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100 Greatest Classical Music Works

I consider that the 100 greatest classical music works list by digitaldreamdoor.com is a very important reference for me that helped me explore the most significant classical works of all time. The great thing about this list is that it takes the historical significance into consideration. I copied the list while preserving the order so that we can listen to the list and filter the works by composer and genre. Enjoy!

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100 Works 34 Composers 18 Genres

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Mass / RequiemOperaSymphonyChoral orchestralString QuartetUnsorted OrchestralPiano SonataPiano ConcertoLieder / SongString QuintetBalletOrganViolin ConcertoClarinet QuintetSymphonic PoemCello ConcertoPiano QuintetString solo

1. Mass in B Minor

782 Johann Sebastian Bach Mass / Requiem 1749 Play

2. Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86

594 Richard Wagner Opera 1874 Play

3. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125

2438 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1824 Play

4. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

1536 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1808 Play

5. St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244

688 Johann Sebastian Bach Choral orchestral 1727 Play

6. Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90

524 Richard Wagner Opera 1859 Play

7. Don Giovanni, K. 527

568 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1787 Play

8. String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

516 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet 1826 Play

9. Messiah, HWV 56

813 George Frideric Handel Choral orchestral 1741 Play

10. The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps)

1102 Igor Stravinsky Unsorted Orchestral 1913 Play

11. Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (Heroic Symphony), Op. 55

761 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1804 Play

12. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor (Pathétique), Op. 74

843 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony 1893 Play

13. Otello

305 Giuseppe Verdi Opera 1885 Play

14. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor (Appassionata), Op. 57

998 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata 1805 Play

15. The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), K. 492

869 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1786 Play

16. Symphony No. 41 in C Major (Jupiter Symphony), K. 551

829 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony 1788 Play

17. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466

588 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto 1785 Play

18. The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893

968 Johann Sebastian Bach Piano Sonata 1742 Play

19. Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), Op. 95, B. 178

1277 Antonín Dvořák Symphony 1893 Play

20. Winterreise, D. 911

26 Franz Schubert Lieder / Song 1827 Play

21. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

532 Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto 1881 Play

22. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54

28 Robert Schumann Piano Concerto 1845 Play

23. String Quintet in C Major (Cello Quintet), posth. 163

424 Franz Schubert String Quintet 1828 Play

24. Aida

415 Giuseppe Verdi Opera 1871 Play

25. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (Emperor Concerto), Op. 73

835 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto 1811 Play

26. The Nutcracker, Op. 71

1460 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballet 1892 Play

27. Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral Symphony), Op. 68

1014 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1808 Play

28. Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582

463 Johann Sebastian Bach Organ 1713 Play

29. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

1239 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony 1788 Play

30. Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

603 Johannes Brahms Symphony 1884 Play

31. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

887 Johann Sebastian Bach Piano Sonata Play

32. A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21

23 Felix Mendelssohn Unsorted Orchestral 1826 Play

33. Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

742 Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1844 Play

34. Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great C major), D. 944

460 Franz Schubert Symphony 1828 Play

35. Pictures at an Exhibition

744 Modest Mussorgsky Piano Sonata 1874 Play

36. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581

15 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Quintet 1789 Play

37. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), L. 86

563 Claude Debussy Symphonic Poem 1894 Play

38. Symphonie fantastique, H 48

637 Hector Berlioz Symphony 1830 Play

39. Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115

382 Johannes Brahms Clarinet Quintet 1891 Play

40. Petrushka

32 Igor Stravinsky Ballet 1911 Play

41. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

601 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto 1806 Play

42. La bohème

517 Giacomo Puccini Opera 1896 Play

43. Sonata in B Minor, S. 178

375 Franz Liszt Piano Sonata 1853 Play

44. Cello Concerto in B Minor, 104, B. 191

485 Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto 1895 Play

45. The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni)

2889 Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto 1723 Play

46. Swan Lake, Op. 20

1607 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballet 1876 Play

47. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

972 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1875 Play

48. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960

20 Franz Schubert Piano Sonata 1828 Play

49. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28

6 Richard Strauss Symphonic Poem 1895 Play

50. Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished Symphony), D. 759

53 Franz Schubert Symphony 1822 Play

51. Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

22 Ludwig van Beethoven Mass / Requiem 1823 Play

52. Requiem

51 Giuseppe Verdi Mass / Requiem 1874 Play

53. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor (Moonlight Sonata), Op. 27

