Top 10 Iconic Pieces of Classical Music 

Ironic isn't it.....

1:11 #10 Rossini - William Tell Overture 2:38 #9 Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a 3:48 #8 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 4:46 #7 Richard Strauss - Einletung, oder Sonnenaufgang from Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 6:02 #6 Rossini - The Barber of Seville 7:16 #5 Beethoven - Für Elise 8:22 #4 Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries 9:26 #3 Beethoven - Symphony No.9 (inc. Ode to Joy) 10:48 #2 Vivaldi - Four Seasons Honourable Mentions: 12:11 Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King 12:21 Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee 12:33 Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance 12:42 J.S. Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 12:59 Pachelbel - Pachelbel's Canon 13:08 #1 Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 ("Victory Symphony") (Please like so people can see this list)

Chopin and Bach: Am I a joke to you?

Canon in D: *appears* Cellist: Aight, I'ma head out

I thought Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 would be on this Liszt somewhere.

Who have listened to most of these if not all in cartoons like "Tom and Jerry" and "Looney tunes" etc

I'm Chopin myself, i can't Handel this Liszt !

“Flight of the bumblebee” 15 notes a second?

I love this list because my piece is on it

When you realise you know most of these from Tom and Jerry XD

someone call twoset, this is sacrilegious

1812 Overture should've got an honourable mention.

No Chopin? Are you serious?

Pachebel's Canon always makes me cry. I have no idea why, it just brings so many emotions....

The reason Mozart wrote his Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is quite known and quite sad. When his daughter Teresa died at the age of 6 months he, broken hearted himself, wrote a fun piece to cheer up his wife Stanzi.

Tom & Jerry Disney Looney toons Thank you for soo much culture

Classical is the most beautiful type of music.

Where is Franz on the Liszt?

Just thought I’d share: Germans: 5 Italians: 3 Austrians: 1 Russians: 1

Just so you know; the Ride of the Walkyries is NOT the prelude to Die Walkure. In fact, it opens the third (and last) act.

Fuck that. Mozart's Requiem was what we were bumpin' back in my day. Where all my 1790s kids at?

this list should be renamed as: the top 10 movie soundtrack overused classical music pieces which you don't know the name of

Ling Ling could play all of them at once, including the honorable mentions

Moonlight sonata is a masterpiece yet it's not on the list?

i've heard most of these in Tom and Jerry xD

Finally a list where you can't ignore Europe in.

Rondo Alla Turca : Am I a joke to you?

"In short, 'The Four Seasons' isn't only multifaceted and beautiful, but it was also *instrumental* in the evolution of the concerto as a classical music style." I see what y'all did there 😉

What about the 2nd movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony?

I admit, this lady slayed these names😏

I think most of us must have heard these masterpieces for the first time in various cartoon series, like Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Disney, etc. Am I right?

My friend: how do you know all these music? me: piano tiles

Moonlight sonata should've been there

In my humble opinion, this isn't a very good Liszt.

we classical musicians just call him Tchaikovsky

Four Seasons over the 9th? Blasphemy

Missing: Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, Holst’s The Planets (particularly Mars and Jupiter), and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (another cartoon staple).

This list is awful, where is Darude - Sandstorm?

I so wanted Debussy's Clair de Lune to be on this list. My favorite movie use was the end of Frankie & Johnny with Michelle Pfieffer and Al Pacino. Frankie finally begins to feel hope and optimism about her growing feelings for Johnny. It's a lovely moment for this musical piece as we watch her and other cast members slowly experience a new day as the sun just begins to rise.

WatchMojo: Bach is the best classical composer Also WatchMojo: only gives him an honorable mention

Eh What?! No 1812 Overture?! Claire De Lune?! Schubert's Ave Maria? Air on the G String?! The Sorceror's Apprentice?! Chopin's Black Key Etude and the Minute Waltz?! Pictures of an Exhibition?! Erik Satie's Gymnopedie?! Grieg's Morning Mood?! The Blue Danube?! Les Toreador by Bizet? Moonlight Sonata?! Pathetique Sonata?! Rhapsody in Blue?! C'mon, There are so many there that should be on this list either as a Top 10 or as the Honorable Mentions! Good Gravy!!!! Barber of Seville and maybe the Ride of Valkyries?? I know quite famous, but eh???

