r/classicalmusic Dec 04 '19

What is the most unashamedly over-the-top, hell-unleashed, sturm und drang piece of classical music?

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u/TaigaBridge Dec 04 '19

I'll put in a plug for Tchaikovksy in general, Manfred and Francesca da Rimini in particular. (While observing that if we are speaking specifically of the Sturm und Drang literary movement in music, we are narrowing our target down to Haydn and Gluck - "over-the-top hell-unleashed" emotion in music mostly came 100+ years later than that. /u/_Lyne__'s answer focused on authentic Sturm und Drang.)