10 ESSENTIAL SURPRISES for BEGINNERS by the Great Composers

There is a lot of music by the great composers beyond those few popular works for which they are best known. They aren't more difficult, or in any way less appealing. For whatever reason, they just aren't as visible, and for that reason they only get discovered much later in your explorations. Well, why wait? Here are ten hidden masterpieces of all sorts that you can enjoy today!

Handel: Dixit Dominus
Bach: Organ Trios
Haydn: The Seven Last Words (of the Savior on the Cross)
Mozart: Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563 (for string trio)
Schubert: Divertissement à la hongroise, D.818 (for piano 4-hands)
Mendelssohn: 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35 (for piano)
Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5 in F major
Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite (or Legends)
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances