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Classical Recommendations

Hey Er'Body! (anybody recognize the "phrase"?)

Can anyone suggest some really powerful classical pieces that really blow you away when turned up?  Of course there's the overture but more than just the raw sound.  The way the music hits you with certain melodic changes for example.  The kind of thing you feel like you've worked out after listening to.  The bigger the dynamic range the better...again of course right?  lol

Thanks in advance!

bbarten
dwette
555 posts
 

Mahler. Symphony 5, 7, 8

7 and 8 are not my favorites. 6 and 9 are much better. :)

sid-hoff-frenchman
67 posts
 

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony #5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending

mahler123
4,052 posts
 

Most Mahler Symphonies.  Some one has recommended the Eighth.  I would for the Second, the Ressurection.

 Shostakovich symphonies in particular 5 and 11

drbond
485 posts
 

Generally speaking, classical music wasn’t composed to “rock your socks off”.  It wouldn’t be until the Romantic era of classical music that you get the dynamics that you’re looking for; however, it is a good place to start your interest into classical music in general.  You’re basically looking at pieces by Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, (and Rachmaninov).  For just drama, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is hard to beat, and  would have ended the Cold War in 1958 with Van Cliburn, had it been allowed.  

dmk_calgary
181 posts
 

Also Sprach Zarathustra 

Holst - the Planets - esp Mars

Here is an interesting link...

 

https://www.talkclassical.com/threads/great-symphonic-works-with-stand-out-brass.91096/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic

 

 

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