1014 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata 1801 Play

54. Symphony No. 5

879 Gustav Mahler Symphony 1902 Play

55. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

39 Jean Sibelius Symphony 1902 Play

56. Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48

485 Gabriel Fauré Mass / Requiem 1890 Play

57. Madama Butterfly

419 Giacomo Puccini Opera 1904 Play

58. String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor (Death and the Maiden), D. 810

536 Franz Schubert String Quartet 1824 Play

59. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

1159 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 1901 Play

60. La mer (The Sea), L. 109

812 Claude Debussy Unsorted Orchestral 1905 Play

61. 24 preludes, Op. 28

741 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata 1839 Play

62. Water Music, HWV 348-350

681 George Frideric Handel Unsorted Orchestral 1717 Play

63. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

697 Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto 1878 Play

64. Piano Quintet in A Major (Trout Quintet), D. 667

416 Franz Schubert Piano Quintet 1819 Play

65. String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130

17 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet 1825 Play

66. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra), Op. 30

538 Richard Strauss Symphonic Poem 1896 Play

67. Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006

38 Johann Sebastian Bach String solo 1720 Play

68. Préludes, L. 117 & L.123

443 Claude Debussy Piano Sonata 1913 Play

69. Piano Concerto, Op. 16

426 Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto 1868 Play

70. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

1323 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony 1812 Play

71. Polonaise in A-flat Major (Heroic), Op. 53

51 Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata 1842 Play

72. Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)

675 Gustav Mahler Symphony 1894 Play

73. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

32 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto 1806 Play

74. Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93

34 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony 1953 Play

75. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

442 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet 1825 Play

76. Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

775 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony 1937 Play

77. String Quintet No. 4 in G Minor, K. 516

8 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet 1787 Play

78. Parsifal, WWV 111

322 Richard Wagner Opera 1882 Play

79. Finlandia, Op. 26

54 Jean Sibelius Unsorted Orchestral 1900 Play

80. Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), Op. 40

6 Richard Strauss Symphonic Poem 1898 Play

81. Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose), Op. 59

4 Richard Strauss Opera 1911 Play

82. Appalachian Spring

87 Aaron Copland Unsorted Orchestral 1944 Play

83. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111

531 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata 1822 Play

84. Boris Godunov

2 Modest Mussorgsky Opera 1873 Play

85. Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

39 Johannes Brahms Symphony 1883 Play

86. La traviata

657 Giuseppe Verdi Opera 1853 Play

87. Carmen

1008 Georges Bizet Opera 1874 Play

88. Scheherazade, Op. 35

791 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Unsorted Orchestral 1888 Play

89. The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K. 620

1042 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera 1791 Play

90. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

745 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto 1785 Play

91. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491

18 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto 1786 Play

92. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

2448 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mass / Requiem 1791 Play

93. Missa Papae Marcelli

13 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Mass / Requiem Play

94. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96

316 Richard Wagner Opera 1867 Play

95. Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K. 543

9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony 1788 Play

96. The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob. XXI:2

17 Joseph Haydn Choral orchestral 1798 Play

97. The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

55 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Ballet 1889 Play

98. Symphony No. 7 in E Major (Lyric), WAB 107

26 Anton Bruckner Symphony 1883 Play

99. Romeo and Juliet

62 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphonic Poem 1869 Play

100. Concerto for Orchestra, 116, BB 123

336 Béla Bartók Unsorted Orchestral 1943 Play

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17 Responses

Thank you for sharing this

awesome list, beethoven and mozart alone make 28% of the list

I keep visiting this list somehow, thanks again!

great list, I don't think I watched most of the operas before unfortunately

I think Gershwin's Blue in Rhapsody should be in this list.

Awesome! thank you

Brahms piano quintet should be in this list.

great list, thank you

no Schumann?

Very interesting. Mind you, if the list were up to me I'd have placed pretty much everything Bach composed at the top. Speaking of which, what about the Bach Cantatas, at least a few of the really important ones.

THe opera list on digital dream door is of especially high quality, only thing missing is my favorite Mozart operas everything else is there. I like the Ring, which is #1.

I just registered in this great website to say thanks for this comprehensive list, really a must for every classical music fan.

great list! I wonder who actually listened to all of these great works

This list needed more Haydn and Dvorak, otherwise it is awesome

all of these songs are horrible, honestly why would anyone force themselves to actually listen to this.

Very German and Russian list , lesser Debussy but no Ravel lesser Richard Struss but no The Lark ascending Elgar and no Barber or Villa Lobos

did you post on the wrong site what song are you taking about?@jongolem

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