Favorite classical piece of music?

micky wrote: erik neuteboom wrote: At about 10 years ago I wanted to discover the world of the classical piano. In a record shop I asked for advise and then bought the CD Horowitz In Moscow. The most compelling pieces were from .. Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in G Major, Prelude in G Sharp minor and Polka de W.R., it's sometimes like galloping Huns! I've always been drawn to classical piano myself.  Have you heard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 ....  .  I just love that one,  Rachmaninoff was a big fan of Grieg and this piano concerto

And Schumann's piano concerto. I would call that my top 3 piano concertos:

1. Rachmaninows 2nd
2. Grieg's piano concerto
3. Schumann's piano concerto

I tried to play the Grieg one, but that's a bit too ambitious at the moment, not the beginning, but all the fast solos

BaldFriede wrote: Toob-Wurm wrote: BaldFriede wrote: You should listen to Hindemith's "Overture to the 'Flying Dutchman' as played at sight by a second-rate concert orchestra at the village well at 7 o'clock in the morning", and you will laugh your ass off at how he makes a mockery of Wagner in it. Your're right - I should... ... ... That was no criticism of Hindemith. I love that piece of music. So why the ?

Whenever I hear the phrase "second-rate concert orchestra," I do that...

Vivaldi's "Violin Concerto in A Minor".  Ravel's "Bolero". 

And Penguin Café Orchestra's "Music for a Found Harmonium" .

Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, Berlioz' symphony fantastique, Penderecki's Meditations on the Victims of Hiroshima, Messaen's Quartet for the end of Time, Chopin's Ballade in F Major, Beethoven's 9th (yeah it's classic), and a lot of other stuff, but those are all really fantastic.