Oh no. Another young one here to make me feel old.
Does Dr. Boren still teach that class? He was my favorite Music History prof. I was fascinated with the 20th century stuff. Once in awhile you'd hear something that was both cerebral and emotional.
To answer your original question, there are a few not on your list I'll mention quickly.
Bach- Goldberg Variations and the solo Violin partitas. His cello suite is nice too
Beethoven- Just about anything in his middle and late period
Chopin- Polonaise in A-flat (I think), all of his Ballades
Rachmaninoff- that g minor piano prelude, can't remember op. 28 or 32.
Ravel, and I also like that Gershwin piano Prelude you mentioned. It's a fun little piece.
I also tend to like music that pushes the bounds of tonality (but never quite leaves it), which I know is not in most people's taste. The Beethoven Grosse fugue of his late string quartet, a lot of Prokofiev sonatas and little pieces, Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas, Samuel Barber.
Sorry I'm being non specific in providing keys and opus numbers, I don't have time to look it up right now.
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