What are the best classical songs?

Question

i just want to know some of the best, like bethoven, and mozart, and wagner.

Answer 1

Rachmaninov 2nd Symphony
Mahler's 2nd Symphony especially the last movement
Mendolsohnn Violin Concerto
Grieg Piano Concerto 1 (I think)
the "Requeim"-s of John Rutter, Faure, Durufle
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
Tchaikovsky's 4th, 5th, 6th Symphonies
John Ireland "A Downland Suite"

Well, that'll keep you busy for a while.

Answer 2

Most of the answers you have received have given you titles of good classical music, although not necessarily songs. There are many thousands of vocal pieces out there!
Mozart is easy to sing, and fun for the voice. Beethoven, although a great instrumental composer, had less insight into the workings of the human voice, and so his songs are not so easily sung.
Look for Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms, for German "Lieder" ( songs). Look for Claude Debussy and Gabriel Faure for French Chansons.
these are some of the biggest names, and their works are readily available in songbook form. Your local library might surprise you, and certainly, a music store with a classical selection will be able to order them up if they are not already to hand. Most of these editions will be labeled for high voice, or medium voice or low voice, so that you really do have a choice to find something comfortable for your type of voice- it does make a difference.
I'd stay away from Wagner if you are just beginning. He wrote only a dozen or so songs, and concentrated on opera. These works are so monumental that most singers don't get anywhere near him until they're about 40 and have had several years of serious experience. It's not so much that the notes are difficult, it's just that the orchestras that one sings with are generally over 80 players, and you don't get a microphone.
Have fun exploring, and keep singing!

Answer 3

Any of Beethovan's 9 Symphonies...especially 1, 5 and 9.
Modeste Mussorgsky-A Night on Bald Mountain
Antonin Dvorak-9th Symphony (the New World)
Pyotor Tchaikovsky-1812 Overture, 4th Symphony, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
That's just my opinion though!
Good luck!

Answer 4

You've already got the names of some of the best composers and so I want to give you the names of some songs that are really great (and famous):

Opera arias:
Puccini, composer:
Tosca - "Vissi d'arte" (soprano), "E lucevan le stelle" (tenor)
La Bohéme - "Mi chiamano Mimi" (soprano), "Quando men vo" (soprano), "Che gelida manina" (tenor)
Madama Butterfly and Turandot are other famous operas
Verdi, composer:
Rigoletto - "Gualtier Maldè!..." (soprano), "La donna è mobile" (tenor)
La Traviata and Aida are also very famous operas

You should also look for arias from Carmen (by Bizet), L'elisir d'amore (by Donizetti), Die Zauberflöte and Don Juan (by Mozart), Les Contes d'Hoffmann (by Offenbach) and Alcina (by Händel).

Then we have chansons and Lieder! I list some of them, starting with chansons for female voices:
Fauré, composer:
Après un rêve
Le papillon et la fleur
Au bord de l'eau

Debussy, composer:
Nuit d'etoiles
Fleur des blés
C'est l'extase langoureuse

And Lieder:
Schubert, composer:
Seligkeit (d.433)
Ave Maria (d.839)
An Silvia (d.891)
An die Musik (d.547)

Schumann (R), composer:
Du bist wie eine Blume
Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Der Nussbaum
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (for male voices originally)

Brahms, composer:
Meine Liebe ist grün
Wiegenlied (Guten Abend, gut' Nacht...)

Just a few hints. If you need to know of some good singers, I can give you a few names as well: Angela Gheorghiu, Doris Soffel, Kerstin Meyer, Arleen Auger, Elly Ameling, Jussi Björling, Bernarda Fink.

And oh, I want to tell you about my absolute favourite:
the opera aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" by Camille Saint-Saëns. It's not the most famous composer or opera, but a fantastic piece of music and a dream for mezzo-sopranos (including me).

Enjoy!

Answer 5

In the Hall of the Mountain King
-by Edvard Grieg, in his "Peer Gynt Suite"
William Tell Overture's great too.
So's "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner!
Flight of the Bumblebee.
Hoedown and Fanfare for the Common Man, both by American composer AAron Copeland.

Answer 6

mozart :
The 'Haffner' serenade K250
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Symphony 25 in G minor K183
Piano Concerto K271
Violin Concerto K2167, 218 and 219

Beethoven:
Three Piano Concertos
Pathetique sonata op 13
Moonlight Sonata
Piano Sonata op 26
Piano Concertos 4 and 5
Razumovsky quartets op 59
Waldstein op 53
Appassionata op 57
The ninth symphony

Wagner :
The Flying Dutchman and Die Meistersinger overtures
Ride of the Valkyries

Answer 7

Mahler's 8th Symphony (a.k.a. Symphony of 1000)
Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto
Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
Smetana's "Die Moldau"
Dvorak's "Mesicku na nebu hlubokem" (From the opera, Rusalka)
Saint-Saens's "Carnival of the Animals"

Answer 8

Any of "The Planets" suite by Gustav Holst, I especially like "Jupiter, bringer of jollility"