symphonic tracks

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Following on from the piano tracks thread, what are your favourite symphonic works?

Mine would be Schubert's 'Unfinished Symphony' and Holst's 'The Planets'.

[TrueTears]

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony is a good one ( I remember doing it as a detailed study for 6th grade theory hehe)

[ninwa]

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony is a good one ( I remember doing it as a detailed study for 6th grade theory hehe)

theory ruined it for me, I can't ever listen to it now without being reminded of theory:(


The Bells - Rachmaninov [yes I'm a Rach fangirl so sue me]
Organ Symphony No.3 - Saint-Saens [loved it ever since I played the organ part for school once]
Moldau - Smetana
Nutcracker

also it's not really a symphony but ... Stravinsky's Firebird suite

[humph]

Beethoven's 7th, as I posted in the other thread.
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending, and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The latter in particular is incredible for the whole string choir stuff.

On the whole though I usually prefer concertos to symphonies. Mainly because symphonies have too much of an emphasis on strings, which I'm really not a fan of (except when Vaughan Williams does it...).

[excal]

Though not symphonic, I quite like 'Spem in Alium' by Thomas Tallis.

As for actual symphonic pieces, I'm not a huge fan of old stuff though (doesn't mean I don't like it, means there's stuff I prefer over it) there are a few treasures in there. I've actually been into more modern stuff - movie and game scores - mainly for interesting uses of instrumentation (or translations from their 8-bit originals) and how the music is often written to tell a story or highlight a theme in the game/movie.

Some that I can think of off the top of my head:

Clive Mansell - Lux Aeterna
Nobuo Uematsu - Terra's Theme (orchestral version) <- or pretty much any other orchestration from old MIDIs used in the FF series
Various bits and bobs from Hans Zimmer - The Rock, Crimson Tide
Mozart - Requiem
Pergolesi - Stabat Mater

There's probably heaps of others I haven't even though of - but yeah, I do like to my listening balanced with other stuff from my usual fare

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Handel - Sarabande

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAd3NpDi6Q

Played in Barry Lyndon, which by the way is a fkn awesome movie.

[TrueTears]

Handel - Sarabande

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSAd3NpDi6Q

Played in Barry Lyndon, which by the way is a fkn awesome movie.

lol i <3 that track as well

[EvangelionZeta]

Farandole - Bizet
Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (I'm sorry for being cliche!)

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REQUIEM - MOZART

[ninwa]

Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals

I can't believe I forgot this one!

+ karma to you

[Glockmeister]

Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals

I can't believe I forgot this one!

+ karma to you

Our school performed that a while back

As for mine well:

Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven
La Forza Del Destino - Verdi (only got into this one because I'm playing this in concert on the 16th)
Slavonic Dances - Dvorak (I've only heard a number of them)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 2nd Movement - Dvorak (better known as "From the New World" or "New World Symphony")

Not strictly symphonic but....

Miserere - Allegri (Eons ago, you could be ex-communicated by the Pope for transcribing or performing this song outside the Sistine Chapel. Also, knowledge of the first line of this piece could potentially save your life).
A few Gregorian Chants here and there too.