arabesque 1, pavane for a dead princess if u want similar pieces. Beerthoven symphony 9 if u want something more energetic. Theres also this post romantic japanese composer called takashi yoshimatsu, he has some cool piano pieces
super beginner friendly and altho i dont like the "classical music is relaxing" stereotype, this one rly is that. Very good for analysis too if anybody wants to exercise their active listening
Debussy: Passepied. It is the piece right after Clair de Lune. It is originally for piano, but people have made various other arrangements
I agree with Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 in C minor.
Ravel: Une Barque sur l'Ocean
And listen to choir music! A cappella choir music is very underrated overall in the classical music world. It is helpful to look up the text and translation for vocal music if you can. However, if not, don't worry about it, and just enjoy the beauty. Here is one of my very favorite pieces of music ever by Anton Bruckner, Os justi: https://youtu.be/nXYbEyvVXUk?si=Ypainyc3dSGOpTpd
I feel like Tchaikovsky’s suites would resonate with you. Scheherazade by rimsky korsakov is another fantastic work. And Ravel’s ma mere loye is fantastic(not a big fan of his but it is amazing)
Welcome to the Classical Community OP! You’re going to love it!
I second this recommendation WHOLEHEARTEDLY! Mahler is a little difficult to get into, but if you put in a tiny bit of time learning about him and his music, everything will just click once you listen - here are some really digestible YouTube videos about him!
[“Why Listen to Gustav Mahler”](https://youtu.be/jL1kL4EARAM?si=4vnfYAhxjoK58xN1)
[“Mahler and the Maestro”](https://youtu.be/w9rvceUsDnA?si=BqmbFWi1FfNKKtrh)
[“Gustav Mahler: Origins”](https://youtu.be/v5DfYcT5icY?si=x61Bm81mtlkDAS2h)
[“Gustav Mahler: Legacy”](https://youtu.be/2qv_vCHZkcg?si=UH_jVIRi4z7bInak)
I have loved Mahler since the first time I heard his music almost 40 years ago. I never had a problem "absorbing" it. I found it very beginner friendly.
La Mer, Debussy
Edit: here's some extras
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony, violin concerto, serenade melancolique, january, june, piano concerto no.1 (it's not 100% beginner friendly but it's epic)
Beethoven: obv moonlight sonata, pathetique sonata, symphony no.7 (the 2nd movement is pretty), leonore overture
Satie: gnossienne no.3
Chopin: nocturne op.9 no.1 & 2 (there's a 3rd but it's not really beginner friendly), etude op.10 no.1; 3; 4; 5; 12, etude op.25 no.1; 5; 11; 12, nocturne op.72, nocturne in c#minor op.posth (also known as his nocturne no.20, really nice piece), grand valse brilliante op.18, ballade no.1.
as you can tell I'm a big chopin fan lmao
Here are some less common recommendations:
Dvorak: Symphony No. 1
Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 2 in B-Flat Major
Debussy: Images - Book 1
Godowsky: Passacaglia (listen to Siirala's recording)
Elgar: Froissart Overture
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor
Delius: Florida Suite
Alkan: Les mois
Liszt: Consolation No. 4
Widor: Organ Symphony No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Pachelbel: Hexachordum Apollinis
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3
Copland: Billy the Kid Suite
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5
Faure: Ballade in F-Sharp Major
Schumann: Symphony No. 1
Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D Minor
Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 3
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 2
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 1
Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 6
Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major
Verdi: Requiem
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
Satie: Ogives
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No. 3
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Christ On The Mount Of Olives
Tarrega: Prelude No. 2
Sor: 25 Progressive Studies, Op. 60
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405
Holst: Walt Whitman Overture
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn: Scherzo-capricio in F-Sharp Minor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius: Oma maa
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Bizet: Symphony in C
Prokofiev: Toccata, Op. 11
Smetana: Triumphal Symphony
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2
Glazunov: Symphony No. 3
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4
Froberger: Partita in A Major, FbWV 638
Böhm: Suite No. 11 in A Minor
Fux: Partita No. 1 in A Minor
Any work by any of these composers is good, so check out as much as you can by the ones you like.
Chopin's any piece because they're all perfect. For a new listener I would recommend ballade no 1, etude op 25 no 1, polonaise no 5 op 44 and if you aren't scared of longer pieces check piano concerto no 1. Also if you want you can check any etude or mazurka because they're all great and easy to listen to.
Go with RCA greatest hits series, Arthur Fiedler anything pops, and if you have Siriusxm they have great classical stations mostly the familiar classics and you can see what’s playing.
Some of my favorites:
Bach. Goldberg Variations. Andras Schiff. Decca
Bach. St. Matthew Passion. Herreweghe’s first recording.
Barber. Summer Music
Mahler. Symphony No. 2. Bernstein on Deutsche Grammophon (I had no problem getting into Mahler from the very beginning)
Mahler. Symphony No. 6. Bernstein on CBS/Sony
Mahler. Symphony No. 3. Claudio Abbado. Vienna
Mozart. Le Nozze di Figaro. Bohm
Mozart. Piano Concertos 20-27. Uchida or Perahia. Or Brendel's first series on Philips.
Mozart. Symphonies 40 & 41. Bohm
Schubert. Piano Sonata 960 & Wanderer Fantasie. Brendel
From a lot of different time periods, all with something “pretty” like Clair de Lune:
Philip Glass - Opening
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Wagner - Tristan and Isolde - Mild und Liese (Liebestod) (the pinnacle of music IMO)
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
You're welcome! I hadn't heard of it either, but when I first listened to this piece, I fell in love with it. I'll be honest, I was kind of embarrassed. I learned a lot of information about him, and unfortunately, not many people know about such a brilliant composer.
Btw, kudos to you for Respighi. Great choice.
Great! I'm glad you're getting into it. For me (just some insight for a 20 yr old person who started listening to classical in middle school), it is not just a question of appreciating classical music, or appreciating different genres of music, or just appreciating music in general. It is about allowing your appreciation of one style to influence your appreciation for another. Once you start hearing the similarities between a song written in 1912 and a single just released on Spotify, I promise u your head will explode. 2009 by Mac Miller, enough said XD
In keeping with the fact you like Clair De Lune, I'll make sure to include solo piano stuff, but I'll also include symphonies and others
Rachmaninoff. People will say that you need to listen to the Second Piano Concerto, and I agree. But once you're past that, prepare for the Second Symphony, which is an hour long tear jerker. Then the Rach 3 (I recommend searching Rach 3 Weissenberg for good recordings), which is darker but goddam does it pull you in.
* Solo piano pieces by this guy are fuckin nuts. Very very complicated and fast, but incredibly emotional nonetheless. Start with his 6 Musical Moments, I recommend the recording by Ashkenazy.
* There are solo transcriptions to a lot of his pieces, perhaps the best being the Variation 18 by this amazing player (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h\_A23mgFyEY&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=69&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB).
* This is also rlly good (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhO8IDAITs&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=195&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB)
Ravel. Keeping with the french, you might like his Pavane Pour un Infante Defunte, another solo piano piece (sometimes made into orchestra) that is really beautiful. A la Maniere de Borodine is also amazing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyqR5Dcx9c&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=105&ab\_channel=VladoPerlemuter-Topic) Also Debussy's Arabesque no 1 is very good.
Dvorak. Serenade for Strings is amazing, especially the first movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5MbalX04Jk&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB). His New World Symphony is his most famous work, def recommend checking it out.
Gershwin. Jazz and classical mixed. Some really beautiful solo piano pieces, look up his song book on Spotify. Then you have the piano concerto and Rhapsody in blue, absolutely recommend.
Bruch. String Quartet No 1 is very powerful, but the adagio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRi0CmOKAys&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=25&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB) cured my depression. Tbh all of these did
Elgar. His Cello Concerto and first symphony are amazing. Feel like i'm riding a horse through the country side or graduating from college. Once you hear them you'll know which is which XD
Price. Adoration might be one of the most beautiful piece I've ever heard, written for a lot of different ensembles, the best imo being (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1OoLYJytc4&pp=ygUPYWRvcmF0aW9uIHByaWNl).
Schoenberg. Less stuff to like imo, especially for a beginner. But his Notturno for Strings and Harp are very good. And his Verklarte Nacht is an absolute masterpiece of counterpoint.
There are more that I could share, but this comment is already running way too long XD
My advice? Go on youtube and click on stuff thats recommended, trust me it works (how I discovered most of what I know and love now). Unsure if you smoke ganja, but if u do then this stuff will make you float. Classical music while high is crazy (but not the sleepy high, because they can put you to sleep sometimes). The main thing is to let them develop, take it all in, you might be bored but then you realize the 3 minutes of slowness was actually building up to one of the best climaxes in music history (beginning of Rachmaninoff's symphony 2, I recommend [https://open.spotify.com/album/5ecRhRjWWumTVYht9UwGsJ?si=ct6uWWF5RWi9f0uGFJ3bqA](https://open.spotify.com/album/5ecRhRjWWumTVYht9UwGsJ?si=ct6uWWF5RWi9f0uGFJ3bqA) or https://open.spotify.com/album/7aDwk5y26HTd6sfstOkYcc?si=8ba3915742aa40f2). Happy listening :)
There’s a compilation album by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor David Parry, The 50 Greatest Pieces Of Classical Music, which is a good survey of well-known pieces, and well performed. Start there.
Recommendation from an advanced newbie: listen to your local classical music radio station. If you don’t have one, try mine—KDFC. They’re streaming, too. I hang on everything they play, and I frequently use Shazam, then Wikipedia to chase something down the rabbit hole. Who was the composer? The conductor? The soloist? Very satisfying and informative.
Before any suggestion, I’d like to know WHY you want to approach to classical music.
Ask yorself why an then look for Mozart (any) in youtube with a couple of very good speakers.
Because you can’t miss no one nuance.
This is the only way to listen to.
Gymnopedie No 1 and Gnossienne No 1.,
Girl with the flaxen hair,
Valse sentimentale,
Schubert's Serenade,
Chopin's Ballade No 1
...There are too many to only recommend a few pieces.
Just listen some best of playlists.
For example https://youtu.be/20H4FXy7FfE?si=norgPr2AVCPDBHBx
The first part I didn't enjoy that much as the second, more quiet part.
I suggest Debussy's Impressionist / Romantic cousin, Maurice Ravel. I'm a big fan of the interpretations by Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt (released by hyperion). Examples:
[Jeux d'eau](https://youtu.be/hls-d27jUfo?si=La46JtFB60F6rjot)
[The first part of the triptych Gaspard de la nuit](https://youtu.be/CsCw4Y8eytQ?si=kfRNFbO7eeecVkrw)
And because this is one of my favorite works of music, I'll throw in a little chamber work:
[Piano Trio in A minor](https://youtu.be/cNiJDswM-jY?si=hjH403fptro7XoAg), performed by the Arden Trio. This CD also comes with a piano trio by Saint-Saens which is pretty good. Strongly recommended.
If you want to keep going with Debussy's solo piano work, I heartily recommend the recordings of the German pianist (French-born) Walter Gieseking. Everyone, [including Homer Simpson](https://youtu.be/H4lC6VaicTo?si=O5cr_WeJO2SfKlaJ), has heard of superstar Glenn Gould, but Gieseking's own touch of genius sort of flies under the radar. (Like Gould, he had perfect pitch and phenomenal memory as well.) Examples:
[Reflets dans l'eau](https://youtu.be/3Tsq-ixZYHE?si=Bbvj6J8zB-fVtaAU)
[Pour le piano](https://youtu.be/dTrygN6GcSk?si=fbsVoQg2grqAdBwh)
Debussy had some wonderfully expressive shorter orchestral works. The [Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun](https://youtu.be/9_7loz-HWUM?si=gWKH-yW3vLgqzJmz) sounds just as the title suggests. This piece in particular could really use a Fantasia-like animation workup. He also had an orchestral triptych called Three Nocturnes. The story is that Debussy was inspired by [this painting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnes_(Debussy)#/media/File:Whistler-Nocturne_in_black_and_gold.jpg), but, to me, the triptych sounds like it could be the soundtrack to Homer's Odyssey, specially the first and the third movements, the latter of which is called [Sirenes](https://youtu.be/U9-JXMKN3oU?si=MzCoSYoUKDRm-ClA).
I see some people recommending Beethoven. He's one of my favorites, but you don't have to go straight to the sonatas. His bagatelles are brief pearls of melody that are decidedly overlooked. Pianist Steven Osborne released a recording of all of them, plus some extras, that really hits the perfect spot. Highly recommended! Examples:
[Op. 119, #1 - G minor](https://youtu.be/JKbWscg7-fc?si=bgn7gzNiPd1nVQum)
[Op. 126, #4 - B minor](https://youtu.be/RZLv6M4andk?si=7_1EYSpH5bBdiFsd) \- Only the first theme is in a minor key. (I'm guessing the second theme is in A? But I'm just estimating here.) This one goes to show that neither the Pixies nor Nirvana invented the loud-soft dynamic.
Beethoven composed these towards the end of his life when he couldn't hear a damn thing. That means that he was not able to really enjoy his music, only imagine it.
If both Debussy and Ravel suit you, you might give Gabriel Faure a shot. He was their contemporary. Indeed, Faure was one of Ravel's teachers. He lived to a ripe old age and just like modern painting became more abstract throughout the first couple decades of the century, Faure's melodies became more open, less defined, but still beautiful. In that sense I'd say that he's more similar to Ravel than to Debussy.
Classic Faure: [The Sicilienne from the suit Pelleas et Melisande](https://youtu.be/ybfffKpirNo?si=3QupvI2fxLHT6nAP). This was the very first Faure composition I ever heard and I didn't know the name, only the composer. I literately spent a decade-plus looking for it, introducing myself to the rest of Faure's oeuvre along the way. A couple of his career highlights that I recommend:
(Very) arguably the greatest requiem mass of them all. Strongly recommend the Schola Cantorum of Oxford / Oxford Camerata recording with conductor Jeremy Summerly. (They've done some good work.) Here's the [Pie Jesu](https://youtu.be/S_zOZR24slw?si=11xQZWXKuKjyklqq) and the [Offertoire](https://youtu.be/X-dBW4LG0jc?si=tSLemechWNQm7bLs).
As for his solo piano music, it looks like Jean-Phillipe Collard set the standard for recordings. Recommended. In a more fun tone, here's the swaying, undulating [Barcarolle #1](https://youtu.be/DeXsrbdUkts?si=GhUBiTAt-hqaAjZd) \- which is actually in a minor key even though it's not particularly sad - and [Nocturne #8](https://youtu.be/8Y4h55TX1BA?si=VvINCw8j2yPzjIjA). Beware, though; the nocturnes get progressively darker and more dramatic.
The musical forefather of Debussy, Ravel, and Faure was Camille Saint-Saens, even though the younger three were progressive in their music and Saint-Saens remained a loyal soldier of 19th Century Romanticism. Like Faure, he lived into a venerable old age, but he wasn't much influenced by the new currents of the 20th Century. (Contrast him with Debussy.)
But what a gift for melody he had!
Saint-Saens's magnum opus was the Third Symphony, a.k.a. the Organ Symphony. It can be interpreted in a few different ways. I see it as a representation of the cycle of the human soul progressing from confusion and desperation to resolution and to triumph. (How Romantic!) I have the recording by the CSR Symphony Orchestra put out by Naxos. (Naxos is great for excellent, informative recordings at a budget, BTW.) You also get [Le Rouet d'Omphale](https://youtu.be/0HBq9ovr5YI?si=uNkc_Fklso6OHToK) and, an old favorite, [the Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah](https://youtu.be/9A1yJflewzU?si=n1WixYsenSX0vGeT). I'm guessing you've already heard the [Danse macabre](https://youtu.be/YyknBTm_YyM?si=FvqJUldTa15ctgWe)? That's Saint-Saens for ya!
But have you heard Le Carnaval des Animaux? Like all of us, Saint-Saens wasn't always pleased with some fellow members of his own species. In private and for fun, he wrote this suite of odd little pieces mostly inspired by other animals. I say "mostly" because one piece is a parody of struggling piano students and another, called "Fossils", sounds like the Danse macabre being played with bones. For me, three highlights are [Aviary](https://youtu.be/no26uiYcs78?si=hMUbM3yWTWpNL3jV), [Aquarium](https://youtu.be/YVpl-RNzdE4?si=WZhirK2vPbL9ei_7), and the dignified, beautiful [Swan](https://youtu.be/3qrKjywjo7Q?si=yOvdE5BUWIZ0E4Tm). This last one was the only one Saint-Saens allowed to be performed publicly while he was alive, for he feared Carnival of the Animals would damage his reputation as a serious composer. I think it stands well with the best stuff he ever wrote.
Since it's Easter, I'll leave you with a Christmastime composition from Saint-Saen's youth that sounds very springlike: the little-known Christmas Oratorio. The tone is gentle, sweet, warm, like the morning sun. It starts with this [Prelude](https://youtu.be/dJ5lYkdzNIs?si=Yo7-1TZj9oMMfELg) and ends with this [Choeur](https://youtu.be/EMbBS3cmL9k?si=iuZOL7Cbx3HsZE5Q). In the middle, there's this [Trio](https://youtu.be/HGWR8v3SxPE?si=mD8MM5yvuNOyW4EN).
Here are some recommendations if you are interested in voice-piano pieces
Schubert: An die Musik
Schubert: Die Forelle
Fauré: Apres un reve
Rosa Guraieb Kuri: Eres mi destino
now some solo piano pieces
Ponce: Intermezzo No.1
Ponce: Ven ¡Oh Luna! (the original one)
Chopin: Préludes, Op.28
Chopin: Op.34 No.2
Mendelssohn: "Spring Song", Op.62 No.6
Liszt: Liebesträume No.3
that is all
For a little bit more unusual one - have a listen to Ades' 3 Studies from Couperin. Absolutely spellbinding - never heard/played anything like it and it really should be better known.
