1. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643, Italy)
L'Orfeo (first important opera)
****The Baroque Period (1600 - 1750)***
2. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687, France)
Ballet des Plaisirs (reform orchestra composition)
3. Henry Purcell (1659-1695, England)
Dido's Lament from Dido [dai-do] and Aeneas
4. Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706, Germany)
Canon in D [pa-ke-bel]
5. Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1715, Italy)
Christmas Concerto (Concerto grosso No.8)
6. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, Germany)
Brandenburg Concerto
Air on the G String
7. George Frideric Handel (1685-1759, Germany)
Water Music
Firework Music
Messiah (Hallelujah Chorus)
8.Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1750, Italy)
Adagio in G minor (not written by Albanoni)
9. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741, Italy)
The Four Seasons
***The Classical Period (1750-1830)***
10. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788, Germany)
Sinfonia No.4 in G major (son of J. S. Bach)
11. Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787, Bavaria)
Orfeo ed Euridice
12. Franz Joseph Hayden (1732-1809, Austria)
Symphony No. 45 'Farewell'
Symphony No. 94 'The Surprise'
Symphony No. 101 'The Clock'
Symphony No. 104 'The London Symphony'
13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791, Austria)
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter'
The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Concerto in C major
Requiem
Piano Sonata in A major
A Musical Joke
The Magic Flute
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
