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Solo and String Sonatas:

Level 1
No works

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer"

Level 3
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Lark Ascending (and orchestral version)
Paganini, Niccolò: 24 Caprice
Franck, César: Violin Sonata in A major
Tartini, Giuseppe: Violin Sonata "Devil's Trill"

 

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Solo and Keyboard Sonatas:

Level 1
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Clavier-Übung IV: Goldberg Variations
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 14 "Moonlight"

Level 2
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
Mussorgsky, Modest: Pictures at an Exhibition
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2
Liszt, Franz: Piano Sonata in B minor
Chopin, Frédéric: Nocturnes
Chopin, Frederic: 24 Preludes
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Debussy, Claude: Préludes Book 1
Chopin, Frédéric: Ballades
Satie, Erik: Trois Gymnopédies

Level 3
Debussy, Claude: Preludes Book 2
Debussy, Claude: Suite Bergamasque
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique"
Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 21 "Waldstein"
Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op. 15
Schumann, Robert: Kreisleriana
Chopin, Frédéric: Waltzes
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 32
Chopin, Frédéric: Mazurkas
Schumann, Robert: Carnaval
Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Preludes
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 29 "Hammerklavier"
Schubert, Franz: Piano Sonata No. 21
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Sonata No. 30
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Schubert, Franz: Impromptus D.899/D.935
Schumann, Robert: Fantasie in C major Op. 17
Brahms, Johannes: Klavierstücke op. 118
Chopin, Frédéric: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Marche funèbre"
Ravel, Maurice: Gaspard de la Nuit
Albéniz, Isaac: Iberia
Ravel, Maurice: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Brahms, Johannes: Klavierstücke op. 117
Chopin, Frédéric: Polonaises
Chopin, Frédéric: Études Op. 10
Brahms, Johannes: Klavierstücke op. 119
Satie, Erik: Gnossiennes
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Bagatelle No. 25 "Für Elise"
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Sonata No. 11

 

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Lieder, Madrigals etc.:

Level 1
No works

Level 2
Schubert, Franz: Winterreise
Strauss, Richard: Vier Letzte Lieder
Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied von der Erde
Schumann, Robert: Dichterliebe

Level 3
Schubert, Franz: Die Schöne Müllerin
Monteverdi, Claudio: Madrigals Book VIII
Schubert, Franz: Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel
Schubert, Franz: Goethe Lieder "Der Erlkönig"
Schubert, Franz: Goethe Lieder "Ganymed"
Schubert, Franz: Goethe Lieder "Wanderers Nachtlied I", "Geheimes", "Der Musensohn", "Willkommen und Abschied"

 

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Mass, Oratorio, Chant etc.

Level 1
Handel, Georg Frederic: Messiah
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Mass in B Minor
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St. Matthew Passion
Brahms, Johannes: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Verdi, Giuseppe: Requiem Mass

Level 2
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus/Süssmayr, Franz Xaver: Requiem
Orff, Carl: Carmna Burana
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da: Missa Papae Marcelli
Vivaldi, Antonio: Gloria in D major
Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Notre Dame
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Die Schöpfung "The Creation"

Level 3
Fauré, Gabriel: Requiem
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Missa Solemnis
Tallis, Thomas: Spem in Alium
Monteverdi, Claudio: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Vespers of 1610)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantata BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Josquin des Prez: Missa Pange Lingua
Berlioz, Hector: Requiem "Grande Messe des Morts"
Britten, Benjamin: War Requiem
Haydn, Franz Joseph: Mass No. 11 "Missa in Angustiis", "Lord Nelson Mass"
Handel, Georg Frederic: Solomon
Pérotin: Viderunt Omnes
Allegri, Gregorio: Miserere
Berlioz, Hector: La Damnation de Faust
Mendelssohn, Felix: Elijah
Carissimi, Giacomo: Jephte

 

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And finally, Opera, Operetta and Musical:

