Classical Music for Beginners
15 works to start with, free to hear here, each with its analysis to follow as it plays, 11 with the full score.
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- Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626
- Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major “London”
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
- Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”
- Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
- Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
- Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”
- Gustav Holst: First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, Op. 28 No. 1 / H. 105
- Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116