Legendary classics: the top of the best works in history

Despite the ever-changing trends and popular genres, classical music never ceases to fascinate listeners: for centuries it has been awakening in people an exciting storm of emotions and feelings... This is the music that has stood the test of time! There is a huge number of classical works, but today we will remember the truly legendary ones... Below is the top of the best classics in history... Let's begin!

Ludwig van Beethoven: "To Elise."

Written at the beginning of the 19th century, this work by Beethoven remains one of the most famous... The Bagatelle Piano Piece in A minor is the most recognisable melody in the world: it is part of the compulsory curriculum of all music schools, and even those who do not know the composer's name (although there are hardly any such people...) will recognise it from the first seconds of its sound.

Beethoven was already practically deaf when he wrote "To Elise". To whom is the piano piece dedicated? To this day it remains a mystery.....

Edvard Grieg: "Morning."

"Morning" is the laconic title of the opening movement of Edvard Grieg's Suite No. 1 "Per Gunt". It is familiar to many people today: over the last few decades, the piece has become very popular on television! It can even be heard on The Simpsons!

The name speaks for itself: "Morning" evokes an ineffable, very warm feeling of the emerging day.....

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Turkish Rondo."

Better known as the Turkish March, this work has long been one of the most important attributes of classical music... It was written by Mozart in 1783, as the final movement of the famous Sonata No. 11.

By the way: the "Turkish Rondo" is very popular in modern Turkey.

Felix Mendelssohn: "Wedding March."

Felix Mendelssohn's solemn work has long since attained the status of "timeless": it has been played at wedding ceremonies practically all over the world for over 150 years! This is certainly an invaluable contribution to the development of culture and history on the part of the composer...

Interesting fact: Princess Victoria Adelaide Maria Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, was the first bride to walk down the aisle to this solemn tune.....

Franz Schubert: "Ave Maria"

The story of this legendary work began when Schubert wrote music to a passage from Walter Scott's poem "The Virgin of the Lake": it was called "The Third Song of Ellen" and depicted the poem's heroine pleading with the Virgin Mary for help... As a result, it served as the basis for a full text in Latin.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: "Flight of the Bumblebee."

This piece was inspired by the Russian folk tale of Tsar Sultan (in the story, in an attempt to visit his father, the prince turns into a bumblebee!) The melody itself serves as a reflection of the final flight of the bumblebee... It is simply breathtaking how realistically the flight of the insect is simulated!

Frédéric Chopin: "Fantaisie-impromptu."

Frédéric Chopin dedicated one of his most famous works to his close friend Julian Fontana. After the composer's death, Fontana published the work in 1855, disobeying the instructions of his friend, who had been strongly opposed to it even during his lifetime....

Camille Saint-Saëns: "The Swan."

Many people know this work as The Dying Swan: it was first presented to the world when Saint-Saëns was already in his fifties! And what makes it remarkable is that it is the only part of the suite "Carnival of the Animals" that the composer allowed to be performed publicly during his lifetime....

The music was inspired by a beautiful Greek legend in which a silent swan sings for the first and last time in its life - before it dies....

Claude Debussy: "Moonlight."

This surprisingly tender and touching music was inspired by the poem of the same name by Paul Verlaine... You can say that Claude Debussy captures your soul while listening to this melody... Because of this, "Moonlight" is very popular in the world of cinema: you can hear it in the same "Twilight"....

Ludwig van Beethoven: "Moonlight Sonata."

And our list of legendary classical works ends with the one who opened it! Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is truly magnificent and beautiful: everyone knows this work, even those who are completely distant from the classics... Beethoven dedicated it to Countess Giulietta Guacardi, his young pupil, with whom he was supposedly in love....