. : ArcKnight
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    ALSO, my Norwegian Homeboy, Edvard Grieg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbwMGZtIsY Morning Mood fro... : Vantage
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      And finally, my favourite Grieg piece: Death of Aase. If you like Barber, listen to this. http://www... : Vantage
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        Holy Shit, how have I not heard this. This is amazing. Thank you. : Kaiser
        • You're welcome! More people should be listening to this, since I know everyone loves Barber's Adagio for... : Vantage
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    Get a fat bass line going on that, tweak it a bit, speed it up, throw in some blips and then it would be ... : askedrelic
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZMed56822s yesssss everything should be bass or trance remixed : askedrelic
      • Oh god.... :P : Vantage
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDYMsb4UEU urgh : marmite
      • hahahaha perfect : askedrelic
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        I'll know that I've arrived as an artist when people start making horrible horrible trance/hardcore remix... : Vantage
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          Alexxdude, remix vantage stat!!! : askedrelic
          • :( : Vantage
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  I'll just repost what I had before: There's a lot of good Classical Guitar out there. My favorite play... : Rag and Bone Man
  • I like that one Villa-Lobos piece that I have no idea what it's called : sludge vohaul
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    I like john williams better, this is my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A : re4ctor
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYpdUo__dM8 : Rag and Bone Man
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  Shostakovich 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJFXqYEYd8 Mahler 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd... : sludge vohaul
  • Rockin. I like your taste. : davantalus
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  I know it's cliche, but I've always loved Aaron Copland. Shit on me all you want, but Rodeo and Appalachi... : mysled
  • I get a boner from Fanfare for the Common Man, so it's cool. : Kaiser
• Moonlight Sonata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck One of my all time favorite classical pi... : thetangent
• The Girl with the Flaxen Hair. : thief
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  A few that I can think of. Ave Maria - Schubert performed by Christina England (Hitman) http://www.yo... : Kaiser
  • Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in Orchestra O_O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeOUTRy2es : Kaiser
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    Children of bodom - Presto From Summer The Four Seasons O_O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvZoRS-YQg0&... : Kaiser
    • This is why I tell people that Metal owes very little to rock/blues (other than instrumentation), and ver... : Vantage
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  Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LupmmElMoI Masquerade Suite: Wa... : ecclesio
  • Ahh, I almost forgot: La Campanella by Lizst: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y9Wiqsd9xY : ecclesio
• Korsakov's Sheherazade stands out for me. Be sure to listen to the whole thing: http://www.youtube.com/wa... : WaterSign
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  Sonata #2 in B♭ Minor, Op. 35 by Frédéric Chopin I. GRAVE; DOPPIO MOVIMENTO http://www.youtube.co : rgoer
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    better playlist link, autoplays all movements in high quality: http://www.youtube.com/p/F198CF8A382D9E58&... : rgoer
    • or at least, it's supposed to... I can't get this to work :( : rgoer
• Classico! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol_75jFEpck Long Live the D : Dimmona
• Bookmarking this classical thread for later purchases :) : Arctic Fox