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Dramatic Classical Music

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QueHuong

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I'm looking for dramatic classical music along the lines of...

Requiem - Mozart
New World Symphony - Dvorak
5th Symphony - Beethoven
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven (the really fast movement, I think it's the 2nd Movement)
etc.
 
if you dont mind using movie soundtracks, Hannibal has some great songs!
 
Carmina Burana - Orff (usually just the first two movements)
9th Symphony, 4th Movement - Beethoven
Great Mass in C Minor - Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 1 First Movement - Tchaikovsky
Btw, only the last movement of New World would be "dramatic" (IMO)

Edit: Also on the soundtrack note - Tracks #3 and #13 on the Gladiator Soundtrack would apply
 
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. I love this and it's so dramatic.

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. That's another good one.

Richard Wagner, The Ride of the Valkyries
 
A few suggestions, of dramatic music from the romantic and late-romantic period:

Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3
Ottorino Respighi: Symphonic Poems (such as "Pines of Rome", Roman Festivals etc.) - very dramtic
Gustav Holst: The Planets - a "must have"

A little more modern, but still very dramtic:
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Various Symphonies (greatest contemporary finnish composer)

this is some "accesible" dramtic classical music - just on the top of my head
 
wow...so much to choose from. As a concert pianist, I am partial to piano music🙂 Here goes.

Piano Concertos (I suggest the whole piece to get the idea, but single movements are fine...usually 1st and 3rd are faster/more dramatic and 2nd is more lyrical).

Rachmaninoff No. 1, 2, 3, Paganini Variations
Saint-Saens No. 2
Grieg
Tchaikovsky (already mentioned above)...1st is better than 2nd and 3rd concerti
Beethoven No. 3, 4, 5
Liszt No. 1, 2

Ok, enough concerti....time for some solo piano repertoire:
Liszt (most things): Mephisto Walts No. 1, Ballade No. 2 (these are 2 of my war horses I use for competitions...great stuff).
Islamey's Balakirev
Chopin: any of the 4 ballades or scherzi, Etudes
Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 No. 12 (an encore I often use...quite effective)
Rachmaninoff: Etudes, Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux, etc....a lot of great romantic, typically Russian music with luscious melodies, etc.

Ok, what else...symphonies:
Brahms (any of his 4 symphonies)
Dvorak...sure
Beethoven 1, 3, 5, 9 are the most popular
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (maybe a bit too eclectic for your tastes)
Tchaikovsky symphonies or ballet music
Strauss: Thus spake Zarathrustra (theme stolen/borrowed for 2001 space odyssey)
Strauss and Wagner is good for big "schmultz" and great melodies


correction to QueHuong: beethoven Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" 3rd movement is fast (2nd movement is a scherzo).


Anyhow, this is what came off the top of my head in 10 minutes...if you need other suggestions, PM me🙂

-Elias
 
I was going to suggest Rachmaninoff, but GMElias got that covered, among many other pieces that I like (but sadly can not play, and probably never will).
 
A small list I made just for you🙂 (they are in no particular order except for Ravel and Smetana...at the top as they should be😀 )

Recently I agreed to stop sharing music on here so don;t ask for any🙁 I'll give you names of albums etc though🙂

1. Bolero - Ravel

2. 2.Vysehrad - Smetana

3. Vltava - Smetana

4. Sarka - Smetana

5. From Bohemia's Woods And Field - Smetana

6. Elegy in D Flat, Op.23 - Dvorak

7. Carmen Suite No. 2: Danse Boheme - Bizet 😀
8. Carmen Suite No. 2 - Bizet

9. Vocalise, Op.34 No.14 -Rachmaninov

10. The firebird Suite - Stravinsky

11. So Am I - Gershwin

12. Symphony No. 5 (Allegro)- Beeethoven

13. Symphony #1 - Sibelius 😀

14. Slavonic Dances, Op.46 - No.2. - Dvorak

15. Slavonic Dances, Op.46 - No.8. - Dvorak 😀

16. Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92 Allegretto - Beethoven 😀

17. Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg

18. Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No.5 - Rachmaninov

19. Gymnopedies - Erik Satie

20. The Maiden In The Tower, Opr in One Act: Scene 3 - Sibelius 😀

21. Karelia-Ste, Op.11: Ballade - Sibelius 😀

22. Holberg Suite - Grieg

23. Solveig's Song - Grieg

24. Jupiter - Holst

25. Mars - Holst

26. Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor (unfinished): Movement 5 - Mahler

27. Adagio di Molto - Sibelius :Q

28. Sinding / Suite en la M. Op10, Presto - Sibelius

29. Concerto, Op. 47, In D Minor: Allegro moderato - Sibelius :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

30. Concerto, Op. 47, In D Minor: Allegro, ma non tanto - Sibelius

31. Concerto No. 2, Op. 63 In G Minor: Andante assai - Prokofiev

32. Valse Triste, Op. 44 (6'02) - Grieg

33. Serenad - Sibelius :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

34. Koskenlaskian morsiammet - Sibelius

35. Soluppgang -Sibelius

36. Concerto in E Minor - Mendellsohn

37. Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor, op31 - "Fredrick, Fvicking, Chopin " 😉

38. Scheherazade, symphonic suite, Op. 35: No. 2, "The story of Kalender Prince" in B minor - Rimsky-Korsakov :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

39. Scheherazade, symphonic suite, Op. 35: No. 4, "Festival at Baghdad - The Sea" in E major - Rimsky-Korsakov :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

40. Living Waters - Glass

41. Tosca: E lucevan le stelle - Puccini 😀

42. Slavonic Dances, Op.46: No.8 in g: Presto Dvorak 😀

43. "Auferstehung" Allegro maestoso - Mahler
 
Originally posted by: Legendary
Carmina Burana - Orff (usually just the first two movements)
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I enjoy "O Fortuna" as much as the next listener, but would that not be more correctly classified as opera?

Certainly dramatic, no contention.
 
i think most mahler symphonies would fit in this as well....very dramatic music, more recent as well
 
Wow, great list!

I listened to Holst's The Planets in concert on Thursday - the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was performing it. It was enjoyable, but I wouldn't say my favorite.
 
Chopin's Etude Op.10 No.3 always makes me emotional. 🙂
Find a non-midi version of it, and you'll see what I mean.

In the Hall of the Mountain King by E. Grieg. Always overused in movies, but still packs a punch.
 
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