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Many people have asked us over the years, "Which
pieces of classical music do YOU think are the best?" And of course,
that's a difficult question to answer! But, we've managed to narrow our
list down from thousands and thousands of pieces to...oh, a hundred or
so.
This is simply a list of our listeners' favorites over
the years. As an added bonus, you can click on each piece of music to hear
an MP3 sample on your computer...Enjoy!
| Bach |
The Brandenburg
Concerti |
| Bach |
Orchestral
Suite #3 (Air on the G string) |
| Bach |
Violin Concerto
#2 |
| Barber |
Adagio for
Strings |
| Beethoven |
"Moonlight
Sonata", Piano Sonata #14 |
| Beethoven |
Piano Concerto #5, "Emperor" |
| Beethoven |
Symphony #3,
"Eroica" |
| Beethoven |
Symphony
#5 |
| Beethoven |
Symphony #6,
"Pastoral" |
| Beethoven |
Symphony
#7 |
| Beethoven |
Symphony #9,
"Choral" |
| Beethoven |
Violin
Concerto in D |
| Berlioz |
Symphonie
Fantastique |
| Bernstein |
Candide
Overture |
| Bizet |
Carmen |
| Boccherini |
Minuet in
G |
| Borodin |
Nocturne for
Strings |
| Brahms |
Piano
Concerto #1 |
| Brahms |
Symphony
#1 |
| Brahms |
Symphony
#3 |
| Brahms |
Variations on
a Theme by Haydn |
| Brahms |
Violin
Concerto |
| Bruch |
Scottish
Fantasy |
| Chopin |
Piano
Concerto #1 |
| Copland |
Appalachian
Spring |
| Copland |
Fanfare for
the Common Man |
| Debussy |
Clair de
lune |
| Debussy |
Prelude to
the Afternoon of a Faun |
| Dukas |
The Sorcerer's
Apprentice |
| Dvorak |
Cello
Concerto |
| Dvorak |
Slavonic
Dances |
| Dvorak |
String
Quartet #12, "American" |
| Dvorak |
Symphony #9,
"New World" |
| Elgar |
Enigma
Variations |
| Faure |
Pavane |
| Gershwin |
An American
in Paris |
| Gershwin |
Rhapsody in
Blue |
| Grieg |
Peer Gynt
Suites |
| Grieg |
Piano
Concerto |
| Handel |
The Arrival
of the Queen of Sheba |
| Handel |
Messiah |
| Handel |
Music for the
Royal Fireworks |
| Handel |
Water
Music |
| Haydn |
Symphony #94,
"Surprise" |
| Haydn |
Symphony #104,
"London" |
| Haydn |
Trumpet
Concerto |
| Holst |
The
Planets |
| Liszt |
Piano Concerto
#1 |
| Mahler |
Symphony #1,
"Titan" |
| Massenet |
Meditation
from Thais |
| Mendelssohn |
A Midsummer
Night's Dream Overture |
| Mendelssohn |
Symphony #3,
"Scottish" |
| Mendelssohn |
Symphony #4,
"Italian" |
| Mendelssohn |
Violin
Concerto |
| Mozart |
Clarinet
Concerto |
| Mozart |
Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik |
| Mozart |
Overture to
the Marriage of Figaro |
| Mozart |
Piano
Concerto #21, "Elvira Madigan" |
| Mozart |
Requiem |
| Mozart |
Symphony #38,
"Prague" |
| Mozart |
Symphony
#40 |
| Mozart |
Symphony #41,
"Jupiter" |
| Mussorgsky |
Pictures at
an Exhibition |
| Orff |
Carmina
Burana |
| Pachelbel |
Canon in
D |
| Ponchielli |
Dance of the
Hours |
| Prokofiev |
Peter and
the Wolf |
| Rachmaninov |
Piano
Concerto #2 |
| Rachmaninov |
Piano
Concerto #3 |
| Rachmaninov |
Rhapsody on
a Theme of Paganini |
| Ravel |
Bolero |
| Rimsky-Korsakov |
Capriccio
Espagnol |
| Rimsky-Korsakov |
Scheherezade |
| Rossini |
Barber of
Seville Overture |
| Rossini |
William Tell
Overture |
| Saint-Saens |
Carnival of
the Animals |
| Saint-Saens |
Symphony #3,
"Organ" |
| Schubert |
Symphony #9,
"Great" |
| Schubert |
Symphony #8,
"Unfinished" |
| Schubert |
Trout
Quintet |
| Schumann |
Symphony #1,
"Spring" |
| Schumann |
Symphony #3,
"Rhenish" |
| Sibelius |
Finlandia |
| Smetana |
The
Moldau |
| Strauss, J. Jr. |
The Blue
Danube Waltz |
| Strauss, R. |
Also Sprach
Zarathustra |
| Tchaikovsky |
1812
Overture |
| Tchaikovsky |
The
Nutcracker |
| Tchaikovsky |
Piano
Concerto #1 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Romeo and
Juliet Fantasy Overture |
| Tchaikovsky |
Sleeping
Beauty |
| Tchaikovsky |
Swan
Lake |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony
#5 |
| Tchaikovsky |
Symphony #6,
"Pathetique" |
| Tchaikovsky |
Violin
Concerto |
| Vaughan Williams |
Fantasia on
a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| Vaughan Williams |
The Lark
Ascending |
| Vivaldi |
Mandolin
Concerto in C |
| Vivaldi |
The Four
Seasons |
| Wagner |
Ride of the
Valkyries |
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