Whew. Good list. I'll just add a few.Demiurge said:Beethoven- Symphonies 5 and 9
Berlioz- Symphonie Fantastique
Schumann- Symphonies 1 and 3, concerto for piano
Borodin- String quartet #2, symphony 2
JS Bach- Toccata and Fugue in D minor for Organ
Dvorak- Symphonies 8 and 9, concerto for cello
Mendelssohn- Symphony 4
R. Strauss- Also Sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel
Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition
Bruckner- Symphony 9
Sibelius- Finlandia, Symphony 2
Holst- Rig Veda
Wagner- Der Ring des Nibelungen
Vivaldi- Four Seasons
Haydn- Symphonies 94 and 101
Schubert- Symphony 9
Brahms- Symphonies 1, 3, 4 and Piano Concerto 2
Schoenberg is awesome. Totally dissonant, yet strangely musical. People need to continue fooling with serialism to see if tonality can be alluded to as an aural illusion within the 12-tone atonal insanity.xxChaoticManifestoxx said:Arnold Schoenberg - Op 11, Op 19, Op 33a and 33b, Op 23, Op 25
This is really dissonant music. Weird chords all over the place and no real key being presented in the pieces. Schoenberg used dodecatonism, which he makes use of all 12 notes of the Western Chromatic Scale. Try it, it may not be the catchiest classical music you'll ever listen to but it's still good stuff.
I second the recommendation for Borodin, and also recommend Liszt since he hasn't been mentioned.dethfire said:I like stuff with high energy, catchy melodies and that are "moving", can be classical or modern, thanks!
Int said:And Rimsky-Korsakov!
polarity said:Brahms' "A German Requiem" hasn't been recommended yet, surprisingly. The first movement is probably the most moving piece of music I've ever heard.
http://grotesmurf.madscience.nl/music/kaleberg.htmDarkness Eternal said:Anonymousnick: isn't it "A Night on a Bare Mountain"? Tis what I've always heard it as anyroad.