Best of Classical Music

The Essentials

(and dedicated to my friend Roberta who spent 40 years reminding me of how incompetent i am about music)

Below is a teaser to make you explore the lists in the right column.
My friend Luke prepared a Spotify playlist based on this page.

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony 9 (1824)
Franz Schubert: Symphony 9 in C Major "Great" (1828)
Wolfgang Mozart: Concerto 21 in C K467 (1785)
JohannSebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor (1749)
Dmitrij Shostakovic: Symphony 15 (1971)
Gustav Mahler: Symphony 9 (1910)
Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1859)
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem (1874)
JohannSebastian Bach: Brandenburger Concertos (1721)
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony 4
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto (1887)
Franz Schubert: Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in C major, D956 Op. 163
Bela Bartok: Quartet 4
Ludwig Van Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 Op.131
Shostakovich: Quintet in G minor for Piano & String Quartet, Opus 57
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Triple Concerto C major
Leos Janacek: Glagolitic Mass (1926)
Igor Stravinskij: Le Sacre du Printemps (1913)
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony 9 (1893)
Antonio Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'Armonia op 8 (1725)
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (1829)
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (1940)
Claude Debussy: "Jeux"
Anton Webern: Concerto for Nine Instruments (1936)