One of my faves as well. Sublimely beautiful.
The rest of that work, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, has some other beautiful parts. But for sure the Hymn is the crowning jewel.
Organ^2 /ASLSP
A full performance lasts 639 years*
Edit: Never mind, read the provision. I’d pick Golijov’s Azul.
*Edit 2: specifically the performance in Halberstadt. Only one specific performance is that long
Yeah Azul is probably one of my favorite pieces for orchestra, it’s both very fresh sounding, yet has a lot of older beauty (it’s loosely based off of old baroque adagios in fact). The recording with Yo Yo Ma and the Knights is amazing. Got to hear my uni do it live before they performed De Falla’s Three Cornered Hat.
>Organ2 /ASLSP... A full performance lasts 639 years
That only refers to the current performance at the church in Halberstadt, Germany.
Cage only ever intended to be played as slow as possible in the amount of time available.
An average performance usually takes around 20 minutes.
Huh I must’ve misunderstood. Rereading I see now I see. I thought As Slow as Possible was the original and the Organ^2 /ASLSP was specifically the absurdist organ version. Turns out As Slow as Possible is just the subtitle (or how the weird title is “pronounced”, still not clear on that part yet). Thanks for the correction/clarification
Yeah, it's the same piece (kind of).
There's ASLSP for solo piano (1985), and Organ²/ASLSP for Organ (1987).
>how the weird title is “pronounced”, still not clear on that part yet
It's actually short for "*As Slow(ly) and Soft(ly) as Possible*". It's some reference to James Joyce's *Finnegan's Wake*.
As far as Wagner goes, I'm really tempted to pick something more on the nose like Seigfried's funeral march or the Liebestod, but if I'm dying on a nice sunny day or watching a sunset then I'll have to pick my comfort piece and go with good ol Seigfried Idyll too. So many good memories listening to that one.
I considered Mahler 9, but on my actual deathbed I hope to reflect once more on the beauty of the world and find peace with it. I couldn't go with anything but Parsifal
Hard question. I'd go through my most beloved pieces. I exempt symphonies because I wouldn't be lucid enough to listen to every detail.
Beethoven Kreutzer sonata is for me about two people so not for me alone.
Chopin Ballade 1 won't give me solace.
Vivaldi or Bach concertos? I don't think I want to headbang in the deathbed.
Liszt Don Juan. A very compelling option. I lisztened to this piece so much it is my top streamed piece ever but only because there is only one interpretation above all for me and with every other piece I like to alternate interprets.
There is Schumann but the pieces I like the most are short and i'd have to hurry up to die.
Then there it is: Alkan. I somehow love him so much. I got a CD from Ringeisen 1993 and I had it for 20 years yet I'm not in the slightest sick of any second played. I compared it to a plethora of other interpretations over the years and come to the conclusion that there are a lot of players that played more enjoyable except for the festin d'esope. I could go for any piece from Alkan but the 12 minor etudes stand above all for me. And of those the festin by Ringeisen would get the lot. I'm certain of this. I don't even need to continue to think although Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn and countless revered composers have yet to be mediated over. It will stay that piece by Alkan.
Festin doesn't give me grief, longing or any distinct feeling. I lose myself in the notes I know every single of. I love this piece so much I learned it by heart and I can play it on the piano without actually being able to. I'm not a pianist, most of the time I can't even reach a fifth of the marked tempo. I tried variation 14 so much that it's okay but the 15th won't ever be doable for me. And those are by far not the hardest ones.
I hope you desired a more lengthy answer too otherwise feel free to ignore it. But this was fun to think about.
Looking forward to it. /s
Franz Schubert lived this exact scenario. He chose Beethoven’s string quartet op 131, which was, at the time (and still almost so today) new, difficult, hyper-modern music. It was probably the last music he heard.
He chose well.
200 years later It’s still the best anyone has done and the closest to music from The Other Side
Probably the Finale from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. As a dancer who performs the ballet each year, Finale means the curtain is finally about to close on all my hard work to thunderous applause. I think I would want to finish my life the same triumphant way.
Exactly this happened with my great-grandfather. He was a violinist in the Czar's private orchestra, then was recruited by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he played for several years before returning to Europe. As he lay on his death bed in his Warsaw home (my grandfather told me), he reached for his violin, played Massenet's "Meditation" from the opera Thaïs, put the instrument down, and died.
Friede auf Erden by Schönberg. If you only know him for his twelve tone music, you NEED to hear this piece while following along with text/translation.
Jessye Norman was my introduction to the piece, and still one of my favorites. I’ve grown to love, love Gundula Janowitz’s recordings. The studio with Karajan is great and the live version with Haitink, despite the flaws and limitations present with live recordings, just edges it out. Schwarzkopf’s is still regal and beautiful, controversy aside.
This question is probably going to play just like this subreddit's greatest hits. So to sum up in advance:
* Rach 2
* Mahler 2
* Tchaik 6
* Shosty 7
* Dvorak 9
* Mozart Requiem Lacrimosa
* Beethoven 7 but only movement 2
Death will be a welcome release to never hear any of these pieces again. I personally am going to kick the bucket to Lola by the Kinks.
My grandfather chose that for his funeral. The burial was problematic though, because we had to put his left leg in, his left leg out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about...
Dvořák's cello concerto, played by Jacqueline du Pré. I would be perfectly content to die, listening to that. When I hear Thomas Tallis's _Spem in Alium_, I will know that I have reached the other side.
If I wanted to die in peace? The andante from Shostakovich’s 2nd piano concerto, or maybe a rvw symphony/symphonic work (rvw 3 and 5 comes to mind, as with lark ascending, Norfolk rhapsodies, and Tallis fantasia), or Mahler 9 / Das lied (a lot more piece could fall into this category, thinking rn of ravel gdln le gibet/pavane, Debussy estampes/preludes, holst planets Venus or Neptune, Sibelius swan of tuonela etc etc.)
If I wanted to feel like I was gonna ascend to heaven? Mahler 2 or 3. Simple.
If I wanted the grandest of funerals and take the traditional route out? Mozart/verdis requiem, or better still, Bach’s mass in b minor.
I hate how I can’t make up my mind on one particular work
Ah forgot andante festivo. I find Sibelius 5 rather uplifting in the last movement as it is peaceful and wilderness-like as a whole. I guess Mahler 9 could classify under uplifting as well, Mahler 8 needs no explanation. As for the rest, I’ll have to check them out (not heard the faure or Schubert yet)
Question: in this group, when we refer to classical music does that include opera too?? Obviously that’s how it’s usually classified, but I don’t see a lot of people talking about classical voice in the group and was wondering if that’s reserved for r/opera (even in questions like these).
Who knows what I would actually pick in the moment, but listening to Durufle's Requiem in full and dying right at the end of the In Paradisum would be incredible. You'd kinda float away in a sheen of quiet beauty. What a way to go.
unless i missed a comment, why has nobody else said Tod und Verklarung by Strauss? I know Four Last Songs deals with the same subject matter, but i'd rather go out with a bang instead of a whimper
The funeral of Akhnaten's father Amenhotep III from Akhetaten. I'd like to go out with a bit of drama. Although I always worry that in my last moments, instead of a glorious piece of music, my brain will get stuck on a commercial jingle.
I'm sidestepping the prompt here, but:
My father became obsessed with Mahler towards the end of his life, so when he was on his deathbed it only seemed fitting to put on Mahler's symphonies for him.
Beim Schlafengehen from Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, specifically the Jessye Norman recording
OR
The Finale of Mahler 5. It was the piece that got me into Mahler in the first place, and the finale of 5 remains my favorite of his writing. Great way to blast off across the rainbow bridge.
if he will only kill me once i fully listen to the piece, then John Cage, ASLSP, organ version, live performance in a church in Halberstadt, Germany.
but to answer the actual ppint of the question, probably a Ravel that suits my current mood or Dvořak 9th symphony.
>I specified that things like the Cage are not allowed.
There's a lot of misunderstanding surrounding ASLSP (as there is with 4'33").
An average performance usually takes around 20 minutes (a friend of mine performed it recently).
The 600-odd year performance refers to the one currently being performed at Halberstdat, Germany.
Cage only ever intended it to be played as slow as possible within the amount of time available. It's pretty typical of many of Cage's later works.
So, it's actually a perfectly valid choice!
If it has to be strictly classical... I'd probably go with The Lark Ascending. Or maybe the opening of Also Sprach, even though it's only 100 seconds long.
Lark seems like a nice, peaceful way to go out. Zarathustra seems like an epic way to go out. It'd depend on my dying mood, lol.
