 | Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Danses Concertantes
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.34 Pulcinella--Catchy melodies and a great overture to my funeral
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 | Ultimate Copland Album
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.84 Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man' is a rousing beginning to the main content of the funeral.
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 | Bernstein - Overtures to Candide, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Symphonic Suite from On The Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein
Buy used from: $24.99 Bernstein's fast-paced, energetic piece provides a sharp contrast to Copland's piece.
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 | Tchaikovsky: Sym. No. 4; 1812 Overture; Marche Slave
Buy used from: $2.28 Tchaikovsky's 'Marche Slav' is a brilliant short piece of a sad theme transforming into triumph--a stirring requiem to my life.
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 | Holst: The Planets
Buy used from: $0.89 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity' is a wonderful piece of celebration with strong, joyous melodies.
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 | Franz Schubert: Symphonies No. 7 (8) & No. 8 (9)
Buy used from: $13.44 The first movement of Schubert's 9th Symphony provides a masterful development of the main theme from tragedy to triumph--much like my life.
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 | Copland: Rodeo; El Salón México; Danzón Cubano; Billy The Kid
Buy used from: $1.24 'Hoe-down ' from the Rodeo Suite is just so damn catchy. And the David Zinman version is the only one worth listening to, I've decided.
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 | Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.15 The last movement of Piano Sonata No. 11 is one of the few piano pieces that genuinely moves me. I put this one in for my enjoyment, not the grievers'.
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 | Best Of Stravinsky
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $0.82 'The Firebird Suite' is another piece with catchy, memorable melodies. And I played timpani in it senior of high school, so there's an emotional quality laced to it as well.
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 | Händel: Meisterwerke zum Kennenlernen
Buy used from: $14.28 'Alla Hornpipe' from the Watermusic Suite is short and catchy--a nice happy section to the funeral.
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 | Copland: Appalachian Spring/Fanfare For The Common Man/El Salón México/Danzón Cubano
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.14 The last movement of 'Appalachian Spring' contains one of the most beautiful and wonderfully developed melodies of all time.
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 | William Tell & Other Favorite Overtures
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.47 The overture to 'Orpheus in the Underworld' is my guilty pleasure. It's not a good song, but I like it.
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 | Messiah (George Frederick Handel) London Philharmonic Orchestra by Handel
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.85 Just because every funeral should have the 'Hallelujah' Chorus.
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![Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 [CD on Demand]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41qDDpFQytL._SL75_.jpg) | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 [CD on Demand] by Richard Edlinger
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.71 The fourth movement of the Ninth Symphony is my favorite piece of work of all time.
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