Level 1
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Die Zauberflöte
Bizet, Georges : Carmen
Puccini, Giacomo: La Bohème
Wagner, Richard: Der Ring des Nimbelungun ii. Die Walküre
Verdi, Giuseppe: La Traviata
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Le Nozze di Figaro
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Don Giovanni
Rossini, Gioachino: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Wagner, Richard: Der Ring des Nimbelungun i. Das Rheingold
Wagner, Richard: Tristan und Isolde
Verdi, Giuseppe: Rigoletto

Level 2
Wagner, Richard: Der Ring des Nimbelungun iii. Siegfried
Wagner, Richard: Der Ring des Nimbelungun iv. Götterdämmerung
Purcell, Henry: Dido and Aeneas
Puccini, Giacomo: Tosca
Bernstein, Leonard: West Side Story
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio
Monteverdi, Claudio: L'Orfeo
Verdi, Giuseppe: Aida
Verdi, Giuseppe: Otello
Gluck, Christoph Willibald: Orfeo ed Euridice
Gershwin, George: Porgy and Bess
Debussy, Claude: Pelléas et Mélisande
Strauss, Richard: Der Rosenkavalier
Britten, Benjamin: Peter Grimes

Level 3
Handel, Georg Frederic: Giulio Cesare
Puccini, Giacomo: Madame Butterfly
Wagner, Richard: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wagner, Richard: Tannhäuser
Bellini, Vincenzo: Norma
Delibes, Léo: Lakmé
Rossini, Gioachino: Guillaume Tell
Monteverdi, Claudio: L' Incoronazione di Poppea
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Eugene Onegin
Berg, Alban: Wozzeck
Wagner, Richard: Parsifal
Puccini, Giacomo: Turandot
Mascagni, Pietro: Cavalleria Rusticana
Wagner, Richard: Der Fliegende Hollander
Smetana, Bedrich: The Bartered Bride
Strauss, Richard: Salome
Shostakovich, Dmitri: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Offenbach, Jacques: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Borodin, Alexander: Prinz Igor
Verdi, Giuseppe: Falstaff
Verdi, Giuseppe: Il Trovatore
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Così Fan Tutte
Wagner, Richard: Lohengrin
Berlioz, Hector: Les Troyens
Glinka, Mikhail: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Leoncavallo, Ruggero: Pagliacci
Massenet, Olivier: Manon

 

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It's done. 20 posts and over 1,000 views per week.

Q1
Week 1a: Early Music & Ars Antiqua inc. Hildegard von Bingen, Pérotin & Léonin
Week 1b: Composers born 1300-1399 inc. Machaut, Dufay & Dunstaple
Week 2: Composers born 1400-1466 inc. Josquin & Ockeghem
Week 3: Composers born 1467-1533 inc. Palestrina, Tallis & Lassus
Week 4: Composers born 1534-1567 inc. Monteverdi, Dowland & Byrd
Week 5: Composers born 1568-1599 inc. Allegri, Schütz & Praetorius
Week 6: Composers born 1600-1633 inc. Carissimi, Lully & Strozzi
Week 7: Composers born 1634-1666 inc. Purcell, Corelli & Biber
Week 8: Composers born 1667-1681 inc. Vivaldi, Couperin & Telemann
Week 9: Composers born 1681-1685 inc. Handel & Rameau
Week 10: Composers born 1685-1695 inc. JS Bach pre-Leipzig
Week 11: Composers born 1696-1699 inc. JS Bach in Leipzig
Week 12: Composers from the Baroque to Classical transition inc. Tartini, Scarlatti & CPE Bach
Week 13: Composers known primarily for opera born 1600-1799 inc. Rossini, Gluck & Donizetti

