50 Most Essential Classical Pieces

Canon in D Major

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) Concerto for Violin in E Major, RV 269, Op. 8: 1. "Spring": I. Allegro

Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3, "Tristesse"

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G Minor: Allegro

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 23: II. Andante semplice

Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27: 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio Sostenuto

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusic": I. Allegro

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato; Allegro

Symphony No. 94 in G Major, "Surprise": II. Andante

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Liebestod

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante

Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846, Prelude and Fugue in C Major

On the Beautiful Blue Danube (An Der Schönen Blauen Donau), Op. 314

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III.Allegro vivace

Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus

Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 "The Trout": II. Andante

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 72: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43

Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331:III. Alla Turca: Allegretto

Trois Gymnopédies: No. 1: Lent et Douloureux

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Thaïs: Meditation

Fidelio: Leonore Overture No 3 op. 71a in C major:

Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-Flat Major

Boléro

Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan (Le Cygne)

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio

Arabesque No. 1

Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Continuo in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Mund und That und Leben BWV 147

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Tone Poem for Large Orchestra, Op. 30: Introduction

The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

Exsultate, Jubilate, KV 165: III. Allegro

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

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Siegfried Idyll

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Kunstlerleben, Op 316, "Artists' Life"

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