The 200 Classical Music Pieces Every Moron and ‘Ette Should Know, as compiled by Hadrian the Seventh (mailto:monsalvat61@gmail.com)

 

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Composer

Title

Artist

Time

1

John Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart

4:20

2

Richard Addinsell

Warsaw Concerto

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

8:12

3

Tomaso Albinoni

Adagio in G minor

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

8:00

4

Gregorio Allegri

Miserere

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

11:55

5

Leroy Anderson

The Sleigh Ride

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

2:43

6

Leroy Anderson

The Syncopated Clock

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:25

7

Leo Arnauld

Bugler's Dream

The Concert Arts Orchestra conducted by Felix Slatkin

3:58

8

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

9

Johann Sebastian Bach

Air from the Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6:06

10

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (arranged by Thomas Frost)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

3:45

11

Johann Sebastian Bach

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

16:42

12

Johann Sebastian Bach

Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (orchestrated by Joachim Raff)

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

13:13

13

Johann Sebastian Bach

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 (arranged by Lucien Calliet)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

3:26

14

Johann Sebastian Bach

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

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

6:14

15

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sleepers, Awake, BWV 645 (arranged by William Smith)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:00

16

Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Michael Murray (organ)

8:38

17

Samuel Barber

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers

9:14

18

Ludwig van Beethoven

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, Für Elise

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

2:47

19

Ludwig van Beethoven

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

13:17

20

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

21

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

Alfred Brendel (piano)

16:07

22

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

33:26

23

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

32:54

24

Ludwig van Beethoven

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

25

Hector Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

54:38

26

Georges Bizet

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:18

27

Georges Bizet

Music from Carmen

  • Overture
  • Habanera
  • Seguidilla
  • Toreador's Song
  • Flower Song

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

23:02

28

Luigi Boccherini

Minuet

I Musici

4:11

29

Alexander Borodin

Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

11:08

30

Johannes Brahms

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:24

31

Johannes Brahms

Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

3:09

32

Johannes Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Van Cliburn (piano); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

48:31

33

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

39:41

34

Johannes Brahms

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4

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

1:55

35

Benjamin Britten

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

15:45

36

Max Bruch

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Jascha Heifetz (violin); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

22:10

37

Emmanuel Chabrier

España

The Orchestre National de France conducted by Armin Jordan

6:29

38

Emmanuel Chabrier

Suite Pastorale

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

16:01

39

Frédéric Chopin

Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

5:20

40

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, Funeral March

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

22:53

41

Frédéric Chopin

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

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

4:16

42

Frédéric Chopin

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

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

1:55

43

Jeremiah Clarke

Trumpet Voluntary

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

2:21

44

Eric Coates

The Dambusters

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

3:59

45

Aaron Copland

Appalachian Spring

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti

23:06

46

Aaron Copland

Fanfare for the Common Man

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aaron Copland

3:18

47

Aaron Copland

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

18:18

48

Arcangelo Corelli

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

The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

14:07

49

Claude Debussy

Claire de Lune (orchestrated by Lucien Calliet)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:04

50

Claude Debussy

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

9:05

51

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

52

Grigoras Dinicu

Hora Staccato

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:07

53

Paul Dukas

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:29

54

Antonín Dvořák

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

9:08

55

Antonín Dvořák

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

56

Antonín Dvořák

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

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

44:50

57

Edward Elgar

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

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

6:09

58

Edward Elgar

Salut d'Amore

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar

3:28

59

Gabriel Fauré

Pavane, Op. 50

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

7:04

60

César Franck

Panis angelicus

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

3:40

61

Julius Fučík

Entry of the Gladiators, Op. 68

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann

2:47

62

George Gershwin

Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

Donnie Ray Albert (Porgy), Clamma Dale (Bess); The Orchestra of the Houston Grand Opera conducted by John DeMain

6:06

63

George Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue

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

16:24

64

Reinhold Glière

Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3:28

65

Mikhail Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:59

66

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

67

Morton Gould

American Salute

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lukas Foss

4:30

68

Charles Gounod

Ave Maria

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

2:53

69

Charles Gounod

Funeral March for a Marionette

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:08

70

Charles Gounod

Music from Faust

  • Quel trouble inconnue me pénètre… Salut! demure chaste et pure
  • Il était un roi de Thulé… O Dieu! Que de bijoux!
  • Soldiers' Chorus
  • Alerte, alerte!.. Christ est resusscité

Plácido Domingo (Faust), Mirella Freni (Marguerite), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mephistopheles); The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Georges Prêtre

