The Classical Music Recommendation Thread

[Palatable Vera]

I'm pretty entry-level with classical music. Here's what I have so far:

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 and some of those Slavonic dances.
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 and 5
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust and Smyphonie Fantastique
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 to 9, sans 6
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4 to 6, Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, The Storm, and Overture solennelle 1812.
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

I'll look into everything else posted so far, but if you have any other recommendations, please do tell.

[starrynight]

Originally Posted by Palatable Vera

I'm pretty entry-level with classical music. Here's what I have so far:

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 and some of those Slavonic dances.
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1 and 5
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust and Smyphonie Fantastique
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 to 9, sans 6
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4 to 6, Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture, The Storm, and Overture solennelle 1812.
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

I'll look into everything else posted so far, but if you have any other recommendations, please do tell.

Well listen to Beethoven 6, I think it's the best of those. But listen to a quicker performance not a really slow one. His piano concertos 1, 3, 4 and 5. The Coriolanus Overture.

Tchaikovsky symphony 3 is very underrated. Also listen to his first piano concerto, serenade for strings, and ballet music (start with the shorter suite versions).

Shostakovich symphony 10.

Dvorak - cello concerto, serenade for strings.

Stravinsky - rite of spring