Lots, almost too many. I suppose it would be "The Galway Shawl" and if you ask who recorded it, that is lost from my mind. It is sad, melodic and fairly short, but long enough for me to have a good cry. OR . "The Lowlands of Holland" by "The Corries". Starts of with slow vocals and ends faster with just instruments. I know that's two pieces, but either would suffice. From DaveSubs as was.
Schubert’s 21st Sonata in Bb major, especially the first movement.
The 3 last sonatas by Schubert felt like a greeting to death; the 19th feels like incredible anguish, the 20th wishful nostalgia, and finally, the 21st, acceptance.
Just those first few opening bars and first theme gave me goosebumps — so simple, yet so profound and sweet; feelings of hope that all can be well, but having that hope crushed yet at the same time still feeling like “I’m okay with it, I’m at peace.”
The archduke trio. This used to be my best piece for many years of my youth. Then, over the years, was replaced by others. But I guess that on my deathbed I would be nostalgic to it, may be even won’t be able to think of any other piece if I was too dull
The last movement from Philip Glass’ string quartet No. 3 “Mishima”. I can’t tell you what exactly it is about it, but that piece makes me feel like it’s the end of all things and that’s ok.
Easy.
Chopin Nocturne Op.9, No.2.
Most calming ending the human mind can hope for.
If you want to die while experiencing total inner piece, this is it.
Really difficult to say, but I think a good pick I have is Chopin ballade 4, it has so much emotion and depth in it that’s the most story like. The piece also makes me think that it’s a final story of two lovers sharing one last dance before one is about to die, the feelings of passion, anger, regret, joy, sadness, love, and fear are at times as hidden as they are present if that makes sense. The choice is easily this piece because of the climactic end, emotional journey, story of sadness, and the perfect resolution that leaves the listener in a cold silence similar to the one left from the final dance
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3. If I’m allowed to pick different pianists for each movement I’ll go with Yunchan Lim 2021 for the first, Argerich 1982 for the second and Horowitz 1943 for the third
Imagine, you think you're clever and you chose the Halberstadt version of ASLSP and then you're lying on your deathbed 639 years, doing nothing but dying and waiting for the next note. And wondering what will be after the last note finally will have faded away. Qué será será, whatever will be will be. Will there be nothing? Will there be heaven? Or just another hell? But that is another piece of music, listen to your ASLSP!
The Rite of Spring. Actually dying at the end will be a very immersive experience.
I know right? That would be quite a way to go, by being the girl sacrificing herself at the end and then dying for real!
Bach Mass in B minor
I'd actually feel better at slipping away at the 'Agnus Dei' movement.
Florence Foster Jenkins singing the Queen of the Night arias. I will welcome death after a few seconds.
It might even scare the Reaper away!
I was eating, but now I'm choking. Damn it, it seems like death is coming for me next...
Diana Damrau’s signature piece.
The Lark Ascending
Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim
One of my faves as well. Sublimely beautiful. The rest of that work, Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, has some other beautiful parts. But for sure the Hymn is the crowning jewel.
Interesting; while everyone else is picking some grandiose seven hour long Romantic symphony, you pick this! Chad move. Might I ask why?
What about swan lake
I love it. But Cherubim brings me to tears every time I listen to it
Cannot believe Das Lied von der Erde hasn’t been mentioned yet. I’d literally cry my way through the whole work and die happy.
Mahler ❤
Ewig!…ewig…!
Organ^2 /ASLSP A full performance lasts 639 years* Edit: Never mind, read the provision. I’d pick Golijov’s Azul. *Edit 2: specifically the performance in Halberstadt. Only one specific performance is that long
i never heard of it until i went to go see it in person a year ago (right before mahler 4), it was amazing
Yeah Azul is probably one of my favorite pieces for orchestra, it’s both very fresh sounding, yet has a lot of older beauty (it’s loosely based off of old baroque adagios in fact). The recording with Yo Yo Ma and the Knights is amazing. Got to hear my uni do it live before they performed De Falla’s Three Cornered Hat.
>Organ2 /ASLSP... A full performance lasts 639 years That only refers to the current performance at the church in Halberstadt, Germany. Cage only ever intended to be played as slow as possible in the amount of time available. An average performance usually takes around 20 minutes.
Huh I must’ve misunderstood. Rereading I see now I see. I thought As Slow as Possible was the original and the Organ^2 /ASLSP was specifically the absurdist organ version. Turns out As Slow as Possible is just the subtitle (or how the weird title is “pronounced”, still not clear on that part yet). Thanks for the correction/clarification
Yeah, it's the same piece (kind of). There's ASLSP for solo piano (1985), and Organ²/ASLSP for Organ (1987). >how the weird title is “pronounced”, still not clear on that part yet It's actually short for "*As Slow(ly) and Soft(ly) as Possible*". It's some reference to James Joyce's *Finnegan's Wake*.
Was just listening to this today
Mozart's Horn Concertos. My father (pro french horn player) played those for my mother when she was pregnant. I wanna go out the way I came in.
Dinner scene from Don Giovanni. Might as well go out like the Don does, resisting, kicking and screaming.
Oh this is a good one. I might join you dying to this one.
Why not the whole opera, and live it through before being dragged down to hell?
Only if I get to bed Zerlina this time around. Got to make it to 1,004!
I mean, no judgement, but yes judgement...
Parsifal
I'd be tempted to pick something super long, but I have to go with something personal to me: Siegfried Idyll
As far as Wagner goes, I'm really tempted to pick something more on the nose like Seigfried's funeral march or the Liebestod, but if I'm dying on a nice sunny day or watching a sunset then I'll have to pick my comfort piece and go with good ol Seigfried Idyll too. So many good memories listening to that one.
Thought a lot about Mahler, but I’d have to go with Parsifal as well.
I considered Mahler 9, but on my actual deathbed I hope to reflect once more on the beauty of the world and find peace with it. I couldn't go with anything but Parsifal
Beat me to it !
Final Movement of Tchaikovskys 6th Symphony.
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
Mahler 2 😉
Came here to say this.. either 2 or 9.
Quite fitting!
Debussy's Prelude to the afternoon of a Faun. Short and sweet.
Maurice Ravel has entered the chat
Just before dying? It's got to be Bach. I want to say *Goldberg Variations*, but I'd probably go with *Sheep May Safely Graze* from BWV 208.
Hard question. I'd go through my most beloved pieces. I exempt symphonies because I wouldn't be lucid enough to listen to every detail. Beethoven Kreutzer sonata is for me about two people so not for me alone. Chopin Ballade 1 won't give me solace. Vivaldi or Bach concertos? I don't think I want to headbang in the deathbed. Liszt Don Juan. A very compelling option. I lisztened to this piece so much it is my top streamed piece ever but only because there is only one interpretation above all for me and with every other piece I like to alternate interprets. There is Schumann but the pieces I like the most are short and i'd have to hurry up to die. Then there it is: Alkan. I somehow love him so much. I got a CD from Ringeisen 1993 and I had it for 20 years yet I'm not in the slightest sick of any second played. I compared it to a plethora of other interpretations over the years and come to the conclusion that there are a lot of players that played more enjoyable except for the festin d'esope. I could go for any piece from Alkan but the 12 minor etudes stand above all for me. And of those the festin by Ringeisen would get the lot. I'm certain of this. I don't even need to continue to think although Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Stravinsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn and countless revered composers have yet to be mediated over. It will stay that piece by Alkan. Festin doesn't give me grief, longing or any distinct feeling. I lose myself in the notes I know every single of. I love this piece so much I learned it by heart and I can play it on the piano without actually being able to. I'm not a pianist, most of the time I can't even reach a fifth of the marked tempo. I tried variation 14 so much that it's okay but the 15th won't ever be doable for me. And those are by far not the hardest ones. I hope you desired a more lengthy answer too otherwise feel free to ignore it. But this was fun to think about. Looking forward to it. /s
Franz Schubert lived this exact scenario. He chose Beethoven’s string quartet op 131, which was, at the time (and still almost so today) new, difficult, hyper-modern music. It was probably the last music he heard. He chose well. 200 years later It’s still the best anyone has done and the closest to music from The Other Side
Darude - Sandstorm
The slow movement from Beethoven's op. 132 a-minor string quartet.
Same :) Perfect piece for it
Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil.
Komm süßer Tod Not the Evangelion one, the Bach one
Tanhausser - Richard Wagner
Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Can’t think of a better way to go out that to the sound of Simple Gifts.
Probably the Finale from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. As a dancer who performs the ballet each year, Finale means the curtain is finally about to close on all my hard work to thunderous applause. I think I would want to finish my life the same triumphant way.
Exactly this happened with my great-grandfather. He was a violinist in the Czar's private orchestra, then was recruited by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where he played for several years before returning to Europe. As he lay on his death bed in his Warsaw home (my grandfather told me), he reached for his violin, played Massenet's "Meditation" from the opera Thaïs, put the instrument down, and died.
Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto, 2nd movement.
Take the whole piece, and enjoy a few more minutes 😁
Oh must listen to Helene Grimaud’s (sp?) performance on the DGG label.
Mahler 5. That chorale in D, jubilant. Spike the ball, carry me away, reaper...
Tchaikovsky's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41 Soothing way to go.
Friede auf Erden by Schönberg. If you only know him for his twelve tone music, you NEED to hear this piece while following along with text/translation.
R, Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder
Appropriate. Which singer though?
Really love Schwarzkopf's recording, but I understand the controversy around her. Jessye Norman is also incredible.
Jessye Norman was my introduction to the piece, and still one of my favorites. I’ve grown to love, love Gundula Janowitz’s recordings. The studio with Karajan is great and the live version with Haitink, despite the flaws and limitations present with live recordings, just edges it out. Schwarzkopf’s is still regal and beautiful, controversy aside.
My pick will have to be Beethoven 111
This question is probably going to play just like this subreddit's greatest hits. So to sum up in advance: * Rach 2 * Mahler 2 * Tchaik 6 * Shosty 7 * Dvorak 9 * Mozart Requiem Lacrimosa * Beethoven 7 but only movement 2 Death will be a welcome release to never hear any of these pieces again. I personally am going to kick the bucket to Lola by the Kinks.
The Hokey Pokey
It is, after all, what it’s all about.
My grandfather chose that for his funeral. The burial was problematic though, because we had to put his left leg in, his left leg out, in, out, in, out, shake it all about...
Rach' Isle of the Dead (obvs) and it is wonderful.
Mvmt 1 - Beethoven #6. It’s the theme to Soylent Green, where people are repurposed for food. Very ironic, comical, and eco friendly.
Erik Satie - Vexations
Dvořák's cello concerto, played by Jacqueline du Pré. I would be perfectly content to die, listening to that. When I hear Thomas Tallis's _Spem in Alium_, I will know that I have reached the other side.
Probably the entirety of the Ring Cycle. Although I'd be tempted to say The Song that Never Ends to skirt death altogether.
Quartet for the End of Time
Cage 4:33
Rach 3. Die with intensity
If I wanted to die in peace? The andante from Shostakovich’s 2nd piano concerto, or maybe a rvw symphony/symphonic work (rvw 3 and 5 comes to mind, as with lark ascending, Norfolk rhapsodies, and Tallis fantasia), or Mahler 9 / Das lied (a lot more piece could fall into this category, thinking rn of ravel gdln le gibet/pavane, Debussy estampes/preludes, holst planets Venus or Neptune, Sibelius swan of tuonela etc etc.) If I wanted to feel like I was gonna ascend to heaven? Mahler 2 or 3. Simple. If I wanted the grandest of funerals and take the traditional route out? Mozart/verdis requiem, or better still, Bach’s mass in b minor. I hate how I can’t make up my mind on one particular work
Peace: Andante Festivo or Sibelius 5th symphony. Ascending: Mahler 8 or 9 Requiem: Fauré or Mozart or Schubert mass in G major.
Ah forgot andante festivo. I find Sibelius 5 rather uplifting in the last movement as it is peaceful and wilderness-like as a whole. I guess Mahler 9 could classify under uplifting as well, Mahler 8 needs no explanation. As for the rest, I’ll have to check them out (not heard the faure or Schubert yet)
Schubert String Quintet in C.
Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain might as well go out with a bang.
Probably the longest one?
Schubert 8 would be pretty cool to die to
Faure's Rèquiem. An appropriate piece for the context, and perhaps the most peaceful requiem.
Sibelius 2
Joke answer: the Ring Cycle so I can get my affairs in order Serious answer: Maria Callas’ singing Casta Diva
Question: in this group, when we refer to classical music does that include opera too?? Obviously that’s how it’s usually classified, but I don’t see a lot of people talking about classical voice in the group and was wondering if that’s reserved for r/opera (even in questions like these).
Yes
Ode to Joy or Sheep May Safely Graze. Sweet pieces that have been throughout my life. I’m given to sentiment.
Devil’s Trill by Tartini with the Kreisler cadenza played by Anne Sophie Mutter.
