100 Most Essential Classical Favorites

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

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

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

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

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

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante (feat. Helmut Muller-Bruhl)

Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G Minor: Allegro

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

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 (feat. Ivan Czerkov)

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

Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

The Marriage of Figaro, KV 492: Overture

Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050: I. Allegro

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

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

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "Pastoral", Op. 68: II. Scene by the Brook - Andante molto mosso

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

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

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, III: Finale: Alla breve (feat. Alexei Cherkasov)

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

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Liebestod (feat. Edda Moser)

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

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

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

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

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

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

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

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III.Allegro vivace (feat. Marian Pivka)

Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus

Requiem: Dies Irae - Tuba Mirum

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

String Quartet No. 1 In B-Flat Major, Op. 1: III. Adagio

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

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

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, III. Rondo (feat. Anton Grcar)

Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6: 8 "Christmas Concerto": II. Allegro

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43 (feat. Sergeji Dorensky)

Siegfried Idyll

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

Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto

Kunstlerleben, Op 316, "Artists' Life"

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

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

Syrinx, L. 129

Waltz in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, CT. 212, "Minute"

Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air

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

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

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II. The Spring

Boléro

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

Nutcracker, Op. 71: XIX. Waltz of the Flowers

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

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

Die Fledermaus: Overture

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

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio (feat. David Oistrakh)

Morgenblätter (Morning Journals), Op. 279

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

Arabesque No. 1

Rákóczy March, S. 117

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

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

The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

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

Exsultate, Jubilate, KV 165: III. Allegro

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

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb/1: III. Allegro Molto (feat. Natalia Gutman)

The Nutcracker, 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)

Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 : III. Poco allegretto

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

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Ode to Joy (excerpt)