Posted on 03/01/2006 7:54:55 PM PST by Reaganesque
I was sitting here tonight listening to Mozart's Requiem and I got to thinking: what do I consider to be the best work of music ever? For my part, Mozart's work really does the trick for me when I need to be re-energized. Therefore, I believe that his Requiem is the greatest work of all time. There just isn't another work that is as powerful and passionate. When the chorus sings the final "Amen" at the end of "Lacrimosa" I get the feeling that he knew it was the last thing he would ever write. It gives me chills at times.
Other favorites are:
Handel's Messiah
The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
"Dead Man's Curve."
Reunited - Peaches & Herb.
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
I've always wondered...if they'd had truckers in ancient Judea, what would have been the Messiah's Handel? Maybe it's just me.....
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh
Here I am at Camp Granada.....
Actually I like Clasical, but some of the rock stuff of the seventies was impressive to me...Emerson Lake and Palmer come to mind.....
Most of the most popular groups from that era really are not very good, but somehow I liked that particular group.
Zappa was a nut, but his group played instruments quite well...
I am also partial to Beethoven's 3rd Symphony (the Eroica) and Dvorak Symphony #9 (From the New World).
And yes...always Sinatra! And Nat King Cole, the Platters, and the Beatles.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Louie, Louie
Rule #1: If it has shown up on an infomercial for a CD collection at 2:00 AM, it is disqualified from any consideration for the "Greatest Musical Work of All Time."
The Eagles'- Hotel California
"Someone left a cake out in the rain..."
Qualifying music is a subjective endeavor...there for any 'best' is an opinion...
You ask an inplausible question...
I used to listen to music when I was in love...
Now all I listen to is business-market info and talk radio...
The South Park movie.
It was a musical.
"Happy Birthday"
ditto.
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or maybe his Opus 132 string quartet or maybe Brahms's Clarinet quintet or maybe Bach's b-minor Mass or maybe Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli or maybe Puccini's Tosca or maybe Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto....
Anything by Ricky Martin.
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