What's your Top Ten Classical Pieces Ever?
What's your Top Ten Classical Pieces Ever? (Renaissance-Modern). No soundtracks are allowed. After compiling my last, several things I noticed: 1)Bach makes it thrice, Mozart zilch. 2) I typically favor Baroque and Romanticism (most of the would be honorable mentions were also from those eras). 3) Gustav Holst is English. I had no idea. Alec Bach 1. Air on G String– Johann Sebastian Bach– Baroque 2. Canon in D–Johann Pachelbel–Baroque 3. Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie–Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina–Renaissance 4. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring–Johann Sebastian Bach–Baroque 5. Jupiter–Gustav Holst–Early Modern 6. 9th Symphony–Ludwig van Beethoven–Classical/Romantic 7. Rhapsody on Paganini–Sergei Rachmaninoff–Romantic 8. Cello Suite No. 1–Johann Sebastian Bach–Baroque 9. Piano Concerto No. 1–Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky–Romantic 10. The Swan–Camille Saint-Saëns–Romantic What's your list?