Sure. Most commonly piano pieces, since i play abit myself.
One of my favorites would be Chopin, crazy ass musical genius.

For crazy piano, you've got to look at Rachmaninoff!

Just for a sneak peak into Chopin: search youtube for his preludes, i like the ones from Evgeny Kissin a lot. There are some nice compilations where he plays them all.
Behold the splendour and variety!
And ofcourse this is only some preludes...

But sure Rachmaninoff, as i said if i listen classical music i'll listen to piano music. Great pieces, but just amazed by Chopin every time ;)

On a sidenote:
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata movement 3 is hot stuff!

I must say that one of my very favorite composers has to be Shostakovich.

I really enjoy classical, especially the northern composers, eg grieg and tchaichoskvy

Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture is the greatest piece of music ever composed.

The finale to his fourth symphony is close behind.

I listen to classical music on the radio while I'm driving. I couldn't name a modern artist to save my life.

@Zaza - that could be awkward.
I must admit I can't drive or work with classical music on - I tend to focus too heavily on analysing the structure and musical techniques adopted.

Not an expert, but I haven't heard a bad piece of chamber music yet.

One of the aims of this thread (since it seems to have some interest, yay!) is to allow people to suggest pieces of music or composers to each other. So... does anybody have any particular piece that they would like to share?

Elgar's 'cello Concert in E Minor!
Bach's 'cello Concerto in A Major: Allegro Assai
Robert Prizeman's Voca Me

I listen to classical, but none of that modern crap. Good classical music died in Vienna in 1791 (with a few limited exceptions). Vivaldi is my favorite composer, and my favorite piece of all time is "Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera" - you can get it from Amazon for $.99:

http://www.amazon.com/Nulla-Mundo-Pax-Sincera-Hirschfelder/dp/B000V6NV7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1275705889&sr=1-1

I never listen to classical by itself, but I LOVE opera!

Does that count?

I just can't listen to something for too long without that human component, the voice...

Puccini (my favorite), Mozart (my friend is a Mozart FIEND, she loves him so much, fi she COULD marry him...), Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Gilbert and Sullivan- that's what I like.

And The Beatles (but they're not classical, are they?) ;)

i like some pieces

Perpetuum Mobile by Penguin Cafe Orchestra is good stuff.

The purists will hang me for suggesting it's classical, but it fits into my notion of classical music.

Tchaicovsky and Dvorak would probably be my favorites. I'll take some Vivaldi, too. And Pink Floyd....and the Beatles...and Van Halen NOT Haggar...

Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and Firebird; Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition; if we happen to be calling contemporary orchestral/chamber pieces "classical" (which they're technically not), then I must say George Crumb's Black Angels and many of John Adam's pieces

For those who have said that they like Vivaldi, I suggest they check out his 'folia'. It's based off a progression established by Lully. Here's a link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BLfaQ98FbM

the onyl classical music i listen to would be John Williams. does that count

No.

Mozart's Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflot, Le Nozze DiFigaro, and Mass Requiem. In fact pretty much everything W.A. Mozart wrote (although I've long grown tired of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik).

Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Ravel's Bolero, Barber's Adagio, Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, and Bernstein's West Side Story Dances.

Define 'classical'...

A much abused word.

I do listen to a lot of older music, orchestra based. I detest opera though with a venom only equalled by my loathing of Rap/Hip Hop.

I do not like Chamber Music - I find it somewhat empty.

Favourite pieces? Too many to list really but I can say that I go with orchestras and conductors as much as I do with composers: my pet hate being conductors who decide that things should be played a lot faster and leave what could have been a majestic experience totally disappointing.

I have two recordings of the Enigma Variations (Elgar). In one, Nimrod lasts 6 minutes 8 seconds, in the other it runs out after 3'28... Heaven and Hell.

Bach: Mass in B Minor, the Bradenburg concertos (concerti? Whatever) and anything played by Glenn Goul;. Mozart - the overture to The Marriage of Figaro; Vivaldi - concertos for mandolin; Chopin - the "raindrop" prelude; Copland - Quiet City; yadayada...

Can't say I'm too much of a classical music buff, but I've acquired a small taste for it while learning to play piano.

That said, I'm a sucker for a little opera every now and then (which I, as a young 20-something, seldom admit). Wagner's complete Ring Cycle, is my absolute favorite.

J/K. Yes, I suppose John Williams counts, although he goes under my general rule that post-1791 classical music sucks. I will admit that the Imperial March is a very catchy tune, however, and probably the single most recognizable piece of music of the 20th century.

That would be Glenn Gould not Glenn Goul...

For Tchaikovsky, I prefer Marche Slav but 1812 is great on patriotic holidays. I forgot to mention the Concerto Aranjuez by Jobim.

Any one here like Ives? Oh and I forgot Copland's Quiet City. I played that at UC's Conservatory some 26 years ago. Awesome piece.