The 200 Classical Music Pieces Every Moron and 'Ette Should Know (as compiled by Hadrian the Seventh)

 

Composer

Title

Artist

Time

Adolphe Adam

O Holy Night

Rosario La Spina (tenor); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Mills

3:53

Richard Addinsell

Warsaw Concerto

Misha Dichter (piano); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

8:12

Isaac Albéniz

Asturias, Op. 47, No. 5

Andrés Segovia (guitar)

6:27

Tomaso Albinoni

Adagio in G minor

The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

8:00

Kenneth Alford

Colonel Bogey

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

4:08

Gregorio Allegri

Miserere

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

11:55

Leroy Anderson

The Sleigh Ride

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

2:43

Leo Arnauld

Bugler's Dream

The Concert Arts Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin

3:58

Thomas Arne

Rule Britannia (arranged by Sir Malcolm Sargent)

Anne Collins (contralto); The Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

6:00

Johann Sebastian Bach

Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6:06

Bist du bei mir, BWV 508

Dame Janet Baker (alto); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

2:55

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

16:42

Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720 (orchestrated by Walter Damrosch)

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

4:38

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 (arranged by Guillermo Figueroa)

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3:24

Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 (arranged by Sir William Walton)

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

6:14

Sleepers, Awake, BWV 645 (arranged by Leopold Stokowski)

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by José Serebrier

4:00

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

9:29

Samuel Barber

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers

9:14

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, Für Elise

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

2:47

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

13:17

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, Emperor

Murray Perahia (piano); The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Bernard Haitink

38:47

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp major, Op. 27, No. 2, Moonlight

Alfred Brendel (piano)

16:07

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

33:26

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

32:54

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral

Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), The Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

68:37

Hector Berlioz

Rákóczy March from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

4:54

Georges Bizet

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:18

Music from Carmen
- Overture
- Habanera
- Seguidilla
- Gypsy Song
- Toreador's Song
- Flower Song

Leontyne Price (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don José), Robert Merrill (Escamillo); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

27:43

Luigi Boccherini

Minuet

I Musici

4:11

Alexander Borodin

Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

11:08

Johannes Brahms

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:24

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G mino

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

2:57

Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

3:09

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4

Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

1:55

Benjamin Britten

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten

16:37

Emmanuel Chabrier

España

The Orchestre National de France conducted by Armin Jordan

6:29

Suite Pastorale

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

16:01

Frédéric Chopin

Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

5:20

Funeral March from the Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 (orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski)

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert

7:03

Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, Military

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

4:54

Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, Minute

Philippe Entremont (piano)

1:57

Jeremiah Clarke

Trumpet Voluntary

Gilbert Johnson (trumpet); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

2:21

Eric Coates

The Dambusters

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

3:59

Aaron Copland

Appalachian Spring

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti

23:06

Fanfare for the Common Man

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aaron Copland

3:18

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

18:18

Arcangelo Corelli

Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, Christmas

The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

14:07

Claude Debussy

Claire de Lune (orchestrated by Lucien Calliet)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:04

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

9:05

Léo Delibes

Flower Duet from Lakmé

Dame Joan Sutherland (Lakmé), Jane Berbié (Mallika); The Orchestra of the Monte Carlo Opera conducted by Richard Bonynge

6:06

Grigoras Dinicu

Hora Staccato

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:07

Gaetano Donizetti

Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor

Dame Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo), Ryland Davies (Arturo); The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:46

Paul Dukas

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:29

Antonín Dvořák

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by István Kertész

9:08

Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101, No. 7

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello); The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

3:32

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

44:50

Edward Elgar

Pomp and Circumstance March in D major, Op. 39, No. 1

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

6:09

Salut d'Amour, Op. 12

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar

3:28

Gabriel Fauré

Pavane, Op. 50

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

7:04

Pie Jesu (from the Requiem, Op. 48)

Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Harry Christophers

3:29

César Franck

Panis angelicus

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Barry Rose

3:40

Julius Fučík

Entry of the Gladiators, Op. 68

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann

2:47

George Gershwin

Music from Porgy and Bess
- Summertime
- Leavin' for the Promise' Lan'
- Bess, you is my woman now
- It ain't necessarily so
- I loves you, Porgy
- Oh, Lawd, I'm on my way

Donnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess), Larry Marshall (Sportin' Life); The Chorus and Orchestra of the Houston Grand Opera conducted by John DeMain

22:16

Rhapsody in Blue

Earl Wild (piano); The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

16:24

Reinhold Glière

Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3:28

Mikhail Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:59

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Georg Solti

7:34

Morton Gould

American Salute

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lukas Foss

4:30

Charles Gounod

Ave Maria

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel

2:53

Funeral March for a Marionette

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:08

Soldiers' Chorus from Faust

The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Georges Prêtre

3:20

Percy Grainger

Irish Tune from County Derry, Danny Boy

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

6:20

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

Philippe Entremont (piano); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

27:48

Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:49

Johann Halvorsen

March of the Boyars

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:23

George Frederic Handel

Coronation Anthem No. 1, Zadok the Priest

The Choir of Westminster Abbey and the English Concert conducted by Simon Preston

5:23

Four Choruses from Messiah
- For unto us a child is born
- Lift up your heads
- Halleluja
- Worthy is the Lamb that was slain… Blessing and honor

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Georg Solti

17:48

Largo from Xerxes

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Szell

5:34

Sarabande from the Keyboard Suite in D minor (orchestrated by Peter Breiner)

The Kiev Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Yablonsky

5:52

Three Choruses from Judas Maccabeus
- See, the conqu'ring hero comes
- Sing unto God
- Halleluja, amen

The Wandsworth School Boys' Choir and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

7:32

Water Music Suite (arranged by Hamilton Harty)

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

15:50

Franz Josef Haydn

Symphony No. 94 in G major, Surprise

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux

20:52

Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Raymond Leppard

14:15

Victor Herbert

March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland)

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:50

Gustav Holst

I Vow to Thee, My Country

Della Jones (soprano); The Royal Choral Society and the BBC Concert Orchestra conduted by Barry Wordsworth

4:47

The Planets, Op. 32

The New England Conservatory Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Steinberg

45:51

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

Procession of the Sardar from the Caucasian Sketches, Op. 10

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian

3:37

Aram Khachaturian

Suite from Gayaneh

The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky

20:11

Erich Korngold

Marietta’s Lied (from Die Tote Stadt)

Renée Fleming (Marietta); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate

6:05

Fritz Kreisler

Liebesfreud

Shlomo Mintz (violin), Clifford Benson (piano)

3:04

Franz Lehár

Waltz from The Merry Widow

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

5:50

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Recitar!.. Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)

Luciano Pavarotti (Canio); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Giuseppe Patané

4:08

Franz Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:56

Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major

Jorge Bolet (piano)

4:53

Symphonic Poem No. 3, Les Préludes

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:44

Henri Litolff

Scherzo from the Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102

Misha Dichter (piano); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

7:02

Gustav Mahler

Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:09

Jules Massenet

Meditation from Thaïs

Michael Schwalbé (violin); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6:10

Felix Mendelssohn

On Wings of Song, Op. 34, No. 2

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel

3:00

Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

9:39

Scherzo from the Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

4:00

Song without Words in A major, Op. 62, No. 6, Spring Song

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

2:15

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, Italian

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi

25:38

Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

5:14

Jean-Joseph Mouret

Suite de Symphonies

The Pfeiffer Trumpet Consort

5:06

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495

Alan Civil (horn); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

16:32

Music from Don Giovanni
- Overture
- Madamina, il catalogo è questo
- Là ci darem la mano
- Dalla sua pace
- Il mio tesoro intanto

William Shimell (Don Giovanni), Suzanne Mentzer (Zerlina), Samuel Ramey (Leporello), Frank Lopardo (Don Ottavio); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

24:39

Music from The Marriage of Figaro
- Overture
- Se vuol ballare
- Non più andrai
- Porgi amor
- Voi che sapete che cosa è amor
- Voi signor, che giusto siete
- Dove sono

Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

26:13

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

Alfred Brendel (piano); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

26:18

Requiem aeternam and Kyrie from the Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Sir Willard White (bass); The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

7:12

Rondo alla Turca, K. 331

The Vienna Mozart Orchestra conducted by Konrad Leitner

3:08

Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:24

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, Jupiter

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

30:10

Modest Mussorgsky

Night on Bald Mountain

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

11:45

Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

31:24

Jacques Offenbach

Barcarolle from Les contes d'Hoffmann

Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Elīna Garanča (Nicklausse), The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

3:43

Gendarmes Duet from Geneviève de Brabant

Sir John Tomlinson (Pitou), Barry Banks (Grabuge); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

2:46

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:43

Carl Orff

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

5:19

Johann Pachelbel

Canon in D major

The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

5:06

Nicoló Paganini

Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Salvatore Accardo (violin)

4:22

Hubert Parry

Jerusalem

The Leeds Festival Chorus and the English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel

2:42

Amilcare Ponchielli

Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda

The Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:43

Sergei Prokofiev

Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

20:27

Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64b

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

31:37

Giacomo Puccini

Musetta's Waltz (from La bohème)

Leontyne Price (Musetta); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Downes

2:38

Music from Tosca
- Recondita armonia
- Va, Tosca
- Vissi d'arte
- E lucevan le stelle

Katia Ricciarelli (Tosca), José Carreras (Cavaradossi), Ruggiero Raimondi (Scarpia); The Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

16:10

Music from Turandot
- Non piangere Liù
- In questa reggia
- Nessun dorma
- Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!

Dame Joan Sutherland (Turandot), Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf), Montserrat Caballé (Liù), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Timur), Tom Krause (Ping), Pier Francesco Poli (Pang), Piero de Palma (Pong); The John Alldis Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

18:30

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

Renée Fleming (Lauretta); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

2:53

Un bel dì vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Renata Tebaldi (Cio-Cio-San); The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Tullio Serafin

4:56

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Earl Wild (piano); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jascha Horenstein

30:28

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 (orchestrated by Sir Henry Wood)

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

3:46

Rhaposdy on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Gary Graffman (piano); The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

20:32

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

47:53

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

5:32

Maurice Ravel

Bolero

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

15:07

Pavane pour une infante défunte

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

6:49

Emil von Reznicek

Overture to Donna Diana

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

5:41

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Bridal Procession from Le coq d'or

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:38

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

15:09

Farewell of the Tsar from Tsar Saltan

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

4:34

Procession of the Nobles from Mlada

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:48

The Flight of the Bumblebee

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

1:25

Joaquín Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra

John Williams (guitar); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

21:04

Juventino Rosas

Over the Waves

The Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper conducted by Franz Bauer-Theussl

6:33

Gioacchino Rossini

Music from The Barber of Seville
- Overture
- Largo al factotum
- Una voce poco fa
- Ma signor!

Sir Thomas Allen (Figaro), Agnes Baltsa (Rosina); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

22:49

Overture to La gazza ladra

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

9:21

Overture to William Tell

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:33

Camille Saint-Saëns

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28

Ruggiero Ricci (violin); The Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg conducted by Pierre Cao

8:15

Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (from Samson et Dalilah)

Marilyn Horne (Dalila); The Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis

6:29

Symphonic Poem, Danse Macabre, Op. 40

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Pierre Dervaux

6:54

Pablo de Sarasate

Concert Fantasy on Themes from Bizet's Carmen, Op. 25

Itzhak Perlman (violin); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster

11:48

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

Joshua Bell (violin); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton

9:07

Franz Schubert

Ave Maria, D. 839

Renée Fleming (soprano); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andreas Delfs

4:22

Marche militaire, Op. 51, No. 1

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra conducted by Louis Lane

4:09

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759, Unfinished

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

22:30

Robert Schumann

Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7

Martha Argerich (piano)

2:59

Dmitri Shostakovich

Festive Overture, Op. 96

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:04

Suite for Variety Orchestra

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Riccardo Chailly

24:11

Jean Sibelius

Symphonic Poem, Finlandia, Op. 26

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

8:04

Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:58

Christian Sinding

Rustles of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted Bjarte Engeset

2:39

Bedřich Smetana

Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:57

Symphonic Poem, The Moldau

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

12:34

John Philip Sousa

Semper Fidelis

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2:30

The Stars and Stripes Forever

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:28

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Emperor Waltz, Op. 437

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

7:35

On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

11:55

Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

11:16

Voices of Spring, Op. 410

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:32

Johann Strauss, Sr.

Radetzky March

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:16

Richard Strauss

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

35:10

Igor Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

19:42

Franz von Suppé

Overture to Poet and Peasant

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:59

Overture to The Light Cavalry

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

7:44

Thomas Tallis

Spem in Alium

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

9:52

Peter Tchaikovsky

1812 Overture, Op. 49

The Temple University Choirs and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

16:50

Marche Slav, Op. 31

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

9:47

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Van Cliburn (piano); The RCA Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

34:40

Romeo and Juliet

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

20:28

Suite from Swan Lake

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

40:37

Suite from The Nutcracker

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

36:24

Suite from The Sleeping Beauty

The Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev

36:39

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky

44:02

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Isaac Stern (violin); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

33:00

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on Greensleeves

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

4:39

Giuseppe Verdi

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco

The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

5:16

Dies Irae from the Manzoni Requiem

The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:00

Grand Triumphal March from Aida

The Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

6:53

Music from Il trovatore
- Anvil Chorus
- Il balen del suo sorriso… Per me ora fatale
- Ah! sì, ben mio… Di quella pira

Leontyne Price (Leonore), Plácido Domingo (Enrico), Sherrill Milnes (Count di Luna), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Fernando), Ryland Davies (Ruiz); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

18:31

Music from La traviata
- Prelude
- Libiamo ne' lieti calici
- E strano, è strano!.. Ah fors è lui… Sempre libera

Dame Joan Sutherland (Violetta), Luciano Pavarotti (Alfredo); The London Opera Chorus and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

19:02

Music from Rigoletto
- Questa o quella
- Gualtier maldè… Caro nome
- La donne è mobile
- Bella figlia del amore

Dame Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Duke of Mantua), Sherrill Milnes (Rigoletto), Huguette Tourangeau (Maddalena); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

15:40

Antonio Vivaldi

The Four Seasons
- Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, Spring
- Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, Summer
- Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293, Autumn
- Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, Winter

Simon Standage (violin); The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

37:54

Richard Wagner

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

The Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Orchestra conducted by Robert Shaw

4:59

Overture to The Flying Dutchman

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

11:03

Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

5:26

Emil Waldteufel

The Skaters, Op. 183

The Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper conducted by Franz Bauer-Theussl

8:37

Kurt Weill

Suite from The Threepenny Opera

The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg

20:33

Edward White

Puffin' Billy

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

3:48

Charles Marie Widor

Toccata from the Organ Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42, No. 1

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

5:40