A list of recommended pieces of classical music:

• Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata K. 455, played by Andreas Staier
- Best to appreciate its harpsichord version.
• Bach: the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, played by Glenn Gould, 1955
- The beginning of Gould's legend, revival of Bach's this masterpiece.
• Haydn: Andante and Variations in F minor, Hob.XVI. 17/6, played by Alfred Brendel
- A deep touching song to his beloved, one of Haydn's rare emotional moments.
• Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261, played by Arthur Grumiaux
- Grumiaux's sweet violin voice is just the right match for Mozart's adagio.
• Beethoven: "Appassionata", Op. 57, played by Friedrich Gulda
- Unrivaled.
• Schubert: Impromptu D 899, No.3, played by Arthur Schnabel
- Besides his Beethoven sonatas, Schnabel's Schubert recordings are also among the best.
• Tchaikovsky: Russian Dance, from Swan Lake Act III, Op. 20, played by Joseph Silverstein(violin solo), Boston Symphony Orchestra(conductor: Seiji Ozawa)
- The dance of soul, a "must hear" for audience of Swan Lake.
• Dvorak: Romance, Op.11, played by Isaac Stern(violin) and Philadelphia Orchestra(conducted by Eugene Ormandy)
- Don't let the light of "From the New World" cover your eyes from his glaring romance pieces.
• Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for Solo Violin, No. 4, Mvt. 3: Finale, Op. 27, played by Leonidas Kavakos
- Let imaginations fly!
• Shostakovich: Four Pieces from Op.34, Nos. 10, 15, 16 and 24, played by Leonid Kogan
- Best modern composers never lost their ancestors' talent of writing beautiful melodies.