[Spicious]

It really depends on what sort of classical music you want to listen to, but these are some classical music highlights I can currently remember:
Bach: Chaconne in D minor
Italian Concerto
Vivaldi: 4 Seasons
Mozart: Sonata K331, 3rd mve. "Rondo alla turca"
Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: Symphonies
Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
Chopin: "Military" and "Heroic" polonaises
Ballades, Scherzos, Etudes
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet
Piano Trio in B flat
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Piano Trios
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Dante Sonata
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Piano Concertos
Totentanz
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D
Symphonies
String Quartet
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 and 3
Preludes
Sibelius: Finlandia

There, that should be enough for now.

[Goober5000]

Why has nobody yet mentioned Pachlebel's Canon?

That's the front runner for my favorite piece ever.  Bach's Air is a close second.

[TrashMan]

Originally posted by Spicious
It really depends on what sort of classical music you want to listen to, but these are some classical music highlights I can currently remember:
Bach: Chaconne in D minor
Italian Concerto
Vivaldi: 4 Seasons
Mozart: Sonata K331, 3rd mve. "Rondo alla turca"
Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: Symphonies
Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
Chopin: "Military" and "Heroic" polonaises
Ballades, Scherzos, Etudes
Schubert: "Trout" Quintet
Piano Trio in B flat
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
Piano Trios
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Dante Sonata
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Piano Concertos
Totentanz
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D
Symphonies
String Quartet
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 2 and 3
Preludes
Sibelius: Finlandia

There, that should be enough for now.

nice list...very good taste I might add...

alltough I would personally add more Mozart...and Bethowen..and otehrs. Just 1-2 works from their entire opus doesn't do them justice!

[pyro-manic]

I'm not really into classical music as a rule (as evidenced by the "What are you listening to?" thread. Post there, dammit! ), but there are some pieces I do like a lot. Holst's Planet Suite (and in particular Jupiter and Mars) is excellent, and I do like Barber's Adagio for Strings. Also, there's a guy called John Tavaner who's done some beautiful work. Lots of choral parts, which I am a big fan of. And I heard a couple of Stravinsky's ballets recently, and really liked them. Scary stuff...

[Grug]

I'm not really a fan of Bait-hoover, and the other old stuff. Only a few do I like.

Mostly I love symphonies, and of the newer classical music / remixes. There are quite a few songs I love from movies, non-classical included, such as LOTR soundtracks (very inspiring to listen to), some of the songs from Black Hawk Down, Hunt for Red October.
Star Wars music is only good if your playing a game, or watching the movie though, it just doesn't work anywhere else IMO.

But yeah...

[delta_7890]

I prefer modern composers to the classics.  I like epic sounding, as well as softer music..  The kind you could just fall asleep to, you know?  Any recommendations?

[Ford Prefect]

It is my guess that if you like the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, you might like Ralph Vaughan Williams. He was a very "English" composer, who wrote grand, bittersweet, and extremely rich orchestral works.

For modern composers with a sweet sound, as I mentioned earlier, there's a whole world of twentieth century French composers who wrote the dreamiest melodies that, in my opinion, make Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" sound like crap. Debussy, Ibert, Ravel, Faure, Poulenc, Durey, and Satie are some of the biggies.

When I listen to Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faune," I can almost believe I'm half asleep on a hazy summer day in mythical Ancient Greece, watching the nymphs run around... until I see the ice on my window.

[Deepblue]

Halo 2 Vol. 2 once it's released. No more inspired crap, only Marty O'Donnel and his wonderful in-game music.

[castor]

Well.. This is nothing but a biased opinion.. I'll recommend Mozart, Sibelius, Holst
But surely, there are lotsa better forums to ask to find the masterpieces of classical music.

[Ford Prefect]

Nonsense! I've been a student of classical music from age 10; I think I may be so bold as to consider myself helpful.

[icespeed]

Fingal's cave, I *think* it's by Mendelssohn
Carmina Burana, Orff
Romeo and Juliet, Tchaikovsky

are a few of my personal favourites, if that means anything.