Mozart. wow.

il gatto

For a long time, I almost disregarded Mozart, probably through willful obtuseness, in favour of Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, or almost anyone. Mozart was so omnipresent, I had only a fleeting appreciation.
In the last year, I have spent more time listening to Mozart, and my God! I know this is obvious, but, it's amazing. I realise this is no revalation, but I feel I'm not the only one to not fully appreciate his awe inspiring canon of music. It absolutely buzzes with energy and ideas.
The melodies are beautiful, that's a given. More stunning is the nimbleness. Something as obvious as Eine Kleine Nachtmusik played well is so perfect in it's construction.
I feel the most attractive element of his music, however, is the erratic changes in tempo, key and general style in the space of a few bars.
I know alot of people will think that they've always fully appreciated the man's genius, but I'm sure, others like me, have not.
Start listening now and be uplifted:)

tSubh Dearg

I have to say I love his choral work. Especially the Requiem. I always feel that whatever choir I happen to be in really put in extra effort when singing Mozart as he creates such beautiful sounds.

I also love his clarinet concerto as the adagio was one of the first "proper" clarinet pieces I could play well, rather than full of squeaks.

banquo

You want:

Piano concerti 12 onwards
Last 3 symphonies
Anything for wind ensemble
Mass in C minor

Enjoy! thank me later.

Civilian_Target

I second the piano concerti, 20 to 23 are particularly good.
I only have symphonies 40 and 41, they're good
The horn concerto of course
And I really like his string quintets, in fact, I'm listening to quintet #4 at the moment.

Doshea3

Violin concertos. Particularly the slow movements.

Flute and harp concerto. Flute concerto. A bit obscure, but still good. I second the clarinet concerto and third the late piano concertos (favourites include 21, 23, 27, though all are a bit overplayed—try K449 for something different, No. 14 I think).

Some of the piano sonatas. K330, K310, K331, K57something (the late B-flat one), K457, and the F major one whose number eludes me.

Choral music, as tSubh suggested. I second the Requiem, and I'd also suggest the various motets, such as Ave Verum Corpus and Exultate Jubilate.

banquo

His 23rd pc in A Major is my all-time-favorite-anything. The adagio, bizarrely enough, never fails to put me in a good mood.

22 in Eflat is quite good, especially the opening tutti. I still can't get over how anybody conceives something like that.