Baroque Era (how does one say which of Bach's pieces you should start with? I would say take the names on this list and try to hear everything they wrote.)
- Bach's Tocatta and Fugues, all of them.
- Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier
- Bach's English Suites
- Bach's French Suites
- Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
- Bach's Air on the G String
- Bach's Double Violin Concerto in D minor
- The Four Seasons by Vivaldi
- Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks
- Handel's Water Music
- Pachelbel's Canon
Classical Era
- Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E minor
- Hamburg Simfonias by CPE Bach
- Mozart's Requim
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart
- Everything by Mozart!!!!
Beethoven (possibly the most prolific composer and spans two eras so he deserves his own category like no one else)
- All of his symphonies
- Fur Elise
- Leonore Overtures
- 1st Sonata
- Moonlight Sonata
- Hammerkleiver Sonata
- All of his other sonatas.
Romantic Era (if you can't tell this is has more of my favorite music than any other era)
- The Barber of Sevile by Rossini
- William Tell by Rossini
- Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninoff
- Dvorak's symphonies. All of them.
- All of Sibelius' Symphonies. Especially his 4th.
- Karelia Suite by Sibelius
- Finlandia by Sibelius
- Radetzky March by Johann Strauss
- Die Fledermaus by Johann Struass
- 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op.100 by Burgmuller
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by Mendelssohn
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in E Minor.
- The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky
- Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky
- Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky
- March Slav by Tchaikovsky
- Peer Gynt Suite by Grieg
- Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite by Grieg
- Holberg Suite by Grieg
- Lyric Pieces by Grieg. All of them.
- Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens
- Nessun Dorma by Puccini
- Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt
- Arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies for Piano Solo by Franz Liszt
- Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussourgsky
- Hopak of the Merry Young Ukranians by Mussourgsky
- Night on the Bald Mountain by Mussourgsky
- Der Ring des Nibelungen by Wagner
- Tannhauser by Wagner
- Lohengrin by Wagner
- Orpheus in the Underworld by Offenbach
- Prince Igor by Borodin
- Asturias by Albeniz
- Carmen by Bizet
- L'Arsienne by Bizet
- Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov
- Enigma Variations by Elgar
- Pomp and Circumstance Marches by Elgar (there are more than the one that is the most overplayed piece on Earth)
- Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss
- Don Quixote by Richard Strauss
- Tod und Verklarung by Richard Strauss
- Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss
- Cello Concerto by Elgar
- Bolero by Ravel
- La Valse by Ravel
- Arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition by Ravel
- The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky
- Firebird Suite by Stravinsky
- Petrouchka by Stravinsky
- The Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninoff
Modern Era
- An American in Paris by George Gershwin
- Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
- Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
- Pohjola's Daughter by Jean Sibelius
- Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius
- In a Persian Market
- All of Mahler's Symphonies
- Arutunian Trumpet Concerto (still living)
- Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
- Suite Burgamesque by Claude Debussy
- Children's Corner by Claude Debussy
- Variations on America by Charles Ives
- The Wasps by Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev
- Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland
- The Red Pony by Aaron Copland
- Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland
- Trumpet solo by Aram Khatchaturian (still living
- Gadfly Suite by Shostakovich
- The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
- The Chrysanthemum by Scott Joplin
- The Planets by Holst
- The Mystic Trumpeter by Holst
- Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev
- Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber
- Westside Story
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Les Miserables
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Caravan by Duke Ellington
- What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
- Heebie Jeebies by Louis Armstrong
- I am the Walrus by the Beatles
- Yellow Submarine by the Beatles
- Back in the USSR by the Beatles
- Come Together by the Beatles
- Countless Love songs by the Beatles that are amazing
- Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
- We Are the Champions by Queen
- Bicycle Race by Queen
- Radio Ga Ga by Queen
- Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen
- Countless love songs by Queen that are amazing
- The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
- Scarborough Fair as played by Simon & Garfunkel
- Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel
- Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
- Indiana Jones by John Williams
- Star Wars by John Williams
- Lord of the Rings by Howard Shore
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