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Classical Music Recommendations

One recommendation for each composer, organized by era.

BAROQUE

Bach

Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Vivaldi

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 4 No. 2, RV 279, "La Stravaganza"

CLASSICAL

Mozart

Divertimento in D major, K. 136

Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"

Paganini

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6

Schubert

Ständchen in D minor, D. 957 "Serenade"

ROMANTIC

Chopin

Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

Études, Op. 10

Favorites: all of them except 6 to be honest

Études, Op. 25

Favorites: 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 12

Préludes, Op. 28

Favorites: 1, 4, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, especially 24

Polonaises

Favorites: Op. 26 No. 1, Op. 44, Op. 53

Liszt

Mephisto Waltz No. 1 in A major, S. 514

Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Debussy

Deux Arabesques, L. 66

Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake, Op. 20

Favorites: 1, 2, 9 (9, 10 and 14 are essentially the same, but gotta listen to at least one of them), 13 (specifically 13.4), 19, 21, 27, 29

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Favorites: 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2f, 3

Sibelius

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Saint-Saëns

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28

Wieniawski

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

Brahms

Hungarian Dances, WoO 1

Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 21

Strauss

The Blue Danube, Op. 314

Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Dvořák

Humoresque No. 7 in G-flat major, Op. 101

Rimsky-Korsakov

Scheherazade, Op. 35

Borodin

Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor)

Fauré

Sicilienne in G minor, Op. 78

Sarasate

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

Glazunov

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Alkan

Grande Sonate "Les quatre âges", Op. 33: 20 ans

MODERN

Kapustin

Eight Concert Études, Op. 40

Garūta

Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor

Satie

Gnossienne No. 1

Scriabin

Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor, Op. 20

Ysaÿe

Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 27

Prokofiev

Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter

Shostakovich

Jazz Suite: Waltz No. 2

Ravel

Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68