The Four Seasons
1725
Vivaldi spent most of his career teaching at a Venice orphanage for girls, whose orchestra became famous enough that travelers came to hear it.
★ 8.3
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
1888
The pianist he wrote it for called it worthless and unplayable, so Tchaikovsky premiered it in Boston instead, where it was a triumph.
★ 6.6