Thought I'd add this to the forum that needs activity. I don't want to blend this forum with Other Music at it will go off the page and be hard to find. Thought I'd start it off with Piano shred. :D
Chopin Etude #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpZr_cbYbXo

Fantastic. Loved those arpeggios. Excellent playing and composition. A max 10/10.

Next up is John Williams playing Asturias (Isaac Albeniz).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfFbuT3I6A

10/10.

I've seen/heard that once before. I think it's great. Very much so; 9/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh5Stk8Kzuw&feature=related

How about that, haha!

EDIT: Crap, neoshredder beat me to it.

10/10. Very well done by the orchestra on Yngwie's piece. I fixed the double so here is the next video.
Albinoni - Adagio in G minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMIlxPtLbwM&feature=related

sweet vid there ^ 10/10 he was feeling it, and the 7 string is badass. Mozart - Turkish March: skip to 1:03 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9MrlUOCj4c

Excellent. Love those little trills he uses. 10/10 for that.

Next is Handel's Queen of Sheba. (I'm learning this at the mo).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEUR1XHHD8

Exelent piece if Handel,like it so much... 10/10

Next is Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No.7 in G Minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhNvpw4gaw0

Excellent. 10/10. The harpsichord is the instrument I like listening to most after the guitar.

Jacques Loussier plays a jazz version of Air on a G String by J.s Bach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_fCWCixDk&feature=related

That was amazing. I love both classical and jazz, this couldn't have been done better! 10/10

Here's Sibelius' Finlandia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMBR0S5784o&feature=related

I guess that all the music mentioned so far has to be 10/10. I love Sibelius so I definately have to give another 10/10 Acousolysis. I would love to go to Finland to find out about the country and culture that inspired such powerful music

My contribution is Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia.

Tallis Fantasia

Beautiful music in that piece HK. First time I'd heard it. 10/10

Miserere by Allegri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x71jgMx0Mxc

There's an interesting story behind this piece. The Vatican used to have the music for this under lock and key as it was considered diabolique in sound I think. It was only ever performed on special and very few occasions at that but Mozart heard one of the performances as a child and was able to write out the music from memory.

The 10/10 streak ends here. Not a fan of choir sounding classical music. I prefer Symphonies much more. 7/10 to be fair though.
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck

Oh, yes! Absolutely one of my favorite classical pieces. A goddamn 10 outta 10!

Haydn Symphony no. 88 Finale. I fell in love with this piece when I heard it on Gilbert's Get Out of My Yard record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlURvraEmeY

Very cool. I'll give it a 8.5/10.
Handel - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TGKJ9MgCOQ

I liked it, but didn't really catch me. I guess I should listen to it more. 8/10

Now it's time for... Niccolò Paganini's 24th Caprice on classical guitar!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98y0Q7nLGWk&feature=related

Great piece and playing. 10/10. Watching that makes me think about taking up Classical guitar but there's no way I could cut it!! lol.

Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BOsmat5ksXY&feature=related

Very Nice! A classical of classical music lol. 10/10 for sure

here's one I've always enjoyed.

Vivaldi's Four Seasons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-MIDDfckw

and Alexi Laiho's and Roope Latvala's Version of the Same piece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nr3vYIRBGQ

Excellent. 10/10. My favorite Vivaldi piece.
Uli Jon Roth - Recuerdos De La Alhambra (Tarrega) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yTY-TS4iYs

hmm, that last piece just didn't do it for me to be honest.. I'd say 6/10.


here's one I love A lot.

"In the hall of the mountain king" from Peer Gynt suite, by Edvard Grieg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyi3C4gNnE&feature=related

Used to be one of those cool classical pieces that everybody liked although nobody listened to classical music back in elementary school. Surely deserves its status. 9/10

Peter and the Wolf March by Prokofiev: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctsWdUaHsHM

The 24th caprice played on guitar was great ( quite a few posts up ) , but more left hand strength to get the true dynamics on this I'm afraid , but the " correctness " of this cannot be denied...amazing. If it hasn't been said before...Itzhak Perlman is the greatest violinist of at least our time ( and is who I reference anything to Paganini's ).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCePRgqO-HI&feature=related

Awesome. I've been listening to Paganini since I was a kid and nobody does it better than this guy. 11/10 (one louder!)