23:37

71

Percy Grainger

Irish Tune from County Derry, Danny Boy

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

6:20

72

Edvard Grieg

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

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

27:48

73

Edvard Grieg

Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:49

74

Johann Halvorsen

March of the Boyars

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:23

75

George Frederic Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roi conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire

22:09

76

George Frederic Handel

Music from Messiah

  • Behold, a virgin shall conceive… O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
  • For unto us a child is born
  • Lift up your heads
  • Halleluja
  • I know my Redeemer liveth
  • Behold, I tell you a mystery… The trumpet shall sound
  • Worthy is the Lamb that was slain… Blessing and honor

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Anne Gjevang (alto), Keith Lewis (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Georg Solti

38:51

77

George Frederic Handel

The Harmonious Blacksmith

Igor Kipnis (harpsichord)

4:17

78

George Frederic Handel

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

79

George Frederic Handel

Water Music Suite (arranged by Hamilton Harty)

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

15:50

80

Franz Josef Haydn

Symphony No. 94 in G major, Surprise

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux

20:52

81

Franz Josef Haydn

Symphony No. 104 in D major, London

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

24:05

82

Franz Josef Haydn

Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

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

14:15

83

Gustav Holst

The Planets, Op. 32

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

45:51

84

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

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

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian

3:37

85

Aram Khachaturian

Suite from Gayaneh

The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky

20:11

86

Erich Korngold

Suite from The Sea Hawk

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

17:25

87

Fritz Kreisler

Liebesfreud

Shlomo Mintz (violin), Clifford Benson (piano)

3:04

88

Franz Lehár

Waltz from The Merry Widow

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

5:50

89

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

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

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

4:08

90

Franz Liszt

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor (orchestrated by Franz Doppler)

The Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer

10:35

91

Franz Liszt

Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major

Jorge Bolet (piano)

4:53

92

Franz Liszt

Symphonic Poem No. 3, Les Préludes

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:44

93

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

94

Gustav Mahler

Adagietto from the Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:09

95

Jules Massenet

Meditation from Thaïs

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

6:10

96

Felix Mendelssohn

Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

Lilian Watson (soprano), Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano); The Finchley Children's Music Group and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

37:53

97

Felix Mendelssohn

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Rudolf Serkin (piano); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

19:20

98

Felix Mendelssohn

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

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

4:00

99

Felix Mendelssohn

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

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

2:15

100

Felix Mendelssohn

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

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi

25:38

101

Felix Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

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

27:24

102

Jean-Joseph Mouret

Suite de Symphonies

The Pfeiffer Trumpet Consort

5:06

103

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

104

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music from Don Giovanni

  • Overture
  • Catalogue Aria
  • Là ci darem la mano

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

15:35

105

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music from The Marriage of Figaro

  • Overture
  • Non più andrai
  • Porgi amor
  • Voi che sapete
  • Voi signor, che giusto siete

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

18:50

106

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

107

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo alla Turca, K. 331

The Vienna Mozart Orchestra conducted by Konrad Leitner

3:08

108

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:24

109

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

30:10

110

Modest Mussorgsky

Night on Bald Mountain

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

11:45

111

Modest Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

31:24

112

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

113

Jacques Offenbach

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:43

114

Carl Orff

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

5:19

115

Johann Pachelbel

Canon in D major

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

5:06

116

Nicoló Paganini

Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Salvatore Accardo (violin)

4:22

117

Hubert Parry

Jerusalem

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

2:42

118

Arvo Pärt

Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano)

8:16

119

Amilcare Ponchielli

Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda

The Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:43

120

Sergei Prokofiev

Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

20:27

121

Sergei Prokofiev

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

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

31:37

122

Giacomo Puccini

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

123

Giacomo Puccini

Music from Turandot

  • Non piangere Liù
  • In questa reggia
  • Nessun dorma
  • Principessa di morte!

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

29:51

124

Giacomo Puccini

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

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

2:53

125

Sergei Rachmaninov

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

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

30:28

126

Sergei Rachmaninov

Rhaposdy on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

20:32

127

Sergei Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

54:57

128

Sergei Rachmaninov

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

6:22

129

Maurice Ravel

Bolero

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

15:07

130

Maurice Ravel

Pavane pour une infante défunte

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

6:49

131

Silvestre Revueltas

Sensemayá

The Festival Orchestra of Mexico conducted by Enrique Bátiz

5:48

132

Emil von Reznicek

Overture to Donna Diana

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

5:41

133

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Bridal Procession from Le coq d'or

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:38

134

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

15:09

135

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Farewell of the Tsar from Tsar Saltan

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

4:34

136

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Procession of the Nobles from Mlada

