Long Shot's Music ESSENTIALS: Part I
Doing a deep dive on, well, everything. Starting with the classical boys (and gals) because they did this shit first. Some elite tunes that even the most jaded oldies-hating millennial noob can enjoy. Updating this list as I work my way through these various composer's oeuvres. Track picks will be listed in the descriptions; otherwise, assume that I am recommending the entire composition/album.
https://open.spotify.com/user/karatedrummer/playlist/2nFCiksY3cVkte2A683XUi?si=dse3i-f9SOeczCQXC-ZpKg if you'd like to access a more in-depth list of elite jams.
Remember: this list is JUST MY OPINION, friends! |
| 1 |  | Hildegard von Bingen
Ordo Virtutum
c. 1151 |
| 2 |  | Perotin
Viderunt Omnes
c. 1198 |
| 3 |  | Guillaume De Machaut
Messe De Notre Dame
c. 1365 -- "Sanctus" |
| 4 |  | Guillaume Dufay
Missa se la face ay pale
c. 1453 -- "Gloria" |
| 5 |  | Johannes Ockeghem
Missa prolationum
c. 1465 -- "Agnus Dei" |
| 6 |  | Johannes Ockeghem
Missa Mi-Mi
c. 1475 |
| 7 |  | Alexander Agricola
Missa In myne zyn
c. 1500 -- "Agnus I" |
| 8 |  | Josquin Des Prez
Missa Pange lingua
c. 1514 -- "Kyrie", "Credo" |
| 9 | | Josquin Des Prez
Mille regretz
c. 1520 |
| 10 |  | Jean Richafort
Requiem
c. 1532 |
| 11 |  | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Missa Papae Marcelli
c. 1562 -- "Credo", "Agnus Dei" |
| 12 | | Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
1565 |
| 13 |  | Thomas Tallis
Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet I
c. 1565 |
| 14 |  | William Byrd
Mass for Four Voices
c. 1592 -- "Credo" |
| 15 |  | William Byrd
Mass for Five Voices
c. 1594 -- "Agnus Dei" |
| 16 | | Luca Marenzio
Solo e pensoso
c. 1599 |
| 17 | | William Byrd
Ave verum corpus
1605 |
| 18 | | Claudio Monteverdi
Cruda amarilli
1605 |
| 19 | | Carlo Gesualdo
Io parto, e non più dissi
1611 |
| 20 |  | Denis Gaultier
La Rhetorique des dieux
1652 |
| 21 |  | Jean-Baptiste Lully
Te Deum
1677 -- "Symphonie" |
| 22 |  | Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D
c. 1694 |
| 23 |  | Antonio Vivaldi
L'estro armonico, Op.3
1711 -- No. 6 in A minor & No. 10 in B minor, mvt. III |
| 24 |  | Arcangelo Corelli
12 Concerti Grossi, Op.6
1714 -- No. 8 in G minor |
| 25 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
1721 |
| 26 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B♭ major, BWV 1051
1721 |
| 27 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
The Well-Tempered Clavier I BWV 846-869
1722 |
| 28 |  | Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
1725 |
| 29 |  | Antonio Vivaldi
Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, Op.8
1725 -- No. 1-4 ("The Four Seasons"), No. 7 in D minor, No. 8 in G minor |
| 30 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
1727 |
| 31 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1, BWV 1052
c. 1734 -- mvt. 1 |
| 32 |  | George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
1741 |
| 33 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
1749 |
| 34 |  | Johann Sebastian Bach
The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
1751 |
| 35 |  | Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 56 in C major
1756 -- mvt. 1 |
| 36 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d
1778 -- mvt. 1 |
| 37 |  | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sonata in A, W.55 No. 4
1779 -- mvt. 2 |
| 38 |  | Joseph Haydn
String Quartets, Op. 33
1781 -- No. 2 ("The Joke"), mvt. IV |
| 39 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331
1783 -- mvt. 3 ("Rondo alla turca") |
| 40 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
1786 |
| 41 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
1786 -- "Overture" (although the entire opera is great) |
| 42 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
1786 |
| 43 |  | Joseph Haydn
Symphony No.88 in G major
1787 -- mvt. 2 |
| 44 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525
1787 -- mvts. 1 & 4 |
| 45 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni K. 527
1788 |
| 46 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
1788 -- mvts. 1 & 4 |
| 47 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551
1788 |
| 48 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflote, 'The Magic Flute', K. 620
1791 |
| 49 |  | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K. 626
1791 -- "Introit", "Kyrie", "Lacrimosa" |
| 50 |  | Joseph Haydn
String Quartets, Op.76
1798 -- No. 3 ("Emperor") & No. 4 ("Sunrise"), mvt. I |
| 51 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
"Pathétique" Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13
1798 |
| 52 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 27
1801 ("Moonlight" Sonata) |
| 53 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E♭ “Eroica” Op. 55
1803 |
| 54 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53
1804 ("Waldstein") |
| 55 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B♭ minor, Op. 60
1806 -- mvt. 1 |
| 56 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
"Appassionata" Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
1807 |
| 57 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
1808 |
| 58 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
"Pastoral" Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68
1808 |
| 59 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor"
1811 |
| 60 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
1812 |
| 61 |  | Franz Schubert
Op. 1 – D 328 "Erlkönig"
1815 |
| 62 |  | Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia
1816 -- "Largo al factotum della citta" |
| 63 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
"Hammerklavier" Piano Sonata No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106
1818 |
| 64 |  | Franz Schubert
Unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor
1822 |
| 65 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
1824 |
| 66 |  | Franz Schubert
String Quartet No. 14 (Death and the Maiden)
1824 |
| 67 |  | Franz Schubert
Ellens Gesang III, D. 839, Op. 52 No. 6
1825 ("Ave Maria") |
| 68 |  | Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131
1826 |
| 69 |  | Franz Schubert
"Great" Symphony No. 9 in C major, D.944
1826 |
| 70 |  | Franz Schubert
Winterreise, D. 911
1827 -- "Gute Nacht", "Der Lindenbaum", "Frühlingstraum", "Der Wegweiser", "Der Leiermann" |
| 71 |  | Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C Major, D. 956
1828 -- mvts. 1 & 2 |
| 72 | | Gioachino Rossini
William Tell
1829 -- "Overture" |
| 73 |  | Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
1830 |
| 74 |  | Vincenzo Bellini
Norma
1831 -- "Casta diva" |
| 75 |  | Frederic Chopin
Nocturnes, Op. 9
1831 -- No. 2 in E-flat |
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