Classical Music.

[Abdulmajid]

I do enjoy some classical music, but only really the popular ones used in movies and adverts etc.

I am stirred however by J.S Bach "Air on a G-String"

Can anybody recommend similar emotive pieces without having to endure the whole movement, which may bore me.

Thank you.

[Sachs]

This is nice Abdul xxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v3UB3js8v6R0&hl=en&fs=1

Cavatina

[Abdulmajid]

I am listening to it as I type.

I have it on the Deer Hunter DVD,

Beautiful tune, thank you for reminding me.

[LewPaper]

Well, there's Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto. There's 3 movements. Personally I like 'em all but I suppose if you want something sterring try the 3rd.

Shostakovitch usually knocks out a half-decent tune as well.

I think your best bet would be to listen to ClassicFM and when you hear a piece you like, take a rough note of the time and log on to their website and have a look at their playlist.

[Sachs]

also this is electric!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vOMUCuzUJro4&hl=en&fs=1

rollerball

[Abdulmajid]

That second one reminds me of The Abominable Dr. Phibes" with Vincent Price, if you have seen it.

A bit scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Philtaz]

For me, this is one of the best modern classical pieces ever written.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?vCFrSP-GomVo

Classical modern piece by Craig Armstrong

[vehelpfulguy]

Elgar wrote some fine short pieces.

He wrote the Enigma Variations which included a number of short movements, one for each of his friends.

One of the pieces is called Nimrod and if that does not bring a lump to your throat nothing will

Watch / listen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE

[vehelpfulguy]

Another emotive piece is Samual Barber's Adagio for Strings.

This is 10 minutes long so hope it is not too long for your attention span (only joking)

It was played at the proms after 9/11

Watch and listen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g

[joggerjayne]

I agree with Barber's Adagio, and in a similar vein,

Pachelbel's Canon

(you're leaning towards Baroque here)

(fab on a Sunday morning with a coffee and the papers)

[vehelpfulguy]

Another very emotive piece is from Mahler Symphony number 2 (second movement I think)

This was used in the film Death in Venice

Watch listen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNTn_XpVSfk

[joggerjayne]

A lot of composers (including Mahler) died after composing 9 symphonies, and whilst writing their 10th

so many so that a lot of composers became superstitious about writing a 10th symphony.

[vehelpfulguy]

I mentioned Elgar earlier and both he and Vaughan Williams wrote some lovely emotive pieces, often for just string orchestra.

Being English composers they tend to "speak" to me more than composers from other countries.

Two lovely short pieces from Elgar are Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit.

And a wonderful piece from Vaughan Williams is the Lark Ascending, a section of which you can watch listen to here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsKi7KBrhJ8&fea ture=related

[whiffy]

Saint-Saens, Symphony No 3 (Organ Symphony), particularly the Barenboim recording where the organ of Chartres Cathedral is magnificent. The Maestoso has been described:

"A great chord on the organ heralds the start of one of the most triumphant moments in the history of music."

http://jonathan.rawle.org/music/organ-symphony /

This very well-known melody was made into a pop record. I sometimes play it very loud on a Sunday morning, bass full up so the organ shakes the floorboards. Very stirring.

[whiffy]

I never thought of trying youtube, have a listen, stunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0itDEs9uo

[vehelpfulguy]

Vaughan Williams also wrote a piece called Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

Again about 10 minutes long, but very moving

Watch & Listen here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-kWBOvfwdg

[whiffy]

How about the crystal-clear ultra-pure voice of Emma Kirkby singing Mozart's Exsultate, Jubilate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x31bOFmBUxY&fea ture=related

[whiffy]

Karajan the master, and Brahms 1st Symphony, 4th movement, wonderful melody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jutWcVnQrs

[Abdulmajid]

Thank you for all your structured answers.

Enigma is wonderful. I have it on my selected speeches by Winston Churchill, where he talks over it, but never heard it on its own. Beautiful.