help create me a classical playlist!

[nomdeguerre]

I'm no classical buff, and have really listened to none outside of waiting on hold.
Needless to say, I'm very inexpierienced. However, after listening to some modern classical tracks in a friend's car, I decided that it isn't too bad, and I want to give it a go.

So, help me create this playlist! Name any classical songs you enjoy, especially something more modern. Ease me into the world of classical music with something made for someone with a shorter attention span

So far I have:
Oblivion- Astor Piazolla

[tilt]

The Matrix Score :P

Most CD stores carry it

hmm,
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Craig Armstrong - Escape

[Doc Sarvis]

I've had friends that didn't have any experience with classical ask me the same thing. One recommendation that always goes over well is the first movement from Shostakovich's Piano Concerto # 2. You may have never heard it, but it will be instantly familiar. it's really fun music that keeps changing and growing in dimension. Give it a listen!

P.S. www.chandos.net offers song-by-song classical downloads for cheap!

[Mark from HFR]

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (the opening chorus especially, but the whole thing rocks)
Astor Piazolla: Tango Hora Zero
Philip Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
Sir Malcolm Arnold: Symphony #5
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Michael Torke: The Yellow Pages (composed around a bass line borrowed from a Chaka Khan song)
Conlon Nancarrow: Player Piano Etudes (kind of like an old player piano on acid)
John Adams: Common Tones in Simple Time
Frank Zappa: G Spot Tornado (orchestral version)
H.K. Gruber: Frankenstein!! (ya gotta love a piece with sections titled "Rat Song", "John Wayne", "Batman and Robin", etc)
John Adams: Fearful Symmetries (30 mins long, but what a wild adventure)
Kevin Volans: White Man Sleeps
Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 1
Serge Prokofiev: orchestral suite from "The Love for 3 Oranges"
Serge Prokofiev: Toccata
Silvestre Rivueltas: Sensemaya
Benjamin Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Olivier Messaien: Turangalila Symphony

Try a few of these, and you may find some stuff you get a kick out of. have fun!

[nomdeguerre]

thanks guys =D
So far, i have what you guys told me and the seasons by Vivaldi.

edit: minus that last post... will look into it!