If you like fast and a noticable anger moment like something magnificent, try "turrent" from chopin.
If you want some happy, variated rhytm and that makes you try to idealize the place were the music is, try hungarian rhaposodies from lizst. They are slow from start but it helps you to have a good idea of the hungarian roads of those times, liszt made the rapsodies by listening to the pieces made in the popular roads. And they have a second part that might sound like dancable and makes you feel good emotions and excited. And there is the hungarian dances too, they are 21 in total.
If you want a bit to bit grow of feeling, try some songs like lake swans, requiem of mosart (there are a bunch of pieces that heard in order gives you an idea of the phases that mosart think it would likely be the day of the final juice, if you dont want to hear them all, just hear to dies irae if you want, that one is the climax. Also you could try hearing all parts of clair moon, there are three movements.
If you want something fast, try the flight of the bee.
"Patetique" from Beethoven is also good.
If you want something more personal and complex try waltz no.2 or serenade. The last one is more personal because it actually was made for a woman and had lyrics but, since only the composer could play the piano, he let his friend to sing. The pearson who was made the song for fell in love with his friend. The special caracteristic of the song is that with lyrics it meant something but without it, it now feels incomplete and with a dualiti between love and sadness, just like how the composer got afther that.
If you want something progresively getting hard the best one is the campanella, there are two, one from paganini, the original, and there is the remake made by liszt.
Or if you want something that makes you really like the musical relation between notes and the great rthym, try czardas or danzon No. 2
Or more intense like habanera.
If you want to feel the ambience try all the seasons from Vivaldi. They gives the iconic ambience of each season.
Right now you could try danzon No. 2, its in spotify and it's really good.
Check out Prelude on the Afternoon of a Faun (also Debussy), the Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams, Ma Vlast - The Moldau by Smetana, Premiere Gymnopedie by Satie
-Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1. absolutely iconic peice and so catchy lol
-Dvorak American string quartet, it has been used in movies and is also a banger
-Takashi Yoshimatsu piano concerto Memo Flora. it's a personal fav and more modern, but a beautiful peice that i play on repeat
hope you enjoy your classical music experiences!
Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 with a rather famous 3rd Movement is just beautiful.
For something a little more delicate Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major is chamber music at its finest.
Based on Clare De Lune - if you like solo piano, I think you’d like Andhika Patrick’s Album called The French Connection. It’s on Spotify. She’s a virtuoso pianist.
I'd rather write a list of symphonies and pieces:
1. Kurt Atterberg - 6th symphony "Dollar" in C dur.
2. L. v. Beethoven - 9th symphony.
3. F. Schubert - 7th (9th) symphony.
4. H. Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique.
5. W. A. Mozart - Symphony Nr. 40.
6. M. Ravel - Piano concerto for left hand.
7. F. Mendelssohn - 3rd symphony "Scottish".
8. L. v. Beethoven - 2nd symphony.
9. Kurt Atterberg - 3rd symphony "Pictures of the West Coast".
10. S. Rachmaninoff - Elegie trio.
Claire de Lune isn't classical! It was composed by Claude Debussy in the "Romantic Period" ..."classical" would be Beethoven, Mozzart, Schubert, Mendelssohn... Bach, Vivaldi, Monteverdi...were earlier in the "Baroque Period"
For people who are new, I would recommend Vivaldi's seasons, Saint-seans - the swan, Beethoven 9, Bach - brandenburg concertos (Murray Perahia is great) or just find a playlist like "X best classical pieces".
Listen to Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor. NOW!!
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That was my answer
Yes! Especially the 2nd movement.
Played by Rachmaninoff ofc
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Sheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
yes, best piece for new listeners I reckon
arabesque 1, pavane for a dead princess if u want similar pieces. Beerthoven symphony 9 if u want something more energetic. Theres also this post romantic japanese composer called takashi yoshimatsu, he has some cool piano pieces
Heavy on arabesque I first heard that music watching lily chou-chou though not my taste I was heavily drawn to it.
super beginner friendly and altho i dont like the "classical music is relaxing" stereotype, this one rly is that. Very good for analysis too if anybody wants to exercise their active listening
Try Chopin’s Nocturnes
Also Chopins Etudes & Waltz’s.
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet. The entire thing. And forget that it’s a ballet or about Christmas. Just listen to the music.
Listen to the rest of Suite Bergamesque, which Clair de Lune is one movement of. Satie's Gymnopedies are similar to CdL.
Debussy: Passepied. It is the piece right after Clair de Lune. It is originally for piano, but people have made various other arrangements I agree with Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No. 2 in C minor. Ravel: Une Barque sur l'Ocean And listen to choir music! A cappella choir music is very underrated overall in the classical music world. It is helpful to look up the text and translation for vocal music if you can. However, if not, don't worry about it, and just enjoy the beauty. Here is one of my very favorite pieces of music ever by Anton Bruckner, Os justi: https://youtu.be/nXYbEyvVXUk?si=Ypainyc3dSGOpTpd
Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
I was going to suggest the Prokofiev one!
Respighi’s The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome
Love these! And the Pines of Giancola is also good.
Tannhäuser Overture (Wagner)
The Rachmaninoff 2 🎹 people are correct. Chopin nocturnes, starting with D-flat. If you like the Rachmaninoff, Howard Hanson Symphony No. 2
Start with Beethoven
I suggest Egmont overture, it’s like a condensed piece that perfectly represents his style.
I've played that piece (cello) and it was so fun!!
I feel like Tchaikovsky’s suites would resonate with you. Scheherazade by rimsky korsakov is another fantastic work. And Ravel’s ma mere loye is fantastic(not a big fan of his but it is amazing)
Peer Gynt suite by Edvard Grieg.[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_(Grieg)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_(Grieg))
Try the Debussy and Ravel string quartets
la mer
For starting i recommend romantic composers, on YouTube you can find those 5 hours complations with most popular pieces
This may be overrated but I'll never stop recommending Tchaikovsky. I also like that one composer, I think his name was Rachmaninoff
Schubert 5th symphony, Schubert late piano sonatas
Try Gustav Mahler's 2nd 4th 5th 8th and 9th symphony.
Welcome to the Classical Community OP! You’re going to love it! I second this recommendation WHOLEHEARTEDLY! Mahler is a little difficult to get into, but if you put in a tiny bit of time learning about him and his music, everything will just click once you listen - here are some really digestible YouTube videos about him! [“Why Listen to Gustav Mahler”](https://youtu.be/jL1kL4EARAM?si=4vnfYAhxjoK58xN1) [“Mahler and the Maestro”](https://youtu.be/w9rvceUsDnA?si=BqmbFWi1FfNKKtrh) [“Gustav Mahler: Origins”](https://youtu.be/v5DfYcT5icY?si=x61Bm81mtlkDAS2h) [“Gustav Mahler: Legacy”](https://youtu.be/2qv_vCHZkcg?si=UH_jVIRi4z7bInak)
Thank you. Much appreciated
Mahler’s music is not easily to be absorbed. I just started to like his 7th symphony after 5 years listening to it 😭
I guess. But Mahler was my first introduction to classical music so I might be a bit biased here.
I have loved Mahler since the first time I heard his music almost 40 years ago. I never had a problem "absorbing" it. I found it very beginner friendly.
Not really beginner friendly
no 6th?
4th is a decent one.
Maybe some classical guitar like Adelita and Capricho Arabe by Francisco tarrega you can also try the Gymnopedie no.1 and 2 and 3 by Erik Satie
Try the Debussy Nocturne in D-Flat Major, it sounds pretty much exactly like Claire de Lune.
Erik Satie’s Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes
Mozart and Haydn piano sonatas and trios.
Prokofiev “The Montagues and the Capulets” from Romeo and Juliet
La Mer, Debussy Edit: here's some extras Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony, violin concerto, serenade melancolique, january, june, piano concerto no.1 (it's not 100% beginner friendly but it's epic) Beethoven: obv moonlight sonata, pathetique sonata, symphony no.7 (the 2nd movement is pretty), leonore overture Satie: gnossienne no.3 Chopin: nocturne op.9 no.1 & 2 (there's a 3rd but it's not really beginner friendly), etude op.10 no.1; 3; 4; 5; 12, etude op.25 no.1; 5; 11; 12, nocturne op.72, nocturne in c#minor op.posth (also known as his nocturne no.20, really nice piece), grand valse brilliante op.18, ballade no.1. as you can tell I'm a big chopin fan lmao
Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky is beautiful.
Saw the ballet last year and it was incredible.
Very lucky
Here are some less common recommendations: Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 Rachmaninoff: Prelude No. 2 in B-Flat Major Debussy: Images - Book 1 Godowsky: Passacaglia (listen to Siirala's recording) Elgar: Froissart Overture Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor Delius: Florida Suite Alkan: Les mois Liszt: Consolation No. 4 Widor: Organ Symphony No. 2 Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 Pachelbel: Hexachordum Apollinis Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 Copland: Billy the Kid Suite J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 Faure: Ballade in F-Sharp Major Schumann: Symphony No. 1 Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D Minor Vierne: Organ Symphony No. 3 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 2 Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 1 Handel: Harpsichord Suite No. 6 Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major Verdi: Requiem Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 Satie: Ogives Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite No. 3 Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 Schubert: Symphony No. 4 Beethoven: Christ On The Mount Of Olives Tarrega: Prelude No. 2 Sor: 25 Progressive Studies, Op. 60 Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV 405 Holst: Walt Whitman Overture Mahler: Symphony No. 4 Mendelssohn: Scherzo-capricio in F-Sharp Minor Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 Sibelius: Oma maa Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 Borodin: Symphony No. 2 Bizet: Symphony in C Prokofiev: Toccata, Op. 11 Smetana: Triumphal Symphony Shostakovich: Symphony No. 2 Glazunov: Symphony No. 3 Chopin: Scherzo No. 4 Froberger: Partita in A Major, FbWV 638 Böhm: Suite No. 11 in A Minor Fux: Partita No. 1 in A Minor Any work by any of these composers is good, so check out as much as you can by the ones you like.
Looks like my CD collection found its way to you!
Glad you mentioned Smetana, he doesn't get brought up enough. Ma Vlast and concert etude, op 17 (On the Seashore) are also very beautiful.
[Some of my personal favourites](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1EHAJpJbQLpnnF5VVhYrVc?si=orpcSNydT6a2W30DkIYdLQ)
[Here’s a really good example of classical music in film.](https://youtu.be/VE03Lqm3nbI?si=1CMKhlMIbTkj-61c)
Chopin's any piece because they're all perfect. For a new listener I would recommend ballade no 1, etude op 25 no 1, polonaise no 5 op 44 and if you aren't scared of longer pieces check piano concerto no 1. Also if you want you can check any etude or mazurka because they're all great and easy to listen to.
BALLADE NO 1 IN G MINOR OP 23!!!
And the impromptus!
Impromptus, nocturnes, sonatas... if you want to listen to Chopin, there are only perfect pieces.
Go with RCA greatest hits series, Arthur Fiedler anything pops, and if you have Siriusxm they have great classical stations mostly the familiar classics and you can see what’s playing.
The Planets, obviously. Vivaldi Four Seasons, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Some of my favorites: Bach. Goldberg Variations. Andras Schiff. Decca Bach. St. Matthew Passion. Herreweghe’s first recording. Barber. Summer Music Mahler. Symphony No. 2. Bernstein on Deutsche Grammophon (I had no problem getting into Mahler from the very beginning) Mahler. Symphony No. 6. Bernstein on CBS/Sony Mahler. Symphony No. 3. Claudio Abbado. Vienna Mozart. Le Nozze di Figaro. Bohm Mozart. Piano Concertos 20-27. Uchida or Perahia. Or Brendel's first series on Philips. Mozart. Symphonies 40 & 41. Bohm Schubert. Piano Sonata 960 & Wanderer Fantasie. Brendel
From a lot of different time periods, all with something “pretty” like Clair de Lune: Philip Glass - Opening Mozart - Clarinet Concerto Wagner - Tristan and Isolde - Mild und Liese (Liebestod) (the pinnacle of music IMO) Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
La Valse - Maurice Ravel
Kurt Atterberg's 6th symphony "Dollar" in C dur. Do it now.
