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Classical music listening list

qwerty
Hi everyone, at our meeting back in September, one of you suggested that I make a list of great classical music pieces to listen to. This list is far from complete, but here is a start:

Bach:
Cantata No. 140 (Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme), BWV 140
B minor mass, BWV 232
Magnificat, BWV 243
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
6 Keyboard Partitas, BWV 825-830
6 Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006
Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051

Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor K. 491
Don Giovanni, K. 527
Symphony No. 40, K. 550
Symphony No. 41, K. 551
Die Zauberflote, K. 620
Clarinet Concerto, K. 622
Requiem, K. 626

Beethoven:
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Pathetique), Op. 13
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight), Op. 27 No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer), Op. 47
Piano Sonata No. 21 (Waldstein), Op. 53
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), Op. 55
Piano Sonata No. 23 (Appassionata), Op. 57
Violin Concerto, Op. 61
Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111
Symphony No. 9, Op. 125

Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759
String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden), D 810
Winterreise, D 911
Symphony No. 9, D 944
String Quintet No. 15 D 956
Schwanengesang D 957
Sonata for Piano in Bb Major D 960

Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
A German Requiem, Op. 45
Symphony No. 1, Op. 68
Violin Concerto, Op. 77
Symphony No. 4, Op. 98
String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111
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Re: Classical music listening list

Johannes
Saint-Saens:
Piano Concertos No. 1-5 (especially #4)

Grieg:
Piano Concerto
Arietta
Watchman's Song
Weddingday at Troldhaugen

Hummel:
Piano Quintet