A Classical music listening list

Good guide to listening is at: classical.netMedieval, Rennaisance, Baroque, Classical, Modern Music of the Baroque Era (1600-1750) was characterized by vastness of proportion, rich counterpoint, great splendor and a highly ornamented melodic line. JS Bach, Handel, Vivaldi BACH, Johann Sebastian
* Concertos for Violin BWV 1041, 1042
* Art of the Fugue BWV 1080
* Toccata and Fugue in D minor for Organ BWV 565 HANDEL, George Frideric

Acis and Galatea (oratorio)
Arias
Concerti Grossi Op. 3
* Concerti Grossi Op. 6
Concertos for Organ Op. 4 and 7
Concerto for Organ "Cuckoo and Nightingale"
Harmonious Blacksmith for Harpsichord
* Messiah (oratorio) ( Hallelujah Chorus work )
Operas (Flavio, Tamerlano)
Royal Fireworks Music ( I - II - III - IV - V - VI Royal Fireworks Music - Click on movement )
Solomon (oratorio)
Sonatas for Flute or Recorder and Harpsichord
Suites for Harpsichord
Susanna (oratorio)
Trio Sonatas Op. 2 and 5
* Water Music

VIVALDI, Antonio

* Four Seasons Spring
* Concertos (for violin, bassoon, cello, oboe, flute, etc.)

classical era: (1750 - 1820): Briefly, the characteristics of classicism are a concern for musical form with a greater emphasis on clarity with more concise melodic expression and clarity of instrumental color. composers: mozard, beethoven, haydn, cpe bach BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel * Concertos for Cello Wq. 170-172 BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

* Concertos for Piano (1-3, * 4, * 5)
* Concerto for Violin Op. 61
* Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello Op. 56
Diabelli Variations for Piano Op. 120
Eroica Variations for Piano Op. 35
Fidelio Op. 72 (opera)
* Missa Solemnis Op. 123
Overtures (Leonore, Coriolan, Egmont. etc.)
* Quartets #7-16 (* 8, * 14)
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 16
Serenade and Trios for Strings Op. 3, 8 and 9
Sextet for Winds Op. 71
* Sonatas for Piano (All, especially * 8, * 14 Piano Sonata #14, Op. 27 #1 (first movement), 21, * 23, * 29)
Sonatas for Cello and Piano (1-5)
* Sonatas for Violin and Piano (5, 9)
* Symphonies (1 Symphony #1, Op. 21 (first movement), 2 Symphony #2, Op. 36 (first movement), * 3 Symphony #3, Op. 55 (first movement), 4 Symphony #4, Op. 60 (first movement), * 5 Symphony #5, Op. 67 (second movement), * 6 Symphony #6, Op. 68 (first movement), 7 Symphony #7, Op. 92 (first movement), 8 Symphony #8, Op. 93 (first movement), * 9 Symphony #9, Op. 125 (first movement))
* Trios for Piano and Strings (* #7 "Archduke")
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
Arias (opera and concert arias) Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute
Concerto for Clarinet K. 622
* Concertos for Flute, K.313 and 314
* Concertos for Horn #1-4 K. 412, 417, 447 and 495
* Concertos for Piano (7-19, * 20, * 21, * 23, 24, 25, 27)
Concertos for Violin (#3-5)
Cosí fan tutte (opera)
Divertimenti #1-3, K. 136-138 and #10, K. 247
* Don Giovanni (opera)
* Exsultate, Jubilate (motet)
Idomeneo (opera)
La Clemenza di Tito (opera)
* Magic Flute (opera) Queen of the Night aria
Marriage of Figaro (opera) Overture
Mass in C minor "The Great"
* Opera Overtures Overture from Marriage of Figaro
Quartets for Flute and Strings
Quartet for Oboe and Strings K. 370
* Quartets for Strings(* 8-13, 14, 16, * 17, 18, * 19, 23)
* Quintet for Clarinet and Strings K. 581
Quintet for Piano and Strings
* Quintets for Strings (* K. 515, 516, 593 and 614)
Requiem K. 626 Confutatis
Serenade #6 "Serenata notturna" K. 239
* Serenade #7 "Haffner" K. 250
Serenade #9 "Posthorn" K. 320
* Serenades #10 "Gran Partita", 11 and 12 for Winds
* Serenade #13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K. 525 ( I - II - III - IV Eine kleine Nachtmusik)
* Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola K. 364
Sonatas for Piano (8, 11, 13, 15)
Sonatas for Violin (K. 296 and 454)
* Symphonies (29, 35, 36, * 38, 39, * 40, * 41)
* Trio for Strings K. 563
Trios for Piano and Strings

