Classical Music thread

Simply put, one of the greatest pieces of music I have ever heard

Arvo Part - Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUcazplAc58

A few classical numbers.

Wim Mertens - Often A Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb3Vchh6jU XBb3Vchh6jU

Michael Nyman - An Eye for Optical Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIIWIVThBJM IIIWIVThBJM

Philip Glass - Closing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWd0uSo3OuY nWd0uSo3OuY

Perfection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAK2J05Vmhc

If you think music gets any better than this itā€™s because youā€™re a fool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxgmorK61YQ

I apologise for the lack of originality but still an incredible tune.

Morricone - Gabrielā€™s Oboe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixby9BzJfEo

Morricone - Sacco e Vanzetti

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

Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ

Horowitz plays a couple of Scarlatti sonatas.
It donā€™t get much better than thatā€¦ the first piece especially. Insanely gorgeous playing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5yWDliZZw

[quote=ā€œfarmerinthecity, post: 781188, member: 24ā€]Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ
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:clap:One of my favourite pieces of music.

(Farmer, have you heard De Dannansā€™ version?)

[quote=ā€œFitzy, post: 781331, member: 236ā€]:clap:One of my favourite pieces of music.

(Farmer, have you heard De Dannansā€™ version?)[/quote]

Never heard it Fitzy.

Einaudi plays the National Concert Hall in November. Not to be missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDDY5nVA3A

[quote=ā€œLazarus, post: 803244, member: 286ā€]Einaudi plays the National Concert Hall in November. Not to be missed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDDY5nVA3A
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Sold out, pal. :frowning:

Be there or donā€™t be Italian mate:pint:

Perlman plays the Bach Partita no2 in Dmin
Holy fuckā€¦

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpYUaRg0aDw

Listening to Beethovenā€™s Symphony No 9, and the Ode to Joy is just kicking in after 45 wonderful minutes. Music literally does not get any better than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI

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[quote=ā€œbraz83, post: 896515, member: 390ā€]Listening to Beethovenā€™s Symphony No 9, and the Ode to Joy is just kicking in after 45 wonderful minutes. Music literally does not get any better than this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3217H8JppI
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You asked for miracles Theo. I give you the F. B. I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfgFuCUe8w

The Brahms violin concerto.

Bedrich Smietana - The Moldau

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

If you have a spare hour, you could do a lot worse than to listen to this. I heard it on the radio last year. It was amazing. Nigel Kennedy plays Bach. (Occasional Krakow resident, Nige, not Bach).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-HPr8l1nMQ

Good stuff @balbec, Iā€™ll give those a whirl. Making more of an effort to listen to classical at the moment.