Top 10 Most Viewed Classical Music Pieces on YouTube

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  • @doraw6922
    @doraw6922 Před 2 lety +12079

    Eddy: "99 million! Almost 1 billion!"
    And this is why Eddy's a musician, not a mathematician

  • @nicolaspachecoarango
    @nicolaspachecoarango Před 2 lety +5298

    Pachabell's Canon in D is only 9th because not everyone is getting married

  • @sungod9797
    @sungod9797 Před 2 lety +5339

    I’m surprised Für Elise doesn’t make it

  • @ankurage
    @ankurage Před 2 lety +3300

    Don't get it wrong; it's not that these pieces are overrated, they're getting the attention they deserved; the others are underrated

    • @clarinetJWD
      @clarinetJWD Před 2 lety +135

      Except Pachelbel.

    • @Shadowie
      @Shadowie Před 2 lety +51

      That's actually a really good way to put it.

    • @subratanandy2142
      @subratanandy2142 Před 2 lety +105

      @@clarinetJWD I don't know if Canon in D is overrated , but It's one of the most beautiful pieces. (I don't get bored because I don't hear it in every wedding in our country .)

    • @ReptilianTeaDrinker
      @ReptilianTeaDrinker Před 2 lety +28

      @@subratanandy2142 it IS overrated and overused. Plus, it's so boring compared to other pieces and I feel so bad for Cello players when they have to play it at people's weddings.

    • @MicukoFelton
      @MicukoFelton Před 2 lety +9

      @@subratanandy2142 This! I NEVER hear it played at our weddings.

  • @VegetaPixel
    @VegetaPixel Před 2 lety +4249

    TwoSet: * forgets Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 with 175 million views *
    Chopin: * sad Eb major noises *

  • @gianellab.4953
    @gianellab.4953 Před 2 lety +1952

    Mozart's Lacrimosa is *so* strange. It's creepy, depressing, epic, soothing and disturbing, all at once. One of my absolute favorites.

    • @zethyuen8859
      @zethyuen8859 Před 2 lety +5

      Totally

    • @nameless5646
      @nameless5646 Před 2 lety +61

      I like to think he wrote his own requiem (and not for his commissioner). An expression of him having so much more to give but knowing that he's going to die.

    • @aspiringmathmatologer3445
      @aspiringmathmatologer3445 Před 2 lety +43

      And that’s why they use it Hunter x Hunter 😎

    • @jojonoir
      @jojonoir Před 2 lety +10

      Super popular for a reason, it's a favorite

    • @sandraryang
      @sandraryang Před 2 lety +5

      spot on - was first exposed to it when we were 15 and made to sing it by our school at opera house - unreal !!!

  • @vastrab7301
    @vastrab7301 Před 2 lety +840

    Chopin: "Am I a joke to you?"

    • @michaeldd8948
      @michaeldd8948 Před 2 lety +37

      His second nocturne got more view than Moonlight

    • @bhrianaalcantar9227
      @bhrianaalcantar9227 Před 2 lety +3

      Fr!!!

    • @jessicachiu5953
      @jessicachiu5953 Před 2 lety +11

      maybe the reason is most of Chopin's pieces only have numbers instead of names, so people don't even know what keywords should they use to find them (つ∀`)

    • @kafkaeaeae687
      @kafkaeaeae687 Před 2 lety +1

      BLACK??? KEYSSS?

    • @desktopmoss5617
      @desktopmoss5617 Před 2 lety +3

      Chopin never named any pieces. The only piece he named was Funeral Marche. Everything else was kept as Opus and Number format. Mainly publishers named his work, which he didn’t like lol.

  • @destituteanddecadent9106
    @destituteanddecadent9106 Před 2 lety +1204

    I don't care how overplayed it is, Ode to Joy is freaking iconic. Chills every time.

    • @drekfletch
      @drekfletch Před 2 lety +6

      When the pandemic cancelled my chorus' spring concert, I took solace in the fact that I wouldn't have to perform the very drab and stodgy re-arrangement our music committee chose.

    • @ofirheymans5225
      @ofirheymans5225 Před 2 lety +13

      I feel the same about the first movement of the 5th symphony

    • @vedantbandagale5984
      @vedantbandagale5984 Před 2 lety +3

      the best classical hands down

    • @bee-n.there.done.that.
      @bee-n.there.done.that. Před 2 lety +10

      The first thing I thought was *a lot of views also because it's the European Union Anthem* 👀

    • @Arcessitor
      @Arcessitor Před 2 lety +7

      This entire comment section is people just hating things for being popular. No wonder people look at classically trained people like guttertrash. You base your entire worldview filled with envy and spite over things being successful.

  • @gb-nz
    @gb-nz Před 2 lety +3893

    “Air on the G string” could be the name for a Hiphop song

  • @DoctorGentleman
    @DoctorGentleman Před 2 lety +1913

    I was surprised not to see Fur Elise, Handel's Messiah, Nessun Dorma, Carmen or Carmina Burana in there. Or of course you guys' favourite Bumblebee

    • @fevre_dream8542
      @fevre_dream8542 Před 2 lety +48

      I was SO surprised Nessun Dorma wasn't there, given that among opera arias it's probably the most famous.

    • @Moonless_Future
      @Moonless_Future Před 2 lety +27

      or Ravel's Bolero.

    • @elizabethh8579
      @elizabethh8579 Před 2 lety +16

      Handel's Messiah - at least the Halleluiah Chorus is a surprise.

    • @physicsisawesome696
      @physicsisawesome696 Před 2 lety +6

      The last one sounds S A C R E L I G I O U S

    • @tairkhantimuruly4157
      @tairkhantimuruly4157 Před 2 lety +57

      also ‘In the hall of the mountain king’ and “Eine Klein Nachtmusik”

  • @richardkovacs2006
    @richardkovacs2006 Před 2 lety +95

    The fact Vivaldi died basically unknown after his popularity earlier in his life, and remained forgotten until the recoring era, now THAT's what you call a comeback.

