I know it's not a real popular music choice nowdays.. But i have this one song that i found so pretty...

Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana



I think "Wings" - from the Brokeback Mountain OST is really pretty. ^^ Not really classical, more just instrumental.. but still nice.





And i was interested in listening to other songs... What are some other good classical songs?

have u heard of Joshua Bell, i just in love with his violin and his playing and the pieces he plays are amazing

I love classical music. It might not be appreciated as much nowadays. My favorite classical song or whatever is canon in D major. or was in D minor. i forget.

AH! Cavalleria Rusticana! That's my favorite song!
haha, I can't believe someone else even knows it<33
I like Chopin, Mozart, Brahms, Copland (though he's not that classical classical but whatvever)

have you guys heard of William Joseph? He's not so classical... more contemporary piano player... he's soooooo good <3*

i love schubert's impromptus, chopin's nocturnes, and beethoven's... everything. ooh, and brahams. HAHA, i guess i'm a romantic at heart

by the way, one of my favorite classical pianists of all time is Vladmir Ashkenazy... holy, so jealous of his piano skills!!!

Cavalleria Rusticana is soooo beautiful and I've been trying to search for the music score of it without much success

There are plenty of good classical songs out there, so it really depends on what type you prefer.
Maybe you will like Elgar's "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations ~ it's got a similar feel to Mascagni's piece.
My favourites have got to be anything by Chopin and Brahms, definitely

You know who's piano skills I am deathly jealous of?

Lang Lang. Yeah, that's right. He never messes up in concert, anywhere. I am dead serious. And his concerts are always amazing... not to add a bit amusing because of his expressions and exaggerated motions. xD Yes, I have seen him in concert when he came to Chicago... but then again, he comes to Chicago like every once in a while, so yeah. He is very good.

I love Beethoven. I swear, Mozart and Haydn get so boring. It's predictable. Almost to the point where I want to bang my head on something. And Bach... well, I think I tolerate him much more than Haydn. There's just something about Haydn. Mozart is... okay, but still boring.

Chopin. Is amazing. LOL. But Liszt is killer to play. Talk about virtuoso... LOL. Let's see... what else? Schubert and Schumann are both pretty good.

Classical music is great music. More people should listen to it, because, honestly, most of the listeners are old people. -_____-''

Joshua Bell is pretty good. But he doesn't have what it takes to become a virtuoso. If you're looking for great talent of our generation, hands down it's Hilary Hahn. Un-freaking-believably amazing. She's this good at such a young age. I can't wait to see her in 10 or 20 years down the road.

But my fav. violinist of all time is definitely Perlman!!

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I actually attended one of Lang's Lang's concert when I went to Hong Kong. I must say, it was one of the most memorable and greatest experiences of my life. When he plays the piano, his passion certain shows on his face. I cannot wait until he comes in NY for a concert!

Oh yea, Chopin's nocturne's are absolutely wonderful! I'm also a big fan of Tchaichovsky.

lol. yay! more fellow fans! ^^

i'm currently listening to Elgar right now and so far, it's so beautiful. I think it's called "mina"? at least, according to the person on youtube. XD


http://youtube.com/watch?v=kYybBBd2IvU

I LOVE Chopin's Waltzes and Etudes. Does anyone know any composers that composed similar songs like Chopin?

the file expired, but isn't cavalleria rusticana an opera (that's been adapted by the awesome franco zeffirelli into film)?

anyways, i'm not much into the classical music, but my favorite pieces are chopin's etude in e major (agreed, his etudes are beautiful), faure's pavane, and as cliched as it sounds, rachmaninoff's piano concerto no.2...

i don't think people have to listen to it frequently or like it, but it's important that they acknowledge and appreciate it...

Check out Debussy.

^ I love Debussy. His songs are so dream like and surreal. Clair de Lune is definitely a must-listen and Reverie too.

Chopin- he's a classic. (His style is totally different from Debussy's.) I don't know of modern classical composers though.. Oh, except Yiruma!

Hillary Hahn & Itzak Perlman = <3 but I've always really loved Sarah Chang's playing, too. She's a child prodigy who really grew up and matured. Joshua Bell has a really sweet sound, and he's an awesome violinist and all, but I agree that among the topnotch players he's not the best musically.

Anyway, I really like the big classical symphonies from the romantic period. Brahms and Tchaikovsky usually float my boat.
Hmm, I like Shostakovich, too, and Prokofiev. Anyone else ever played Prokofiev's first violin concerto? I love the opening movement of that piece.

Chopin is romantic while Debussy is impressionistic. Both are "classical"

I agree that they are totally different in style, expresssion, musical form, and technique. Regardless, both piano works are highly resolving. After all, opposites are complementary.

Sarah Chang was a child prodigy. She didn't live up to the hype though.

joo, if you're a fan of Prokofiev's VC #1, you must hear this one played by Vengerov at all costs.

Jacqueline du Pre was an amazing cellist. You should hear her play "Kol Nidrei" by Max Bruch. Beautiful, passionate ... brilliant.

i love the russian composres - prokoviev, rachmaninov and tchaikovsky the most!

ohhh khatchachurian 'spartacus' , Zbigniew preisener 'requiem fo my friend' , Gorecki 'Symphony of sad songs'
Debussy 'clair de lune', Samule BArber 'adagiao for strings'


ahhh such loveliness

not a big fan of classical but I like it.

It inspires me to do classical/soul/hip hop

I agree. She is brilliant. It's a pity that she left us at such a young age.

I know a few classical musicians who play with him when he's performing a concerto. They call him "Bang Bang" because he plays the piano so fast and loud. His slower adagio-playing isn't that very appealing imo. Yundi Li is overall a better chinese pianist.

If there is a virtuoso alive today that blows away every piano technique in the water. It's probably this guy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2dSqkzsWXlU



check out Glenn Gould's playing of the Haydn's piano sonatas. It's cute as heck.

my fave. classical peice would have to be Pachelbel's Canon in D

<3 its so nice

Yeah, it was pretty devastating. Multiple sclerosis for a cellist (for anyone, actually) is really tragic.


On a brighter note ... Ralph Kirshbaum is pretty good too. I like his rendition of the Bach Suites - maybe too "heavy" at times, but it appeals to me.

I've listened to Kirshbaum's. I suppose it's a matter of taste but I found him to be over-interpretive at times. I have Casal's 1935 recording of it (remastered). It's really good!

Speaking of Bach's cello suites, for a guy who never played cello, he made some pretty wonderful music. Let me tell ya, listening to the opening prelude to Bach's cello suite 1 never fails to give me goose bumps.