Author Topic: Greatest classical music (Read 3780 times)

Ponikvar · « **on:** July 24, 2012, 07:25:15 PM »

Imo I would say Moonlight sonata by Beethoven.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck</a>

JF · « **Reply #1 on:** July 24, 2012, 07:30:32 PM »

Yes. I was hoping you hadn't put that down when I was opening this thread haha. Great piece of music.

Hazard Time · « **Reply #2 on:** July 24, 2012, 09:39:58 PM »

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGBDWER-wUI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGBDWER-wUI</a>

An obvious pick, but Wagner was always a fascinating character.

He was famous for using a double bass, a bass so large, it required two people to play it. He had so many basses, that the walls would shake without the use of amplification.

In short, Wagner was the first metal head.

codex · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2012, 03:31:37 AM »

I really enjoy Handel's Keyboard Suites & Fugues. His Fugues are especially rich in polyphonic texture.

EmperorDisasster · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2012, 04:31:08 PM »

Either:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9yJdkeryI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w9yJdkeryI</a>

Or what I consider the most badass classical song of all time: