Originally Posted by
awkwardbydesign
I would suggest you look at the type of music you already like. By that I mean the style, or emotion. For example I rather like spacey and trippy music of all types, also "chamber" music, as in small bands or acoustic music. So for me it's people like Bach, William Byrd, Arvo Part, Philip Glass, Thomas Tallis. Or Mozart's chamber music, which also appeals to my liking for melody. Not fond of most of the "classical" period, from Beethoven onwards, until you get to Ravel, Debussy, Satie, etc. Don't like big music generally, whether classical or rock. Apart from Respighi, for some strange reason!
So my classical and popular music tastes coincide. And it depends what you call classical, anyway. So why not have a look at early and baroque music?