Classic Music Quiz

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asian1 wrote:
2. Orchestra (Vangelis?) about Rising Sun (the title is "Morning" or something).
The tunes is famous for timpani sound.

Morgenstimmung from the Peer Gynt suites of Edvard Grieg?

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asian1 wrote:
1. Opera / classic song about Thor/Scandinavian god, usually sung by a fat lady.
When you hear the tunes, you can feel "something powerfull will come soon".

hm, or maybe Wagner's Ring of the Nebelungen? (with Brunhilde and so)

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asian1 wrote:
Any other popular Classic tunes?
Thank you.

hm, "Vissi d'Arte" from Tosca written by Puccini (sung by Maria Callas)?
Or "Valse Triste" written by Jean Sibelius?

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Ah, I remembered another quite known piece of music:
"O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.

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Vincent wrote:
I love that tune, just a pity it always seems to be over too soon.  2mins 36 is just too short :-(

Then you've not heard the original. That is quite a long piece of music

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I was wrong with the assumption the original "O Fortuna" was longer than 2:40 mins. The other songs on the cd are just really similar to this song.

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hm, I've forgotten Prokofiev's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Peter and the Wolf"

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And I also forgot Smetana's "Die Moldau"
and Erik Satie's "Gnossienes"