Spec me some Classical

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
This is harder than I thought..
Alexandre Desplat - Griet's Theme (Girl with a Pearl Earring) (from Classic FM's At the movies)

In the end, there's a lot of pieces that I like, however much of it is buried on compilations and things like that, some is modern, some much older, its all down to personal taste.
 
There's no way to choose 5 favourite classical pieces but here's three that I very much like (will add more when less tired!!)

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30?I. Allegro ma non tanto - Ashkenazy's style suits this piece well.

Arcadi Volodos - Concert Paraphrase on "Turkish March" (W. A. Mozart, Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 - Finale, Rondo alla turca)
Not strictly classical classical (original Mozart version) but classical nonetheless!! I think this would mean a bit more if you've heard the usual version a few times first.

Massenet - Meditation (Thais) - Nigel Kennedy plays this sublimely
 
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Some chilled out stuff:

Debussy - Claire De Lune

Honegger - Pastoral d'ete

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending:

Puccini - Nessun Dorma (Turandot):

Mascagni - Intermezzo (Raging Bull theme):

Schubert - Ave Maria (You might recognise this from Hitman: Blood Money ;) )
 
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PanMaster said:
Scriabin Op 8 No. 12. I play this all the time.
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Hopefully with fewer wrong notes than that version :p

OP: Try Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, Berg's Violin Concerto, Symphonies of Wind Instruments by Stravinsky, Ionisation by Varese and Schoenberg's second String Quartet for a bit more variation.
 
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