basic recs

Major Works Arranged by Genre

Symphony

Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)
Mozart, Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 (Jupiter)
Beethoven, Symphonies Nos. 3 (Eroica), 5, 6 (Pastoral), 7 & 9 (Choral)
Schubert, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique
Brahms, Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 (New World)
Mahler, Symphony No. 1 (Titan)

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5

Other Orchestral

Vivaldi, The Four seasons
Bach, Brandenburg concertos
Mozart, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Rossini, Overtures
Wagner, Preludes & Overtures
J. Strauss, Waltzes
Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the animals
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an exhibition
Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker, Swan lake & Sleeping beauty suites
Grieg, Peer gynt Suites
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Debussy, La mer
Richard Strauss, Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks
Holst, The Planets
Bartók, Concerto for orchestra
Stravinsky, The Rite of spring
Prokofiev, Peter and the wolf

Piano Concerto

Mozart, Piano concertos Nos. 20, 21 & 23
Beethoven,
Piano concertos Nos. 3-5
Schumann,
Piano concerto
Brahms,
Piano concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto No. 1
Grieg, Piano concerto
Rachmaninoff,
Piano concertos Nos. 2 & 3

Violin Concerto

Bach, Violin concertos
Beethoven, Violin concerto
Mendelssohn, Violin concerto
Brahms,
Violin concerto
Bruch,
Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky,
Violin concerto
Sibelius,
Violin concerto

Other Concertos

Mozart, Clarinet concerto
Dvořák, Cello concerto


Chamber

Bach, Cello suites, Violin sonatas & partitas
Haydn, String quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 2 (Quinten), 3 (Emperor) & 4 (Sunrise)
Mozart,
Clarinet Quintet, String quartets Nos. 17 (Hunt) & 19 (Dissonance)
Beethoven,
Violin sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer), String quartets Nos. 11-16 (Late)
Schubert, Trout quintet, String quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)
Franck, Violin sonata
Brahms, Clarinet quintet
Debussy/Ravel,
String quartets
Shostakovich, String quartet No. 8, Piano trio No. 2

Solo Piano/Keyboard

Bach, Goldberg variations, Well-tempered clavier
Beethoven, Piano sonatas Nos. 8 (Pathetique), 14 (Moonlight) & 23 (Appassionata)
Schubert, 
Piano sonata No. 21
Chopin, Ballades,
Impromptus, Nocturnes, Preludes, Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
Schumann, Kreisleriana, Kinderszenen, Carnaval

Liszt, Piano sonata
Brahms, Intermezzi
Debussy, Préludes
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Song Cycles

Schubert, Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin
Schumann, Dichterliebe
R. Strauss, Four last songs


Choral

Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
Handel, Messiah
Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor
Mozart, Requiem
Beethoven, Missa Solemnis
Verdi,
Requiem
Brahms, Requiem
Orff, Carmina burana


Opera

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (Magic flute), Don Giovanni, Le nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro)
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Barber of Seville)
Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde
Verdi,
La traviata, Aida, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Otello
Bizet, Carmen
Puccini, Tosca, La bohème, Madama butterfly


Shorter Works

Allegri, Miserere
Pachelbel, Canon
Albinoni, Adagio
Handel, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Largo (Ombra mai fu)
Bach,
Air on a G string, Toccata & fugue in D minor, Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Gluck, Dance of the blessed spirits
Boccherini, Minuet
Mozart, Rondo alla turca, Le nozze di Figaro overture, Queen of the night aria, Voi che sapete
Beethoven, Für Elise, Egmont overture
Rossini, Largo al factotum
Schubert, Ave Maria, Der Erlkönig, An die Musik, Ständchen,
Impromptu No. 3. Moments musicaux No. 3

Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima
Bellini, Casta diva
Chopin,
Fantaisie-impromptu, Minute waltz, Nocturne, Op. 9/2, Heroic polonaise, Berceuse,
              Raindrop prelude, Grande valse brillante, Ballade No. 1, Waltz, Op. 64/2, Tristesse etude
Schumann, Trämerei, Mondnacht
Liszt, Liebesträume No. 3, Hungarian rhapsody No. 2
Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg prelude, Isolde's Liebestod
Mahler, Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
Gounod, Ave Maria
Smetana,
The Moldau
J. Strauss, Blue Danube waltz
Brahms, Wiegenlied (Lullaby), Hungarian dance No. 5
Saint-Saëns, The Swan
Delibes, Flower duet
Bizet, Habañera
Tchaikovsky,
Romeo and Juliet overture, 1812 overture
Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation
Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the bumblebee

Fauré, Pavane, Après un rêve
Sousa, Stars and stripes forever
Leoncavallo, Recitar!...Vesti la giubba
Elgar, Pomp & circumstance march No. 1, Nimrod
Puccini, E lucevan le stelle, Nessun dorma, O mio babbino caro, Che gelida manina,
           Vissi d'arte, Un bel di vedremo, Recondita armonia, Si, mi chiamano Mimi

Debussy,
Claire de lune, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
R. Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra: Sunrise
Dukas, The Sorceror's apprentice
Sibelius, Finlandia
Satie, Gymnopédie No. 1
Rachmaninoff, Vocalise, Prelude in C# minor
Ravel,
Boléro, Pavane pour une infante défunte, La valse
Gershwin, Rhapsody in blue
Barber, Adagio for strings
Khachaturian, Gayaneh: Sabre dance


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