Favorite Music
I love music, but lately, I have been
way too busy to enjoy it. Below are some of my favorites in
Classical and New Age. I also love some forms of Christian
music, but have not listed it here (yet). This is not a
complete list.
Classical
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Alfven Swedish Rhapsody, Op. 19 |
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Bach Brandenburg Concertos - my favorite is No. 3 |
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Beethoven Five Piano Concertos (my favorites of the favorites are the odd
numbered ones - 1, 3, 5); Choral Fantasy - favorite recording by
London of Vladimir Ashkenazy; Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op.
13 "Pathetique"; Symphony No. 5, 7, and 9 are my favorites from
the "Beethoven Nine" |
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Bizet Carmen Suite No. 1 and No. 2 |
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Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor |
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Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77. |
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Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26. |
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Charbrier Espana (Spanish Rhapsody) |
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Dvorak music for piano and violin, including especially Four Romantic
Pieces, Op. 75, Sonata in F Major, Op. 57, Sonata in G Major,
Op. 100, Muzurek in E Minor, Op. 49; I like his Symphony No. 9
in E Minor, Op. 95 "The New World" the best of all his
symphonies. |
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Enesco Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11 |
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Grieg Holberg Suite, Suite from Peer Gynt; Piano Concerto in A Minor,
Op. 16 |
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Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba |
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Haydn Symphony No. 100 in G Major "Military" |
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Ketelbey In a Persian Market; In a Monastery Garden; In a Chinese Temple
Garden; Bells Across the Meadow. |
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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6; Les Preludes |
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Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, KV550; Symphony No. 41 in C Major,
KV551 "Jupiter"; Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major for Horns, K.
447; Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543; many others |
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Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestral version by Ravel) |
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Offenbach Gaite Parisienne |
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Pachelbel Caono |
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Ponchielli Dance of the Hours |
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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1 |
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column... |
Classical list, continued...
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Respighi Ancient Airs & Dances Suite III; La Boutique Fantasque; The Birds
- especially the Philips version recorded by Sir Neville
Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. One
of my all-time favorites! |
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Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Op. 34; Russian Easter Festival Overture Op.
36; Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden (Act III); Night
on Bare Mountain |
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Rossini Barber of Seville Overture; William Tell Overture |
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Schubert Military March in D Major, Op. 51, D733 |
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Sibelius Finlandia |
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Smetana The Moldau |
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Suppe Light Cavalry Overture; Poet and Pesant Overture |
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Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Piano Concerto No. 1 in
B-flat Minor, Op. 23; Eugene Onegin; music from Swan Lake and
Nutcracker |
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Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, Op. 3 No. 8, RV 522; The Four Seasons; many
others |
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Wagner Tannhauser Overture; De Meistersinger Overture |
New Age
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Brickman "By Heart" piano solos (except the last cut). |
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Enya: my favorite albums are "Watermark" and "The Memory of
Trees" - but I love all of her albums! |
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Los Angeles Guitar
Quartet: Dances from Renaissance to
Nutcracker (this is classical music but rendered in a very
wonderful way with guitars) |
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