There are so many classical music pieces composed throughout the middle ages, as well as the centuries up to now.
Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart) ─ This is a beautiful piece of Church music forever in her treasury; it is sung during Maundy Thursday in honor of Our Lord’s instituting The Most Blessed Sacrament of The Altar. For that reason, this piece is sung again on Corpus Christi. Of course, Catholics actually need Our Blessed Lord daily, so it would not be bad to listen to this beautiful hymn anytime.
The Seven Last Words of Christ (Joseph Haydn) ─ Joseph Haydn was a prominent Catholic composer, and he even composed a piece based on The Seven Last Words of Our Lord Jesus Crucified. This piece brings with it beautiful thoughts for meditation.
Pachelbel – Canon in D Major ─ A beautiful piece of music.
Joseph Haydn – “Surprise Symphony” ─ Surprise! One of the more well known songs played at Haydn’s symphonies, but the second movement gives it its name, for a good reason. Fortunately, they are all good surprises.
Air on the G String ─ A song completely reliant on strings (and maybe the harpsicord).
Piano Concerto in A Minor – Edvard Grieg ─ All three are beautiful pieces. The piano and the rest of the orchestra play in harmony.
Mozart – Symphony 40 (“Jupiter Symphony”) ─ Especially the first movement.
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik (A little nightmusic) ─ [Insert description here]
Mozart – Rondo Alla Turka (The Turkish March) ─ This piece appears to represent marching Turks.
Moonlight Sonata ─ Movement 1 is somber, movement 2 is casual and calm, and movement 3 takes things to a new level (not in a bad way).
Beethoven – Symphony Number 9 (“Choral Symphony”) ─ Many of you may remember movement 4, which is where the symphony got its name. No other symphony beforehand used a choir in an orchestra like this.
Bolero (in C Major) ─ If you are thinking about the color purple, take a wild guess.
Hungarian Rhapsody ─ This is a piano piece, but sometimes, the other instruments of the orchestra can join in. This is a short piece you may remember appearing in an episode of Tom and Jerry.
Verdi – Dies Irae ─ Back when musical pieces had morals. This song tells “The Day of Wrath”, in which God “will [come to] judge the living and the dead” (Apostles’ Creed). If one wishes to meditate on the Four Last things, and on the Final Judgement, but also likes to listen to classical music in free time, this is a striking way to think of God during your recreation.
Mozart – Lacrimosa ─ This piece is part of Mozart’s unfinished requiem, in which be believe that he was “writing for himself”.
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Joseph Haydn, Antonio Vivaldi, and Mozart were Catholics. Joseph Haydn took his ideas to Mary and asked her for help during the Holy Rosary.
Mozart was said to have received extreme unction before his death.
Chopin (pronounced “show-pan”), while composing beautiful piano tracks, fell away from The Faith in some point of his career. However, what you may not know was his even more Miraculous conversion. He died a peaceful death. There is hope that he was saved.
Dvorak, I think he was Catholic, was who composed his famous Eighth and Ninth Symphonies, the latter of which was titled The New World Symphony (referring to his visit to the western meridian and North America. The “New World” was what the Americas were called).
Under Mary's Mantle 