Artist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart appears 4 times in our Classical Period list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 4
- Appears on
- Classical Period
- Years
- 1786–1791
- Highest placing
- No. 2 in Classical Period
- Updated
- 2026-08-30
Appears on
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
1788
Ranked No. 2 in Classical Period
Written in the space of a few weeks alongside two other symphonies, for no commission anyone can identify. Restless, minor-key and entirely without the charm Mozart is usually accused of.
The Marriage of Figaro
1786
Ranked No. 3 in Classical Period
An opera about servants outwitting their master, staged three years before the Bastille fell. The Act II finale runs twenty minutes and never once loses the thread.
Requiem in D minor
1791
Ranked No. 5 in Classical Period
Unfinished at his death and completed by a pupil, so nobody is entirely sure where Mozart stops. The Lacrimosa breaks off after eight bars, which is unbearable and perfect.
Clarinet Concerto in A
1791
Ranked No. 7 in Classical Period
Written in his final months for a friend, for an instrument that barely existed in its modern form. The slow movement is the least troubled music anyone has written.