Favourite pieces of Classical music?

I've always had a thing for Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

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Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Holy cow guys...
I can't do this anymore ;):rofl2:. I feel like all this beautiful music talk is causing me to develop a second AD (Acquisition Disorder)...

Time to get my credit Card and update my iTunes account :idea:

We have to stop this insanity :banghead:...Between Str8 Razors, cremes and other shaving stuff and now, classical music I am going to go bankrupt :gaah:.

This site can be hazardous to one's health :(...I guess I have been assimilated :borg:

-Robert

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My dear Robert:

At this address, Beethoven and Boker rock. The price for admission is a roll of pleasure.

Regards,
Obie

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Originally Posted by Obie

My dear Robert:

At this address, Beethoven and Boker rock. The price for admission is a roll of pleasure.

Regards,
Obie

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:beer2::popcorn:

Hard to choose only one, but it would have to be Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3.

After that, anything by Bach or a cello and Yo-Yo Ma will do nicely.

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Originally Posted by Obie

Beethoven: especially the string quartets.

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Yes, yes, and yes, good sir! I don't know why I so love the Beethoven quartets. String Quartet in C# Minor from Op 131 is part of my regular rotation for morning shave music. It is so melancholy, and yet it exudes such beauty that one can enjoy its sadness and still come away feeling good... what a genius Beethoven was.

Sunday's shave selection comes to mind.

YouTube - M.Rostropovich - Haydn Concerto No.2 in D, 1st mov (1)

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Originally Posted by MrDavid

Yes, yes, and yes, good sir! I don't know why I so love the Beethoven quartets. String Quartet in C# Minor from Op 131 is part of my regular rotation for morning shave music. It is so melancholy, and yet it exudes such beauty that one can enjoy its sadness and still come away feeling good... what a genius Beethoven was.

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Hello, Mr. David:

You have excellent taste. The Opus 131, composed around 1825 and 1826, comes from Beethoven's introspective period. By then he was completely deaf (he died in Vienna in 1827, and his funeral was packed with 20,000 people). Yes, the piece is melancholy and exceptionally beautiful. Makes you reach within yourself for all kinds of reflection. Ah yes, the great Beethoven.

Regards,
Obie

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Originally Posted by Blue

Sunday's shave selection comes to mind.

YouTube - M.Rostropovich - Haydn Concerto No.2 in D, 1st mov (1)

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Hello, Blue:

Rostropovich was a great cellist. The cello he uses — that might be the one — has a little nick in it caused by Napoleon's boot spur, when the emperor had tried to play it. I forget who the cello's owner was at the time.

Regards,
Obie

When I find myself sitting in my office on rainy days, trying unsuccessfully to concentrate, I enjoy Debussy, especially the Preludes, Bk. 2.

At other times, and obviously for other reasons, there is always Wagner . . .

When I think of music to associate with a straight razor shave it has to be something testosterone filled like the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. However, I don't have the nerve to try shaving while it's playing. And, to induldge in a bit of irony, here it is played by a girl.
YouTube - Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement