I got addicted to classical music in 2024 and consider it to be one of the most emotionally rewarding discoveries of my life. The pieces that got me hooked were Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58, and Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, Op. 53 (esp. the third movement). Robert Greenberg’s How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, the Sticky Notes podcast, and the /r/classicalmusic subreddit have been great resources.

Here are a few Spotify playlists I’ve put together.

• Slow movements
• Symphonies
• Misc orchestral works
• Piano concerti
• Violin concerti
• Cello concerti
• Misc concerti
• String quartets
• String quintents
• Chamber ensembles
• String orchestra
• Beethoven fast movements
• Beethoven slow movements
• Piano trios
• Piano quartets
• Piano quintets
• Clarinet quintets
• Piano and winds
• Piano bangers