# Western classical music

Following are some of my most listened to classical music.

## Favourites

### Bach

* Cello suites - I cannot simply choose which performance I like best since they have their own unique characteristics, but following renderings are some of my favourites thus far,
  * [Bach: Cello Suites](https://open.spotify.com/album/2ge28dEPCwqWMdxS4Qpvbx?si=uexnjJKRRcCS57vlz8yAyA) by Mstislav Rostropovich
  * [J. S. Bach: Suites for Cello Solo Single Voice Polyphony I](https://open.spotify.com/album/4LTJrYL6gC3PMB4MhJEPNG?si=wHTNQBosSwaSPNnpcG-xWg) by Gavriel Lipkind
* Partitas
  * [Bach, J.S.: 6 Partitas](https://open.spotify.com/album/0ShuFOYtbgaHj2VZAo4TsU?si=aZlJYdipSNmy9GxiY2v8WQ) by András Schiff
* Goldberg Variations
  * [Bach: Goldbergvariationen](https://open.spotify.com/album/7xHdY82drUKmgh2xUgpyMI?si=_lcF4RB9ToexxspvbOByUw) by Tal & Groethuysen
  * [Bach: Goldberg Variations](https://open.spotify.com/album/2ecywJZyq9FeZWhKUT0kIq?si=707P01w3SfiexkDe8AgcPw) by Murray Perahia

### Mozart

* Requiem
  * [Mozart: Requiem; Kyrie in D minor](https://open.spotify.com/album/293G46p7rLh8foiWJ0L5hg?si=z0X1itcVSCytPkEb-d7Ttw) by Eliot Gardiner
  * [Mozart: Requiem](https://open.spotify.com/album/2Bd7lCOR5fAh1M1igUlUDJ?si=8DSZa3eFSb6IFqrvX9B-pQ) by Herbert von Karajan

### Beethoven

* Piano Sonatas
  * [Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos](https://open.spotify.com/album/0T5X4E4az84UUSCsVKRoQE?si=eEFCRzZnQKa-KJPmdQiMgg)
  * [Beethoven: The Piano Sonatas](https://open.spotify.com/album/5fEzQRXPGAOPPuUvRwk5Lh?si=098mNBscS9C2tGRv-WGOxQ)

### Chopin

* Nocturnes
  * [Chopin: The Nocturnes](https://open.spotify.com/album/4fs5Tq7Ie5jUm0kn35jPTR?si=WlwQBxNgTg2KT2R-hfCruQ) by Maria João Pires