J.S. Bach
Bach is consider the greatest composer of all time and he had shown it with particular organ piece he wrote that you might hear either on Halloween or in horror movies.
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Mozart has written over 600 pieces of music but this one is more iconic if you can hear all the strings playing the same rhythm at the same time in the beginning.
Eine Kline nachtmusik
This is considered Beethoven's best piece of music and the all-time best classical piece just by the 1st 3 beats in the beginning.
5th Symphony
Chopin wrote this piece that was influenced by seeing a dog chasing his tail and let's just say, the title of the piece can fit if you can attempt to play it
Minute Waltz
Tchaikovsky is more well known for his ballet and this one became his most iconic ballet with the idea of a prince finding a princess who is under a spell by a evil enchanter.
Swan Lake
Bach always felt like music needs to be fresh and new and wrote cantatas due to him working for a church and this cantata had a choral piece that I absolutely love
Cantata 147 (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
One of Mozart's most recognized piece of work is opera and this one is more popular aria that most sopranos wish they can sing. I'll cast them in that role if they can pull it off.
Daily Double: Name the original name of the aria
The Magic Flute
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
This piece was written for Beethoven's pupil, Julie Guicciardi, but also one he fell in love with. It didn't received its name after Beethoven's death but had these words 'quasi una fantasia"
Moonlight Sonata
Chopin was in Majorca with his lover, George Sands and her children, and wrote 24 Preludes but this one was influenced by the rain they dealt with during their getaway. It's a good piece to play during a rainy day.
You might have recognized this piece if you have seen the film, V for Vendetta when it was played during the destruction of the Old Bailey and Parliament on November 5th. And it did have a good bang in it.
1812 Overture
Most cellist would play this piece since I do believe it's one of Bach's best piece of the best. You may recognized it if you have seen The Pianist.
Cello Suite in G Major
Mozart was commission by a mysterious man dressed in all black. Mozart only finished half of it before he died and his wife asked for others to finished the piece so she can pay off his debt he owes
Requiem in D minor K. 626
Most piano teachers loathe teaching this iconic Beethoven piece of music but it should be in every pianist repertoire since we can all relate to him just by the sound of the first measures.
Für Elise
Chopin has turned etudes from practice to performing and this one is one of the most popular etudes in his first set he dedicated to his friend, Franz Liszt.
Revolutionary Etude
This ballet written by Tchaikovsky was later made into an animated film we all know and love and even some of Tchaikovsky's music made an appearance here and there including in the song, Once Upon A Dream.
Sleeping Beauty
A common piece of music composers do write is masses, and this one is considers Bach's best mass in music history if you enjoy Baroque music.
Mass in B minor
Mozart was a prodigy to the keyboard and he wrote piano sonatas but this one is what music scholars consider his most iconic one. You would have to practice very slowly to play the left hand due to being in a Allegro dynamic
Piano Sonata in C Major K. 545
During his last couple of years, some citizens of Vienna thought Beethoven was finished and had no more music to write and share, but they didn't know that he wrote this symphony that involves a poem written by C.F. Von Schiller
Daily Double: Name the poem Schiller wrote that Beethoven added to his symphony
9th Symphony
Ode to Joy
Some of you may not have known but Chopin has written a piano sonata. It wasn't as popular like his other pieces of music, but this movement became a more well recognized when you hear it at a funeral.
Funeral March
Tchaikovsky wrote a set of music called, the Seasons, which is influenced by the months on the calendar. And this one is consider one of his more recognized out of the 12. (Hint: I was born on this month)
October
Most teachers would recommend you have a copy of this set that Bach wrote for his second wife and had some help from either his sons or other composers during his time
The Notebook of Anna Magalena Bach
If you have seen the film, Amadeus, then you know that Salieri mentioned this opera being Mozart's darkest opera due to the fact that received news from Salzburg that his father had died
Don Giovanni
Beethoven wrote this symphony influenced by Napoleon Bonaparte but after the invasion of Vienna, he scratches Napoleon's name off that it made a tear on the manuscript and later gave it a new name.
3rd Symphony (Eroica)
This is one of my favorite set of music Chopin wrote that was influenced by his favorite, John Fields. And this one started my love for Chopin and became my favorite after hearing it from The Pianist (Hint: it's French for night.)
Nocturne in C# minor Op. Posth
This ballet by Tchaikovsky is also well recognized due to being named after this Christmas decoration that use for something with nuts.
The Nutcracker