# Favourite classical music

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 10, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351 "2018-03-10T19:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/41 "2018-03-12T08:24:16Z")

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> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#):
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> A quick list while I’m here :
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> **Dowland** : Lachrimae Pavan  
> **Bach** : Matthaus-Passion, Cantatas 109 and 147, flute sonata BWV 1030, the Well-Tempered Clavier, cello suites, violin concertos, orchestral suites  
> **Mozart** : Don Giovanni, clarinet quintet  
> **Beethoven** : piano sonatas 8, 14, 15, 17, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 + symphonies 5, 6 and 7 + piano concerto 4  
> **Schubert** : Winterreise, piano sonatas 20 and 21  
> **Mendelssohn** : The Hebrides, symphony 3  
> **Chopin** : Nocturnes 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15 and 19 + Préludes 4, 6 and 15 + Impromptu 3 + piano sonata 2  
> **Brahms** : symphonies 1 and 4, clarinet quintet, Intermezzi op.117, Klavierstucke op.118, piano concerto 1, cello sonata 1  
> **Franck** : piano quintet  
> **Fauré** : piano quintet  
> **Tchaikovsky** : piano concerto 1, violin concerto, Swan Lake, symphony 1  
> **Debussy** : Syrinx, piano préludes 1-24, Images, Estampes, 6 Épigraphes Antiques, Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune, La Mer  
> **Satie** : Gnossienne 1  
> **Ravel** : piano concerto in G, Miroirs  
> **Scriabin** : piano sonatas 6 and 9  
> **Stravinsky** : the Rite of Spring  
> **Prokofiev** : Romeo & Juliet, piano sonatas 2 and 6, symphonies 3 and 7  
> **Dutilleux** : Tout un Monde Lointain  
> **Ligeti** : Lux Aeterna, Lontano, cello concerto, piano études

As could be expected, I posted too quickly. A couple of corrections/additions:

**Franck** : piano quintet + violin sonata  
**Fauré** : piano quintet 1, Après un Rêve, Sicilienne  
**Grieg** : piano concerto  
**Prokofiev** : piano sonatas 2 and 8

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-classical-music/810351/42 "2018-03-12T09:10:17Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Tchaikovsky’s Ninth

Has he still been composing, while he should be decomposing?

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