Fame is difficult to definitively measure. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor is well known and recognizable, but I don't know if that really answers your question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybg2BEy_pu0 Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcra... read more
Tchaikovsky’s most famous piece of music is probably his 6th symphony, known commonly as the “Pathétique”. Of course there’s the music from his ballet “Swan Lake”, and the Overture-Fantasy “Romeo and Juliet”. His 5th symphony is also very famous. read more
It's a popular piece, and said to be some of the most difficult piano music the composer ever wrote. I really like the melodies in it and its melancholy sound. It was also played at Tchaikovsky's own funeral, ironically. The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71, and The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a. A famous ballet with loads of well-known melodies in it. read more
Portrait of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote several works well known among the general classical public—Romeo and Juliet, the 1812 Overture, and his three ballets: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty. read more