Classical music: a beginner's guide

I've been helping Radio 6 DJ Steve Lamacq develop a taste for classical music. Do you agree with my three-a-day musical diet? I've been on the Steve Lamacq show on 6 Music this week with an interesting challenge. Lamacq is as much of an ingenue when it comes to classical music as I am when it comes to the arcana of indie music since circa 1990, and he wanted my help to get into classical. It's a ...