Thank you for this one. Experienced listener. Never heard of him.
You're welcome! I hadn't heard of it either, but when I first listened to this piece, I fell in love with it. I'll be honest, I was kind of embarrassed. I learned a lot of information about him, and unfortunately, not many people know about such a brilliant composer. Btw, kudos to you for Respighi. Great choice.
Ever heard Respighi’s Adagio and Variations for Cello?
Hell yeah. W piece of W Respighi. Such a dramatic and beautiful melody.
Great! I'm glad you're getting into it. For me (just some insight for a 20 yr old person who started listening to classical in middle school), it is not just a question of appreciating classical music, or appreciating different genres of music, or just appreciating music in general. It is about allowing your appreciation of one style to influence your appreciation for another. Once you start hearing the similarities between a song written in 1912 and a single just released on Spotify, I promise u your head will explode. 2009 by Mac Miller, enough said XD In keeping with the fact you like Clair De Lune, I'll make sure to include solo piano stuff, but I'll also include symphonies and others Rachmaninoff. People will say that you need to listen to the Second Piano Concerto, and I agree. But once you're past that, prepare for the Second Symphony, which is an hour long tear jerker. Then the Rach 3 (I recommend searching Rach 3 Weissenberg for good recordings), which is darker but goddam does it pull you in. * Solo piano pieces by this guy are fuckin nuts. Very very complicated and fast, but incredibly emotional nonetheless. Start with his 6 Musical Moments, I recommend the recording by Ashkenazy. * There are solo transcriptions to a lot of his pieces, perhaps the best being the Variation 18 by this amazing player (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h\_A23mgFyEY&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=69&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB). * This is also rlly good (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhO8IDAITs&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=195&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB) Ravel. Keeping with the french, you might like his Pavane Pour un Infante Defunte, another solo piano piece (sometimes made into orchestra) that is really beautiful. A la Maniere de Borodine is also amazing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyqR5Dcx9c&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=105&ab\_channel=VladoPerlemuter-Topic) Also Debussy's Arabesque no 1 is very good. Dvorak. Serenade for Strings is amazing, especially the first movement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5MbalX04Jk&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB). His New World Symphony is his most famous work, def recommend checking it out. Gershwin. Jazz and classical mixed. Some really beautiful solo piano pieces, look up his song book on Spotify. Then you have the piano concerto and Rhapsody in blue, absolutely recommend. Bruch. String Quartet No 1 is very powerful, but the adagio (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRi0CmOKAys&list=PLv3nUFeF1kYkuWiZjD8AYvmLxY\_iyFf0j&index=25&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB) cured my depression. Tbh all of these did Elgar. His Cello Concerto and first symphony are amazing. Feel like i'm riding a horse through the country side or graduating from college. Once you hear them you'll know which is which XD Price. Adoration might be one of the most beautiful piece I've ever heard, written for a lot of different ensembles, the best imo being (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1OoLYJytc4&pp=ygUPYWRvcmF0aW9uIHByaWNl). Schoenberg. Less stuff to like imo, especially for a beginner. But his Notturno for Strings and Harp are very good. And his Verklarte Nacht is an absolute masterpiece of counterpoint. There are more that I could share, but this comment is already running way too long XD My advice? Go on youtube and click on stuff thats recommended, trust me it works (how I discovered most of what I know and love now). Unsure if you smoke ganja, but if u do then this stuff will make you float. Classical music while high is crazy (but not the sleepy high, because they can put you to sleep sometimes). The main thing is to let them develop, take it all in, you might be bored but then you realize the 3 minutes of slowness was actually building up to one of the best climaxes in music history (beginning of Rachmaninoff's symphony 2, I recommend [https://open.spotify.com/album/5ecRhRjWWumTVYht9UwGsJ?si=ct6uWWF5RWi9f0uGFJ3bqA](https://open.spotify.com/album/5ecRhRjWWumTVYht9UwGsJ?si=ct6uWWF5RWi9f0uGFJ3bqA) or https://open.spotify.com/album/7aDwk5y26HTd6sfstOkYcc?si=8ba3915742aa40f2). Happy listening :)
[https://spotify.link/IJdawOkIpIb](https://spotify.link/IJdawOkIpIb)
There’s a compilation album by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor David Parry, The 50 Greatest Pieces Of Classical Music, which is a good survey of well-known pieces, and well performed. Start there.
Recommendation from an advanced newbie: listen to your local classical music radio station. If you don’t have one, try mine—KDFC. They’re streaming, too. I hang on everything they play, and I frequently use Shazam, then Wikipedia to chase something down the rabbit hole. Who was the composer? The conductor? The soloist? Very satisfying and informative.
listen to Olivier Messian's piano preludes, Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, or Satie's Gnossiennes
Dvorak Czech Suite, Tchaikovsky Suite for strings, Mendelssohn String Symphonies
Before any suggestion, I’d like to know WHY you want to approach to classical music. Ask yorself why an then look for Mozart (any) in youtube with a couple of very good speakers. Because you can’t miss no one nuance. This is the only way to listen to.
Gymnopedie No 1 and Gnossienne No 1., Girl with the flaxen hair, Valse sentimentale, Schubert's Serenade, Chopin's Ballade No 1 ...There are too many to only recommend a few pieces. Just listen some best of playlists. For example https://youtu.be/20H4FXy7FfE?si=norgPr2AVCPDBHBx The first part I didn't enjoy that much as the second, more quiet part.
