Top 10 Most Viewed Classical Music Pieces on YouTube 

Eddy: "99 million! Almost 1 billion!" And this is why Eddy's a musician, not a mathematician

09:00 how tf am I supposed to keep a straight face when Eddy just spouts “I can’t hear, I’m deaf”?

1:39 I would say that Mendelssohn's wedding march is way more played that Canon in D.

The fact that they played the Dies Irae from the Requiem. Made me so happy. My favourite piece.

Shostakovich waltz 2 is one of the most basics songs in my country. People play it at quinceaños and weddings when the relatives go dance with them. I can't help but think about parties when I hear it 😂

Mozart's Requiem sounds so different to the rest of Mozart's music. Possibly because most of it wasn't written by him? It was a work in progress when he died, so a guy called Süßmeier (spelling?) finished the bits that Mozart had started and wrote the rest. I really feel for the guy never acknowledged on the advertisement posters for concerts. He makes it into the program notes, though.

Bro did not catch the memo not to smile in any of Shostakovich’s pieces

I feel like we all secretly wished for twoset to be on that list

Moonlight Sonata gets like 14 million views every 8months

The Four Seasons is a masterpiece, some people hate it just because it's overplayed

I’m surprised that Bach Cello Suite No. 1 wasn’t on here

I love Mozart’s Requim. It gives me shivers in so many places.

Pachabell's Canon in D is only 9th because not everyone is getting married

I’m surprised Für Elise doesn’t make it

TwoSet: * forgets Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 with 175 million views * Chopin: * sad Eb major noises *

Don't get it wrong; it's not that these pieces are overrated, they're getting the attention they deserved; the others are underrated

Chopin: "Am I a joke to you?"

I was surprised not to see Fur Elise, Handel's Messiah, Nessun Dorma, Carmen or Carmina Burana in there. Or of course you guys' favourite Bumblebee

Mozart's Lacrimosa is *so* strange. It's creepy, depressing, epic, soothing and disturbing, all at once. One of my absolute favorites.

I don't care how overplayed it is, Ode to Joy is freaking iconic. Chills every time.

I uploaded Four Seasons right at the beginning of when RU-vid began allowing uploads longer than 15 minutes. No more part 1,part 2 nonsense. I decided to upload that because it was my favorite thing to listen to at the time. It's incredible how many people it's touched, and I love reading comments about how it helps people through their day. It unfortunately pulled a ton of traffic away from my original music but I could never imagine taking it down.

“Air on the G string” could be the name for a Hiphop song

Listen to Vivaldi's 4 seasons on Baroque instruments. Now you can really hear the thunder, the joyful spring winds and the summer heat. It makes such a difference. I don't mind too much for other renaissance/baroque pieces, but for this one, it's amazing.

Nocturne op 9 no 2 with 175 mil views: Am I a joke to you?

Chopin nocturne in Eb major has 175 million views but isn’t on the list? _visible confusion_

I totally didn't expect Shostakovich Waltz 2 to be here... It surely deserves it though...

Eddy: talking about Four Seasons. Editor San: Plays Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Clair de lune is also my favorite, although it makes me sad bcs it was like an offering to my sister while she was battling cancer. I brute forced that piece because it calmed my sister back then when her legs were in pain (my parents were the ones taking care of her most of the times, so I'm mostly on the piano). I no longer know how to play the piece completely these days which makes me even sadder. but despite of all that sadness, I still love that piece because it reminds me so much of the great times.

Bruh chopin's nocturne has 175 mil views, y'all got a wrong list

- "Moonlight is... OK." - Doesn't play 3rd movement 😔

The fact Vivaldi died basically unknown after his popularity earlier in his life, and remained forgotten until the recoring era, now THAT's what you call a comeback.

10. Beethoven's 5th Symphony 9. Pachabel Canon in D 8. Mozart- Lacrimosa 7. Bach- Air on the G String 6. Shostakovich- Waltz no. 2 5. Debussy- Claire de Lune 4. Mozart- Requiem 3. Beethoven's 9th Symphony 2. Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata 1. Vivaldi- Four Seasons

Brett correcting Eddy’s math Me: I believed a lie all these years?

Do you realise how much making us hear the first and second movements of the Moonlight Sonata without ANY glimpse of the third is SACRALIGEOUS ?!

I Know that Vivaldi's Four Seasons will be on the top.

twoset subtly roasting four seasons after they made merch out of it

Mozart's Lacrimosa was used in a scene in Hunter x Hunter, where the Phantom Troupe did a massacre in Yorknew City...which is eerie and taunting but also really fits the characters and story.

Im just happy that The Flight of the Bumblebee was not on the list. Maybe there's hope for humanity after all-

IMHO, the worst of "The Four Seasons" is that it obscures the rest of Vivaldi's work, which is so good, and sometimes, even better.

I was surprised Chopin’s nocturne op 9 no 2 didn’t make it, then saw it has 175 million views. 🤔

I object to the statement “Moonlight Sonata is overrated”, the third movement is an absolute masterpiece, I wish two set listened to it in the video

Claire de Lune, despite being overplayed and hackneyed to death is still top tier, and not just harmony-wise

Simple fact that most people know, "Ode to Joy" is European Union's "national anthem" piece. Edit: THE HECK, where is Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement, the first speed metal piece in the history of music, ffs!

Me : *Here already expecting Symphony No. 5, Canon in D, The Four Seasons and The Blue Danube* Also Me : *Shocked to find Waltz No. 2 and Clair de Lune higher than Canon in D*

Calling it before watching, für Elise is no 1 Edit: damm you, red monk

I’m gonna make a statement: 1. Vivaldi - Four Seasons (1.5 Chopin - Nocturne op. 9 no. 2) 2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 3. Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 4. Mozart - Requiem 5. Debussy - Clair de Lune 6. Shostakovich - waltz no. 2 7. Bach - Air in G string 8. Mozart - Lacrimosa 9. Pachelbel - Canon in D 10. Beethoven - 5th Symphony Piano gangs!!! We’ve got 4 on the board, so proud of all of US 🥳

Surprised these (and some others) didn't make top ten: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Blue Danube, Toccata and Fugue, Fur Elise. I'm guessing that these songs are so widely known and so often played/performed, there were no "definitive versions" of it on RU-vid, and the views got distributed more evenly. That would also explains why Canon in D only got 9th place.

While Mozart did get represented on the list, I'm surprised not to see Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

Unpopular opinion: I actually really like Canon in D (if it's played well). (And i play cello, btw)

99M almost 1B! and thats why they met at math tutoring

Fyi : Chopin - Nocturne 9 op 2 should be second with approximately 175+millions of views :). Great video !!

Brett and Eddy: "I just feel like Mozart's Requiem was so different from all his other music" Me: "duh, it's a funeral mass"

I know musicians dont usually like Andre Rieu, but for many people he was the front door for classical music. In my country there was a free religious tv channel that played him almost every weekend, and i saw it with my dad and sometimes with my grandmother, i asked them to put in "Andre Rieu Channel" and it made my childhood very happy. I saw waltz after the preys while eating or making cake with granny or while dad was cooking or working from home. It was like this until maybe my 8 years old, of course they played another conductors, but he was the familys favorite because he is fun. It kinda hurted the way you guys looked at him, but i still love the channel and both of you. Stay healthy guys ♡

Oh, so you play violin? Can you play Canon in D? *sighs in Twoset*

Eddy: "LMAO do you like Canon in D and the 4 seasons? What a noob they're so overplayed AHAHAHAH" Also Eddy: "OMG Clair de Lune is my favourite piece I always play it when I get at the piano"

Sadly there isn't many official channels for classical music with high-quality recording, most of the stuff on youtube is uploaded by random people of varying quality, and soo many people reupload the same song that I think the views for each piece should be way higher since in comparison there are only one or two official videos on youtube for popsong, etc making them have an easier time to concentrate their view into the video Like, could you imagine the number of views Mozart would get if he had a youtube channel since he was alive?

Winter is the only piece I really, really like in Four Seasons. The rest are "eh, it's alright.". I expected Fur Elise to be there though

Vivaldi's Four Seasons is the gateway drug to classical music. Young people listen to it and think "it's pretty good, classical music might even be my cuppa tea". Maybe it's overplayed but it's still great because it leads you on a journey of discovery. So it serves a great purpose. As a musician it's a different issue, Twoset are super bored by it. 🥱

If you ever run out of ideas you can make "Top most viewed pieces on RU-vid, but our favorite performances".

Beethoven's Moonlight sonata is my favourite classical piece. And guess what I know the 2nd movement. I love the whole piece not just the 1st and 3rd movements.

Haven’t watched yet but I’m guessing one of them is Paganini 24 Edit: faith in random RU-vid viewers restored!

It's not that people don't make it to the second movement of moonlight sonata, it's that they skip it and listen to the third movement

Here in Italy "Air on the G string" is one of the most famous and recongisable pieces, because it was used for 40+ years as the intro for a TV science program, "Superquark". In italian culture (both pre-meme and post-meme) it has become synonimous with science and education itself, even as a parody! And then, of course, Beethowen 9th last movement is the hymn of the European Union, no other "country" can flex such a piece! :D (I really wish "country" was not in quotes...)

I share the same love as Eddy’s for Clair de lune. Like, even though it’s relatively popular now, its musical effectivity hasnt been killed and stays the same genius for such a “basic” piece as Debussy thinks.

