My favorite piece of classical music, what I also consider the best overall comes from Gustav Mahler, who perfected the symphonic form with his Symphony No. 6 in A minor.
My favorite piece of classical music, what I also consider the best overall comes from Gustav Mahler, who perfected the symphonic form with his Symphony No. 6 in A minor.
Coming in second place on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with his final symphony, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74. This symphony is an
Coming in at #3 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Richard Wagner’s crowning achievement, the final story of his massive Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Götterdämmerung, the four and a
At #4 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is George Gershwin with his wonderful An American in Paris. George Gershwin composed Tin Pan Alley musicals in the early teens and
Coming in at #5 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with his sublime masterpiece, his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Mozart composed this
Coming in at #6 on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95. This symphony is a sumptuous feast of sonic delight
At #7 in my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical is Sergei Prokofiev with his most astounding work, and that is for the Romeo and Juliet ballet. I’ll get into what makes
On Sunday, June 26, 1994, I was working as a sales associate at the Men’s Wearhouse in Woodside, California. On Sundays at work, Chris, one of the salesmen, would put
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov makes his first and only appearance on my Top 50 Favorite/Best Classical list at #9 for his symphonic suite, Sheherazade. Much like my enjoyment of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is an amazing wellspring for hundreds of creative artists, including one of my favorite pieces of all time, the Romeo and Juliet Overture by Tchaikovsky.