♫ CLASSICAL MEGAPOST ♫
These badass GQMFs were the rock stars of their day. And they damn well still are to me. So herein lies my top 46 classical pieces of all time. Chosen are my absolute favorites out of the close to 400 tracks I have in my library. Feel free to download and make your music collection just a tad bit classier.
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◆ Violin Concerto - Felix Mendelssohn ◆ I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin ◆ Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saens ◆ Walpurgisnacht Ballet 5 - Charles François Gounod ◆ Etude Op.10 No. 3 - Frédéric Chopin ◆ Fossils - Camille Saint-Saens ◆ Act II. a. Adage - Adolphe Adam ◆ Un Sospiro - Concert Etude in D Flat Major - Frans Liszt ◆ Pineapple Rag (Violin) - Scott Joplin ◆ Overture to Don Quixote - Leon Minkus ◆ William Tell Overture - Gioachino Rossini ◆ Presto - Igor Stravinsky ◆ Andante Rapsodico - Igor Stravinsky ◆ Allegro Capriccioso Ma Tempo Giusto - Igor Stravinsky ◆ Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium - Camille Saint-Saens ◆ Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto - Ludwig Van Beethoven ◆ Vivace - Johann Sebastian Bach ◆ Largo Ma Non Tanto - Johann Sebastian Bach ◆ Allegro - Johann Sebastian Bach ◆ Palladio: I Allegretto - Karl Jenkins ◆ Act 2 - Gypsy Camp: Gypsy Dance 2 - Leon Minkus ◆ Swan Lake - Op. 20, Act II, 13. Dances of the Swans: V. Andante - Andante Non Troppo - Allegro - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky ◆ Grand Tarantella - Louis Moreau Gottschalk ◆ Op. 71 - Act 1: In The Pine Forest - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky ◆ Op. 71 - Act 1: Waltz Of The Snowflakes - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
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◆ Stars & Stripes Coda - John Philip Sousa ◆ Prelude - Johann Sebastian Bach ◆ Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig Van Beethoven ◆ Summer III. Presto - Antonio Vivaldi ◆ The Sick Doll - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky ◆ The Entertainer - Scott Joplin ◆ La Bayadère (Andante) - Leon Minkus ◆ The Thieving Magpie (Abridged) - Gioacchino Rossini ◆ Dance Of The Hours - Amilcare Ponchielli ◆ Dies Irae - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ◆ Man I Love - George Gershwin ◆ Vltava (The Moldau) - Bedřich Smetana ◆ The Swan - Camille Saint-Saens ◆ Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67: Allegro Con Brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven ◆ Pavane Op.50 - Gabriel Fauré ◆ Pachelbel’s Canon in D major - Johann Pachelbel ◆ Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie ◆ Serenade for Strings in C major, Op.48 - I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina. Andante non troppo - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky ◆ Bethena (A Concert Waltz) - Scott Joplin ◆ Swan Lake - Op. 20, Act IV: 29. Finale (Andante - Allegro Agitato - Alla Breve - Moderato e Maestoso) - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky ◆ 1812 Overture, OP. 49 - Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky