50 Most Essential Classical Pieces

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, KV 622: II. Adagio

Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20: Scéne: Moderato

Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King: Alla marcia e molto marcato: Piu ivo

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, "Fate": I. Allegro con Brio

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 "Great": I. Allegro molto

Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace

Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ

The Marriage of Figaro, KV 492: Overture

Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48: III. Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco

Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

The Seasons, Op. 37b: VI. June: Barcarolle

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, III: Finale: Alla breve

Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio Cantabile

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

Requiem: Dies Irae - Tuba Mirum

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, Credo: VI. Et resurrexit

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, III. Rondo

Siegfried Idyll

Kunstlerleben, Op 316, "Artists' Life"

Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15, "Raindrop"

Syrinx, L. 129

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre

Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de Lune

The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni): Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "Summer": III. Presto

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in G Major: I. Largo

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. Allegro

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), Op. 388

Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626: III. Dies Irae

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: II. Scherzo: Molto vivace - Presto

Morgenblätter (Morning Journals), Op. 279

The Nutcracker, Op. 71a, Act II: Scene 12: Trepak

Rákóczy March, S. 117

English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande

Trumpet Voluntary in D Major (The Prince of Denmark's March)

Egmont (Incidental Music), Op. 84: Overture

Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta: Andante

Die Fledermaus: Overture

The Nutracker, Op. 71a: Overture

Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34: No. 2, "Valse brillante"

La Mer (The Sea), L.109: I. De l'Aube a` Midi sur la Mer (Paddling on the Sea at Noon)

Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita": I. Largo - Molto Allegro

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World", Op. 95: II. Largo