Im my opinion a top ten list is absolutely insufficiant here. There are so many wonderful pieces of music that would fit in this list: Clair de lune (Claude Debussy) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Claude Debussy) Gymnopédie 1 (Eric Satie) Forellenquintett (Franz Schubert) Matthäuspassion (J.S. Bach) Weihnachtsoratorium (J.S. Bach) Menuett (Luigi Boccherini) Pizzicato (Léo Delibes) Bolero (Maurice Ravel) Die Moldau (Bedrich Smetana) Symphony 40 g minor (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Requiem (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Die Zauberflöte: Aria of the Queen of the night (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Romeo and Juliet (Peter Tschaikowsky) Piano concerto 1 b flat minor (Peter Tschaikowsky) Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) Carmen: Habañera (Georges Bizet) Pictures at an exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) t.b.c. Before I forget: The Toccata und Fuge d-moll (d minor) BWV 565 is an ORGAN piece! Understood? Organ! ORGAN!!! O R G A N ! ! ! ! ! And: The Four Seasons are best known for their first movement, the spring ...

12:44 wtf this says that bach’s bwv 565 was composed in *1 8 3 3* my mans be writing pieces after he died

I'm really shocked that the 1812 Overture from Pyotr Illytch Tchaikovsky wasn't on here. Neither was Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Nor Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Yet Beethoven gets three spots, Richard Wagner gets two and Rossini gets two. So those three composers net 7 out of 10 spots in the top ten. Here's my Top 10 (In no particular order): 10. Carnival of the Animals (Camille Saint-Saens) 9. Claire de Lune (Claude Debussy) 8. Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) 7. William Tell Overture (Rossini) 6. The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) 5. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) 4. The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) 3. Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) (Yes, the Fur Elise was great, but the three part Moonlight Sonata was much better) 2. Symphony #9 "Ode to Joy" (Beethoven) 1. 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) Honorable Mentions: - Symphony #2, "The Resurrection" (Gustav Mahler) - The Brandenburg Concertos (Johann Sebastian Bach) - Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov) - Overture to "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart) - Symphony #10 (Dimitri Shostakovich) - Festive Overture (Dimitri Shostakovich) - Canon in D (Johann Pachabel) - Requiem (Mozart's unfinished, final work) - Turkish March (Mozart) - La Traviata (Guiseppe Verdi) - Carmina Burana (Carl Orff) (Even if one only listens to "O Fortuna", the entire work is very good) - Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) - A Night on Bald (bare) Mountain (Modest Mussorgsky) - Pictures at an Exhibition (Modest Mussorgsky) - Nocturne #20 in C (Frederic Chopin) - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 18 (Sergei Rachmaninov) - Die Fledermaus (Strauss) - Piano Concerto #1 in B (Tchaikovsky) - Marche Slave (Tchaikovsky) - Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky) - Peer Gynt (Edward Grieg)

This was good I guess considering it's just for Iconic pieces but no Chopin ? Really ? 😒

Yo my homie Wolfgang made it

Bach's toccata and fugue in D minor is missing...

These humans souls - the composers- what GIFT they left the whole world with!!!! Lives worth being lived!!! I’m grateful for these past souls... artists are so important!!

I like her manner to pronounce german words D

my top 20 iconic classical pieces.... of course there are other good ones! These are my favs :D 1. Moonlight Sonata 1st mvmt/ 3rd movement 2. Fur Elise- Beethoven 3. Beethoven- symphony 5 4. 1812 Overture- Tchaikovsky 5. Canon in D- Pachebel 6. Fantasie Improptu- Chopin 7. eine kleine nachtmusik- mozart 8. Ode to Joy - Beethoven 9. Handel- Messiah 10. Vivaldi- 4 seasons 11. Claire de lune- Debussy 12. Marriage D'amour- Richard clayderman played this but i forgot the original composer 13. Edvard Grieg- Morning mood? 14. Ave Maria- Schubert 15. Salute d'amour- Edward elgar 16. Jesu, joy of man's desiring- Bach 17. Hungarian Rhapsody- Lizst 18. The Entertainer- Scott Joplin 19. Gavotte 20. The tempest- Beethoven

All of these pieces of music are so timeless and they will never die. Iconic, revolutionary and contemporary. ❤️

04:47 didn’t know she could put on an accent like that until now. And she keeps going too!

"Top 10 pieces of classical music that you've heard of because they've been on telly/in films /in Bugs Bunny cartoons a lot".

I'm always impressed by how accurately/well the narrator/commentator pronounces european words lol.

I adore all of these pieces, bravo! Happy to see The Four Seasons get its rightful place, it's amazing

Very surprised Symphony #9 wasn't ranked first.