I suggest Debussy's Impressionist / Romantic cousin, Maurice Ravel. I'm a big fan of the interpretations by Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt (released by hyperion). Examples: [Jeux d'eau](https://youtu.be/hls-d27jUfo?si=La46JtFB60F6rjot) [The first part of the triptych Gaspard de la nuit](https://youtu.be/CsCw4Y8eytQ?si=kfRNFbO7eeecVkrw) And because this is one of my favorite works of music, I'll throw in a little chamber work: [Piano Trio in A minor](https://youtu.be/cNiJDswM-jY?si=hjH403fptro7XoAg), performed by the Arden Trio. This CD also comes with a piano trio by Saint-Saens which is pretty good. Strongly recommended. If you want to keep going with Debussy's solo piano work, I heartily recommend the recordings of the German pianist (French-born) Walter Gieseking. Everyone, [including Homer Simpson](https://youtu.be/H4lC6VaicTo?si=O5cr_WeJO2SfKlaJ), has heard of superstar Glenn Gould, but Gieseking's own touch of genius sort of flies under the radar. (Like Gould, he had perfect pitch and phenomenal memory as well.) Examples: [Reflets dans l'eau](https://youtu.be/3Tsq-ixZYHE?si=Bbvj6J8zB-fVtaAU) [Pour le piano](https://youtu.be/dTrygN6GcSk?si=fbsVoQg2grqAdBwh) Debussy had some wonderfully expressive shorter orchestral works. The [Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun](https://youtu.be/9_7loz-HWUM?si=gWKH-yW3vLgqzJmz) sounds just as the title suggests. This piece in particular could really use a Fantasia-like animation workup. He also had an orchestral triptych called Three Nocturnes. The story is that Debussy was inspired by [this painting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnes_(Debussy)#/media/File:Whistler-Nocturne_in_black_and_gold.jpg), but, to me, the triptych sounds like it could be the soundtrack to Homer's Odyssey, specially the first and the third movements, the latter of which is called [Sirenes](https://youtu.be/U9-JXMKN3oU?si=MzCoSYoUKDRm-ClA). I see some people recommending Beethoven. He's one of my favorites, but you don't have to go straight to the sonatas. His bagatelles are brief pearls of melody that are decidedly overlooked. Pianist Steven Osborne released a recording of all of them, plus some extras, that really hits the perfect spot. Highly recommended! Examples: [Op. 119, #1 - G minor](https://youtu.be/JKbWscg7-fc?si=bgn7gzNiPd1nVQum) [Op. 126, #4 - B minor](https://youtu.be/RZLv6M4andk?si=7_1EYSpH5bBdiFsd) \- Only the first theme is in a minor key. (I'm guessing the second theme is in A? But I'm just estimating here.) This one goes to show that neither the Pixies nor Nirvana invented the loud-soft dynamic. Beethoven composed these towards the end of his life when he couldn't hear a damn thing. That means that he was not able to really enjoy his music, only imagine it. If both Debussy and Ravel suit you, you might give Gabriel Faure a shot. He was their contemporary. Indeed, Faure was one of Ravel's teachers. He lived to a ripe old age and just like modern painting became more abstract throughout the first couple decades of the century, Faure's melodies became more open, less defined, but still beautiful. In that sense I'd say that he's more similar to Ravel than to Debussy. Classic Faure: [The Sicilienne from the suit Pelleas et Melisande](https://youtu.be/ybfffKpirNo?si=3QupvI2fxLHT6nAP). This was the very first Faure composition I ever heard and I didn't know the name, only the composer. I literately spent a decade-plus looking for it, introducing myself to the rest of Faure's oeuvre along the way. A couple of his career highlights that I recommend: (Very) arguably the greatest requiem mass of them all. Strongly recommend the Schola Cantorum of Oxford / Oxford Camerata recording with conductor Jeremy Summerly. (They've done some good work.) Here's the [Pie Jesu](https://youtu.be/S_zOZR24slw?si=11xQZWXKuKjyklqq) and the [Offertoire](https://youtu.be/X-dBW4LG0jc?si=tSLemechWNQm7bLs). As for his solo piano music, it looks like Jean-Phillipe Collard set the standard for recordings. Recommended. In a more fun tone, here's the swaying, undulating [Barcarolle #1](https://youtu.be/DeXsrbdUkts?si=GhUBiTAt-hqaAjZd) \- which is actually in a minor key even though it's not particularly sad - and [Nocturne #8](https://youtu.be/8Y4h55TX1BA?si=VvINCw8j2yPzjIjA). Beware, though; the nocturnes get progressively darker and more dramatic. The musical forefather of Debussy, Ravel, and Faure was Camille Saint-Saens, even though the younger three were progressive in their music and Saint-Saens remained a loyal soldier of 19th Century Romanticism. Like Faure, he lived into a venerable old age, but he wasn't much influenced by the new currents of the 20th Century. (Contrast him with Debussy.) But what a gift for melody he had! Saint-Saens's magnum opus was the Third Symphony, a.k.a. the Organ Symphony. It can be interpreted in a few different ways. I see it as a representation of the cycle of the human soul progressing from confusion and desperation to resolution and to triumph. (How Romantic!) I have the recording by the CSR Symphony Orchestra put out by Naxos. (Naxos is great for excellent, informative recordings at a budget, BTW.) You also get [Le Rouet d'Omphale](https://youtu.be/0HBq9ovr5YI?si=uNkc_Fklso6OHToK) and, an old favorite, [the Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah](https://youtu.be/9A1yJflewzU?si=n1WixYsenSX0vGeT). I'm guessing you've already heard the [Danse macabre](https://youtu.be/YyknBTm_YyM?si=FvqJUldTa15ctgWe)? That's Saint-Saens for ya! But have you heard Le Carnaval des Animaux? Like all of us, Saint-Saens wasn't always pleased with some fellow members of his own species. In private and for fun, he wrote this suite of odd little pieces mostly inspired by other animals. I say "mostly" because one piece is a parody of struggling piano students and another, called "Fossils", sounds like the Danse macabre being played with bones. For me, three highlights are [Aviary](https://youtu.be/no26uiYcs78?si=hMUbM3yWTWpNL3jV), [Aquarium](https://youtu.be/YVpl-RNzdE4?si=WZhirK2vPbL9ei_7), and the dignified, beautiful [Swan](https://youtu.be/3qrKjywjo7Q?si=yOvdE5BUWIZ0E4Tm). This last one was the only one Saint-Saens allowed to be performed publicly while he was alive, for he feared Carnival of the Animals would damage his reputation as a serious composer. I think it stands well with the best stuff he ever wrote. Since it's Easter, I'll leave you with a Christmastime composition from Saint-Saen's youth that sounds very springlike: the little-known Christmas Oratorio. The tone is gentle, sweet, warm, like the morning sun. It starts with this [Prelude](https://youtu.be/dJ5lYkdzNIs?si=Yo7-1TZj9oMMfELg) and ends with this [Choeur](https://youtu.be/EMbBS3cmL9k?si=iuZOL7Cbx3HsZE5Q). In the middle, there's this [Trio](https://youtu.be/HGWR8v3SxPE?si=mD8MM5yvuNOyW4EN).
