Classical Music Meme turned into a Thursday Thirteen

Semicolon answered the question recently, “What are seven classical music works you love?” I started out answering the same question…but I couldn’t keep it to seven. So I decided to make a Thursday Thirteen entry of it.

These aren’t necessarily in order of preference — except the first one.

1. Pachelbel’s “Canon in D Major“

2. Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings“

3. Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Overture”

4. Bach’s “Air on a G String“

5. Haydn’s Symphony No. 94 in G Major, the “Surprise Symphony”

6. Bach’s Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major prelude

7. Smetana’s “The Moldau“

8. Debussy’s “Claire de Lune“

9. Bach’s “Wachet Auf“

10. The second movement of Dvořák’s “New World Symphony”

11. Chopin’s Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -”Heroic,”

12. Puccini’s “Nessun dorma“

13. “Con Te Partiro” (Time to say Good Bye) (don’t know the composer for that one)

The links on some go to videos of performances of the piece on You Tube. The ones without links are a bit too long for that venue.

What are your favorites of the classics?