#10: Rossini - William Tell Overture #9: Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite #8: Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik #7: Strauss - Enleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang (Introduction, or Sunrise) #6: Rossini - The Barber of Seville #5: Beethoven - Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (Fur Elise, the one everything thinks is so hard) #4: Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries #3: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (divine and glorious perfection) #2: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons #1: Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor (aka dun dun dun duuuunnnn) Honorable mentions: Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King, Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee, Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Pachelbel - Canon. No Dvorak or Debussy whatsoever. :(

Every time I hear the Barber of Seville, I involuntarily start massaging the air with my fingers and toes.

Parchelbels Canon in D Dur belongs to the top 10 list, as the chord sequence was used so many times in popular music.

My favorite Mojo list ever! keep up the good work.

Notice that it says "Iconic" rather than "Best."

10:50 Did she just flip me off!?

Liebestraum by Frank Lizst is my favourite. Thank you for this though, I’m sure all parts of my brain lit up on hearing all of this music. Wonderful. ☺️😊☺️

We are letting watchmojo judge? They just following what is mainstream of classical music

1833 for Toccata and Fugue in D minor huh...had no idea Bach was close to 150 years old when he composed that..

I love how she says the german names

TIMESTAMPS: 1:12 10# William Tell Overture From "William Tell" by Gioachino Rossini 2:38 #9 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3:49 #8 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4:47 #7 Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang from "Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 by Richard Strauss 6:02 #6 The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution by Gioachino Rossini 7:19 #5 Fur Elise (Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor) by Ludwig Van Beethoven 8:22 #4 Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner 9:26 #3 Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven 10:48 #2 The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi 13:08 #1 Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 by Ludwig Van Beethoven

4:46 "WOO!" - Ric Flair

Beethoven's Fifth isn't called "Victory", it's the Fate-symphony...

People may say this stuff is boring, but these are the most genius musicians to ever live.

Really love #2 Vivaldi’s four seasons especially the summer part, you can really heat where speed metal get there inspiration from, the violin speed 🎻 are truly impressive and that where composed so freaking long ago

I have literally been searching for the name of O Fortuna for hours and now that this video has led me to it I can finally sleep happily 😌

Damn that chick was going nuts on the playing flight of the bumble bee

If it was the most used RU-vid songs,everything would be Kevin Macleod songs.

alt title: Most overplayed pieces that will make classical musicians want to stab themselves in the eye

I love how you pronuncies Richard Wagner...

Pachelbel's Cannon in D in honorble mention??? WTF is this list? 85% of the popular music is based on Pachebel's Cannon.

It's pretty much what I would have expected. Interesting that Beethoven had what, three of the top ten? Somebody once told me, the definition of an intellectual is someone who can hear the 'William Tell Overture' and NOT think of "The Lone Ranger."

I’m loving the disembodied voice’s pronunciation . Homework!

Thanks so much for the finest top 10..👌😊🎶🎊

I love to see Bach's Toccata dated in 1833 while the composer died in 1750. Stick to movies please.

I'm impressed that she can say all the names without stuttering or messing up.

Growing up in the 60's and 70's, I hated "classical" music. Then in the 80's I took up playing bass. I suddenly developed an appreciation for it, to learn chord structure, melody and rhythm.

Wonderful choices

10:49 that middle finger, omg i really couldn't control HAHAHHAHAHAHA. sorry dudes

Seriously.... I was waiting at least a honorable mention for Antonin Dvorak and his New World Symphony, Also there's no The Blue Danube from Strauss II.

I just love how they put "Flight of the Bumblebee" right after "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

My favorite is Für Elise, both to listen to & to play. This piece takes you on a wonderful, emotional journey! Pretty good list, Mojo. Bravo! 💖👏👏👏

Are you for real guys? I died in 1750...

It kills me that none of Chopin's work is on here, he's my favorite composer

And here I was thinking Watch Mojo was only for pop culture and movie clips. Not that I have a problem with that, but it's a great change of pace. The pronunciation of the names of the pieces and composers is also spot on from what I know. A little thing, but it makes a difference. Wonderful video!

You know when you have heard a classical song that you dont know the damn name of and you hope find on the next top 10?...well it wasnt here. Gotta keep searching..wish me luck! 😂

No 1812 overture. Wow.

You read almost every name wrong

Totally agree with your list.

Amazing! I agree!

Moonlight Sonata? anyone? anyone?

my homie Grieg better be on this list

You hit them all including the honorable mentions!!!!

I've tried To find number 4 for 3 years thank you so much