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Your favorite composer's MOST charming music

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#1 · (Edited)
Forget about the seriousness of your favorite composer's work, what works of your favorite composer is the most charming? Charming in a way that it is full of life and will put a smile on your face.. (i.e. the opposite of Beethoven's Grosse Fugue, hahhaa).

:)

Here's my mine:

Franz Schubert:

The second movement of Symphony no. 3



Octet in F - 3rd movement



and of course!


Die Forelle




What's yours?
 
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#6 ·
The charm of Glazunov has no end... NO END...

I will limit myself to just a few



May I have this dance, Huilunsoittaja?





Heck yes!!!

What a lady's man! *swoons* :D <3 <3 <3
 
#9 ·
I'll follow Huilu's & Hassid's way and add a few more Russians:

Prokofiev, a lot of his stuff (eg. Peter and the Wolf, Sym.#1 'Classical'), but esp. the March from The Love for Three Oranges

Shostakovich's Waltz #2 played & arranged by the king of schmaltz (or the waltz?) himself, Andre Rieu.

Stravinsky's Ragtime and also his Russian Dance from Petrushka performed by the late Alexis Weissenberg (a joy to watch and hear!).
 
#20 ·
Of my top three composers:

Brahms: I think his work for clarinet. I've a lot to explore yet of his work though, having focused so far chiefly on the Requiem, Piano Concerto #2, and chamber music.

Mahler: He's wonderful, exciting, tragic, intense. Charming is not a word that comes to mind with Mahler. However, I think the brief 5th movement from symphony #3 with the boys' choir does in fact fit the bill.

Mendelssohn: almost the opposite of Mahler. I find quite a lot of his work charming, in fact why I can listen to him at almost any given moment. His concertos and chamber works especially.
 
#28 ·
Mahler: He's wonderful, exciting, tragic, intense. Charming is not a word that comes to mind with Mahler.
I think Mahler could be plenty charming. Especially in his earlier symphonies. For example:

The 2nd movement of the 2nd symphony:
The 2nd movement of the 3rd symphony:
The trio of the 2nd movement of the 4th symphony: (1:41 and 5:03 of this video)
the last movement of the 4th symphony (Maybe the most charming of all):

The 3rd movement of Das Lied:
The 4th movement too:
 
#23 ·
I suppose I ought to contribute something!

Franz Schubert - Notturno
Sublime, charming, mesmeric, serene, one would run out of adjectives trying to describe music of such beauty!



Mozart Symphony No. 36 "Linz". Third Movement "Menuetto."



Mozart Serenata Notturna k. 239



Of course, Mozrat wrote plenty of charming music, but these ought to suffice for now!
 
#25 · (Edited)
I would not claim to have a favorite composer, as none was a master at all of the various forms of composition that comprise classical music, but I think that most every composer who intends to charm the listener will be successful. While the musicians are largely responsible for being consistent with such intent in their interpretations.
 
#27 ·
I try to keep them maximum as 5 pieces.

Brahms:
- Piano Concerto No.1 - I. Mestoso
- Symphony No.3 - IV. Allegro
- Serenade No.1 - VI. Rondo: Allegro
- Piano Trio No.1 - First movement
- Ein Deutsches Requiem - Denn Alles Fleisch, Es Ist Wie Gras

Dvorak:
- Violin Concerto - II. Adagio ma non troppo
- Symphony No.6 - IV. Finale Allegro con spirit
- Piano Trio No.4 "Dumky": IV. Andante moderato
- String Quartet No.13 in G major - II. Adagio ma non troppo
- Piano Trio No.3 - IV. Finale Allegro con brio

Schumann:
- Symphony No. 3 'Rhenish' - I. Lebhaft
- Symphony No. 4 - III. Scherzo: Lebhaft
- Piano Quartet - III. Andante
- String Quartet No.3 - II. Assai agitato-Un poco adagio-Tempo risoluto
- Cello Concerto - 3rd movement
- Requiem fur Mignon
- Piano Concerto in A minor - I. Allegro Affettuoso

It takes much time! Praper yourself for my next marvelous post in the future!
 
#32 ·
Wagner's "Siegfried Idyll" is pretty charming. Of my other favourites, Bruckner never composed a charming thing in his life, and when Mahler sounds charming, I always have a sneaking suspicion that he's just being ironic...
 
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