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Classical Music Recommendation

Rip the Jacker

Diamond Member
Hello

I'm a Classical Music Newb.. so don't give me some random name song... What are some good albums / collections ?

P.S. And if you're watching MPT, wtf is that track that they keep playing? Damn it's nice.
 
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Beethoven - The Symphonies and The Piano Concertos
Handel - The Messiah (You have to like operaesque music to enjoy)
Mozart - Any of his symphonies
Chopin - Piano Concertos 1 & 2
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concertos 1-4 + Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
Mendelssohn - Symphonies
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto 1
Tschaikovski - Piano Concerto + Symphonies

on and on and on
 
Mozart - Requiem
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (check out both the symphony and piano versions. I like the piano better)
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Beethoven - 5th and 9th Symphonies
Chopin - Fantaisie Impromptu

Some of my personal favourites.


Edit: Gave you a random name and piece anyways.
 
Do you have a preference for an instrument?

My favorites:

Beethoven Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Brahms Piano Concerto #2
Schumann Piano Concerto
Mahler Symphony #2
Strauss Der Rosenkavelier
 
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