    • @neeltheother2342
      @neeltheother2342 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Probably even more of a comeback than Bach's comeback, where he was also forgotten until Mendelssohn showed up and was like "yo, this st matthew passion is bussin on god fr" and everyone else was like "bruh let him cook" 😂

  • @dorothearussell304
    @dorothearussell304 Před 2 lety +668

    Listen to Vivaldi's 4 seasons on Baroque instruments. Now you can really hear the thunder, the joyful spring winds and the summer heat. It makes such a difference. I don't mind too much for other renaissance/baroque pieces, but for this one, it's amazing.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Před 2 lety +29

      Yeah, I listened to Summer played by the Voices of Music ensemble. It was fantastic.

    • @bachagain1685
      @bachagain1685 Před 2 lety +13

      @@Musicienne-DAB1995 they even make Canon in D sound okay.

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Před 2 lety +3

      @@bachagain1685 Yeah, LOL!!

    • @ranonampangom2185
      @ranonampangom2185 Před rokem

      Maybe try expanding your horizons. There is quite a lot of baroque stuff just as delightful as Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

    • @engelbertschoormans
      @engelbertschoormans Před 10 měsíci

      You must listen to his own arrangement for strings AND winds. (Dresden Version)

  • @AnAmericanComposer
    @AnAmericanComposer Před 2 lety +2899

    I uploaded Four Seasons right at the beginning of when CZcams began allowing uploads longer than 15 minutes. No more part 1,part 2 nonsense. I decided to upload that because it was my favorite thing to listen to at the time. It's incredible how many people it's touched, and I love reading comments about how it helps people through their day.
    It unfortunately pulled a ton of traffic away from my original music but I could never imagine taking it down.

    • @esverker7018
      @esverker7018 Před 2 lety +155

      Omg I was just watching that video wondering how you ended up with the main vid for four seasons lmao

    • @ritaliao128
      @ritaliao128 Před 2 lety +49

      Thank you for uploading

    • @michaela_xo
      @michaela_xo Před 2 lety +30

      @@esverker7018 omg that was you what. I would mention it to everyone I meet if I were you 😂

    • @mapron1
      @mapron1 Před 2 lety +10

      @@michaela_xo He said it is not his recording. What to be proud of? Nice number of views? I feel it is kinda devastating ... "you know I uploaded random recording and get 0.2 billion views on my channel!" "Wow so you get millions of view for your music too?" "Nah, just couple of hundreds...".
      Feel bad for you..., @evan

    • @michaela_xo
      @michaela_xo Před 2 lety +72

      @@mapron1 who shat in your cornflakes this morning. Yeh it’s sad but I mean he/she/they is still getting exposure. I’d take it

  • @scareless1796
    @scareless1796 Před 2 lety +558

    Nocturne op 9 no 2 with 175 mil views: Am I a joke to you?

  • @Balphore
    @Balphore Před 2 lety +133

    Do you realise how much making us hear the first and second movements of the Moonlight Sonata without ANY glimpse of the third is SACRALIGEOUS ?!

    • @flyingzone356
      @flyingzone356 Před rokem +16

      Absolutely. The third movement IS one of the best pieces of piano music written by Beethoven.

  • @MiloMcCarthyMusic
    @MiloMcCarthyMusic Před 2 lety +474

    Chopin nocturne in Eb major has 175 million views but isn’t on the list?
    _visible confusion_

  • @vanivashisht7305
    @vanivashisht7305 Před 2 lety +735

    I totally didn't expect Shostakovich Waltz 2 to be here... It surely deserves it though...

    • @blauespony1013
      @blauespony1013 Před 2 lety +18

      It is in sooo many films, maybe that's why?

    • @oxoelfoxo
      @oxoelfoxo Před 2 lety +9

      That's the one I wasn't familiar with. I did think Fur Elise would be there, haha.

    • @blauespony1013
      @blauespony1013 Před 2 lety +24

      @@oxoelfoxo Fur Elise is a phone connection and elevator music ... I think even non classical musicians are fed up with it (same use for "Eine kleine Nachtmusik")

    • @vanivashisht7305
      @vanivashisht7305 Před 2 lety +4

      @@blauespony1013 Really? I don't think I've heard it anywhere...

    • @aconite72
      @aconite72 Před 2 lety +12

      The Waltz is so iconic though. I was fully expecting it to be featured on the vid.

  • @MrWhangdoodles
    @MrWhangdoodles Před 2 lety +655

    Eddy: talking about Four Seasons.
    Editor San: Plays Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

  • @djethreii
    @djethreii Před 2 lety +358

    Clair de lune is also my favorite, although it makes me sad bcs it was like an offering to my sister while she was battling cancer. I brute forced that piece because it calmed my sister back then when her legs were in pain (my parents were the ones taking care of her most of the times, so I'm mostly on the piano). I no longer know how to play the piece completely these days which makes me even sadder. but despite of all that sadness, I still love that piece because it reminds me so much of the great times.

    • @cloudberry7241
      @cloudberry7241 Před 2 lety +7

    • @lacialovescats
      @lacialovescats Před 2 lety +11

      And at the opposite end, to me Clair de Lune is my love song, lullaby, favorite piece to play and listen ever. I always play it each time I got in front of a piano.

    • @DubmanicGetFlazed
      @DubmanicGetFlazed Před 2 lety +1

      Ravel: Pavane Pour une infante defunte is better… sadly there is no good version on youtube. Revel himself played it too fast in some parts. It should start out slower and the player should take more liberty with the speed for effect. Highlighting the space between the notes.

    • @theyluvtwoset.13
      @theyluvtwoset.13 Před 2 lety +3

      So cute

  • @CoversbyPatYam
    @CoversbyPatYam Před 2 lety +79

    Some of the reasons why these pieces got those number of views:
    -every member of the orchestra played the videos on loop
    -these videos are added to study/sleep playlists

  • @OutbackBoy
    @OutbackBoy Před 2 lety +532

    - "Moonlight is... OK."
    - Doesn't play 3rd movement 😔

    • @phen-themoogle7651
      @phen-themoogle7651 Před 2 lety +31

      3rd movement is my favorite part too! It’s so epic to play on piano and challenging. I also love some techno versions of it lol 😂

    • @HelgeMoulding
      @HelgeMoulding Před 2 lety +1

      3rd evokes smurfs. If you think Eddie is triggered by Pachelbel...

    • @mbvglider
      @mbvglider Před 2 lety +15

      I like the 3rd movement, but I think it's in that category of popular piano works (along with Fantasie-Impromptu) that advanced players learn pretty early on that they get sick of pretty quickly because for whatever reason, people are way more impressed by it than works that are many times harder. Sort of like Vivaldi's "Summer" of piano, if you will.

    • @s.m.afilms5557
      @s.m.afilms5557 Před 2 lety +2

      My sadness is immeasurable and my day ii ruined

    • @singlepayer
      @singlepayer Před 2 lety

      3M is epic

  • @LS-rs7xm
    @LS-rs7xm Před 2 lety +79

    Mozart's Lacrimosa was used in a scene in Hunter x Hunter, where the Phantom Troupe did a massacre in Yorknew City...which is eerie and taunting but also really fits the characters and story.

  • @lorenzocolombo1646
    @lorenzocolombo1646 Před 2 lety +108

    Here in Italy "Air on the G string" is one of the most famous and recongisable pieces, because it was used for 40+ years as the intro for a TV science program, "Superquark". In italian culture (both pre-meme and post-meme) it has become synonimous with science and education itself, even as a parody!
    And then, of course, Beethowen 9th last movement is the hymn of the European Union, no other "country" can flex such a piece! :D (I really wish "country" was not in quotes...)

    • @anaccount9554
      @anaccount9554 Před 2 lety +2

      Oddio superquark oddio ma da quanto che non lo vedooo??????

  • @BreddyBang
    @BreddyBang Před 2 lety +212

    Brett correcting Eddy’s math
    Me: I believed a lie all these years?

    • @vanivashisht7305
      @vanivashisht7305 Před 2 lety +9

      Looks like someone practiced after the last video...

  • @AndewMole
    @AndewMole Před 2 lety +135

    twoset subtly roasting four seasons after they made merch out of it

    • @SuperLol
      @SuperLol Před 2 lety

      don't think it was subtle man ahah

  • @cholatepnabangchang4834
    @cholatepnabangchang4834 Před 2 lety +30

    Surprised these (and some others) didn't make top ten:
    Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Blue Danube, Toccata and Fugue, Fur Elise.
    I'm guessing that these songs are so widely known and so often played/performed, there were no "definitive versions" of it on CZcams, and the views got distributed more evenly.
    That would also explains why Canon in D only got 9th place.

  • @zandaleezambiazzi3505
    @zandaleezambiazzi3505 Před 2 lety +304

    I know musicians dont usually like Andre Rieu, but for many people he was the front door for classical music. In my country there was a free religious tv channel that played him almost every weekend, and i saw it with my dad and sometimes with my grandmother, i asked them to put in "Andre Rieu Channel" and it made my childhood very happy. I saw waltz after the preys while eating or making cake with granny or while dad was cooking or working from home. It was like this until maybe my 8 years old, of course they played another conductors, but he was the familys favorite because he is fun. It kinda hurted the way you guys looked at him, but i still love the channel and both of you. Stay healthy guys ♡

    • @winxred12
      @winxred12 Před 2 lety +18

      Same I loved his shows , it made me fall in love with the violin 😍

    • @jcortese3300
      @jcortese3300 Před 2 lety +34

      Same. It's schmaltzy as hell, but people go to the concerts, have a blast, listen to great music that I also love, and go home smiling. I'm fine with it, even if I never buy a ticket.

    • @ayrie09
      @ayrie09 Před 2 lety +29

      My mom used to watch his concerts on TV, my Dad said he's annoying because his smile looks so fake. I agree with both of them. Can't look at his face, but the music is beautiful. Also, I think there are many people listening to classical music because him.

    • @heeyoo9852
      @heeyoo9852 Před 2 lety +9

      Why musicians don't like him though?

    • @VikingSloth
      @VikingSloth Před 2 lety +18

      @@heeyoo9852 a lot of musicians think his performances felt faked and forced. Like how TwoSet made the joke about the second violin smiling uncomfortably because it was in his contract

  • @wholemilky
    @wholemilky Před 2 lety +252

    Bruh chopin's nocturne has 175 mil views, y'all got a wrong list

    • @CookieMasterRBLX
      @CookieMasterRBLX Před 2 lety +1

      Chopin is romantic not classical

    • @mashicoleman
      @mashicoleman Před 2 lety +40

      @@CookieMasterRBLXClair de lune and Canon in D aren't classical

    • @wholemilky
      @wholemilky Před 2 lety +20

      @@CookieMasterRBLX Classical music encompasses quite the wide spectrum of different styles, from baroque to impressionistic to modernistic and so on. It's just called classical music for some reason

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt Před 2 lety

      @JACOB H your last point isn't relevant lol

    • @FrostDirt
      @FrostDirt Před 2 lety +3

      @JACOB H but if you're going by Era, yes, a lot of people in your list aren't classical era composers

  • @salazin466
    @salazin466 Před 2 lety +278

    I was surprised Chopin’s nocturne op 9 no 2 didn’t make it, then saw it has 175 million views. 🤔

    • @CookieMasterRBLX
      @CookieMasterRBLX Před 2 lety +5

      It’s not classical it’s romantic era

    • @salazin466
      @salazin466 Před 2 lety +57

      @@CookieMasterRBLX Nor is Debussy’s Claire de lune, or Shostakovich’s waltz. Beethoven was early romantic too.

    • @Akira-nd1wi
      @Akira-nd1wi Před 2 lety

      And it's my favorite too

    • @keo8069
      @keo8069 Před 2 lety +4

      @@salazin466 and Debussy is also an impressionist

    • @rbkhru
      @rbkhru Před 2 lety

      Yes, I was surprised too

  • @curiouschurro7148
    @curiouschurro7148 Před 2 lety +8

    99M almost 1B!
    and thats why they met at math tutoring

  • @zeromailss
    @zeromailss Před 2 lety +52

    Sadly there isn't many official channels for classical music with high-quality recording, most of the stuff on youtube is uploaded by random people of varying quality, and soo many people reupload the same song that I think the views for each piece should be way higher since in comparison there are only one or two official videos on youtube for popsong, etc making them have an easier time to concentrate their view into the video
    Like, could you imagine the number of views Mozart would get if he had a youtube channel since he was alive?

  • @victormanteca7395
    @victormanteca7395 Před 2 lety +256

    IMHO, the worst of "The Four Seasons" is that it obscures the rest of Vivaldi's work, which is so good, and sometimes, even better.

    • @diadrite
      @diadrite Před 2 lety +26

      Absolutely! The Four Seasons is great but so many people only know Vivaldi for that, when it's probably not even in my top 20 pieces that he wrote.

    • @aj_1530
      @aj_1530 Před 2 lety +13

      exactly, vivaldi have made so many better pieces than the four seasons

    • @dotunderscoredot2041
      @dotunderscoredot2041 Před 2 lety +11

      Same with Pachelbel, like I really do not know anything he wrote other than the canon and some random chaconne I played in 8th grade

    • @exhocmomentopendetaeternit9096
      @exhocmomentopendetaeternit9096 Před 2 lety +6

      Yes! Vivaldi is probably my favourite composer, but I actually never, or very rarely listen to Four Seasons. I prefer many others of his compositions

    • @Musicienne-DAB1995
      @Musicienne-DAB1995 Před 2 lety +4

      Oh, absolutely AGREED! Vivaldi's violin concertos in A, D, and B Minor and his sacred works are much better than the "Four Seasons", but I still love the latter. "The Four Seasons" is not the peak of Vivaldi, but merely the door that opens to greater things.

  • @evanwhipple8387
    @evanwhipple8387 Před 2 lety +118

    10. Beethoven's 5th Symphony
    9. Pachabel Canon in D
    8. Mozart- Lacrimosa
    7. Bach- Air on the G String
    6. Shostakovich- Waltz no. 2
    5. Debussy- Claire de Lune
    4. Mozart- Requiem
    3. Beethoven's 9th Symphony
    2. Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata
    1. Vivaldi- Four Seasons

    • @lxdgr8
      @lxdgr8 Před rokem +1

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @kairon5249
      @kairon5249 Před rokem +1

      whats weird is that the nocturne op 9 no 2 (chopin) has 200 million views right now which should make it number 2, but it isn't even on the list.

    • @lxdgr8
      @lxdgr8 Před rokem

      @@kairon5249 people are fickle but sometimes unaware outside of their field of view (blinders.)

  • @qwertyonggovids
    @qwertyonggovids Před 2 lety +183

    Claire de Lune, despite being overplayed and hackneyed to death is still top tier, and not just harmony-wise

  • @JolieJuve37
    @JolieJuve37 Před 2 lety +34

    Beethoven's Moonlight sonata is my favourite classical piece. And guess what I know the 2nd movement. I love the whole piece not just the 1st and 3rd movements.

  • @annef0x
    @annef0x Před 2 lety +71

    Im just happy that The Flight of the Bumblebee was not on the list. Maybe there's hope for humanity after all-

    • @mattlikespandas7019
      @mattlikespandas7019 Před 2 lety +5

      Tbh it’s not a bad piece, you can appreciate the perfection of someone playing it well

    • @yukiefromoz2573
      @yukiefromoz2573 Před 2 lety

      Is that even "classical" geez lol

  • @cypherbrittainnethegodofsl4988

    I Know that Vivaldi's Four Seasons will be on the top.

  • @acesircombe-jellett1004
    @acesircombe-jellett1004 Před 8 měsíci +8

    Fun fact: Claire de Lune was the first ever recorded noise in human history. It was recorded in 1860 by Léon Scott de Martinville.
    Edit : the first recorded piece is actually Au Clair de la lune, my mistake

    • @gaelprugnaud1147
      @gaelprugnaud1147 Před 3 měsíci +1

      No, "Clair de Lune" was written by Debussy in 1890, the first ever recorded sound was a french nursery rhyme called "Au clair de la lune" which are two differents pieces

    • @acesircombe-jellett1004
      @acesircombe-jellett1004 Před 3 měsíci

      @@gaelprugnaud1147 my apologies, I didn't realise they were different pieces. Still a cool fact

  • @xkay-six1845
    @xkay-six1845 Před 2 lety +25

    I was kinda expecting Dvorák’s New World Symphony to be on here

  • @COOL_GEEK_
    @COOL_GEEK_ Před 2 lety +126

    Me : *Here already expecting Symphony No. 5, Canon in D, The Four Seasons and The Blue Danube*
    Also Me : *Shocked to find Waltz No. 2 and Clair de Lune higher than Canon in D*

    • @hannaro
      @hannaro Před 2 lety +3

      Oh yeah, I’m kinda surprised Danube didn’t make the cut.

    • @Thunder-db6bk
      @Thunder-db6bk Před 2 lety

      As a non musician, i only learned about canon in d because I saw a video saying maroon 5's song "memories" sounded like canon in d,so yeah it's not nearly as popular as musicians think it is.however,I'm now more cultured about classical music.

  • @tahoemike5828
    @tahoemike5828 Před 2 lety +92

    While Mozart did get represented on the list, I'm surprised not to see Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

    • @kwanarchive
      @kwanarchive Před 2 lety +20

      Probably because only German speakers are more likely to remember the name to search for CZcams.

    • @cayennepepah
      @cayennepepah Před 2 lety +8

      @@kwanarchive that makes so much sense.....

    • @anaccount9554
      @anaccount9554 Před 2 lety

      @@kwanarchive I'm Italian and I know it but you're right - no one here knows it lmaoo

    • @dirkbastardrelief
      @dirkbastardrelief Před měsícem

      you did. they played it over the vivaldi section. I can't tell if it was s a joke

  • @begui2613
    @begui2613 Před rokem +11

    Fun fact: the ode to joy (Beethoven - symphony n° 9) is the official anthem of the European Union

  • @PureBeauty511
    @PureBeauty511 Před 2 lety +26

    Dude, I love Andre Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra! The concerts look so fun. I love it when they play a fun waltz or other piece that everyone knows and the audience sways altogether to the tempo. My interest in classical music would not be so great now if it wasn't for his concerts on PBS.

  • @shayanmardanbeigi2697
    @shayanmardanbeigi2697 Před 2 lety +208

    I object to the statement “Moonlight Sonata is overrated”, the third movement is an absolute masterpiece, I wish two set listened to it in the video

    • @imdark7372
      @imdark7372 Před 2 lety +4

      I think it is... There are so many harder pieces

    • @MiloMcCarthyMusic
      @MiloMcCarthyMusic Před 2 lety +3

      Eh I wouldn’t say masterpiece

    • @imdark7372
      @imdark7372 Před 2 lety +4

      @@MiloMcCarthyMusic For piano, Hammerklavier sonata is better, IMO

    • @MiloMcCarthyMusic
      @MiloMcCarthyMusic Před 2 lety

      @@imdark7372 eh I’m more of a late romantic period guy myself

    • @imdark7372
      @imdark7372 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MiloMcCarthyMusic Ok, but I was talking about Beethoven's life. Hammerklavier > Moonlight

  • @hannah-kq4bk
    @hannah-kq4bk Před 2 lety +69

    Oh, so you play violin? Can you play Canon in D?
    *sighs in Twoset*

    • @imafork4526
      @imafork4526 Před 2 lety +1

      cellos: *heavy breathing*

    • @nicolaspachecoarango
      @nicolaspachecoarango Před 2 lety +1

      So you play drums? Can you play Ravel Bolero?

    • @hazuki689
      @hazuki689 Před 2 lety +1

      So you play piano? Can you play Fur Elise?

    • @amvalkyrie6496
      @amvalkyrie6496 Před 2 lety +1

      So you don't play an instrument? Can you play Cage's 4:33 though?

    • @hannah-kq4bk
      @hannah-kq4bk Před 2 lety +1

      @@amvalkyrie6496 you kidding me?!?!? That piece is my JAM. 😂😂

  • @chuchuyeah3430
    @chuchuyeah3430 Před 2 lety +5

    09:00 how tf am I supposed to keep a straight face when Eddy just spouts “I can’t hear, I’m deaf”?

  • @SalamanderMagic
    @SalamanderMagic Před 2 lety +28

    I love just hearing them discuss the pieces and what makes them special. It would be awesome to see a full length video where they just analyze a piece :)

  • @PhilipAlexanderHassialis
    @PhilipAlexanderHassialis Před 2 lety +213

    Simple fact that most people know, "Ode to Joy" is European Union's "national anthem" piece. Edit: THE HECK, where is Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement, the first speed metal piece in the history of music, ffs!

    • @l.s.8793
      @l.s.8793 Před 2 lety

      Moonlight Sonata was #2, what are you talking about?

    • @ftumschk
      @ftumschk Před 2 lety +6

      I'd give the "first speed metal piece" title to the third movement of Vivaldi's "Summer".

    • @amvalkyrie6496
      @amvalkyrie6496 Před 2 lety +13

      Really, I'm quite triggered that they didn't include the 3rd movement. It's fabulous

    • @amvalkyrie6496
      @amvalkyrie6496 Před 2 lety +10

      @@l.s.8793 They left the 3rd movement out

    • @jdgshsjchdjejkd545
      @jdgshsjchdjejkd545 Před 2 lety +4

      The 3rd movement is my favorite too.

  • @jeannebouwman1970
    @jeannebouwman1970 Před 2 lety +201

    Calling it before watching, für Elise is no 1
    Edit: damm you, red monk

    • @lanselocher9029
      @lanselocher9029 Před 2 lety +7

      ah yes almost forgot about that. but sadly, kids here just know the sound, not the name:((

    • @justinkim_
      @justinkim_ Před 2 lety +5

      @@lanselocher9029 so true

    • @Nooticus
      @Nooticus Před 2 lety +3

      red priest... but yeah :P

    • @jovaniortiz8317
      @jovaniortiz8317 Před 2 lety +2

      red monk caught me off guard

  • @piadas804
    @piadas804 Před rokem +14

    1:39 I would say that Mendelssohn's wedding march is way more played that Canon in D.

  • @nickthechicken11
    @nickthechicken11 Před rokem +3

    2:25 I just finished practice and I've been subscribed for 5 years 🫡

  • @grouchostarx531
    @grouchostarx531 Před 2 lety +118

    Brett and Eddy: "I just feel like Mozart's Requiem was so different from all his other music"
    Me: "duh, it's a funeral mass"

    • @lianeli5406
      @lianeli5406 Před 2 lety +2

      Still.. he kinda wrote it on his death bed .. hence not complete .. love it

  • @psh7193
    @psh7193 Před 2 lety +403

    I’m gonna make a statement:
    1. Vivaldi - Four Seasons
    (1.5 Chopin - Nocturne op. 9 no. 2)
    2. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
    3. Beethoven - Symphony no. 9
    4. Mozart - Requiem
    5. Debussy - Clair de Lune
    6. Shostakovich - waltz no. 2
    7. Bach - Air in G string
    8. Mozart - Lacrimosa
    9. Pachelbel - Canon in D
    10. Beethoven - 5th Symphony
    Piano gangs!!! We’ve got 4 on the board, so proud of all of US 🥳

    • @lizzybach4254
      @lizzybach4254 Před 2 lety +25

      I think these b****es intentionally left out Chopin. I'm so f*****g triggered.

    • @psh7193
      @psh7193 Před 2 lety +5

      Lizzy Bach I sense MAD *cute* piano gang here 😆 I totally support Chopin but I’m also Ling Ling bitjes so 🤭

    • @lizzybach4254
      @lizzybach4254 Před 2 lety +13

      @@psh7193 Yeah I'm definitely mad because obviously I'm from #piano_gang and I'm also a #Chopin_fan. He's my favourite composer.
      (BTW, why do I sound like an annoying 12 year old, LOL 😂 😂 😂)

    • @lizzybach4254
      @lizzybach4254 Před 2 lety +6

      @@psh7193 I guess that weirdly immature comment might give you an idea of how big of a #Chopin_fan I am.

    • @psh7193
      @psh7193 Před 2 lety +1

      Lizzy Bach 👁👄👁 BISS come here and give me a HUG! Aren’t we all lil kids who are running away from practices? 😌

  • @norgard7518
    @norgard7518 Před 2 lety +15

    I like how even a fraction of a second of Bret’s LoFi can reproduce the feeling of anxiety or despair

  • @begui2613
    @begui2613 Před rokem +7

    I have to say, all those pieces are the typical pieces you would find in like an 'introduction to classical music' kind of CD. And also, in Europe the Vienna New Year's Concert is a staple, and I feel like I've listened to those pieces in that concert over the years and they repeat them because the audience loves them

  • @MrRap59
    @MrRap59 Před 2 lety +85

    Fyi : Chopin - Nocturne 9 op 2 should be second with approximately 175+millions of views :). Great video !!

    • @late8641
      @late8641 Před 2 lety +2

      @JACOB H Damn, you got me good

  • @humanityyy
    @humanityyy Před 2 lety +112

    Winter is the only piece I really, really like in Four Seasons. The rest are "eh, it's alright.".
    I expected Fur Elise to be there though

    • @noname8354
      @noname8354 Před 2 lety +6

      I actually really like The Four Seasons and the imagery each movement gives me. I've just started listening to classical music again and I forgot just how great The Four Seasons is. Overplayed, maybe. But still amazing

    • @keenan8145
      @keenan8145 Před 2 lety +1

      same

    • @charlietian9843
      @charlietian9843 Před 2 lety +1

      First movement of summer is nice too

    • @Reino_X
      @Reino_X Před 2 lety +1

      Spring was decent too

  • @mickeymouse1510
    @mickeymouse1510 Před 2 lety +21

    WOW!! I really believed Tchaikovsky would be in top places!!

  • @beyondthebarre
    @beyondthebarre Před 2 lety +18

    Understanding the progression of Beethoven's 9th seriously made me tear up.

    • @magusl9628
      @magusl9628 Před 4 měsíci

      How about the recap of all movements just before the Ode to Joy (sometimes considered as the 4th movement)? It blew my mind when I found that out.
      Something I love about Beethoven is how many of his works are a journey from despair to joy, those are my fav works.

  • @theoe354
    @theoe354 Před 2 lety +291

    Unpopular opinion: I actually really like Canon in D (if it's played well).
    (And i play cello, btw)

    • @liviamartin3641
      @liviamartin3641 Před 2 lety +15

      Its popular for a reason ;)

    • @Penguren
      @Penguren Před 2 lety

      And your pfp is piano keys 😁😂

    • @kimsoojung7023
      @kimsoojung7023 Před 2 lety +5

      i play classsical piano and still like it too...it's truly masterpiece that's why people really like it :)

    • @wisnudivayana2344
      @wisnudivayana2344 Před 2 lety +2

      I played it in guitar. I dont see why people hate it. For me its motivational if you play this. Also in my country, people not use canon in d in their wedding song. They use their own cultural pop song. But not canon in d. So i dont feel bored listening into it

    • @MsSteelphoenix
      @MsSteelphoenix Před 2 lety

      It's the trauma 😜
      (Me too, but I don't play cello)

  • @mrnuge1161
    @mrnuge1161 Před 2 lety +59

    Twoset should talk about social media’s copyrighting classical music

    • @jurithemusicdivaofficial
      @jurithemusicdivaofficial Před 2 lety +9

      Lol I remember my mom posted a video of me playing Scarlatti K380 on Facebook, and the video got partially muted 🤠

  • @mediocrecellocovers4823
    @mediocrecellocovers4823 Před 6 měsíci +2

    1:48 classic 2008 upload with windows movie maker transitions lol

  • @BexStep121
    @BexStep121 Před rokem +9

    What I wouldn't give for a TwoSet podcast where Brett and Eddy just talk about different pieces and musical history.

  • @C03al
    @C03al Před 2 lety +75

    I share the same love as Eddy’s for Clair de lune. Like, even though it’s relatively popular now, its musical effectivity hasnt been killed and stays the same genius for such a “basic” piece as Debussy thinks.

    • @alyssan1488
      @alyssan1488 Před 2 lety

      there's a surge of popularity in the past decade because edward cullen played it in the twilight books

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint Před 2 lety

      It’s one of the gratest examples of «beauty in simplicity» I think Ive ever heard.

  • @daghoster8687
    @daghoster8687 Před 2 lety +61

    It's not that people don't make it to the second movement of moonlight sonata, it's that they skip it and listen to the third movement

  • @thewitchbasket
    @thewitchbasket Před rokem +4

    Singing Mozart's Dies Irae got me into classical music. When I was a kid, I used to go to this week-long summer camp at a state college, and every year it was amazing. We would have a bunch of kids all really passionate about music all coming together to learn 3-6 pieces per class throughout the week. Summer of 6th grade, it was my first time singing in a choir of more than 50 people (pretty sure we had 80 kids from ages 12-15), and just being able to hear all of the different voice parts in the auditorium during rehearsal was a transcendental experience. I haven't sung the piece since, but I can still remember my part and all of the lyrics.

