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Do any of you like classical music? List your favourites here.

I love 'O Mio Bambino Caro' it makes the hair on my arms and neck stand up love it. Dave

My alltime favourite is the piece of music in Butterflies where Wendy Craig is thinking about her boyfriend but I can't remember what it is called. I also like.. Barber's Adagio for strings Beethoven's pastoral symphony Vivaldi's four seasons Eine kleine nacht musik by mozart Carnival of the animals by Saint Saens Toccata by Bach New world symphony by Dvorak 1812 overture by Tchaicovsky Peter and the wolf by prokofiev? Moonlight sonata by Beethoven Handel's water music Handel's firework music Air on the g string by Bach The planet suite by Grieg

No. 1 has to be Nimrod. then no particular order Entrance of the Qu of Sheba Any Bach organ music This may not come into your definition of Classic but record shops now seem to put all sorts where least expected, so TOP composer in my opinion - Gershwin.

Joe - Elgar's Nimrod is my favourite too:)

I'm surprised there's no Rachmaninov in anyone's list. Like the piano concertos and 2nd symphony. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue Shostakovitch Jazz Suites Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony - the Pathetique Janice

Rhythm and blues and soul music are my favourite styles of music but my favourite piece of classical music is by far the Karelia Suite, Op. 11 written by Sibelius - it gives me goose pimples every time I hear it. My favourite version of it is on an old 33 called 'Sargent Conducts Sibelius' with the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. Part of it was used as the 'signature tune' for an old TV programme which (I think) was called News Week. It is a truly wonderful piece - full of umph.

Ooooh yes, Sue in Wales. That Pearl Fishermen duet is also DEVINE. One of my Mam's favourites too. I also love Rosini - very melodic.

My choices at the moment In no particular order: Perpetuum Mobile - Simon Jeffes American Salute - Morton Gould Trumpet Voluntary The Opera - Hans Zimmer Summer - The Four Seasons Bolero - Ravel Pavane Canon in D Zadok the Priest

Janice I really approve - I love the Russian composers too. My dad brought me up on what he called the 3 giants of classical music, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven. He bought lots of LPs by the Atlas Theatre Company, which told stories with some wellknown actors including Alec McCowen & Geoffrey Bayldon, with pieces of classical music in between scenes. The music was always appropriate, so Hans Christian Andersen's Ugly Duckling had music by another Scandinavian, Grieg. The Sleeping Beauty had Tchaikovsky's ballet music, etc. I was particularly fond of some Gluck which accompanied the Three Musketeers, and Tchaikovsky's 4th symphony was Robinson Crusoe, while Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique with the March to the Scaffold was Treasure Island. nell

I also like Clare de Lune by Debussy Davex

Caucasian Sketches - Ippolitov-Ivanov Violin Concerto No 1 - Tchaikovsky All the symphonies - Tchaikovsky All the ballets - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 - Anton Rubinstein String Quartet & other works - Borodin Carmen - Bizet Anything by Chopin Anything by Rimsky-Korsakov Firebird ballet - Stravinsky Peter & the Wolf - Prokofiev Anything by Khatchaturian Most things by Elgar, Sibelius, Schubert, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Beethoven & Smetana Hansel & Gretel - Humperdinck Boutique Fantasque - Rossini Soiree Musicale - Benjamin Britten Gymnopedies - Eric Satie Symphonies by Balakirev & Glazunov Pines & Fountains of Rome - Respighi .. and that's just for starters! Don't like Baroque stuff and think Opera would be much better without the singing (apart from a very few arias). CB >|<

Here you go, Janice Tibble: Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. But that's only a start. Mahler's 1st Symphony Michael

The choral version of Barbers Adagio.... and much else. len

I listen to Classic FM a lot, and the ads drive me crazy too. It's also very annoying when I put the bathroom radio on, get into the bath or shower and they start playing opera (Classic FM, that is, not my bath or shower!). I hate all that screeching going on when I'm not in a position to turn it off. CB >|<

I like Strauss, all of them, Beethoven Wife likes Motzart best. There is an open air concert with the Royal Philharmonic, at Mount Ephraim Gardens at Hernhill, near Faversham on July 16. Champagne prizes for the best dressed (picnic) table. Concluides with a firework spectacular. David

Beethoven's symphonies 6 and 9 Mozart - Requiem Tchaikovsky - 1812 overture Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue Everything by Puccini but most especially La Boheme and just about all the other popular Operas. At the risk of upsetting purists, I would also include some of the most beautiful music written by present day composers for films such as 'The Mission' and for stage by Britain's own Andrew Lloyd Webber. Patty :-)

Patty, I don't see why film scores shouldn't be regarded as 'classical'. They seem to be very highly regarded and are regularly played on Classic FM, especially their request programmes. I think the works of Nino Rota, Jean Michel Jarre, Michel Legrand, John Williams, Michael Nyman and Hans Zimmer and Andrew Lloyd Webber fully deserve their place amongst the classics. CB >|<

DJ Lou, the music from 'Butterflies' was Adagio in G minor by Albinoni. My particular favourites are; Bach Handel Mozart Chopin Rachmaninov Shostakovich Musorsky Vivaldi Vaughan-Williams Peter Warlock Debussy Rodrigo to name but a few! :-) Viv

Anything by Andrea Bocelli - he and his voice are divine!!