Nominate Your Piece of Classical Music for "It's A Knockout"!!!

[Adrian44]

Piece of Music: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

Reason for Nomination: In 1913, a very revolutionary piece of music. Considered Savage by some at the time but definitely full of Passion and "Primitive" rhythms.

Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjX3oAwv_Fs

[el Nynaeve]

Piece of Music; Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15 in B Flat Major

Reason for Nomination: A fantastic piece by Mozart that is upbeat, bright with a brilliant violin accompaniment.

 

Link;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMVNpSbAUo

 

 

Piece of Music: Mozart's Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), Der Holle Rache

 

Reason for Nomination: One the best arias Mozart has written, with a brilliant score and opera often gets ignored when people discuss classical pieces.

 

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ODfuMMyss

[dapianoplay3r]

I second the rite of spring and queen of the night

If we are going for opera id like to add

Piece of music;Don Giovanni, K. 527; Act 2, Commendatore Scene by Mozart

ReasonI really like listening to it and I normally hate opera. The string accompaniment is great and the tension of the scene is so well done in the music. I just love it

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8uDJXA_aNA

[Wolfst3r]

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Reason:This has been my favorite since i was a little boy, i used to listen to it all the time.

And if i ever put on classical music these days it's always my buddy Sergei ;) Who has helped me through alot.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8l37utZxMQ

[Kivam]

Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez (Orange Juice)

 

Reason: My favorite classical piece. It's powerful and dramatic without being overwrought (Miles Davis once said that the softer you play it the stronger it gets, and the louder you play it the weaker it gets), subtle and moving. It also featured in one of my favorite movies (Brassed Off, which gave us the all-time great line "that girl blows flugal like a dream!"). It's the quintessential piece of Spanish classical music, which is astounding, since it was composed in 1939 (according to Wiki, Rodrigo often got stiffed on royalties because people assumed it was much older and therefore free of copyright).

 

Two versions:

 

Brassed Off:

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8uoY9e5YVY

 

And Miles Davis' (links only, since I've exceeded my youtube allotment)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVZq9Lk2hYQ&feature=related

 

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[Jeannaisais]

I second Rachminonoff Concerto No. 2 and Concerto de Aranjuez

[F Horn of Valere]

I would second Ride of the Valkyries, but that is one of the top 4 seeds already.

 

I second the Nutcracker Suite then... but Wagner could still whup anyone else in his sleep!

[Corki]

Nomination post updated.

 

We currently stand at 27 nominations. Of that number, 18 are definitely through, with 9 not being seconded just yet.

 

As things stand, we could be heading for a 32 song "It's A Knockout" contest.

[Corki]

Piece of Music (with composer): William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

Reason for Nomination: Recognisable as the tune from The Lone Ranger. And a great start to a piece of opera!

YouTube (or similar link):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3K4uJQaQD4

 

and

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDlBcPgjrk&feature=related

 

as it is over two parts.

[Corki]

Piece of Music (with composer): In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig

Reason for Nomination: It comes from Greig's piece of work called Peer Gynt. A very musical piece that shows Peer Gynt's attempts to escape from the King and his trolls.

YouTube (or similar link):

[dapianoplay3r]

I second the hall of the mountain king. Its great fun to play and I got the tune on the double bass making it instantly good

[Corki]

Nominated Tracks

 

Seeded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

1. Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner

2. Night on a Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

3. William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

4. Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel

 

 

Seconded (and with an automatic place in the "It's A Knockout" contest)

1. 5th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven

2. Piano Sonata #14 Op.27 (AKA The moonlight Sonata) 1st and 3rd Movements by Ludwig van Beethoven

3. Swan Lake Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

4. Piano Concerto #20 In D Minor, K 466 - 1. Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5. Piano Concerto #23 In A, K 488 - 3. Allegro Assai by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6. Jupiter by Gustav Holst

7. 9th Symphony 2nd Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven

8. Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy

9. Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

10. The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

11. Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), Der Holle Rache by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12. Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff

13. Concerto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo

14. The Nutcraker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

15. In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Greig

 

 

Nominated

1. Dies Irae by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. Piano Concerto No. 1 1st Movement by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3. Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet

5. Minute Waltz by Frédéric Chopin

5. The Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky

6. Piano Sonata No. 23 In F Minor, Op. 57, "Appassionata": I. Allegro Assai by Ludwig van Beethoven

7. Piano Concerto No 15 in B Flat Major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. Don Giovanni, K. 527; Act 2, Commendatore Scene by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

 

Added by Corki

1. Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach

2. Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian

3. Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1 in D by Edward Elgar

4. Aquarium (Carnival Of The Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns

5. Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II

[Corki]

The above is the final list. I am getting the "It's A Knockout" thread ready now.

[dapianoplay3r]

Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach sounds great by orchestra so can you add this link so it's not just the organ version please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1z12_Ps-gk