I remembered that Chopin’s nocturne has 175M views......some lost pieces there But there are too many pieces to not lose any of most view of them😂😂

Some of the reasons why these pieces got those number of views: -every member of the orchestra played the videos on loop -these videos are added to study/sleep playlists

If my memory doesn't deceive me, the second waltz was written by Shostakovich as sort of a mocking/joke into the face of people saying that his music is often depressing and rather moody, or that he was kinda pressured into writing something "jolly" and he wrote this in the sense of "f*ck you"?? or maybe that's just a myth

I thought Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 would make it to the list.

I was kinda expecting Dvorák’s New World Symphony to be on here

Twoset should talk about social media’s copyrighting classical music

4:45: Eddy : Hahaha, that guy “i must smile because of my contract” Me; mate ! That’s André Riue son !

Brett correcting Eddy’s math? Oh how the turn tables.

Only just started watching: Lacrimosa will definitely be on this list.

I’m sorry but why does young Beethoven (0:49) look like he’s James from Sofia the First 💀💀

"Bet you didn't know how the second movement sounds" Me, a non-musician who knows how the whole sonata goes: *try me.*

Moonlight Sonata 2nd movement: *You guys think you're so much better than me." 1st and 3rd movements: "Yes."

Fun fact: Claire de Lune was the first ever recorded noise in human history. It was recorded in 1860 by Léon Scott de Martinville. Edit : the first recorded piece is actually Au Clair de la lune, my mistake

10. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 66M 0:32 (152M in another vid, could be the 3rd) 9. Pachelbel - Canon in D major 69M 1:34 8. Mozart - Lacrimosa 71M 2:02 7. Bach - Air on the G string 72M 3:07 6.Shostakovich - Waltz No.2 73M 4:09 5.Debussy - Clair De Lune 77M 5:29 4.Mozart - Requiem 100M 6:57 (include excerpt of Lacrimosa too) 3.Beethoven - Symphony No.9 109M 7:51 2.Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 170M 9:53 (Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 175M) 1.Vivaldi - The four seasons 231M 11:16

11:04 "I'll play canon in D at a funeral"... they did. At my grandma's cremation no less. It was SO lamentable it's not even funny.

Fun fact: the ode to joy (Beethoven - symphony n° 9) is the official anthem of the European Union

10:38 brett’s savage face 😳

I guess not all of it is sacrilegious . . . . . . faith in humanity is restored!!!

WOW!! I really believed Tchaikovsky would be in top places!!

Offtopic here: yesterday in a bubble tea shop a guy hit on me, and I swear he looked EXACTLY like Brett in a mask 😳😳😳 And it wasn't him, of course, but the resemblance left me speechless. Right until he asked me what was in a container I was carrying. I told him it was the hearts of the innocent.

Dude, I love Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra! The concerts look so fun. I love it when they play a fun waltz or other piece that everyone knows and the audience sways altogether to the tempo. My interest in classical music would not be so great now if it wasn't for his concerts on PBS.

Alternative title : Top 10 mainstream classical pieces

Vivaldi’s four seasons is just that mainstream piece for even non classical music listeners but I guess that most of them have no idea which part is summer or autumn or winter Next vid : top 10 of composers in google?

I love just hearing them discuss the pieces and what makes them special. It would be awesome to see a full length video where they just analyze a piece :)

"Bet you didn't know how the 2nd movement sounds, right?" Me, who somehow subconsciously memorize the melody while listening to it while studying: jokes on you, im into that shit

Ladies and gentleman, I'ma show you... Eddy and Brett enjoying Mozart's Requiem 7:29 SDFGSDFADFA LOOOOL

I knew Vivaldi four seasons would be first bcoz I already had the same question( the question is what is the most viewed classical piece on RU-vid) and I GOOGLED IT

11:48 Twoset stop grumbling Just be glad flight of the bumblebee wasn't in there😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

The thing with the 4 seasons, is that among all the movements it's hard not to find one you actually like. It conveys a lot of different emotions and atmospheres. Helps to get the views to apply to as many ppl as possible. Vivaldi knows how YT work XD

My favourite description of Clair the Lune is one that co-relates the five stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross- 1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance If you look for those elements in the sound, you can differentiate the emotions.

2:25 I just finished practice and I've been subscribed for 5 years 🫡

Beethoven twice on the list? so sad he couldn’t hear that

im not shocked lacrimosa is so high. it’s in hunter x hunter and a lot of people watched that recently

5:22 Eddy: my favorite coming no.5! Me: has to be Debussy’s Clair de lune

Twoset: that’s dark… Brett’s lofi:… (depression, anxiety and insomnia kicks in)

Guys you should absolutely check out Andre Rieu! He performs with his Orchestra eny kind of classical stuff, but he does it in a poular way withut ever be not correct. Some elitists and purists hate him and many passionates love him. I really would love to know your opinion on him and maybe react to some performances of him.