my favs has to b carl orff-o fortuna...and 1 more i don't know the title...but then i remember in one episode of tom and jerry, it was played...i fink it's a bach song o sth liddat...

I prefer Pathetique Sonata and The Tempest - Allegretto.
din play them for some time since no piano over here
added : tan_pang, i have the Jupiter by karl bohm and BPO

Yeah I absolutely adore Moonlight Sonata. There was one time I played Moonlight Sonata and nothing else for about 2 months or so. The music is quite haunting sometimes. 

Pachelbel's Canon... it's nice but isn't really my favourite. Lol.

Besides, I love most of Chopin's music. My favourite would be Fantasie Impromptu, I still can't play it till today. That's probably because I haven't touched my piano for more than 2 years already, how sad    My piano isn't with me 

Basically I love Chopin's Nocturnes more than any of his other works. However his piano Sonatas are nice to play too.

Recommended Nocturnes from Chopin:
1. Nocturne No.20 in C Sharp Minor -- Played in The Pianist at the very start of the movie.
2. Nocturne In B flat minor Op.9 No.1 -- Larghetto -- Has a melancholy feel to it.

I have the mp3 file and piano scores in digital format for the above pieces. PM me if you want it. I'll try to send them to you 

jupiter by mozart

pathetique sonata 2nd movement, first listened it when i was small, in Snoopy, where a kid in the cartoon series idolize beethoven very much and he played it, never know its pathetique sonata till i first get my hand on that piece.

The Tempest is from beethoven as well.

long time i din play fantasie impromptu either, only touch the piano once in a while when i back to hometown. i like liszt's sonetto del petrarca as well

A possible reason for this was that it was written when he was still quite young (it is the first of the impromptus written) and he either thought himself immature, or that the piece lacked substance. Others speculate that Chopin may have felt the piece was too similar to another piece that Felix Mendelssohn had recently published. However, a more likely reason was that there is a passage in the piece (measure 7/8) which is exactly the same (note-wise, at least) as a passage in the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Op. 27 No. 2 (a mini-cadenza prior to the coda, measure 187). Chopin had enormous amounts of respect for Beethoven towards the end of his life, and had instructed his student and secretary, Julian Fontana, to destroy the piece.

i m not impressed by jupiter...erm...can b said tat, i m not really impressed by symphonies...but i hav all mozart's compositions

i prefer sonata and concerto, especially bach and vivaldi violin concerto, and...no 2 b forgotten, beethoven's Violin Concerto In D Major Op.61 

almost everyday i listen to hilary hahn playin bach violin concerto. prefer her version rather than zukerman or szeryng 1.

I have a compilation of piano scores of Chopin's Nocturnes. Too bad it's under the bench of my piano, and it's not with me now... 2 years... I haven't seen my piano for 2 years...

This 2 are the other 2 Nocturnes I have
1. Chopin-- Nocturne In E flat major Op.9 No.2 -- Andante
2. Chopin-- Nocturne In F sharp major Op.15 No.2 -- Larghetto

I can't find Nocturne Op.32 in classicat.net 

Here's another of my favourite piece of Chopin's work

Grande Polonaise Brillante In E flat major With Preceding Andante Spianato In G major Op.22 -- Polonaise. Allegro Molto

If you've seen The Pianist, you'll know that it was played at the end of the movie.

*Edit: Do you know where to get the piano score for Nocturne Op.32 No.2?

Yeah.. to play. When? I don't know. Probably in the next 3 years.

*Edit: By the way.... the website you showed me - http://www.imslp.org - looks astonishingly like wikipedia. Is it under the management of wikipedia?

Another hilary hahn fan here! I like her style
Where can I find her album Hilary Hahn Plays Bach in local stores? Tower Records KLCC dont have it 

My journey into classical began with Mozart. I like his symphonies and the Requiem, but regretted my purchase of the Violin Concertos (was unimpressed).

Next i'll be checking out more of Chopin and Rachmaninov.

Josh Groban classical ka??

my previous favourite is bach's toccata and fugue in d minor
and current favourite is the butterfly lovers concerto.
but can't find the one played by the "er hu"
only manage to find the one by Vanessa Mae (violin version)

edt:typo

Yup, it's called "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto" by vanessa mae
BTW, do you still want those songs on your list? Cause i got Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky?

great thread

classical lover all my life....cant list evrythng i listened coz thers too many (almost 5 gigs in my drive )

my current favourite is Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No 3...makes me wanna cry wen i listen to dis

Currently listening to
Alban Berg Chamber Concerto
Bartok String Quartets
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, Phantasy op. 47
Mahler 8th, 9th

I'm looking for a ultimate classical album.....the record could be relaxing and joyous...the music instrument in the album can be like violins, piano and orchestra is good too

ive downloaded from torrent site last year - flac version (juz coldnt find it in the market)...luckily got it before tmnut throttle my connection
i really recommend them to u

if u like mahler's 5th symphony..then u sure gonna like it
try getting this album "Meisterwerke Der Klassischen Musik", 16 cds in 2.3gig package..
have almost the prominent composers..i got it thru torrent too, coz coldnt find it in the local market...good classical recordings are just ridicously expensive here 
edited: here is a wonderful list of displaying the author's compilation of the saddest classical numbers saddest classical

