A Playlist I Made for a Friend

From an online list of the 200 best pieces of classical music. I went through the top 70 and found the best (as in my favorite among the available ones) youtube recordings I could find of each and ranked them by this scale. This should give you some to listen to for a few hours...

* Obbligation Masterpiece

** Absolutely Worth Listening To

*** As Amazing As It’s Cracked Up To Be

**** Extraordinary Even Beyond It’s Reputation

1. * Bach Mass in B-Minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbxad_9OY64&list=PL03598099FDBCF8E2,
2. * Wagner Ring of the Nibelungen: For English Subtitles - Das Rheingold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZP-yXsNV2E, Die Walkure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnKxz5PBr8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcEfYN6PjU, Siegfried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y2-aiKrvAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOjBYl7l1qw, Gotterdammerung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifPEx6rAFFs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--8oJoiM9_k, For Performance - Das Rheingold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DnstP-aUtU, Die Walkure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nuu9Rr1o9w, Siegfried https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KdG5afTVd8, Gotterdammerung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufTndujS5Bs,
3. **** Beethoven Symphony no. 9 “Choral” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8P8D8MdNU
4. *** Beethoven Symphony no. 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQa5fto1oA
5. * Bach St Matthew Passion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj78ApTLofc
6. * Wagner Tristan und Isolde - English subs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdjFBW-S3z0, For Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GNgxxjNbw,
7. **** Mozart Don Giovanni - English Subs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMXU5pjhPTM&list=PLE7LNONx0sHaMxjzjFNq27ZcMyJqkfaDn, For Performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV1yNgiEvIQ,
8. *** Beethoven String Quartet op. 131 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVv390zDOM0
9. *** Handel Messiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QbsBjQZmi8
10. *** Stravinsky Rite of Spring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfczUgr1qu4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJUtDRIErw
11. **** Beethoven Symphony no. 3 “Eroica” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YObQ6bP0eDQ
12. ** Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 “Pathetique” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmLx4w2VHo&index=6&list=PLpuCQXWn5MbJ0OaKQPQvzbSGQoIgvO4RK
13. *** Verdi Otello For English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8V0AfKLKSw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHSFLr2f3eA, For Perfomrance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4UKtREV6SQ
14. ** Beethoven Appassionata Sonata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqewExfrxiM
15. **** Mozart Marriage of Figaro: For English - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyPWJdZx1U, For Performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgdVXr4iGkM,  
16. *** Mozart Symphony no. 41 “Jupiter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK5295yEQMQ
17. ** Mozart Piano Concerto no. 20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM8CFR01KwQ
18. * Bach Well-Tempered Clavier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Em1leM682Y
19. *** Dvorak Symphony no. 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCa4Hjzy7B4
20. ** Schubert Winterreise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVjSRPwpqJs
21. *** Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdloA-f_8Bg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdIUBlcY29w
22. *** Schumann Piano Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHIfBdMP_P8
23. *** Schubert String Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tmFhrOgNk
24. ** Verdi Aida For Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htz-gE7UChk English Subs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNF3WlGKxc
25. *** Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSqPeeoc6lQ
26. **** Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clWKDT4TQIk
27. **** Beethoven Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ejfgzSkF4
28. ** Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C-Minor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F51uHpH3yQk, (for orchestra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcSjvP8Ltbw
29. ** Mozart Symphony no. 40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbMzu1aQW8
30. *** Brahms Symphony no. 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlaTYaQP8IM
31. **** Bach Goldberg Variations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2YMSt3yfko
32. **** Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4i4sgPrrtY&list=PL6B5F8F6E7910A56F
33. *** Mendelssohn Violin Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0tqdhbnpn8
34. **** Schubert Symphony no. 9 “The Great” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNocKxKd8-I
35. **** Mussourgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (piano) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CitIXrkQfzo, (orchestra) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDEaEJXMKuA
36. **** Mozart Clarinet Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vv7pVsXmE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPGUg5HVLvs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPIpUtYUNLE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm3Jm9biz88
37. *** Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol4bSKpvpoc
38. ** Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQXtC6B3CKQ
39. ** Brahms Clarinet Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceZk0Dc6Gpg&list=RDceZk0Dc6Gpg
40. *** Stravinsky Petrushka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX7aSsic7eM
41. *** Beethoven Violin Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foiv98gAVUg
42. **** Puccini La Boheme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4BESgnDuY, For Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHAS7r8Pd0k,
43. ** Liszt Piano Sonata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FznLaISMi5U
44. *** Dvorak Cello Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwmcKlupkS4
45. *** Vivaldi Four Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JbK7k-rZ5E
46. **** Tchaikovsky Swan Lake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs
47. ** Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ksVduF2rr4
48. **** Schubert Final Piano Sonata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSb7v4W5ua8
49. *** Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEf4s6naews
50. *** Schubert Unfinished Symphony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzuhMWK-mMQ&list=PLEiG3Hzwe4JSnkTcaYB2yP8Cj7-quE9eM&index=1,
51. *** Beethoven Missa Solemnis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH84Pogb4ZQ,
52. *** Verdi Requiem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck9TVzw3bDk
53. ** Beethoven Moonlight Sonata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtm3O4bfz4
54. **** Mahler Symphony no. 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4PzRI-bXBk
55. ** Sibelius Symphony no. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL5ys4qnIy0
56. ** Faure Requiem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnShN9XlhOA
57. *** Puccini Madama Butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGZMPMJuTg, Performance (also English) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxcqktkTXsM
58. *** Schubert Death and the Maiden Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NKEHosQf2k
59. ** Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBx-tr1FDvY
60. ** Debussy La Mer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BppVlpagweo
61. *** Chopin Complete Preludes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJfIA96tKv0
62. * Handel Water Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tVmjN1y0Ek
63. **** Brahms Violin Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSfb8neBaqs
64. *** Schubert Trout Quintet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzslPaSbaxs
65. ** Beethoven Quartet op. 130 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3wQnQRsWqY, + Grosse Fuge * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjUh11EPGcM
66. *** R. Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPnZ0omqBI
67. *** Bach Chaccone for Violin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7w-iMOP1ws
68. ** Debussy Preludes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlMNZb2Yuo&list=PLPCzcmU5R1_K2SbH-QonqVv4luB7FdzJC
69. ** Grieg Piano Concerto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2myoP2wZI

70. *** Beethoven Symphony no. 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOo1_eXVk-M