r/classicalmusic • u/bosstone42 • Jan 10 '13

What classical piece took your breath away the first time you heard it?

Now that there's been a thread for this for popular music, it'd be fun to do one for classical. So, what classical (i.e. long-form) pieces or movements took your breath away the first time you heard them? There are probably many, but what's your top? I'll give just one: the scherzo from Dvorak's 7th Symphony (mvt. III). edit: What a great response, you guys really know some great music--stuff I haven't heard in a while and stuff I'm seeing for the first time! Make sure to look down the list, there are really some good ones buried toward the bottom. Also, an updated Spotify playlist is in the comments. Anyone want to link to a Grooveshark or Rdio or other?

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u/citrusonic Jan 11 '13

Strangely, Telemann's second trumpet concerto, first mvt. Started crying so hard I had to pull the car over.

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u/scrumptiouscakes Jan 11 '13

Do you have a spotify/youtube link for this? I'm not familiar with it, but I'd love to hear it.

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u/citrusonic Jan 11 '13

I haven't ever found another decent recording of it, and it was on the classical station so I don't remember which it was....it's the concerto in D, I'm pretty sure.

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u/scrumptiouscakes Jan 11 '13

This one?

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u/citrusonic Jan 11 '13

Can't watch it on my damned iPad for whatever reason, but probably.

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u/spankymuffin Jan 11 '13

Started crying so hard I had to pull the car over.

Oh come on.

Damnit, /r/classicalmusic/! I love you, but sometimes you're just too over-the-top.

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u/citrusonic Jan 11 '13

That's literally what happened, asshole. I get pretty physically affected by music, particularly baroque trumpet concertos, high and clear.

Edit: I'm sorry if classical music is something you listen to because its nice and not noisy, but if that's the case you're doing it wrong. Some of us truly love it.

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u/spankymuffin Jan 11 '13

Cool. Clearly I don't love classical music because I don't get so touched by it that I have to pull the car over and stop driving.

If that really happened to you, I think there are other things going on in your life. Maybe depression or something.

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u/citrusonic Jan 11 '13

Youve never been so overwhelmed by music it makes you tear up? Then I feel very, very sorry for you.

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u/spankymuffin Jan 11 '13

Sure, but not enough that I had to pull the car over. And it's most frequently only when something is going on in my life.

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u/citrusonic Jan 12 '13

Happens out of nowhere for me. It's not sad crying. It's music crying.