Mozart: Des Irae (Requiem Mass)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M_YSEbAWA0Y&feature=related

Yeah , the " dynamics " I was refering to ...it's an instance where hammer - on / pull - off requires more effort than picking each note ( listen to the violin versus guitar ). And there was no youtube when I had most of this worked out on bass guitar ( at least the cool parts ).

Your link means more to someone than it does to me ...very emotional and dynamic..powerful. Too much for a simple ac mechanic to appreciate...really ( no sarcasm ). These " orchestral " pieces with vocals are someones " lifes work " ( Mozart in this instance I guess ).

Foods here...gotta think quick...here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZs6D-w0Ex4&feature=related

oK , I'm really starting to feel like a " buzzkill " ( last post that just " hangs " , lol ). I hate being the last post , and more than once. I'm just gonna watch for awhile.

That last piece and performer are just freakin' sick!!! Impeccable! 10/10.

Here's a shred version of Rondo Alla Turca.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f89gTmrE4ms

LOL..yeah , I guess that's what is meant by " Prodigy " , Ihtzak Perlman is just awesome.

Joey Taffola has a bit of " Rondo " in the song " Stalingrad " ( going on old memory here ) ...very cool.

I'm sure this is old news here on this forum , but when I learned this ( on bass guitar ) it was on a record ( vinal ) .. ( Alcatrazz " Live Sentence )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0EABYR39ck

10/10 for what it did for me at the time

nice, Yngwie playin Some bach! He was skinny then!! but yeah he nailed it I especially like those trills he threw in.

Concierto De Aranjuez (played by John Williams)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WgoSfV_Kg

Along with Asturias that's my fave Classical guitar piece. John Williams is one of the greats of the instrument. 10/10

Mozart Capriccio in C (harpsichord).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=Ayt_ng5Y-1o

Well I would have posted the Ralph V Williams Variations but Hurricane beat me to it :) Beautiful song! So just maybe y'all will feel this next one (wish it was louder) Gabriel Pierne's Impromptu Caprice for harp; Love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk_chpvwE50...C7356768F3ED944


Ohh and then there's Debussy my all time fav! This ones Arabesque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWpV7L4YHuU

Lovely sounding instrument and great technique on that piece dude. I'm gonna rate it 9/10.

Next up is my favourite section from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana: Fortune Plango Vulnera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Xkv5tjXMw

Now I know I've been listening to too much Nobuo Uematsu, I half expected them to start chanting Sephiroth :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUOjj5o4J0
This is a particular favourite of mine, been meaning to butcher it in a rock arrangement for some time, but I've never gotten round to it.

You gotta rate the piece guys as well as submitting your own choice. ;)

That last piece would work really well on guitar. Really liked it so I'm gonna rate it a 9/10.

Next up is Vivaldi: Et in Terra Pax (Gloria NO.2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&feature...d&v=c8iETNXRV5I

8/10 Vivaldi is one of my fave composers but i'm not a fan of choir singing like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV_WerbAWg&feature=related

Id give your choices Ibanez in order (Fortune 8/10) & (Gloria 10/10)
Last one was very nice.

Not really blown away with the trumpet piece so maybe a 6/10

I picked the next one for the song alone not the player (prefer Christopher Parkening) But his version on utube was sounding bad, but John Williams is no slouch :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPfZVflJdp0&feature=related

Flawless. One of my fave Jonny Bach pieces. Can only be 10/10.

Next up is Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LupmmElMoI&feature=related

That was pretty good IbanezDaemon! I like how it got louder and more intense at the end.

9/10.

Sergey Rachmaninov "The Isle of the Dead"
-this is a really Good one, not very well known but I think it has a very good "dark and mysterious" sound. Rachmaninov is also a favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWPkRMxtgVQ

Excellent. Hurricane Kid first put me on to that piece. Like you say Tay it is very dark and the music complements the title perfectly. 10/10

Next up is Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=s_0GekZl7YA

Very haunting. Nice one 9/10
Johann Strauss - Tales from the Vienna Woods. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEbUL6uARwI&feature=related

Didn't really catch me. 7/10

Not good for me to say, as usually I can't give an opinion on songs before hearing them through several times.

Here's arguably Edvard Grieg's most popular piece, "In the Hall of the Mountain King". I'll have to find a record of E.G. someday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpzxKsSEZg&feature=related