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:48

137

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The Flight of the Bumblebee

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

1:25

138

Joaquín Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra

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

21:04

139

Juventino Rosas

Over the Waves

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

6:33

140

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

141

Gioacchino Rossini

Overture to La gazza ladra

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

9:21

142

Gioacchino Rossini

Overture to William Tell

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:33

143

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

144

Camille Saint-Saëns

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

145

Camille Saint-Saëns

Symphonic Poem, Danse Macabre, Op. 40

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Pierre Dervaux

6:54

146

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

147

Pablo de Sarasate

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

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

9:07

148

Erik Satie

Three Gnossiennes

William Masselos (piano)

7:29

149

Franz Schubert

Ave Maria, D. 839

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

4:22

150

Franz Schubert

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

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

22:30

151

Franz Schubert

Wanderer Fantasy, D. 760 (orchestrated by Franz Liszt)

Louis Lortie (piano); The Residente Orchestra of The Hague conducted by George Pehvehlian

21:15

152

Robert Schumann

Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

17:35

153

Robert Schumann

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Rudolf Serkin (piano); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

30:48

154

Dmitri Shostakovich

Festive Overture, Op. 96

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:04

155

Dmitri Shostakovich

Suite for Variety Orchestra

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Riccardo Chailly

24:11

156

Jean Sibelius

Symphonic Poem, Finlandia, Op. 26

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

8:04

157

Jean Sibelius

Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:58

158

Bedřich Smetana

Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:57

159

Bedřich Smetana

Symphonic Poem, The Moldau

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

12:34

160

John Philip Sousa

Semper Fidelis

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2:30

161

John Philip Sousa

The Stars and Stripes Forever

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:28

162

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Emperor Waltz, Op. 437

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

7:35

163

Johann Strauss, Jr.

On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

11:55

164

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

11:16

165

Johann Strauss, Jr.

Voices of Spring, Op. 410

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:32

166

Johann Strauss, Sr.

Radetzky March

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:16

167

Richard Strauss

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

35:10

168

Richard Strauss

Don Juan, Op. 20

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

16:30

169

Igor Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

19:42

170

Franz von Suppé

Overture to Poet and Peasant

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:59

171

Franz von Suppé

Overture to The Light Cavalry

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

7:44

172

Thomas Tallis

Spem in Alium

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

9:52

173

Peter Tchaikovsky

1812 Overture, Op. 49

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

16:50

174

Peter Tchaikovsky

Marche Slav, Op. 31

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

9:47

175

Peter Tchaikovsky

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

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

34:40

176

Peter Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

20:28

177

Peter Tchaikovsky

Suite from Swan Lake

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

45:01

178

Peter Tchaikovsky

Suite from The Nutcracker

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

36:24

179

Peter Tchaikovsky

Suite from The Sleeping Beauty

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

38:34

180

Peter Tchaikovsky

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

The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky

44:02

181

Peter Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

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

33:00

182

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Fantasia on Greensleeves

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

4:39

183

Giuseppe Verdi

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco

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

5:16

184

Giuseppe Verdi

Grand Triumphal March from Aida

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

11:01

185

Giuseppe Verdi

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

186

Giuseppe Verdi

Music from La Traviata

  • Prelude
  • Libiamo ne' lieti calici
  • E strano, è strano!.. Ah fors è lui… Sempre libera

Montserrat Caballé (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo); The RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Georges Prêtre

17:52

187

Giuseppe Verdi

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

188

Giuseppe Verdi

Music from the Manzoni Requiem

  • Dies irae
  • Mors stupebit
  • Liber scriptus
  • Sanctus
  • Libera me

Martina Arroyo (soprano), Josephine Veasey (mezzo-soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ruggiero Raimondi (bass); The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leonard Bernstein

26:34

189

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

190

Richard Wagner

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

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

4:59

191

Richard Wagner

Music from The Ring of the Niebelungs

  • Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
  • Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
  • Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
  • Siegfried's Funeral March and Final Scene from Götterdämmerung

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

33:19

192

Richard Wagner

Overture to The Flying Dutchman

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

11:03

193

Richard Wagner

Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhäuser

The Norman Luboff Choir and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

4:09

194

Richard Wagner

Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Jessye Norman (Isolde); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

19:17

195

Richard Wagner

Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

9:53

196

Emil Waldteufel

The Skaters, Op. 183

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

8:37

197

Carl Maria von Weber

Hunting Chorus from Der Freischütz

The Leipzig Radio Chorus and the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Carlos Kleiber

2:28

198

Kurt Weill

Suite from The Threepenny Opera

The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg

20:33

199

Edward White

Puffin' Billy

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

3:48

200

Charles Marie Widor

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

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

5:40