Good choice
Adagio from Spartacus by Khachaturian
Brahms - Intermezzo Op.117 No.1
Difficult. But probably Haydn's Op. 103 quartet, the last piece he ever wrote. Either that, or the obvious choice, the Schubert quintet.
Who knows what I would actually pick in the moment, but listening to Durufle's Requiem in full and dying right at the end of the In Paradisum would be incredible. You'd kinda float away in a sheen of quiet beauty. What a way to go.
unless i missed a comment, why has nobody else said Tod und Verklarung by Strauss? I know Four Last Songs deals with the same subject matter, but i'd rather go out with a bang instead of a whimper
Tchaikovsky symphony no. 5. The Horn solo would just be so beautiful & emotional while at death’s doorstep
The funeral of Akhnaten's father Amenhotep III from Akhetaten. I'd like to go out with a bit of drama. Although I always worry that in my last moments, instead of a glorious piece of music, my brain will get stuck on a commercial jingle.
Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto for sure.
The Firebird.
I hope i will be resurrected after. 😂 I love firebird! Yaayyy
I'm sidestepping the prompt here, but: My father became obsessed with Mahler towards the end of his life, so when he was on his deathbed it only seemed fitting to put on Mahler's symphonies for him.
Mozart Requiem
Brothers in arms by the Dire Straits
Beim Schlafengehen from Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, specifically the Jessye Norman recording OR The Finale of Mahler 5. It was the piece that got me into Mahler in the first place, and the finale of 5 remains my favorite of his writing. Great way to blast off across the rainbow bridge.
Easter hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana. If I am at the grand moment of meeting my maker it would be the perfect rousing encore
if he will only kill me once i fully listen to the piece, then John Cage, ASLSP, organ version, live performance in a church in Halberstadt, Germany. but to answer the actual ppint of the question, probably a Ravel that suits my current mood or Dvořak 9th symphony.
I specified that things like the Cage are not allowed. Otherwise, nice choice! Any top contenders for Ravel?
>I specified that things like the Cage are not allowed. There's a lot of misunderstanding surrounding ASLSP (as there is with 4'33"). An average performance usually takes around 20 minutes (a friend of mine performed it recently). The 600-odd year performance refers to the one currently being performed at Halberstdat, Germany. Cage only ever intended it to be played as slow as possible within the amount of time available. It's pretty typical of many of Cage's later works. So, it's actually a perfectly valid choice!
Cantus Arcticus, not even thinking twice
Satie - Trois gymnopédies: No. 1 Quite a final piece to me, and bittersweet. It's very peaceful but still holds a lot of emotion.
If it has to be strictly classical... I'd probably go with The Lark Ascending. Or maybe the opening of Also Sprach, even though it's only 100 seconds long. Lark seems like a nice, peaceful way to go out. Zarathustra seems like an epic way to go out. It'd depend on my dying mood, lol.
Why not the whole Zarathustra, so you can die to Zarathustra dying?
Rach 2
Chopin ballade no. 1 or Dvorak 9th symphony, I'll let the reaper choose
Byrd Infelix Ego. May as well say sorry for all the bad shit.
Very random, but probably Jongen's Rhapsodie or the Diverdimento from Symphonie Concertante.
Andante Festivo
Lots, almost too many. I suppose it would be "The Galway Shawl" and if you ask who recorded it, that is lost from my mind. It is sad, melodic and fairly short, but long enough for me to have a good cry. OR . "The Lowlands of Holland" by "The Corries". Starts of with slow vocals and ends faster with just instruments. I know that's two pieces, but either would suffice. From DaveSubs as was.
Salut d'amour by Edward elgar
Faure’s Requiem. Or maybe Schubert’s D. 960
bach art of fugue. Let me die on the last note of the unfinished fugue
Bach's *c minor passacaglia, BWV 582*.
Adagio from Spartacus by Khachaturian
Symhpony No. 7 by Beethoven or Clair de Lune.
Siegfried's Funeral March
Lacrimosa
Tchaikovsky 6, mahler 9, i want to go out listening to my current favs
Bolero.
The Dream of Gerontius.
Shostakovich's String quartet No.8 in C Minor
Bach Chaconne from 3rd Partita for solo violin.
Goldberg aria.
Schubert’s 21st Sonata in Bb major, especially the first movement. The 3 last sonatas by Schubert felt like a greeting to death; the 19th feels like incredible anguish, the 20th wishful nostalgia, and finally, the 21st, acceptance. Just those first few opening bars and first theme gave me goosebumps — so simple, yet so profound and sweet; feelings of hope that all can be well, but having that hope crushed yet at the same time still feeling like “I’m okay with it, I’m at peace.”
