10. I could pick many sonatas from this incredible cycle but this one has meant a lot to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Usz...

Medtner: Sonaten-Triade, Op. 11: I. Sonata in A-Flat Major

YouTube video by Marc-André Hamelin - Topic

9. I loved getting to know (& eventually perform) this piece over the last couple of years due to this perfect, joyous recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAEH...

Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Op. 2 - I. Allegro energico

YouTube video by Release - Topic

8. One of like 2 or 3 pieces/recordings/experiences responsible for me becoming a Baroque music specialist. Sorry you're crying now, it couldn't be avoided www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Mx...

BWV82: Aria: Ich habe genug

YouTube video by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson - Topic

7. And my go-to Eroica (told you these would be normie selections) ... when I get my time machine I will go back to the 1950s when they took this at like two-thirds tempo and tell them they don't have to live that way www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRL...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" - I. Allegro con brio

YouTube video by Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique - Topic

6. Some symphonies: Mozart G minor sounding utterly refreshed, so light-footed but not the least bit frantic www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY0P...

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 - (2nd Version) - 1. Molto Allegro

YouTube video by Les Musiciens du Louvre - Topic

5. My favorite song from this set in the most wrenching performance www.youtube.com/watch?v=06na...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder: No. 2, Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen

YouTube video by Christa Ludwig - Topic

4. Can't think of a piece in which Hilary Hahn's "you can hear every single note and each one is perfect" approach is more vital than in the Elgar Concerto, which has become one of my very favorite pieces exclusively due to this recording www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rCV...

Edward Elgar: Concerto for violin and orchestra, Hilary Hahn

YouTube video by AS Waldschratt

3. I love Jessye Norman's performances like every other decent person, but I also love what Felicity Lott's much lighter voice brings to Strauss's 4 Last Songs—such transparency & flexibility—particularly in "Frühling" (already stretching the best-ever conceit here) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRo...

Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth., TrV 296: III. Frühling

YouTube video by Dame Felicity Lott - Topic

2. The Bach cello suites performed in 20th-century style on an instrument w/ a modern setup are ... fine I guess? But. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaVh...

Bach cello suite no. 3 in C major BWV 1009, Pieter Wispelwey

YouTube video by Muzikay

1. I've said many times that the Amy Beach Violin Sonata is almost certainly the greatest 19th-century violin sonata you don't already know. Tasmin Little & John Lenehan give it a face-melting performance. This is the finale, the other movements are equally phenomenal www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3bA...

Sonata, Op. 34: IV. Allegro con fuoco

YouTube video by Tasmin Little - Topic