I was rummaging through a little used cupboard today and found copy of the book “From Metal to Mozart” by Craig Heller.
It’s premise is to help the listener transition from rock to classical listening with a list of classical pieces from Bach to Philip Glass and a cross reference to the equivalent group / piece in Non-classical Music.
Plan Amadeus is his full fat no holds barred approach no rock and roll for a year with 1 to 3 classical pieces to listen to on repeat til the next week.
Plan Beethoven isn’t s plan it’s more a if you dig the Stones your going to love Stravinsky approach.
For example
like The Band try Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 1, or Brahms Symphony No 4 or Mozart’s early string quartets
Bob Dylan try Beethoven Symphony No3 or Prokofiev Symphony No 5, Dvorak American Suite.
Long preamble to
Week 1 easy listening starters for 10
Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Nicholas Harnoncourt Concertus Musicus Wien
Chuck Berry
Vivaldi The Four Seasons
La Serenissima Adrian Chandler
Buddy Holly / Rick Nelson / Everly Brothers