10/12/2023 0 Comments Classical compositions in d![]() The less somebody likes this music, the less human they are. The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky Listen only if you’re healthy and you’re sure nobody with an axe is standing behind you. Just as well really, he did compose this as he lay dying. It’s just awesomeness in a Grim Reaper kind of way. It’s bigger than me, it’s bigger than the human race. And I’m mildly aware that this kind of counts as choral but… meh. Like Moonlight Sonata, I think this piece is simply too big to write about. Let’s go back to “I-Want-To-Slash-My-Wrists” kind of music, or even more accurate: ‘I-Just-Slashed-My-Wrists” kind of music. Requiem – Lacrimosa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart It’s melodic and hummable and stays in your head forever. I think it has the same atmosphere and optimism as Canon for the orchestra, though some melancholy interpretations have come out of it ( Sarah Chang, for example). Sticking with the Baroque period comes ‘Air on a G String’. I’ll relunctantly admit that Katherine Jenkins has a lovely arrangement of this on her Serenade album.Īir on a G String by Johann Sebastian Bach There are many arrangements of this piece but I have picked an orchestral one for you. It reminds me of spring time, animals prancing across fields, and buttercups, sunshine, white fluffy clouds and so on. My heart swells everytime I hear this piece, and it never gets tired as it is so adaptable. Let’s get away from the depressing stuff onto some light hearted happiness. That’s one way of making light of your dark lonely existence. I imagine if you’re depressed this piece will make you feel that what you are feeling is rather exquisite. Only a tortured soul could compose this tragic suicidal piece of music. Sometimes music can’t be given any words. I might be using the adjective ‘beautiful’ a few too many time during this list, but I’m going to first use it here. Symphony #7 – 2nd Movement – Allegretto by Ludwig Van Beethovenīeethoven probably has the most famous Symphonies under his belt, (I’m thinking of his fifth and ninth here, of which I want to bash the fifth to death with a cricket bat) but this is my favourite, and the 2nd Movement from his 7th is dark, broody, mysterious and melancholic but with dashes of light and hope seeping through. So here are ten of my favourite pieces, in no possible order: ![]() I just listen to some classical, I am clueless about musical composition. Heaven forbid including them all – you would probably be reading ‘Fifty Best Classical Pieces Of All Time.’ Don’t expect expert or professional commentaries. I have ignored opera and choral pieces for this list I’ll do them another time. It was difficult enough picking just ten of my favourites. As I compiled this list in my head, I found that I couldn’t possibly put them in order.
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