Romantic Period: (1820 - 1910): Extending the bounds of music beyond the restrictive formality of Classicism was the prime function of the musical period known as Romanticism. Formal concern, intellectuality and concise expression have now been augmented by sentiment, imagination and effect. Romantic Period: (1820 - 1910): Extending the bounds of music beyond the restrictive formality of Classicism was the prime function of the musical period known as Romanticism. Formal concern, intellectuality and concise expression have now been augmented by sentiment, imagination and effect. composers: Bizet | Brahms Chopin Dvořák Liszt Puccini | Rachmaninoff J. Strauss Jr. | J. Strauss Sr. Tchaikovsky | Thomas | Verdi | Wagner | BIZET, Georges

* Carmen (opera)
BRAHMS, Johannes
Alto Rhapsody for Alto, Male Chorus and Orchestra Op. 53
* Academic Festival Overture Op. 80
* Concertos for Piano (1, * 2)
* Concerto for Violin Op. 77
Concerto for Violin and Cello Op. 102
Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) Op. 45
Hungarian Dances for Piano or Orchestra
Piano Music (Fantasias Cappricio Op 116 #3, Intermezzos, Ballades, Waltzes Waltz Op. 39 #1, Rhapsodies, etc.)
Quartets for Strings (1-3)
Quartets for Piano and Strings (1-3)
* Quintets for Strings
* Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Op. 115
Quintet for Piano and Strings Op. 34
* Serenades for Orchestra (* 1,2)
Sextets (1,2)
Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Sonatas for Viola or Clarinet Op. 120
Sonatas for Violin and Piano
* Symphonies (* 1, 2, * 3, * 4)
Tragic Overture Op. 81
Trio for Clarinet and Strings Op. 114
* Trios for Piano and Strings (* 1, 2, 3)
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano Op. 40
* Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56a

CHOPIN, Frédéric

* Piano Music (Ballades, Études, Nocturnes Nocturne #2 Op. 9 #2, Preludes Prelude Op. 28 #2, Scherzi Scherzo #1 Op. 20, etc.)
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 65

DVOŘÁK, Antonín

* Concerto for Cello Op. 104
* Quartets (* 10, 11, 12, * 14)
* Quartets for Piano and Strings
Slavonic Dances
* Symphonies (* 7, * 8, * 9 "New World")
* Trios for Piano and Strings (1-3,* 4)

LISZT, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage for Piano
* Concertos for Piano (* 1, 2)
* Hungarian Rhapsodies Hungarian Rhapsody #2
* Les Préludes for Orchestra
Mephisto Waltz for Piano Mephisto Waltz
Paganini Études for Piano
* Sonata in B Minor for Piano
Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
* Transcendental Études for Piano

RACHMANINOV, Sergei

* Concertos for Piano (1, * 2, * 3, 4)
* Études and Preludes for Piano
* Morceaux de Fantasie (* Op. 3/2 Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3 #2 )
* Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sonatas for Piano
Suites for Piano Four Hands
Symphonic Dances
Symphony #2
Trios for Piano and Strings
TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch
Capriccio italien for Orchestra Op. 45
* Concerto #1 for Piano Op. 23 1
* Concerto for Violin Op. 35
Eugen Onegin (opera)
Manfred Symphony Op. 58
Marche slave for Orchestra Op. 31
* Nutcracker Op. 71 (ballet suite) Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Overture 1812 Op. 49 1812 Overture
Quartets for Strings
Roméo and Juliet Fantasy Overture Love Theme
Serenade for Strings Op. 48
Sleeping Beauty Op. 66 (ballet) Sleeping Beauty
* Swan Lake Op. 20 (ballet) Swan Lake
* Symphonies (2, 4, * 5, * 6)
Trio for Piano and Strings Op. 50
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra Op. 33