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The 99 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music

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I have most of these pieces scattered across multiple discs but I figured for $8 I'd give it a try. Thoroughly enjoyable!! 11-1/2 hours of great music for $8!! These are not the greatest recordings of these pieces ever made but they are all good to great. If you are new to classical music this is the best start and the best value you can find. If you are a classical enthusiast, as I am, still highly recommended.

This collection of classical music is as essential as it's title claims. Every piece is recognisable. Also, the composer information is contained in the ID3 tags.

For those of us who enjoy classical pieces, but are not classically trained, it is difficult to know where to begin. At least it was. With this playlist you have officially begun your collection. Happy listening!

Listening to classical music while reading in the evening has always been a great joy. And while I already had around 500 different pieces from Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, Chopin...I wanted to add some more to the collection.

I already have some of the pieces on here by other performers, but I thought I'd give it a try. And am glad I did. I've opened up my collection to both other composers and other performers and now have different things to investigate to add to my collection.

At $7.99 this collection works out to $0.08 per song, which is a great price even if you don't like one or two pieces. If you don't like 12 of the pieces that's just about a buck, so what's there to lose?

For the price, hell yes: go for it! However, I cannot say it's the best of the best. I couldn't find the composers in the ID3 tags: only the orchestra/artists playing the piece... a little bit annoying...

I enjoyed this collection. It makes for good background music without having to constantly change the CD

For eight bucks, go for it. The only thing, I can't believe the composer isn't noted

99 of great classical music played by top notch orchestras. at a value unheard of

Awesome deal but I've noticed that the volume needs to be frequently adjusted. It's not because of the natural variations in volume/tone that are part of the compositions. Seems I'm constantly turning the volume up or down depending on the track to keep it within hearing but not too loud to disturb other co-workers. Had this same problem with the 99 most relaxing songs download as well. Great deal but gets annoying having to change the volume so often.

All the classics, I put it on at work or home so I can concentrate without all "noise" from the office.