Classical music pieces in film

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I'm trying to make a classical mix for a friend that's a film buff, and I thought it would be nifty to have liner notes that say, "this is that scene from ______." Include a specific recording if you can. I might eventually turn it into another probably pointless Wikipedia list ("Classical Pieces Used in Film" etc). Gratzi..

+Schubert, Sonata #20 in A Major (Kempff) :: Au Hasard, Balthasar (Bresson) [Credits, Finale]
+Chopin, Prelude #2 in A Minor (Pollini) :: Autumn Sonata (Bergman) [Liv/Ingrid Showdown]
+Beethoven, Ninth Symphony (Furtwangler) :: A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick) [Ludovico Treatment etc]

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

non-shocker: this is for a girl. (although i wish i was that true of a homie to my dude friends)

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:18 (nineteen years ago)

Bach, Cello Suite 2 in D Minor (Rostropovich):: Through a Glass Darkly (Bergman) [opening credits, theme throughout]

― trees (treesessplode), Friday, 14 July 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

György Ligeti - Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, 2 Mixed Choirs and Orchestra, performed by Bavarian Radio Orchestra conducted by Francis Travis - the weird monolith music from 2001. The opening "Thus Spake Zarustruthsa" by Richard Strauss (performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Bohm) is a little over-used.

Wagner's 'The Ride of the Valkieries' from Apocalypse Now's another standard. I like the Wagner stuff in Excalibur as well. I dunno who did the performances -- maybe you could dig that up online.

― Dark Floyd (dark floyd), Friday, 14 July 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

some of the nominees from another movie group I'm in:

o Schubert, BARRY LYNDON
o Beethoven, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
o Rachmaninov, BRIEF ENCOUNTER
o Rachmaninov, THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH
o Mahler, DEATH IN VENICE
o Bizet, MAGNOLIA
o Gershwin, MANHATTAN
o Beethoven, IRREVERSIBLE
o Bach, CRIES AND WHISPERS
o Mozart, ELVIRA MADIGAN
o Boccherini, THE LADYKILLERS (1955)
o Prokofiev, LOVE AND DEATH
o Bach, L'HUMANITE

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 14 July 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Also

Ravel in 10 and Stalker (two bookend movies if there ever were)
Penderecki in The Shining
Beethoven in Nostalghia

Not to mention the music Prokofiev wrote himself for Eisenstein.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 14 July 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah, when Gary Oldman is playing "Moonlight Sonata" in Immortal Beloved

― Dark Floyd (dark floyd), Saturday, 15 July 2006 16:36 (nineteen years ago)

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