Classical Music Lovers

Rachmaninov's 5th piano concerto.

I meant the 3rd, but the 5th is good to. Have not listened to them in a while.

 

Beethoven's "Devil" Something?? I don't know what that is but you might want to look into the 2nd and 4th movements of his 9th Symphony. The 5th Symphony, 1st Movement, might be the most famous movement in all of symphonies in classical music.

As for fast-paced, also look into any overture by Rossini, especially the William Tell (the Lone Ranger theme) and The Thieving Magpie (used in Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange").

 

Minute Waltz by Chopin. It's a short solo piano piece, very fast paced.

 

Anything by Wagner is pretty over the top in my book.

 

KUHT Radio in the middle of the day. Always filled with classical shizzle... for rizzle, my nizzle... waltizzles like the blizzle danubizzle.

What about Tchaikovsky's classics on ballet? For example, the Nutcracker Suite is a good one. What about Chopin's Funeral March or The Blue Danube or the Emperor Waltz? I like waltzes. Reminds me of my days as a chamberlán in the Quinceañeras... ahhh... those were the days...

 

I listen to this streaming station all the time while studying

http://theclassicalstation.org/internet.shtml

 

I like Vivaldi's Presto (violin concerto in A minor)

if you like weird, but fast paced try some of that Celtic fiddle stuff

 

Wagner is the DEFINITION of over the top.

Find some stuff by Charles Ives too. Especially any of his "marches"...

 

nerds...j/k

I like Symphony No. 9

 

Try this one:

Push the green button below to play. You might want to jump to around 5:43.

It's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt

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'Mars, the Bringer of War' from Holst's 'The Planets'.
The overture from 'Candide' by Leonard Bernstein.
'Rite of Spring' (Stravinsky) has parts that are REALLY high energy, in an anxiety-inducing type of way.
Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance' - even if it doesn't sound familiar, trust me, you've heard this.
The presto agitato from Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' (Piano Sonata #14).
For pure bombast, you can't really beat the 'Sunrise' (or 'Dawn') opening from Strauss's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' (it's used as the 2001 theme).

 

Prokofiev - 5th symphony, Romeo & Juliet

Shostakovich - Jazz Suites, 9th

Dvorak - Slavonic Dances, "New World" 9th Symphony

Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

Mahler - 4th and 5th

Rachmaninof - 2nd & 3rd concertos

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhib (parts are fast and dramatic)

 

Beethoven's Ode to Joy and Leonore Overture No. 3 are the tops.

And yeah, Rossini's overtures are mostly upbeat.

 

Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

or pretty much any track on this CD:

http://www.amazon.com/Time-Life-Presents-Classical-Thunder/dp/B00081U6XC

 

Profonation from Jeremiah Symphony (Leonard Bernstein)
Festive Overture (Dmitri Shostakovich)
Prelude, Siciliano, & Rondo (Malcolm Arnold)

This is a little more modern but I recommend "The Chairman Dances" by John Adams or "1000 Airplanes on the Roof" by Philip Glass. Fantastic pieces.

Btw, as a music education major you have no idea how much this excites me. So happy there's a classical music topic on Clutchfans.

 

http://www.bondmusic.net

it might, at least, get your heart pumping faster.