Classical Pieces You’ve Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name

deanwinchesterisasexybastard:

preciousnugget:

• William Tell Overture– Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?)
• Also Sprach Zarathustra– Strauss
• Eine Kleine Nachtmusik– Mozart
• Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”– Haydn 
• Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach
• Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2– Chopin
• Rondo alla Turca– Mozart
• Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau– Jean-Joseph Mouret
• The Four Seasons: Spring– Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great)
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring– Bach
• O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)– Carl Orff
• Funeral March– Chopin
• Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)– Offenbach
• Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)– Elgar
• Gayane: Sabre Dance– Aram Khachaturian
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March– Mendelssohn
• Carmen: Les Toreadors– Bizet
• The Ride of the Valkyries– Wagner
• Für Elise– Beethoven
• Dance of the Hours– Ponchielli
• Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile– Verdi
• Night on Bald Mountain– Mussorgsky
• Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme– Tchaikovsky
• Entry of the Gladiators– Julius Fucik
• Lakmé: Flower Duet– Delibes
• Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King– Greig
• Rodeo: Hoedown– Copland
• Peer Gynt: Morning Mood– Greig
• New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak
• Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?)
• Canon in D– Pachelbel

Add others if you want! Have fun!

K