The most popular classical music pieces are included in the music ratings

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Every year, music trends change faster and faster. Most music charts announce new rankings of popular songs weekly. However, classics are classic to stand the test of time and delight listeners over and over again. Therefore, the annual tops of the most popular classical music compositions consist mainly of the same compositions. Only the place in the ranking changes.

List of immortal classics compiled by music critic Ilya Ovchinnikov

The 50 most popular classical music pieces that will make you fall in love with the classics are:

1. R. Wagner Tannhäuser. Recently, Wagner's works have gained popularity again, freeing themselves from the stigma of the music that A. Hitler loved. Mystical sound, literally exuding energy, attracts eventhose listeners who do not consider themselves lovers of opera music.
2. Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 ranked second in the world rankings. However, some critics give her the podium. And for good reason, because it can rightfully be considered the most recognizable classic.
3. "Concerto for violin and cello with orchestra" by I. Brahms. The double concerto is unique in its nature, as few works can boast a combination of violin and cello concertos.
4. "Goldberg Variations" by I. Bach - a simple, but at the same time, refined sound of the work won the hearts of many listeners. It consists of an aria and thirty variations for harpsichord, each of which is interconnected with the previous one.
5. "24 caprices for violin solo" N. Paganini. It is this work that is recognized as the crown of virtuosity, attracting the attention of many violinists.

Other critically acclaimed titles

Music critics put in the top 20 such works: "Prelude e-moll" by Frederic Chopin, "Polonaise" by Mikhail Oginsky, "Trout" by Schubert and Cavaradossi's aria from the opera "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini.

Popular tunes you've definitely heard somewhere

Another music portal presented its version of the ranking of the most popular classical music. The first place was given to the aforementioned Beethoven symphony, followed by the overture "1812" by P. I. Tchaikovsky, and closed the top three "Symphony No. 40" by WolfgangAmadeus Mozart. Further places among the most popular classical music were distributed as follows:

• “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by J. Bach.
• Rossini's Overture from the opera "William Tell".
• Pachelbel's Canon.
• The Blue Danube by Strauss.
• Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.
• Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Richard Strauss.
• "Orpheus in Hell" by Jacques Offenbach.
• "Messiah" G. Handel.
• Overture to Carmen by Bizet.
• "Saber Dance" by A. Khachaturian.
• "Symphony No. 9" by Ludwig van Beethoven.
• Elgar's Solemn March No. 1.
• "In the cave of the mountain king" by Grieg.
• "Dance of the Clock" by Ponchielli.
• "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by F. Liszt.
• "Wedding March" by Mendelssohn.
• Flight of the Bumblebee by N. Rimsky-Korsakovo.
• Gershwin's Blues Rhapsody.
• Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.
• Ravel's Bolero.
• "Dance of the Dragee Fairy" by Tchaikovsky.
• Over the Waves by Rosas.

Which works closed the top?

The second half of the ranking of the most popular classical music was reopened by Bach and his Air on the G String, followed by Mozart's The Magic Flute and Julius Fucik's Enter the Gladiators. Despite the rather militant concept, the last work has become entrenched in everyday life as the main loss during the circus performance.

The rating was not without Debussy's "Clair de Lune", Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyrie" andChopin's Funeral March. Vivaldi's popular The Four Seasons took 46th place, while Williams's "Imperial March" took last place.