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Offline evitaevita

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Which are your favourite "non-piano" classical pieces?
on: October 26, 2012, 08:05:47 PM
Would you like to post some of your favourite non-piano classical pieces? ;)

Here are some that I love (in no particular order):

Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 (2nd Mvt: Allegretto)


Elgar - Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85


Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (No.5)


Rossini - The Barber of Seville (Ouverture)


Rossini - La Gazza Ladra (Ouverture)


Paganini - Caprice No.24


Mozart - Requiem K.626


Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite No.2 (Farandole)


Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (Montagues and Capulets)


John Taverner - Song for Athene


and many more...
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Offline quantum

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Re: Which are your favourite "non-piano" classical pieces?
Reply #1 on: October 26, 2012, 08:37:29 PM
Here are a few:

Rachmaninoff - Vespers
Brahms - German Requiem
Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
Beethoven - Symphony 9
Mozart - Horn Concertos
Widor - Symphony 6 (for organ)
Tournemire - Choral-improvisation sur le Victimae paschali
Bach - Cello suites
Holsinger - Abram's Pursuit
Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie
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Offline blazekenny

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Re: Which are your favourite "non-piano" classical pieces?
Reply #2 on: October 26, 2012, 10:11:39 PM
Beethoven - Symphony no. 8 F major
Smetana - "Má Vlast" symphonic poem cycle
Franck - Violin sonata A major (does this one count ? Piano figures in this one)
Stravinsky - Rite of spring
Bach - Brandenburg concerto no.3
Paganini - Violin concerto no. 2 b minor
Dvořák - cello concerto b minor

Offline rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: Which are your favourite "non-piano" classical pieces?
Reply #3 on: October 27, 2012, 01:17:49 AM
Scriabin - Mysterium
              Poem of fire
              Poem of ecstasy



His Mysterium... 


OH MY FREAKING GOD!!!
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Offline tchristec

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Re: Which are your favourite "non-piano" classical pieces?
Reply #4 on: October 27, 2012, 08:05:09 AM
Here is a classic by Mozart.  One of my favorites.
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