This is the achingly beautiful recitative and aria Dido's Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas by English composer Henry Purcell. I have always particularly loved that descending bass line also. Here is what you would hear her sing if you were at the opera.
Recitative
Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.
Aria
When I am laid, am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble, no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

Belinda

Had to feature some Beethoven, another of my favourite composers, so here is the final movement presto agitato in C# minor from the famous piano sonata by Ludwig known as the "Moonlight".

Presto

Saved for last is possibly one of the greatest pieces of music ever written and one that I have always loved. This is the final movement from the Partita in D Minor for solo violin by the extraordinary J S Bach. It has been arranged/transcribed for many other instruments so I felt no hindrance in creating this version for your first crash course in classical.

Shacon

Another simply ravishing piece by George Frederick Handel from his Suite in D minor, HWV 437.

3. Sara Band

There are not many themes that have been used by more composers than La Folia at more than 150 apparently. I have always loved this one created by Arcangelo Corelli in his Violin Sonata in D minor, Op.5 No.12. Such a great chord progression.
Dm (i)	A7 (V7)	Dm (i)	C (VII)	F (III)	C (VII)	Dm (i)	A7 (V7)
Dm (i)	A7 (V7)	Dm (i)	C (VII)	F (III)	C (VII)	Dm (i)  A7 (V7)	Dm (i)

5. The Folly

I used to play this piece on guitar and I thought it might work rather well in this format and so it does. The 5th movement Asturias (Leyenda) from Isaac Albeniz's Suite Española No.1, Op.47.

7. Leyenda

The 2nd album starts out with the oh so catchy 2nd movement of 10 from the incidental music Henry Purcell wrote for a revival, in the summer of 1695, of "The Moor's Revenge", a 1676 play by Aphra Behn.

1. Rondo

Ok I'll admit it. J S Bach is my favourite composer. Here is the achingly beautiful 2nd movement from orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 commonly known as the Air on a G String.

6. G String

The only mashup on this album featuring the Promenade from Modest Mussorgky's grand work Pictures at an Exhibition before morphing in to one of my all time favourite and most stirringly patriotic melodies Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No: 1 to which the following lyrics by A. C. Benson were set. Do feel free to sing out aloud lustily!
"Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet,
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet."

4. Wander

JS Bach's simply gorgeous Sheep May Safely Graze from the Cantata BWV 208 in my attempt at a little tropical house.

2. Sheep

I have been involved in music making since I first picked up the guitar at 15 in the late 60's to learn Led Zeppelin riffs. 
In the late 70's and early 80's I commenced my training in classical guitar eventually graduating from the West Australian Conservatorium of Music in 1985. 
In 2008, after 40 years of playing and teaching the guitar, I switched to the piano and have never looked back. 
Piano has helped me to realise that composing and improvising are really my greatest musical interests, and to this end, I have endeavoured to write strong, interesting and memorable tunes that facilitate improvisation and dance.

Ramsnake