  • @auroraxu3089
    @auroraxu3089 Před 2 lety +11

    I sang Mozart’s Requiem with my youth choir last year and it’s one of the best pieces I’ve ever sung 😭 just so good

  • @olgabaccini7846
    @olgabaccini7846 Před 2 lety +51

    Eddy: "LMAO do you like Canon in D and the 4 seasons? What a noob they're so overplayed AHAHAHAH"
    Also Eddy: "OMG Clair de Lune is my favourite piece I always play it when I get at the piano"

    • @ski477
      @ski477 Před 2 lety

      Hi

    • @veronicaredeemed
      @veronicaredeemed Před 2 lety +2

      I suspect our thinking it's overplayed is due to being in the piano side of classical music

    • @olgabaccini7846
      @olgabaccini7846 Před 2 lety +1

      @@veronicaredeemed Whoops I may be guilty #pianogang

  • @larahorhor5470
    @larahorhor5470 Před 2 lety +60

    Brett correcting Eddy’s math? Oh how the turn tables.

  • @theindoorkites
    @theindoorkites Před 2 lety +6

    Shostakovich waltz no2 is my favorite. There's something so innately beautiful about it..

  • @user-nl7xx2kr7j
    @user-nl7xx2kr7j Před 2 lety +9

    Eddy: I always play Clair de Lune when i get on the piano.
    Me on the piano: C Major scale

  • @fidanguliyeva519
    @fidanguliyeva519 Před 2 lety +123

    If my memory doesn't deceive me, the second waltz was written by Shostakovich as sort of a mocking/joke into the face of people saying that his music is often depressing and rather moody, or that he was kinda pressured into writing something "jolly" and he wrote this in the sense of "f*ck you"?? or maybe that's just a myth

    • @jemimalampard1319
      @jemimalampard1319 Před 2 lety +19

      I would love if this were true

    • @savagemittens9749
      @savagemittens9749 Před 2 lety +12

      I find this so strange cuz I find this piece so sad in a weirdly nostalgic way 😭😂

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Před 2 lety +7

      In my country, this piece was used 30 years ago in an ad for a life asssurance. It was a massive hit, everybody knew the short film they made with it. Till this day, I can't listen to it without visualizing the entire ad.
      Thansk, "CNP Assurance"... for ruining for me what is one of the most beautiful piece I know. 😐

    • @jonnyj.
      @jonnyj. Před 2 lety +4

      Well, that does really sounds like something shostakovich would do :D

    • @michaelwright2986
      @michaelwright2986 Před 2 lety +3

      Totally likely, but then there's the first movement of the 15th Symphony which is, in part, a hoot, and which he wrote on his actual deathbed. Very layered, Shostakovich.

  • @TwoSetPlaylists
    @TwoSetPlaylists Před 2 lety +109

    If you ever run out of ideas you can make "Top most viewed pieces on CZcams, but our favorite performances".

    • @ceoce
      @ceoce Před 2 lety +1

      But I think they can't find one for Canon in D.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Před 2 lety +4

      Hey, I just wanted to say that I'm happy to see you commenting under TwoSet videos. Your channel is awesome and needs publicity, I'm really glad to see that your amount of subscribers has almost doubled in the last two months. It's totally deserved, keep up the good work ! 😊👍🏼

    • @TwoSetPlaylists
      @TwoSetPlaylists Před 2 lety +1

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Thank you! I think the music Brett and Eddy discuss and play is worth being discovered by more people. I'm going through old videos at the moment to find more interesting playlist candidates. If you have a wish feel free to send me a message.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Před 2 lety +2

      @@TwoSetPlaylists
      Yep, and let's be honest, we're all a little bit lazy. We all prefer to click on a playlist that contains everything we want, rather than having to spend 30 minutes looking for each piece one by one... which is one of the reasons your compilations are so useful ! 😊
      Since you ask, I would love to have a playlist with all the concertos that are used in TwoSet's "Concerto Batttle", and I'm sure others would also be interested. There are 8 of them, if I'm not mistaken : Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius, Bruch, Mendelssohn, Lalo and Wienawski.

    • @TwoSetPlaylists
      @TwoSetPlaylists Před 2 lety +1

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia Concerto battle playlist => noted. Love the idea!

  • @Midee
    @Midee Před 2 lety +6

    I will say this about Vivaldi Four Seasons: when I first heard "Winter" Allegro non molto as a kid it was the first time I was ever blown tf away by a piece of classical music. It was the first time I appreciated a piece in and of itself, rather than just being inundated by the usual cliche material on TV or made to play something on an instrument.
    "so THAT'S what violin can sound like" -10 year-old me

  • @CopperPudding
    @CopperPudding Před 2 lety +2

    These compilation commentary videos are really fun, feels like I'm jamming out with more knowledgeable friends 😊

  • @resylautner
    @resylautner Před 2 lety +9

    10:38 brett’s savage face 😳

  • @ConstanceZeng
    @ConstanceZeng Před rokem +3

    5:22 Eddy: my favorite coming no.5!
    Me: has to be Debussy’s Clair de lune

  • @missbubu1611
    @missbubu1611 Před 2 lety +1204

    Vivaldi's Four Seasons is the gateway drug to classical music. Young people listen to it and think "it's pretty good, classical music might even be my cuppa tea". Maybe it's overplayed but it's still great because it leads you on a journey of discovery. So it serves a great purpose.
    As a musician it's a different issue, Twoset are super bored by it. 🥱

    • @heyitsjuri
      @heyitsjuri Před 2 lety +66

      Summer (3rd movement) and Spring (1st movement) are probably overplayed. However, Winter and Autumn are so underrated, especially Autumn because Idk if most people even know how Autumn sounds like.

    • @anonymousviolinist8135
      @anonymousviolinist8135 Před 2 lety +10

      Yup. That's where I started 😂

    • @vanivashisht7305
      @vanivashisht7305 Před 2 lety +8

      @@anonymousviolinist8135 Lmao, me too!! Summer and Winter are still my favorites.