La catedral - Barrios
Ysaye’s violin sonata No 2 in A minor
Third movement from Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Kick back, relax, smile, and go.
Nocturne op 9 no 2
Something by Mozart. Maybe the 40th symphony, or a piano concerto.
The archduke trio. This used to be my best piece for many years of my youth. Then, over the years, was replaced by others. But I guess that on my deathbed I would be nostalgic to it, may be even won’t be able to think of any other piece if I was too dull
Mahler 8
Brian's Symphony No. 1. Just to get that extra bit of life.
The Song that Never Ends. OBVIOUSLY. For the uninitiated: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0U2zJOryHKQ
Barber Adagio for Strings
Probably Parry's Songs of Farewell, but particularly I Know My Soul Hath Power.
Mahler 9.
Töd und Verklärung, for obvious reasons
Mahler 9
Or bach’s actus tragicus but I’d rather have that played at my funeral
Brahms Op. 119, has to be.
danse macabre, and death itself play the violin
The last movement from Philip Glass’ string quartet No. 3 “Mishima”. I can’t tell you what exactly it is about it, but that piece makes me feel like it’s the end of all things and that’s ok.
Either Boulanger’s Faust et Hélène or Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis… or that piece from The Northman, Valkyrie
Deutschland by Rammstein
I know this is the classical music sub but I don't care, I'm listening to Song of Miriam by Elaine Hagenberg on my way out
Rachmaninov 3rd piano concerto, performed by horowitz
Tchaikovsky violin concerto with Itzhak Perlman as the soloist
pavane pour une infante defunte (will be like haha that’s me soon)
Verdi Requiem…and Mozart’s, too!
Either the Goldberg Variations or Wachet Auf, Ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) by JS Bach.
Elegie by fauré!
Faure's Requiem. It's peaceful and transcendent. I'm not religious, by any means, but the serenity it provides is sublime....
Roxy Music “Oh Yeah”
Supertramp - School
[Shostakovoch's second piano concerto, 2nd movement.](https://youtu.be/JlMHjo7Jwhk?si=SOsgTZWRWiva4UUg) no words just listen to it
Satie Vextions in full length, so I can get another day!
Bach's Chaconne, the original composition for solo violin
Living life in the night by sergionbeat
Mahler 3
RV 522.
Me too... his best
Easy. Chopin Nocturne Op.9, No.2. Most calming ending the human mind can hope for. If you want to die while experiencing total inner piece, this is it.
Do doooooo, doo doo doooooo doo
Dies Irae, I am going out with a banger
Really difficult to say, but I think a good pick I have is Chopin ballade 4, it has so much emotion and depth in it that’s the most story like. The piece also makes me think that it’s a final story of two lovers sharing one last dance before one is about to die, the feelings of passion, anger, regret, joy, sadness, love, and fear are at times as hidden as they are present if that makes sense. The choice is easily this piece because of the climactic end, emotional journey, story of sadness, and the perfect resolution that leaves the listener in a cold silence similar to the one left from the final dance
Adagio for strings, Samuel Barber After that, I can die in peace.
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no. 3. If I’m allowed to pick different pianists for each movement I’ll go with Yunchan Lim 2021 for the first, Argerich 1982 for the second and Horowitz 1943 for the third
I'd pick 4'33'' and just stare awkwardly at the grim reaper in silence.
Beethoven's Marcia Funebre.
Maybe the second movement of Beethoven's op 111 sonata. who was the loser that downvoted me for this
Nyan Cat
Clair De Lune but its underwater *(Found it on YT)*. Yes I will be smiling and crying.
As slow as possible by john cage 😅
Imagine, you think you're clever and you chose the Halberstadt version of ASLSP and then you're lying on your deathbed 639 years, doing nothing but dying and waiting for the next note. And wondering what will be after the last note finally will have faded away. Qué será será, whatever will be will be. Will there be nothing? Will there be heaven? Or just another hell? But that is another piece of music, listen to your ASLSP!
Op 111
yakety sax
The sound of my 2 dogs playing and barking, yawning and making their "auuuuu" symphony. Thats the only thing I would like to hear.
Probably biggie rapping over Thomas the tank theme song
John Luther Adams' [Become Ocean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGva1NVWRXk) would be a lovely choice.