I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. 🙂
stereotypical delightful classical music:
- battalia a 10 in d major (biber)
- brandenburg concerto no. 5
- brandenburg concerto no. 3
- symphony no. 45 – “farewell” (haydn)
if you need to chill:
- rondo alla turca
- fur elise
- anitra’s dance
- in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)
if you need to sleep:
if you need to wake up:
- morning mood
- summer (from the four seasons)
- buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)
if you are feeling very proud:
- pomp and circumstance
- symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)
- 1812 overture
- symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)
- american (dvořák)
if you feel really excited:
- hoedown (copland)
- bacchanale
- spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)
- la gazza ladra
- death and the maiden (schubert)
if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:
- dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)
- winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)
- symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)
- symphony no. 5 (beethoven)
- totentanz (liszt)
- quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)
- young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
- symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)
- marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)
if you want to cry for a really long time:
- fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)
- adagio for strings (barber)
- violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)
- aase’s death
- andante festivo
- vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:
if you want chills:
if you want to study:
- eine kleine nachtmusik
- bolero (ravel)
- serenade for strings (elgar)
- scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)
- pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)
if you really want to dance:
- capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)
- blue danube
- le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)
- radetzky march
if you want to start bouncing in your chair:
if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:
if you want to hear suspense within music:
- firebird
- in the hall of the mountain king
- ride of the valkyries
- night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)
if you want a jazzy/classical feel:
if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:
- introduction and rondo capriccioso
- unfinished symphony (schubert)
- symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)
- canon in d (pachelbel)
if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:
- st. paul’s suite
- concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
- l’arlésienne suite
- concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:
- symphony no. 40 (mozart)
- cello suite no. 1 (bach)
- polovtsian dances
- enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)
- perpetuum mobile
- moto perpetuo (paganini)
pieces that just sound really cool:
- scherzo tarantelle
- dance of the goblins
- caprice no. 24 (paganini)
- new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology)
- le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)
- carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)
if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):
- concerto for two violins (bach)
- concerto for two violins (vivaldi)
- violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)
- violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
- violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)
- cello concerto in c (haydn)
- piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)
- harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)
and if you really just hate classical music in general:
a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!
also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!
Let me just add a few of my favourite things I didn’t see on the list (or maybe I’m just blind)
Something haunting:
– great fugue (beethoven)Cheerful music:
– rage over a lost penny (beethoven)
– slavonic dance nr 1 (dvorak)Impressive orchestral work:
– slavonic dance nr 8 (dvorak)
– overture to leonore (beethoven)
– vltava (smetana)Some fancy baroque music that’s generally just pretty:
– oboe concertos (albinoni)A wonderful piece by a composer people often forget about:
– violin concerto no 1 in g minor (bruch)And something fun I found while searching for a better version of the Hungarian Dance No 5:
– hungarian dance nr 5 (modern cover)
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Please listen to this and if you can’t listen on Spotify here’s a Youtube link SERIOUSLY THIS VERSION IS SO MUCH BETTER.
It sounds so ethereal without the beat of the rafio version.
sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger
the person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger
You will recognize it.
Trust me.
This is glorious.
I will always reblog this
MY FUCKING FACE WHEN I REALIZED WHAT SONG THEY’RE PLAYING.
THIS IS THE BEST OH MY GOD
I was like idk I don’t know it then I was like WAIT WHAT
@emilywalkertattoos @skin-rivets-tyler @kittsune just close your eyes and listen
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