Expensive is one stinking issue and applies to majority of desirable albums whom the local distributors insist on NOT reducing prices in their best interests (not the consumer), and local shops have hardly any interest in stocking up. There was a lot to choose from in the 80's till early 90's..after that, its depressing. Best bet is still buying from internet stores..hardly choice isn't it..or across the Causeway if there's opportunity.

hello.. nice thread..
i went to the matinee at MPO last sunday..
excellent stuff..!!~

Whoa thank god I found this thread
Another Classical listener here just started about last year when I got sick of all that noisy rock crap ! 

I've got 10.6GB of classical music and quickly growing too 
Mostly Wolfie's pieces lol

Currently Listening to Piano Concertos and Sonatas by Mozart I really like these:
Sonata in C KV545 Andante
Sonata in C KV545 Allegro
Sonata in A KV331 Andante
Sonata in C KV309-284b Rondeau
Sonata in F KV332-300k - Adagio
Concerto No 22 in Eb KV482 - Allegro
Concerto No 20 in D min KV466 - Romance
Concerto No 15 in B  KV450 - Allegro
Concerto No 21 in C KV467 - Andante

I also Like these Pieces and highly recommend them :
Kyrie For Mass in C minor
Overture to Don Giovanni
Flute Concerto No.2 in D Andante
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in A (K.622)
Adagio in C for Glass Harmonica
Aria - Non piu andrai From Le nozze Di Figaro
Cavatina - Porgi amor qualche ristoro From Le Nozze Di Figaro
Duettino - Che soave zefiretto From Le Nozze Di Figaro
Finale - Don Giovanni a cenar teco m'invitasti! From Don Giovanni
Symphony No 26 (Overture) in E-flat, KV 184-161a
Eine kleine Nachtmusik Rondo (Allegro)
Finale - Papagena Papagena Papagena From The Magic Flute
Andante from Concerto for Flute & Harp

Those are at the top of my head right now Maybe I'll post my favs from the other composers later 

Ayam a Chopin whore, love the Noctures and the hammeringly patriotic polonaises to bits, especially Maurizio Pollinis interpretation, although i'm still hunting down Rubinstein's interpretation.

I'm currently listening to Heifetz and Richter, Heifetz playing Grieg and Brahms and Richter playing Sergei. My fall back would be Tchaikovski's Violin Concerto played by David Oistrakh from time to time. Awesome stuff all the same.

Actually musicians only about 100+ only. The remaining 600+ players in a typical performance where there's 800 ppl are all singers. Male, female, boys. Sounds like opera

Sergei Prokofiev more like it (actually it's Sergey, but they kind of sound the same anyways)

I thought Paganini variations only existed for the piano. I guess the concerto is played in A minor, with Jascha lending it his speed and accuracy of Violin like no other, his technique is perfect and mellow when it need be.

The only thing i fear from musicians, especially the younger ones who try to emulate the expressions and deep emotional musings of their older compatriates is being to schmaltzy where the just push the emotion part too far and end up looking stupid.

Not in that list but its called "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman"
Wolfie did 12 Variations of the piece, I've got it in my HDD , 12mins long very nice variations !

Sure I got a few more recommendations:
Symphonie Concertante, K. 364; 1st Movement
A Musical Joke K522 - Presto
Serenade in Bb K361-370a [Gran Partita] - Molto allegro
Symphony No 1 in Eb KV16 - Allegro molto
Horn Concerto in E Flat- K495 - Allegro Vivace
Clarinet Quintet in A, (II. Larghetto)
Requiem in D Minor "Tuba Mirum"
Requiem in D Minor "Kyrie Elison"
Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Romance
Andante for Flute & Orchestra in C Major KV315
Flute concerto no. 1 in g major, k.313 - rondo

me too the entrance is Very epic !
anyway onto other composers

Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto no.2 - Adagio Sostenuto
Piano Concerto no.2 - Allegro Scerzando
Piano Concerto no.3 - Allegro ma non tanto
Piano Concerto no.3  - Finale Alla breve
Prelude in G Minor,Op.23,No.5

Frederic Francois Chopin
Etude In C Minor
Nocturne in E flat
Nocturne Op.9-2
Mazurka In B Flat
Etude In A Flat
Piano concerto no.1 - 1st Movement
Fantaisie Impromptu

Georges Bizet
Aragonaise from Carmen suite 1
Seguidila from Carmen suite 1
Les Toreadors from Carmen suite 1
Habanera
Song of the Toreador from Carmen suite 2

Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Overture to The Barber of Seville
Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Overture to William Tell (whole thing not finale)
La Danza

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
Anvil Chorus
E il sol dell'anima (you'll know this if you play CS lol)
La Traviata chorus

Johann Strauss I
Radetzky March

Johann Strauss II
Wiener Blut
An der schönen blauen Donau