| Find some good speakers or some headphones, crank the volume as much as possible without disturbing other people, sit back, relax, and enjoy my selections for the Top 10 Most Dramatic Endings of Classical Music. :) March 2012 Note: Since I made this, I'm pretty happy with my selections, but if I were to make it again today, I would probably include "Poem of Ecstasy" by Alexander Scriabin instead of the Johan de Meij. It's a lesser-known piece, but the ending is plain ridiculous. www.youtube.com (start at about 6:15) Links to videos: - Full 1812 Overture: www.youtube.com - Pines of the Appian Way: www.youtube.com - The Firebird from Fantasia 2000: www.youtube.com - Full Pictures at an Exhibition: www.youtube.com - Full Lord of the Rings Symphony: www.youtube.com - Full Shostakovich's 5th Symphony: www.youtube.com - Full In the Hall of the Mountain King: www.youtube.com - Full Sibelius's 2nd Symphony: www.youtube.com (first 6 videos) - All of The Planets: www.youtube.com - Full Mahler's 3rd Symphony: www.youtube.com Pieces turned down because I didn't think they were dramatic enough: - Mendelssohn's 5th Symphony - Bruckner's 4th Symphony - Symphony Fantastique (Berlioz) - Beethoven's 9th Symphony - Beethoven's 5th Symphony - Dvorak's 7th Symphony - Orpheus in the Underworld (Can Can) (Offenbach) - Organ Symphony (Saint-Saëns) - Rhenish Symphony (Schumann) Pieces turned down because they were by the same composer: - Mahler's 8th Symphony - Mahler's 2nd Symphony - Finlandia ... |
