What Is Your ‘Perfect ‘ Piece Of Music?

[naomi24]

My husband said tonight that Prokofiev’s ‘Dance of the Knights’ from Romeo & Juliet is, in his opinion, a perfect piece of music. Stirring, he said; enough to encourage one to fight for one’s country, he said. Got say for me it’s slightly unsettling, but there you are.

My choice would be Puccini’s ‘'Che gelida manina', from La Boheme. Goosebump central! I weep buckets every time I hear it – at live performances too – the last time at the wonderful ‘wedding cake’ of a venue that is Prague Opera House - although on that occasion I might be justified in holding the superb gin & tonic served there responsible.. ;o)

Another is Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. I can party all by myself to that!!

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What is your perfect piece of music?

[Mamyalynne]

A perfect pairing fabulous.

[naomi24]

Nope. How frustrating!

[woofgang]

Sheep may safely graze.

[naomi24]

Butterbun, oh yes! More goosebumps. Some truly beautiful music here tonight.

[Calibax]

Must admit the Hebrew chorus from Nabucco would be up there with Beethoven's 5th and Franck's Panis Angelicus.

[maggiebee]

[Buenchico]

I love music which can paint a picture in my head. In that respect there can be no finer piece than Bedřich Smetana's 'Vltava', where the listener can feel the movements of the river, from delicate tributaries with fast-moving streams to the grandeur of the river itself:

[Eleena]

There's so Naomi ...

[Eleena]

There's so many Naomi ...

[Eleena]

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[Eleena]

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[Khandro]

George Gershwin - Embraceable You

[aelmpvw]

Mahler's seventh symphony, the finale is breathtaking

[roopower]

For me it's got to be Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni. Beautiful piece of music, I just wish it was longer

[andy-hughes]

It's interesting that the majority of choices are classical.

I do enjoy some classical music, but my taste veers towards the popular pieces that everyone knows.

I'm with Billy Connolly when he says that the definition of culture is being able to hear the William Tell Overture without thinking of The Lone Ranger (younger AB'ers - ask your parents!).

I do think there is a tendency for people to pick their favourite, rather than what they consider to be perfect - the two may not be the same thing.

As a popular music fan, rather than classical, I think Walk On By by Dionne Warwick is the perfect pop song.

[jim360]

Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto, especially the first movement (although it's the second that gets more attention on ClassicFM).

(Older AB'ers -- young AB'ers don't always need to ask their parents about stuff that happened before they were born ... )

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[ummmm]

Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

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