Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (Especially The Hut on Fowl's Legs and The Great Gate of Kiev) This is easily my favorite classical piece. Got to hear it in full at the symphony a few days ago with demure and I could not contain my excitement. Holst - The Planets - Jupiter Sibelius - Finlandia Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 Vivaldi - Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor (Op. 3 No. 10) I also really like Hungarian Dance No. 5, but I think my favorite of those dances is No.6.
Not including the 9th, as that is something special all its own, this is my favorite of the Beethoven Symphonies. Here, take a listen one of my favorite recordings of it. Also props on The Planets. We play all eight when we do outreach and will have Jupiter and Saturn on repeat when it is time to show those planets off to the public.Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
That's a fabulous recording! We played the second movement last year (Allegretto) and I just loved my part. We cellos had an exciting part throughout the entire piece, which was super cool.
Allegretto is amazing. I used to listen to it often and recently rediscovered it while putting together the #3questions for coffeesp00ns.