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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |