Historically-Significant
Art (Classical) Music Listening List
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Medieval Period (476-1400)
Gregorian Chant
Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Missa Notre Dame
Francesco Landini (1325-2335)
Renaissance Period (1400-1600)
John Dunstable (1380-1453)
Guillaume Dufay (1397–1474)
Johannes Ockeghem (1415–1497)
Missa Ecce ancilla Domini
Josquin des Prez (1450-1521)
Missa Pange lingua
Jacob Obrecht (1453–1505)
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Requiem
Giovanni Palestrina (1525-1594)
Missa Papae Marcelli
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535-1592)
Responsoria Hebdomadae Sanctae
William Byrd (1543-1623)
Orlande de Lassus (Orlando di Lasso) (1553 –1594)
Mattona mia cara
Osculetur me
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554-1612)
John Dowland (1563–1626)
Come again
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Madrigals of War and Love
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
Miserere
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Fiori musicali
Baroque Period 1600-1760
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Acis and Galatea
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
Petronio Franceschini (1650–1680)
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Canon
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
La Folia
Concerto grosso in G minor
Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Three parts upon a ground
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Pièces de clavecin
Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Violin concerto in A minor
Gloria
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Suite in B flat major
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Pièces de clavecin en concert
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Music for the Royal Fireworks
Water music
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Brandenburg Concerto 2
Brandenburg Concerto 3
Preludium in C major
Badinerie
Little Fugue in G minor
Air from Suite No. 3, D Major
Chaconne from Partita 02 in D
Cantate BWV 147
Double violin concerto Mvt 1, Mvt 2, Mvt 3
St. Matthew Passion
Passcaglia and Fugue in C minor
Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
Devil´s Trill sonata
Classical Period 1730-1820
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
Harpsichord sonata in D major
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Stabat Mater
John Stanley (1712 - 1786)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
Melody for violin and piano (from Orpheus and Eurydice)
Dance of the Blessed Spirts
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Cello Concerto in A Major Mov. 3
Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Symphony nr. 94 "Surprise", Mov. 2
Cello concerto in C major
Quartet in C major "Emperor"
Quartet in D minor "Quinten"
Symphony nr. 104 "London"
Concerto for Trumpet in Eb, Mov. 3
Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799)
Concerto for Oboe in G major
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Minuet
Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
Sinfonia Veneziana
Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Sonata op. 25 nr. 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)
Rondo alla Turca
Don Giovanni
Clarinet concerto
Violin concerto in G
Symphony nr. 39-1, 40-1, 41-1, 41-2, 41-3, 41-4
Divertimento in D
Piano concerto no. 23 in A major
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
Quintet for clarinet and strings
Requiem
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony nr. 5 in C minor
Für Elise
Symphony nr. 3 in E flat major "Eroica"
Symphony nr. 6 in F major "Pastoral"
Violin sonata nr. 5 in F major "Spring"
Piano concerto nr. 5 in E flat major "Emperor"
Piano sonata nr. 8 in C minor "Pathétique"
Piano sonata nr. 57 in F minor “Appassionatta”
Triple concerto for piano, violin and violoncello in C major
Romance for violin and orchestra in F major
Piano sonata nr. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight"
String quartet no 1 in F major
String quartet no 7 in F major, Op. 59, no. 1
String quartet no 8 in E minor, Op. 59, no. 2
String quartet no 9 in C major, Op. 59, no. 1
String quartet nr. 16 in F major
String quartet nr. 18 in F major
Violin concerto in D major
Symphony nr. 9 in D minor (with Ode to Joy)
Symphony nr. 7 in A Major, II
Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840)
Caprice nr. 24 for violin solo
Violin concerto nr. 2 in B minor "La Campanella"
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz, Invitation to the Dance
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony nr. 8 in B minor "Unfinished"
Die schöne Müllerin (Ungeduld - Impatience)
Piano Quintet in A major "The Trout Quintet" (Forellenquintett)
Ave Maria
Romantic Period 1815-1910
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)
Robert le diable
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
The Barber of Seville
William Tell
La gazza ladra
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
L´elisir d´amore
Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
Harold in Italy
Symphonie fantastique - March to the Scaffold
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857)
Ruslan and Lyudmila
Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
Radetzky March
Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
A Midsummer Night´s Dream
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor
Waltz in D flat major, Étude in C minor "The Revolutionary Étude"
Preludes Op. 28 nr. 4 nr. 15
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Symphony nr. 1 in B flat major "Spring"
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Les Préludes
Dream of Love (Liebestraum)nr. 3
Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Aida
Rigoletto
The Troubadour (Il trovatore)
La traviata
Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Lohengrin
Valkyrie (Die Walküre)
Tristan und Isolde
Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897)
The Dance of the Goblins
Messa per Rossini
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Ave Maria
Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
Orpheus in the Underworld
César Franck (1822–1890)
Symphony in D minor
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Symphony nr. 4 in E flat major "Romantic"
Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride)
Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
The Blue Danube
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Hungarian dance nr. 5
Symphony nr. 4 in E minor
Symphony nr. 1 in D minor
Lullaby - Wiegenlied
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
Polovtsian dances (from Prince Igor)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
The Carnival of the Animals (The Swan)
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
Polonaise No. 1 in D Major, Op. 4.
Caprice Op. 18 nr.4
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
Islamey for Orchestra
Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
Carmen
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
Night on Bald Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Piano concerto nr. 1 in B flat minor
Andante cantabile (from String quartet nr. 1 in D major)
The Nutcracker
Song without words
Canzonetta from Violin concerto in D major
Swan lake
1812 Overture
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Symphony nr. 9 in E minor "From the New World"
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Méditation (from Thaïs)
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Peer Gynt (Morning Mood, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Piano concerto in A minor
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
The Flight of the Bumblebee (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Capriccio Espagnol
Scheherezade
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
Requiem (In Paradisum)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Stars and Stripes Forever
The Washington Post March
Semper Fidelis
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Sinfonietta
The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Pomp and Circumstance
Enigma Variations
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
Concerto for Flute Op.107
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858–1919)
Pagliacci
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
Gianni Schicchi
Tosca
Turandot
Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
Asturias
Iberia
Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)
Louise Depuis de jour
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Symphony nr. 1 in D major "Titan"
Symphony nr. 4 in G major
Symphony nr. 5 in C sharp minor
Symphony nr. 8 in E flat major (Symphony of a Thousand)
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Michelangelo
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
La mer
Clair de Lune
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Elektra
Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
Piano sonata in Eb minor
La Peri Fanfare from La Peri
Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
The Seasons
Raymonda
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Symphony nr. 4
Concerto for Flute
Aladdin Suite
Suite for Strings
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Violin concerto in D minor
Karelia suite
The Swan of Tuonela
Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Toccata
Piano Concerto
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Gymnopedia No. 1
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
The Spider's Feast
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Lark Ascending
Toccata Marziale
A Sea Symphony
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
Swedish Rhapsody #1
Festspel
Dala Rhapsody (Devil’s Reel)
Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
The Poem of Ecstasy
Piano Concert in F# minor
Prometheus - The Poem of Fire
Etude Op. 42 no. 4 in F3 minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Piano concerto nr. 2 in C minor
Piano concerto nr. 3
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prelude in C# minor
Symphony no. 2
Symphony no. 3
Max Reger (1873–1916)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Fantasy and Fugue on Bach
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
A Survivor from Warsaw
Pierrot Lunaire
Serenade
Verklarte Nacht
Erwartung, op. 17
Josef Suk (1874-1939)
Asrael (Symphony in C minor)
Serenade for Strings
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Three Places in New England
The Unanswered Question
Symphony No. 4
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
Intermezzo from “Notre Dame”
Symphony no. 1
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Bolero
Daphnis et Chloé
Jeux d´eau (Fountains)
Pavane for a Dead Princess
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
El Sombrero de Tres Picos (The Three-Cornered Hat)
Concerto for Harpsichord and chamber ens.
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
Violin Concert no. 8 in A Major
Symphonic Tones Poems 2
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
Contemporary (Modern) Art Period (1910-present)
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
Schelomo for cello and orchestra
Baal Shem
Avodath Hakodesh
Concerto Grosso no. 1
Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
Allegro barbaro
Violin concerto nr. 2
String quartet nr. 4
Concerto for orchestra
Music for strings, percussion and celest
Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944)
5 Preludes (1922)
2 Poems (1920)
Violin Concerto No 1 (1925)
Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
Irish Tune from County Derry - Londonderry Air
Lincolnshire Posy
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
Petrushka
The Rite of Spring
Pulcinella
Ebony concerto
Oedipus rex
Firebird Suite
Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
Ionisation
Poème électronique
Ameriques
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Six Bagatelles
Concerto for 9 instruments
Variations for Piano
String Quartet, Op. 28
Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Violin concerto
Wozzeck
Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
Pieces for Cello and Piano
Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Three Pieces
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Choro nr. 1
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Double concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani
Violin sonata nr. 3
Fantasie
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Symphony No. 1 in D major "Classical"
Violin concerto nr. 2 in G minor
Peter and the Wolf
Romeo and Juliet
Scythian Suite
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Pacific 231
Symphony nr. 3 (Symphonie Liturgique)
King David (Le Roi David)
Intrada for trumpet and piano
Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
Scaramouche (originally for alto saxophone and orchestra)
Sonatina for flute and piano
Alois Hába (1893-1973)
Mother (Matka, a quarter-tone opera)
Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981)
Suite of Old American Dances
Walter Piston (1894–1976)
Prelude for Organ and Strings
Fantasy for English Horn, Harp & Strings
Symphony nr. 3 (1943)
Concerto for String Quartet, Winds & Percussion
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Trauermusik for viola and string orchestra
Ludus Tonalis (Fugue D flat major)
Viola sonata Op. 11, nr. 4
Symphonie "Mathis der Maler"
Symphonic Metamorphosis
Symphony for Concert Band
Carl Orff (1895–1982)
Carmina Burana
Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
Symphony nr. 2, “Romantic”
Symphony nr. 3
Roger Sessions (1896–1989)
Symphony nr. 8
Piano Sonata nr. 2
Symphony nr. 5
Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)
Double Glissando Etude
The River
Louisiana Story
Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
The Banshee
Fuging Tone #5
Homage to Iran
28 Simultaneous mosaic, take 8
George Gershwin (1898–1937)
Rhapsody in Blue
An American in Paris
Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)
Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Les animaux modèles
Sonata for flute and piano
Gloria
Randall Thompson (1899–1984)
Alleluia
The Road Not Taken
Ye Shall Have a Song
Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
Clarinet concerto
El Salon Mexico
Appalachian Spring
Hoedown from Rodeo
Fanfare for the Common Man
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Sabre dance (from Gayane)
Spartacus
Masquerade
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945)
Yellow River Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony nr. 7 in C major "Leningrad"
24 preludes and fugues (Fugue in A major)
String quartet nr. 14 in F sharp major
Piano concerto nr. 2 in F major
Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
Sleigh Ride
Bugler’s Holiday
Typewriter
Elliott Carter (1908-)
String Quartet nr. 1
Sonata for Cello & Piano
Variations for Orchestra
Double Concerto
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Exotic birds (Oiseaux exotiques)
Quartet for the end of time (Quatuor pour la fin du temps)
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Adagio for strings
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
William Schuman (1910–1992)
New England Triptych
American Festival Overture
George Washington Bridge
Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
Prayer of St. Gregory
Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b
John Cage (1912-1992)
second interlude for prepared piano
Second construction
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Concerto for orchestra
Venetian Games (Jeux vénitiens)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Symphony for cello and orchestra
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Simple symphony
Morton Gould (1913-1996)
American Salute
Folk Suite
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
West Side Story - Symphonic Dances
Divertimento for orchestra
Candide Overature
Václav Nelhýbel (1919-1996)
Symphonic Movement
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Symphony nr. 6
Symphony for Brass, op. 123
Brass Quintet, Op. 73, nr. 1
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Metastasis
Mists
György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Atmosphères
String quartet nr. 2
Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
Como una ole de fuerza y Luz
Pierre Boulez (1925-)
Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without a master)
Notations
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Kontakte (Contacts)
Gesang der Junglinge
George Crumb (1929-)
Black Angels
Makrokosmos
Music for a Summer Evening
Stephen Sondheim (1930-)
A Little Night Music Send in the Clowns
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-)
Saint Luke Passion
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (Tren Ofiarom Hiroszimy)
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Concerto grosso nr. 1
Arvo Pärt (1935-)
Tabula Rasa
Fratres
Steve Reich (1936-)
Sextet
Philip Glass (1937-)
Violin concerto nr. 1
Glassworks
Koyaanisqatsi
John Willams (1932-)
Star Wars
E.T.
Home Alone Theme
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Superman
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jurassic Park Main Theme Jurassic Park Theme Song
Schindler’s List
Harry Potter
Robert Jager (1939-)
Tan Dun (1957-)
Internet Symphony “Eroica”
John Zorn (1953-)
Augusta Read Thomas (1964-)
Mason Bates (?-)
YouTube Symphony 2011 - Mothership