Classical Music Contest

Kind of like the "Word Debates". Basically we have a contest on the better music. Voters, vote on who you think had the better choices. Trolling = Forfeiting the debate. I'll start.

This will be a first :P

Anyone who does not feel anything when listening to this has something psychologically wrong with them...

One of my favorites. :D

I see your Handel and raise you a Debussy :P

Considered to be one of the most influential impressionistic composers, Debussy, sadly, is not very well known outside of musical circles. In 1890, he composed his famous "Suite Bergamasque", to long to put the whole thing here, included within the "Suite Bergamasque" was his masterpiece, the Clair de Lune. While originally composed solely for piano (the Suite was a piano solo) there are beautiful orchestral arrangements, here is the London Symphony Orchestra playing an arrangement of Clair de Lune. I hope the people of DDO enjoy. :)

Here comes Corelli. :)

Arcangelo Corelli (17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.

The style of execution introduced by Corelli and preserved by his pupils, such as Francesco Geminiani, Pietro Locatelli, and many others, was of vital importance for the development of violin playing. It has been said that the paths of all of the famous violinist-composers of 18th-century Italy led to Arcangelo Corelli who was their "iconic point of reference".

Johann Sebastian Bach studied the works of Corelli and based an organ fugue (BWV 579) on Corelli's Opus 3 of 1689.

Unfortunately, Corelli is not as well known as he deserves to be. :(

And off the races: Tchaikovsky.

Two of Tchaikovsky's most well known pieces are the Nutcracker Suite and the 1812 Overture. For this round, I choose neither of these. My choice is Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor. This piece, although a bit longer (at 34 minutes), is well worth the listen. If you have a busy schedule at least play it while your doing whatever it is you need to do. It is considered to be one of Tchaikovsky's finest works. This version features pianist Martha Argerich, accompanied by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Enjoy! :D

The Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto or "Bach Double", is perhaps one of the most famous works by J. S. Bach and considered among the best examples of the work of the late Baroque period. Bach wrote it between 1730 and 1731 when he was the cantor at Thomasschule, in Leipzig, Germany.[

Now I was thinking of putting Mozart's unfinished master work (his Requiem) up, but, then I decided it would be to mean to put up a one hour piece of music. Then I'm like hmmm....maybe Bach's Goldberg variations....another 1 hour piece of music. GRRR...there's to much great classical music out there...

Once again, I must apologize for the length of this piece (at 30:09) it is rather long, but, it is worth the listen.

The 41st "Jupiter" Symphony, the last Symphony ever written by the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is unknown whether he actually got to hear the products of his own work. Considered to be one of Mozart's greatest works the piece is easily recognizable by its main theme. Enjoy! :D

The Marriage of Figaro was a comic opera composed in 1786 by Mozart, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais. Although the play by Beaumarchais was at first banned in Vienna because of its satire of the aristocracy, considered dangerous in the decade before the French Revolution, the opera became one of Mozart's most successful works. The overture is especially famous and is often played as a concert piece. The musical material of the overture is not used later in the work, aside from two brief phrases during the Count's part in the terzetto Cosa sento! in act 1.

I thank THEBOMB for this fun debate.

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Thank you 1dustpelt for this wonderful debate! :D

To finish off, back to Tchaikovsky we go. The 1812 Overture, a rather fitting piece for the end of a debate :P. It is notable for well....you'll see. Don't want to ruin the surprise.

Written to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon in 1812, it quickly rose to wide spread fame. This piece is well known by musicians and nonmusicians alike. I hope the readers err...listeners have all have enjoyed the music.