[pupu]

I didn't like classical before...

Today I listened Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture for the very first time.

Damn, It has to be the most amazing thing I've heard in ages. I can't really explain but there was just something so special in it. I literally got goosebumps as long as it lasted

Even with my Sennheiser HD595... when the cannons fired... damn!!!

So, I'm gladly taking advices about classical music like this....

 

[granodemostasa]

good....
now try Mahler's 8th Symphony

 

[Oistrakh]

Totentanz (for piano and orchestra)... Turn it up LOUD, I've played in an orchestra accompanying it, and it is some POWERFUL STUFF.

Brahms Violin Concerto in D- Get the Oistrakh Version.

Liszt Sonata in B minor for Piano

Avoid Mozart if you want heavy powerful stuff...

 

[seacard]

Holst: The Planets
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Most symphonies will have moments of power, but also moments of joy, sadness, etc. If you just want the blaring trumpets and horns, you may not enjoy listening to an hour-long Mahler symphony for 10 minutes of power.

I think there is a CD called "Classical Music's Loudest Moments" or something like that (I saw it many years ago). You may want to check that out.

 

[papy]

and the "O fortuna", taken off Carmina Burana by Carl Orff...

Then again, you may way want to get this from a compilation as well, as the rest of the piece is not always like that.

 

[Aman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by granodemostasa good.... now try Mahler's 8th Symphony

I think that his third is simply incredible. The 8th is magnificent, of course, but "powerful" in a different way.

 

[Bunnyears]

Quote:

Originally Posted by granodemostasa good.... now try Mahler's 8th Symphony

Oh cruel!

 

[pbalcer]

How about Beethowen's 5th Symphony? Or Dvorak's Symphony #9 "From The New World". Wagner's the Ride Of The Valkyries is quite powerful, too.

 

[Oistrakh]

Quote:

Originally Posted by seacard Holst: The Planets Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade Shostakovich: Festive Overture

lol, I've actually played shostakovich's festive overture at the hatch shell a couple of weeks ago!

 

[cantsleep]

nice! let's have a little more recommendations.. this is kind of classical music that i've been looking for..

bookmarked*

 

[Oistrakh]

Johannes Brahms - Variations on a theme by handel op. 24

Mozart/Liszt: Reminiscences of Don Juan

 

[redshifter]

based on your first post, i'd suggest...

tchaikovsky:
cappricio italian
piano concerto #1
romeo and juliette suite
symphony #6
marche slave

beethoven:
wellington's victory (more cannons!! and muskets)
symphony #6 (thunderstorm movement)
symphony #9 (2nd movement)
missa solimnus (gloria)

handel:
halleluiah chorus
royal fireworks

edit for wagner:
siegfried's rhine journey (end of gotterdammerung)
tannhauser overture
ride of the valkuries

richar strauss:
thus spoke zarathustra (2001 theme)

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

Amazon.com, then search for "Classical" and "Thunder".

 

[Asr]

Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

 

[wolfB]

Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique

particular the sets #4 and #5.

I like this HiFi-spectacular recording, though I am sure there are better ones (Charles Munch on Living Stereo and Ansermet on Decca/London for instance).