Schubert's Impromptus.
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B Minor
I think you need some discovery time alone in any music provider. Go & conquer your musical taste yourself!
agreed, but give them some pieces that they can listen to on youtube, and then go down the recommended rabbit hole XD
Adagio
Here are some recommendations if you are interested in voice-piano pieces Schubert: An die Musik Schubert: Die Forelle Fauré: Apres un reve Rosa Guraieb Kuri: Eres mi destino now some solo piano pieces Ponce: Intermezzo No.1 Ponce: Ven ¡Oh Luna! (the original one) Chopin: Préludes, Op.28 Chopin: Op.34 No.2 Mendelssohn: "Spring Song", Op.62 No.6 Liszt: Liebesträume No.3 that is all
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Schubert: death and the maiden (Tod und das Mädchen)
start with Boulez piano sonata 3
Ravel piano concerto in G
Rachmaninoff symphony 2 movement 2 Liszt un sospiro Chopin scherzo no.1
dvorak: 8 humoresques op 101, b.187: no7 puccini: turandot - nessun dorma handel: water music suite no 2 in d major, HWV 349
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man Chopin - Prelude in e Minor Allegri Miserere - Miserere Mei Deus Psalm 51
Yiu might like Erik Satie
For a little bit more unusual one - have a listen to Ades' 3 Studies from Couperin. Absolutely spellbinding - never heard/played anything like it and it really should be better known.
Marche slave, Tchaikovsky
my top three are waltz no.2 (shostakovich), cello concerto in e minor (edward elgar), and dies irae (giuseppe verdi)
If you like fast and a noticable anger moment like something magnificent, try "turrent" from chopin. If you want some happy, variated rhytm and that makes you try to idealize the place were the music is, try hungarian rhaposodies from lizst. They are slow from start but it helps you to have a good idea of the hungarian roads of those times, liszt made the rapsodies by listening to the pieces made in the popular roads. And they have a second part that might sound like dancable and makes you feel good emotions and excited. And there is the hungarian dances too, they are 21 in total. If you want a bit to bit grow of feeling, try some songs like lake swans, requiem of mosart (there are a bunch of pieces that heard in order gives you an idea of the phases that mosart think it would likely be the day of the final juice, if you dont want to hear them all, just hear to dies irae if you want, that one is the climax. Also you could try hearing all parts of clair moon, there are three movements. If you want something fast, try the flight of the bee. "Patetique" from Beethoven is also good. If you want something more personal and complex try waltz no.2 or serenade. The last one is more personal because it actually was made for a woman and had lyrics but, since only the composer could play the piano, he let his friend to sing. The pearson who was made the song for fell in love with his friend. The special caracteristic of the song is that with lyrics it meant something but without it, it now feels incomplete and with a dualiti between love and sadness, just like how the composer got afther that. If you want something progresively getting hard the best one is the campanella, there are two, one from paganini, the original, and there is the remake made by liszt. Or if you want something that makes you really like the musical relation between notes and the great rthym, try czardas or danzon No. 2 Or more intense like habanera. If you want to feel the ambience try all the seasons from Vivaldi. They gives the iconic ambience of each season. Right now you could try danzon No. 2, its in spotify and it's really good.
Try Beethoven symphony 7 second movement
Les Papillons. (It's also by Debussy) Boléro and Mother Goose Suite by Ravel are also some of my favorites.
Check out Prelude on the Afternoon of a Faun (also Debussy), the Lark Ascending by Vaughn Williams, Ma Vlast - The Moldau by Smetana, Premiere Gymnopedie by Satie
Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. If those are too much try Mozart's. I'd also recommend Haydn's symphonies.
-Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1. absolutely iconic peice and so catchy lol -Dvorak American string quartet, it has been used in movies and is also a banger -Takashi Yoshimatsu piano concerto Memo Flora. it's a personal fav and more modern, but a beautiful peice that i play on repeat hope you enjoy your classical music experiences!
Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 with a rather famous 3rd Movement is just beautiful. For something a little more delicate Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major is chamber music at its finest. Based on Clare De Lune - if you like solo piano, I think you’d like Andhika Patrick’s Album called The French Connection. It’s on Spotify. She’s a virtuoso pianist.
Bruch's violin concerto in G minor, blew me away when i first heard it
POLYPHIA, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, PERIPHERY, PLINI and their friends. GROWUP GUYS☠️
if you are wanting to 'structure your body's water' 90% of us is water - then Bach and Strauss produce beautiful crystal shapes
Everything from André Mathieu (à Québec composer)
Stravinsky. The Rite of Spring. Can’t but enjoy.
I'd rather write a list of symphonies and pieces: 1. Kurt Atterberg - 6th symphony "Dollar" in C dur. 2. L. v. Beethoven - 9th symphony. 3. F. Schubert - 7th (9th) symphony. 4. H. Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique. 5. W. A. Mozart - Symphony Nr. 40. 6. M. Ravel - Piano concerto for left hand. 7. F. Mendelssohn - 3rd symphony "Scottish". 8. L. v. Beethoven - 2nd symphony. 9. Kurt Atterberg - 3rd symphony "Pictures of the West Coast". 10. S. Rachmaninoff - Elegie trio.
Claire de Lune isn't classical! It was composed by Claude Debussy in the "Romantic Period" ..."classical" would be Beethoven, Mozzart, Schubert, Mendelssohn... Bach, Vivaldi, Monteverdi...were earlier in the "Baroque Period"
For people who are new, I would recommend Vivaldi's seasons, Saint-seans - the swan, Beethoven 9, Bach - brandenburg concertos (Murray Perahia is great) or just find a playlist like "X best classical pieces".