What is Bach and Mozart’s most famous pieces and compositions that every listener should know?

December 21, 2009 by famous · 5 Comments
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pink_memories asked:

Make the list as long as you like, but i only want the most famous ones which everyone should know. Like Mozart’s 40th symphony and Bach’s Air on a G string, Toccata & Fugue and Partitia in E.

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5 Responses to “What is Bach and Mozart’s most famous pieces and compositions that every listener should know?”
  1. david_fenix says:
    December 23, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Well, just hear : “Variation” for piano, something like “Avos mama” sorry…. my spelling :( david_fenix

  2. someone says:
    December 25, 2009 at 1:17 am

    Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Rondo ‘Alla Turca’, 21 piano concerto, Requiem
    Bach: St Matthew Paasion, Brandenburg concertos someone

  3. glinzek says:
    December 26, 2009 at 11:40 am

    So you’re looking for a “greates hits” list type o’ thing, eh?

    Mozart

    Symphonies #40 and #41 “Jupiter” — I think 35, 38 should be added
    Overture to “Le Nozze de Figaro”, overture to “Don Giovanni”
    Piano concerto in C #21 (with the famous “Elvira Madigan” theme in the second mvt.)
    “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”
    Piano sonata K545 “Sonata Facile”
    “Lacrimosa” from the Requiem (Ithink the whole thing should be a greatest hit)
    “Rondo alla Turka” from the A major sonata K 331

    Bach:
    The 3rd and 4th Brandenburg conertos
    “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”
    Prelude #1 from the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1
    Prelude and Fugue #2 from the same
    Prelude from Cello suite #1
    Chaconne from Violin partita #5
    Goldberg Variations

    Now in my opinion what you should have is a much longer list — but I’m limiting myself to the “greatest hits” category. Others will add things that I overlooked I am sure.

    Glinzek glinzek

  4. Kelsey D says:
    December 29, 2009 at 5:58 am

    BACH WORKS

    Vocal Works
    Cantata No.4: Christ lag in Todsbanden (Easter Sunday)
    Cantata No.80: Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott (Reformation Festival)
    Cantata No.140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (27th Sunday after Trinity)(includes ‘Sleepers Awake’)
    Cantata No.147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Visitation, includes ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’)
    Cantata 208: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!
    Passion According to St. Matthew

    Keyboard Works

    Prelude and Fugue in Eb
    Toccata and Fugue in D-
    Partita No.1 in Bb
    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1
    Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2
    Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D-
    Italian Concerto
    Goldberg Variations

    Orchestral Works

    Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F
    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F
    Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G
    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in F
    Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D
    Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in Bb
    Keyboard Concerto in D-
    Violin Concerto in E
    Double Concerto in D- for 2 Violins
    Orchestral Suite No.2 in B-
    Orchestral Suite No.3 in D (includes ‘Air on the G String’)

    Chamber Works
    Partita No.2 for Solo Violin in D-(Chaccone)

    Partita No.3 for Solo Violin in E
    Cello Suite No.1 in G

    MOZART WORKS

    Operas

    Così fan tutte
    Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
    Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

    Good Movements in “The Magic Flute”
    Queen of the Night’s Recitative and Aria: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!
    Queen of the Night’s Aria: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
    Pamina’s Aria: Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden
    Finale: Papageno, Papagena: Pa pa pa

    Don Giovanni

    Good Movements in “Don Giovanni”
    Aria: Madamina, il catalogo è questo
    Aria: Fin ch’han dal vino (’Champagne Aria’)
    Canzonetta: Deh vieni alla finestra
    Aria: Il mio tesoro

    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Keyboard Works

    Piano Sonata No.11 in A
    Piano Sonata No.16 in C
    Variations on ‘Ah vous dirais-je, Maman’ (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

    Symphonies and Concertos

    Symphony No.35 in D
    Symphony No.38 in D
    Symphony No.39 in Eb
    Symphony No.40 in G-
    Symphony No.41 in C, (Jupiter)
    Piano Concerto No.21 in Cmidis
    Piano Concerto No.24 in C-
    Piano Concerto No.27 in Bb
    Violin Concerto No.4 in D
    Violin Concerto No.5 in A
    Sinfonia concertante in Eb for Violin and Viola
    Clarinet Concerto in A
    Divertimenti, Serenades, and Cassations
    Serenade for Winds in Bb
    Serenade in G (Eine Kliene)

    Chamber Works

    String Quartet No.17 in Bb
    String Quartet No.19 in C
    Clarinet Quintet in A
    Horn Quintet in Eb

    Requiem Mass in D
    Mass in C, K.317 (’Coronation’)
    Mass in C-, K.427 (’Great Mass’) Kelsey D

  5. imapotterman says:
    December 30, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    Mozart: Piano Concerto #21, #9, #26, Requiem, symphony #39, #40, overture to Marriage of Figaro, and the opera itself and, the Magic Flute. The french horn concertos, clarinet concerto
    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Toccata & Fugue in d, Orchestral Suites, Lute Suites. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
    There is a lot more of the two, but this is all I can think of imapotterman

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