Q2
Week 14: Composers born 1700-1724 plus Haydn works 1760-1783
Week 15: Composers born 1725-1732 plus Haydn works 1784-1803
Week 16: Composers born 1733-1739 plus Mozart works 1772-1779
Week 17: Composers born 1740-1749 plus Mozart works 1780-1785
Week 18: Composers born 1750-1759 plus Mozart works 1786-1791
Week 19: Composers born 1760-1769 plus Beethoven works 1795-1805
Week 20: Composers born 1770-1783 plus Beethoven works 1806-1811
Week 21: Composers born 1784-1794 plus Beethoven works 1812-1827
Week 22: Composers born 1795-1799 inc. Schubert
Week 23: Composers born 1800-1809 inc. Berlioz & Mendelssohn
Week 24: Composers born 1810 inc. Chopin & Schumann
Week 25: Composers born 1811-1819 inc. Liszt
Week 26: Composers known primarily for opera born 1800-1840 inc. Verdi, Wagner & Bellini

Q3
Week 27: Composers born 1820-1832 inc. Smetana, Bruckner & Franck
Week 28: Composers born 1833 inc. Brahms
Week 29: Composers born 1834-1839 inc. Bizet, Bruch, Saint-Saëns plus "The Big Five"
Week 30: Composers born 1840-1843 exc. Dvořák inc. Tchaikovsky & Grieg
Week 31: Composers born 1844-1849 plus Dvořák inc. Fauré
Week 32: Composers born 1850-1859 inc. Elgar & Janáček
Week 33: Composers born 1860-1862 inc. Debussy & Mahler
Week 34: Composers born 1864-1865 inc. Sibelius, Strauss R & Nielsen
Week 35: Composers born 1866-1872 inc. Satie & Scriabin
Week 36: Composers associated with the English Pastoral School inc. Vaughan Williams
Week 37: Composers born 1873-1875 inc. Rachmaninov & Ravel
Week 38: Composers born 1876-1879 plus those associated with the Second Viennese School inc. Berg & Schoenberg
Week 39: Composers known primarily for opera born 1841-1939 inc. Puccini & Massenet

Q4
Week 40: Composers born 1880-1884 exc. Stravinsky inc. Bartók, Kodály & Varèse
Week 41: Composers born 1885-1889 plus Stravinsky inc. Villa-Lobos
Week 42: Composers born 1890-1891 inc. Prokofiev & Martinů
Week 43: Composers born 1892-1897 inc. Hindemith plus all of "Les Six"
Week 44: Composers born 1898-1902 inc. Gershwin, Copland & Walton
Week 45: Composers born 1903-1906 inc. Shostakovich & Khachaturian
Week 46: Composers born 1907-1910 inc. Barber, Messiaen & Carter
Week 47: Composers born 1911-1916 inc. Britten & Cage
Week 48: Composers born 1917-1925 inc. Bernstein, Berio, Ligeti & Boulez
Week 49: Composers born 1926-1933 inc. Górecki, Penderecki & Stockhausen
Week 50: Composers born 1934-1939 inc. Reich, Pårt & Glass
Week 51: Composers born 1940-present inc. Adams, Saariaho & Tavener
Week 52: Composers of film, musical and games music inc. Bernstein, Williams, Morricone & Zimmer

 

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And finally, Opera, Operetta and Musical:

Sir Arthur Sullivan really resented that his popularity was due to his non-serious operettas with W.S. Gilbert, and not as a "serious" composer. 14 very successful Operettas, and in spite of their brilliance, don't get mentioned a century later, not even as "Tier 3" worthy.

After their partnership was over Sullivan finally had the opportunity to write a Grand Opera, titled IVANHOE, a well-received work that was largely forgotten after its successful and critically acclaimed record 1891 run of 155 consecutive performances and 6 more encore performances 6 months later.

While considered "one of the most important works in the history of British opera", it's rarely revived, and a complete, fully professional recording wasn't even made until 2010. There are reasons for this: it sounds dated nowadays, and the librettist left out major plot points (at the time they weren't needed, as every Brit knew every detail of the story of Ivanhoe: As most folks are not very familiar with that story these days, the narrative cannot be follow without doing your homework first).

Of course, most of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas continue to be performed regularly, and their influence on opera modern musical theatre especially are quite large. HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado are incredibly popular.