Pilzkopf

Symphony No. 2 (The Romantic) by Howard Hanson is absolutely gorgeous. An excerpt from it was used as the closing music for Alien.

Voice_of_the_Soul12,13,01

you guys know if there's anything by Samuel L. Hazo in store I can buy?

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Music Man

I'd start with the early and work your way forward. Here are a few recommendations to get you started:

Baroque era:

Johann Sebastian Bach--The six "Brandenburg concertos"
Johann Pachelbel--"Canon in D"

Classical era:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphonies #40 and #41
Franz Josef Haydn--"The Horn Signal" (Symphony #31)

Transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras :

Ludwig van Beethoven--Symphonies #5 and #9
Franz Schubert--"The Great" (Symphony #9)

Romantic era:

Johannes Brahms--Symphony #4
Johann Strauss II--The Blue Danube

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Rkmajora

JS Bach is truly a musical genius. I recommend everything by him as well.

mixed meters

Try Grainger - Children's March
Or Zappa - Dog Breath Variations.

Advent

I second the Brahms mention from an earlier post. In fact, most of the stuff that came from the Romantic era is absolutely amazing. I personally suggest looking into Faure and Ravel while you're at it. Both have some amazing classical pieces.

Aside from the above mentioned though, my favorite composer and one that I always end up suggesting would be Gustav Holst. Most of the 'planets' compositions are amazing.

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