It was a time when England was enjoying an efflorescence in English literature – of which Shakespeare was just the most celebrated of writers – and was also home to some of the greatest composers to be found anywhere in Europe. Here’s a relatively old classic, first published in 1591 during the reign of Elizabeth I by the English composer William Byrd. Best classical music for beginners William Byrd: Haec dies (for unaccompanied chorus)įor many people, choral music – precisely because it is sung by human voices and usually involves the setting of meaningful texts – provides some of the most immediately engaging and sometimes transcendent experiences in musical performance. So here are some suggestions which we hope are not too obvious, but which give solid starting points from which to begin your own journey of discovery. While there’s something to be said for getting into such classics as Beethoven’s Fifth Symphonyor Moonlight Sonata, they carry such a level of ‘familiarity’ (however based that may be on just a movement or even just an opening theme!) that it’s perhaps best to start with less obvious pieces which may surprise and (we hope) delight rather than lull the listener into thinking ‘I know this already’. We’ve also tried to avoid offering clichés of a particular genre or repertoire. We’ve tried, on one hand, to avoid ‘cheating’ by suggesting left-field or one-off works which aren’t typical of mainstream classical repertoire – while these can be exciting in themselves, so often they can lead to disappointment if a classical music beginner hopes to find more of the same. Debussy for beginners: the best Debussy recordings to introduce to classical music newcomersĪll that said – here is a selection of works which are not just attractive in themselves, but which we hope will whet any beginner’s appetite to try other similar works or to explore more by a particular composer or period of music.Bach for beginners: the recordings to help you discover Bach.Best operas for beginners: 5 operas newbies can't help being enthralled by.
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