The Lark Ascending

[mikey4444]

I have just listened to "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams.

I must have heard this a thousand times but it still sounds as magical as it did, when I first heard it at age 15.

Does anyone else have a piece of favorite classical music that has stood the test of time ?

[Mamyalynne]

I have and it is, wonderful.

[Quizproquo]

I've heard that too Brainiac and I love it. There's something about strings that just does it for me, so Adagio is perfection in string.
Mama, I'm jealous

[sandyRoe]

I like this, Elgar's cello concerto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rVW4Z70TfE

[brainiac]

Mamya and Quiz - Adagio for Strings is a string orchestra arrangement of a movement from one of Barber's String Quartets. The original with just the four instruments is rarely played, but gorgeous if you can find a recording

[marval]

I love The Lark Ascending mikey.

The humming chorus from Madame Butterfly always gets to me.

There are so many classical pieces I love.

[Mrsspagnoli57]

Tough ask mikey4444 can't think of one more than another but here goes-apologies in advance-all opera pieces but my favourite medium.
Overture to La Gazza Ladra-Rossini (Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado)
Si Vendetta-Rigoletto by Verdi
Il Trovatore duet-Verdi
Luche di Questa amima- Linda de Chamounix Donizetti
Perhaps my favourite non opera piece would be Beethoven's 9th
So much fabulous music

[-SharonA-]

I like Eine Klein's nachtmusik.

[mikey4444]

Interesting suggestions here !

Message to Ed........when are we going to get our ability to use YouTube back ?

[murraymints]

[andy-hughes]

Tchaikovsky's Piano Number One always does it for me.

[Old_Geezer]

Thank you JB

[vetuste_ennemi]

Too many, Mikey. While looking (unsuccessfully) for Boris Godunov on IPlayer I stumbled on a snatch of Mendelssohn's violin concerto (one of my first records as a kid) and the first movement of another favourite, the Elgar cello concerto, played by a young Argentinian woman. Spent an afternoon listening to different versions of it on YouTube (including one by the late Jacqueline Du Pré with Barenboim conducting.

But I fell in love with the Massenet Méditation (far too) many years ago, and love it still.

Just listened to Lark Ascending with Janine Jansen.

[vetuste_ennemi]

When I say "with Janine..." - well, you know what I mean.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Oops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G555rLsczMY

[vetuste_ennemi]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G555rLsczMY