My favorites (as of 2001):
* Baroque *
1698 Pachelbel Cannon
1723 Marais La Sonnerie de Sainte Geneviève du Mont
1725 Vivaldi Spring
1727 Bach Air
1730 Albinoni Adagio
1734 Handel Largo
* Classical *
1762 Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits 1785 Mozart Piano Concerto #21 1801 Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 1810 Fur Elise
* Romantic *
1825 Schubert Ave Maria 1830 Chopin Nocturne Opus 9 #2 1837 Prelude Op.28/15 1838 Schumann Traumerei 1847 Liszt Liebestraum #3 1890 Debussy Clair de Lune 1894 Dvorak Humoresque 1894 Massenet Meditation
* Modern *
1934 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: variation 18 1990s Sugiyama Dragon Quest
I also like:
1721 Bach Brandenburgische Konzerte #6 1721 Minuet,Badinerie 1729 Vivaldi Mandoline Concerto 1731 Albinoni Trumpet Concerto 1717 Handel Water Music 1749 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 17?? Sinfonia 17?? Menuett 1778 Mozart Rondo Alla Turca 1778 Flute Conerto #2 1786 The Marriage of Figaro 1787 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 1787 Rondo Allegro 1788 Symphony #40 1791 Clarinet Concerto 1797 Haydn Emperor's Hymn 1??? Serenade 1796 Beethoven Minuet 1808 Symphony #5 1811 Schubert German Dance 1823 "Rosamunde" Ballet 1833 Mendelssohn"Italian" Symphoney 1841 Spring Song 1848 Schumann The Merry Peasant 1847 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #2 1854 Les Preludes 1845 Wagner Tannhauser 1850 Lohengrin 1846 Suppe Poet and Peasant 1858 Offenbach Orpheus in Underworld 1858 Rubinstein Melody in F 1858 J Strauss Tritsch Tratsch Polka 1867 The Blue Danube 1865 Brahms Waltz in A flat 1868 Cradle Song 1870 Wagner Ride of the Valkyries 1875 Smetana The Moldau 1876 Grieg Morning 1875 Tchikovsky Piano Concerto #1 1892 Waltz of the Flowers 1893 Dvorak From the New World 1896 R Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra 1901 Elgar Pomp and Circumstance 1910 Debussy Preludes for Solo Piano