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Originally posted by flyingzone

Without doubt, Chopin's music is the most aesthetically pleasing to the ears. Maybe one could call me sexist, but sometimes I find it hard to believe that such stunningly romantic and beautiful music could come out from the brain of a man ... And unlike Tchaikovsky, Chopin, though sickly most of his life, wasn't even gay .... (And Tchaikovsky's music is extremely masculine. But of course, most gay men are masculine.)
While I find it true for many Nocturnes and some Waltzes (though not all of them), I find more exceptions in some Polonaises, Preludes and Etudes (like the Revolutionaire Etude in C Minor or the Polonaise in C Sharp Minor, Op. 26 No. 1).
Also, Chopin unlike Bach, for instance, it is much less aesthetical according to certain perspectives - Chopin is much more chromatic, uses much more dissonant intervals, etc..
 
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Currently,

Requiem - Mozart (my all time favorite)
Brandenburg Concertos - Bach

I can't think of any others at the moment...
    

Personally, I have been getting tired of listening to Chopin. Of course I'm not doubting his brilliance, but at the moment his music is just too, at a loss of a better word, romantic. Right now I would much rather listen to an invention by Bach than I would a waltz by Chopin.
    

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Bach and Dvorak are my two favourite composers...for favourite pieces of all I really like Smetana's Ma Vlast and Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess. I am also a big fan of Rachmaninov and Elgar, as well as Brahms...but they're all good, naturally.
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Yes, my two favorite composers are also Bach and Dvorak. Another one of my favorite composers is the lesser known Bruch. His violin concertos are just plain amazing.

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Moldau by Smetana is my favorite classical song.
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Beethoven - ode to joy










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Originally posted by Ildico

Moldau by Smetana is my favorite classical song.


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Another beautiful piece of excellency is Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn.
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I am a big fan of Vivaldi, namely his 'Seasons' compositions - Summer is the best IMHO. 
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Originally posted by Peter III


Currently,

Requiem - Mozart (my all time favorite)
Brandenburg Concertos - Bach 
 
 
Those are also my favorites, but I would add
 
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor - Bach
Ninth Symphony - Beethoven
The ride of the Walkyries - Wagner
The Canon in D- Johann Pachelbel
Thus spoke Zaratustra - Richard Strauss
 
And
 
The Four Seasons - Vivaldi. I consider that last one one of the most perfect pieces of music ever writen.
 
More in the "ethnic" classical music I love
 
Joaquin Rodrigo - Concert of Aranjuez
 
That's where I hear a transcendent "Hispanic" identity.
 
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Omar
 


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The Four Seasons - Vivaldi. I consider that last one one of the most perfect pieces of music ever writen.
 


Definatly - I really admire it. You could say (well, IMHO) that it is near perfect
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Im a big fan of Classical Italian music, my favorite music is Santa Lucia!

lissin to santa lucia by Enrico Caruso, recorded in 1900's!
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For Christmas I got 101 Classical Greats along with Forever Classics, they came together and are 21 cds total.  I was wondering if anyone else has heard of it, its great by the way.  101 classical greats is 5 cd's and it is a mix of different artists, Forever Classics is 16 cd's and its one artist per cd.  I have been listening to Vivaldi's Four seasons lately, magnificent.
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This Christmas I had the lack to enjoy a Strauss - Mozart concert, performed by the Wiener Hofburg orchestre in Wien. My favorite is the Radetzkymarsch by Johann Strauss.
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