Wow ... fifty Greatest Pieces of Music

l GREATEST PIECES OF WORLD MUSIC

  
1. Johann Pachelbel - Canon inwards D major (1600s)

Pachelbel's Canon, likewise known equally Canon inwards D major (Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß inwards German) (PWC 37, T. 337, PC 358), is the nearly famous slice of music past times German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. It was originally scored for iii violins together with basso continuo together with paired amongst a gigue inwards the same key. Like nearly other industrial plant past times Pachelbel together with other pre-1700 composers, the Canon remained forgotten for centuries together with was rediscovered alone inwards the 20th century. Several decades after it was outset published inwards 1919, the slice became extremely popular, together with today it is oft played at weddings together with included on classical music compilations, along amongst other famous Baroque pieces such equally Air on the G String past times Johann Sebastian Bach. (Wikipedia)

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787)

The Serenade No. xiii for strings inwards G major, K. 525 was written past times Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart inwards 1787. The hold upwards is to a greater extent than usually known past times the championship Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The High German championship way "a lilliputian serenade", though it is often rendered to a greater extent than literally but less accurately equally "a lilliputian nighttime music". The hold upwards is written for a chamber ensemble of 2 violins, viola, together with cello amongst optional double bass, but is often performed past times string orchestras. (Wikipedia)

3. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (1808)

The Symphony No. five inwards C minor, Op. 67, was written past times Ludwig van Beethoven inwards 1804–08. This symphony is 1 of the nearly pop together with best-known compositions inwards all of classical music, together with 1 of the nearly often played symphonies. It comprises 4 movements: an opening sonata, an andante, together with a fast scherzo which leads attacca to the finale. First performed inwards Vienna's Theater an der Wien inwards 1808, the hold upwards achieved its prodigious reputation shortly afterwards. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony equally "one of the nearly of import industrial plant of the time". (Wikipedia)

4. Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Spring (1723)

The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a develop of 4 violin concertos past times Antonio Vivaldi. Composed inwards 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, together with is amid the nearly pop pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered amongst silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to hear icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm inwards its concluding movement, which is why the sweat is often dubbed "Storm." (Wikipedia)

 5. Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata, Mvt. 1 (1801)

The Piano Sonata No. fourteen inwards C♯ youngster "Quasi una fantasia", Op. 27, No. 2, past times Ludwig van Beethoven, popularly known equally the Moonlight Sonata (Mondscheinsonate inwards German), was completed inwards 1801. It is dedicated to his pupil, 17-year-old Countess Giulietta Guicciardi,with whom Beethoven was, or had been, inwards love. It is 1 of Beethoven's nearly pop sonatas. (Wikipedia)

6. Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 5 (1848)

7. Misirlou, Folk Song (1800s)

8. Mohammed Abdel Wahab - Inta Omri (1964)

9. Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez (1939)

10. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Final Movement, Ode to Joy (1785)

11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 40, First Movement (1788)

12. Nino Rota - The Godfather, Love Theme (1972)

13. Lalo Schifrin - Mission: Impossible, Theme (1967)

14. Abraham Zevi Idelsohn - Hava Nagila (1918)

15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca (1778)

16. Daniel Alomía Robles - El Cóndor Pasa (1913)

17. Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn Theme (1958)

18. Bella Ciao, Italian Partisan Song (1800s)

19. Carlos Gardel - Por una Cabeza (1935)

20. Dougie MacLean - Last of the Mohicans, Promentory (1990)

21. John Williams - Schindler's List, Theme (1992)

22. Remo Giazotto - Adagio inwards G youngster (1958)
23. Maurice Ravel - Boléro (1928)

24. Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Final (1833)

25. Ludwig van Beethoven - Für Elise (1800s)

26. Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, O Fortuna (1935)

27. Astor Piazzolla - Libertango (1974)

28. Francis Lai - Love Story (1970)

29. Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (1963)

30. Greensleeves, English linguistic communication Folk Song (1580)

31. Monty Norman - James Bond Theme (1962)

32. Georges Bizet - Carmen, Habanera (1845)

33. Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1 (1888)

34. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (1876)

35. Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz (1866)

36. Frédéric Chopin - Preludes, op.28 no. 4 (1839)

37. Ochi Chernye, Russian Folk Song (1800s)

38. Léo Delibes - Lakme, Flower Duet (1883)

39. Johannes Brahms - Brahms's Lullaby (1868)

40. Clint Mansell - Requiem for a Dream (2000)

41. Carlos Eleta Almaran - Historia de un Amor (1950s)

42. Gerardo Matos Rodríguez - La Cumparsita (1916)

43. Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1 (1887)

44. Johann Strauss Sr. - Radetzky March (1848)

45. George Frideric Handel - Sarabande (1600s)

46. Louis Guglielmi - La Vie En Rose (1946)

47. Edward Elgar - Salut d'Amour (1888)

48. Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances (1890)

49. Gioachino Rossini - The Barber of Seville (1816)
50. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (1973)

 
Honorable Mention

A. R. Rahman - Bombay Theme (1995) 
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude (1723)
Karl Jenkins - Palladio (1996)
Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean, He's a Pirate (2003)
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane (1887)
The Lonely Shepherd, Folk Song (1800s)
Farid Al Atrash - Noura Ya Noura (1960s)
Dmitri Shostakovich -  Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, Waltz (1938)
Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Alex North - Unchained Melody (1955)
Sakura Sakura, Japanese Folk Song (1800s)

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