Enouraged by some of the other song treads out there and not wishing to impose this genre on those really good threads, each of which attempt to address a particular type and style, thought I'd start this thread for Waltz, Classical, melodic ... and the other genres that come close to those.

I dunno what shape this is going to take, but what the heck, it's Friday night(well, Saturday morning :P) and I have time to kill so here goes :)

Please feel free to add your picks as you wish.

Johann Strauss - Radetzky March Claudio Abbado - Wiener Philharmoniker
1991 Vienna New Year's Concert

Oh hello sndy,
Indeed you have not seen me for a while... have been so caught up with life and work. Kay garnay.. hope all is well with you..

Nautankiland?? Oh the thread? Will pop in in a mo, haita.

Take care.

Hey SL! Great Bach piece there, bud :).

Flips - Good one again :) That's gotta be my favorite (and most familiar) Vivaldi work.

That second Spring clipping was nice too SL.

Here's more Bach.

Brandenburg Concertos No.1 - i: Allegro Moderato



And this from wikipedia about Brandenburg Concerto No.1 , part of the 6-part Brandenburg Concertos, considered to be part of his best known orchestral works:

Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046

Title on autograph score: Concerto 1mo à 2 Corni di Caccia, 2 Hautb: è Bassono, Violino Piccolo concertato, 2 Violini, una Viola è Violoncello, col Basso Conintuo.

I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
IV. Menuetto - Trio I - Menuetto - Polacca - Trio II - Menuetto

Solo instruments: violino piccolo, corni da caccia I/II, oboes I/II/III, bassoon

Orchestra: violins I and II, viola, cello, basso continuo.

This concerto is the only one in the collection with four movements. The last movement is the only example of a menuetto and trio or polacca in the Brandenburg concertos.

An earlier version of this concerto, without the third movement, survives as a sinfonia, BWV 1046a (used as the opening of cantata BWV 208). This version lacks the violono piccolo and the polonaise in the final movement. The first movement can also be found as the sinfonia of the cantata BWV 52, Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht. The third movement was used as the opening chorus of cantata BWV 20

One More Nice Music.

Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047

Played here by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra:



This from wikipedia:


Title on autograph score: Concerto 2do à 1 Tromba, 1 Fiauto, 1 Hautbois, 1 Violino concertati, è 2 Violini, 1 Viola è Violone in Ripieno col Violoncello è Basso per il Cembalo.[1]

I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro assai

Solo instruments: trumpet in F, recorder, oboe, violin

Orchestra: violins I and II, viola, cello, basso continuo.

This piece was probably written with the court trumpeter in Cöthen, Johann Ludwig Schreiber, in mind.[5] Even after the invention of valves, the trumpet part is still considered one of the most difficult in the entire repertoire, although many specialist trumpeters regularly play this piece on the valveless trumpet for which it was intended.

The trumpet is not used in the second movement. It was common in the baroque era for the trumpet to rest in the middle movement of a concerto to allow the player to recover.

Ha ha .. girl interrupted. Well, since many of his compositions are soothing, maybe that is the affect ..LOL! Most definitely worth a shot I'd say!

:)

Oh goodness, tired and studying :) Hmmm ... Here's Mozart rocking ... this might be the number then:

ha ha ha ....

Oh well, I suppose you can't argue with taste ... one man's meat is another man's poison :)

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To the rest of the folks out there, here is Johann Strauss Jr's Fledermaus Overture

The Blue Danube....let's waltz!