I thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread about some of our favorite classical music pieces. I'm starting with one of my favorites from Mozart. It has been 255 years since Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born and 250 years ago when he started composing. Yes, he really did start composing at age 5! Truly, he is easily one of the top 5 best composers of all time. And with over 600 compositions, he was quite prolific even though he died when he was just 35 years old. Still, that was 30 years of Mozart music, and it is exquisite music at that.
I figured why not start a thread for people to post links to their favorite pieces and start off with my favorite composer? I hope others will share their favorite Mozart pieces too, but again, it is for all composers. I was originally going to make it Mozart only, but I figured there would be more activity if all others were included.
This is a piece that I heard in high school, though it was a different version, one with only clarinets. I love it, and it is one of my favorites. This is Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, Movement number 3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVzs9ycLRoE