    • @anonymousviolinist8135
      @anonymousviolinist8135 Před 2 lety +11

      @@vanivashisht7305 I remember listening to Winter on repeat

    • @maggoteater2290
      @maggoteater2290 Před 2 lety +7

      For me it was Dvorak

  • @system3378
    @system3378 Před rokem +9

    I knew, but my fav is the 3rd movement of moonlight sonata

  • @user-hu6mf8nz6v
    @user-hu6mf8nz6v Před 2 lety +39

    I remembered that Chopin’s nocturne has 175M views......some lost pieces there
    But there are too many pieces to not lose any of most view of them😂😂

  • @annabees
    @annabees Před 2 lety +33

    The thing with the 4 seasons, is that among all the movements it's hard not to find one you actually like. It conveys a lot of different emotions and atmospheres. Helps to get the views to apply to as many ppl as possible. Vivaldi knows how YT work XD

    • @kairon5249
      @kairon5249 Před rokem

      it isnt fair to count it as one piece, because its really like 10 violin concertos
      "four seasons' is more of an album

    • @annabees
      @annabees Před rokem

      @@kairon5249 definitely!

  • @MariCanta
    @MariCanta Před 2 lety +21

    Although 4 seasons is so overplayed, I will never forget, how it made me fall in love with classical music when I was 15-16. In my household, we never played classical music, but pop, and disco polo (yes, I'm from Poland). We did listen to classical pieces in music lessons in school, but you know, everybody needs to discover that by themselves. And I won't forget that feeling when I first listened to four seasons.

    • @magusl9628
      @magusl9628 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Oh I still get a thrill out of 4 seasons, I just let some years get by before replaying it. It's over-played, but NOT overrated.

  • @norvimilad71
    @norvimilad71 Před 2 lety +8

    Lacrimosa is one of my favorites. When we sang it in a concert held in Sampung Mga Daliri at CCP, I felt goose bumps with the entrance 2-note slurs from the strings. I was an alto then. I enjoyed harmonizing which singing the second voice of the melody of Lacrimosa. Mozart might be sighing with those 2 notes, like crying.

  • @midfinn
    @midfinn Před 2 lety +19

    "Bet you didn't know how the 2nd movement sounds, right?"
    Me, who somehow subconsciously memorize the melody while listening to it while studying: jokes on you, im into that shit

  • @julioperezmartinezgongora4372

    4:45:
    Eddy : Hahaha, that guy “i must smile because of my contract”
    Me; mate ! That’s André Riue son !

  • @avatarlilacwolf
    @avatarlilacwolf Před 2 lety +3

    Amazing top 10 list! The four seasons and moonlight sonata are my favorite! 🎻🎼❤️😍

  • @ogkuma3317
    @ogkuma3317 Před 2 lety +8

    Mozart Requiem is my absolute favorite. Still very new to classical music but I can basically sing the whole thing from heart. Absolute banger

    • @magusl9628
      @magusl9628 Před 4 měsíci

      Wow, I've never heard Mozart's work described as an "absolute banger", specially the Requiem. You nailed it lol

  • @nirmitmittal4751
    @nirmitmittal4751 Před 2 lety +35

    My favourite description of Clair the Lune is one that co-relates the five stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross-
    1. Denial
    2. Anger
    3. Bargaining
    4. Depression
    5. Acceptance
    If you look for those elements in the sound, you can differentiate the emotions.

    • @user-bo3mp8un6c
      @user-bo3mp8un6c Před 2 lety +1

      To me it's a bitter sweet song about finding happiness in hard times.

  • @gavrielsolomons
    @gavrielsolomons Před 2 lety +192

    Only just started watching: Lacrimosa will definitely be on this list.

  • @mademoiselleetpasmadamesvp1482

    In France, pachelbel canon is not played at weddings, but the toccata and fugue in D minor is definitely : and shostakovitch waltz n°2 is also played as first dance at a lot of classy french weddings (and blue danube)

    • @magusl9628
      @magusl9628 Před 4 měsíci

      The toccata and fugue in D minor is played at weddings???? It's also often featured in horror movies and the like. I would imagine it would sound like such a bad omen to start a marriage.

  • @BebopTheStampede
    @BebopTheStampede Před 2 lety +4

    Brett: “THE SEASONS! Fire, Winter, Cold!”
    The rest of Australia: yeah, sounds about right…

  • @Malkamok
    @Malkamok Před 2 lety +24

    11:04 "I'll play canon in D at a funeral"... they did. At my grandma's cremation no less. It was SO lamentable it's not even funny.

  • @Bea-ek4xt
    @Bea-ek4xt Před 2 lety +87

    I thought Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 would make it to the list.

  • @irenepallassini4229
    @irenepallassini4229 Před 2 lety +3

    Fun fact: In Italy there has this famous program called Superquark. This program was about history the most, but talk about a lot of topic. The interesting part this program is most know here for this opening music: Air on the G string. (So the programmer had the same sensation of you)

  • @KuraDKuruta
    @KuraDKuruta Před 2 lety +3

    Moonlight 3rd movement is always my favourite. Goshdarn, never tired of hearing it.

  • @lady_raineidv9297
    @lady_raineidv9297 Před 2 lety +42

    "Bet you didn't know how the second movement sounds"
    Me, a non-musician who knows how the whole sonata goes: *try me.*

  • @lly_h
    @lly_h Před 2 lety +12

    Eddy : "The whole thing's my favorite bit"
    Editor-san : *skips the whole thing*

  • @areallyboredguy5825
    @areallyboredguy5825 Před 2 lety +1

    Air on g is so not a wedding piece. It feels like a person coping with death looking on to brighter memories but struggling at the same time.

  • @Bsmith99
    @Bsmith99 Před 2 lety +6

    It’s kinda funny but if it weren’t for Vivaldi I probably wouldn’t be into or have started my journey for classical music and have such a great appreciation for music in general. I’m so grateful for Vivaldi that my wife agreed and our future sons middle name will be Vivaldi lol. I know it’s corny but he means a lot to me.

  • @marjandaraei8351
    @marjandaraei8351 Před 2 lety +13

    “Bet ye didn’t know the second movement”
    That moment when you’re a pianist and you actually knew it.