The Official AoSHQ Classical Music Playlist (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

Suite from Giselle

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

11:25

John Adams

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart

4:20

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

Hugo Alfvén

Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19, Midsummer Watch

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

13:13

Charles Alkan

Le chemin de fer, Op. 27

Laurent Martin (piano)

5:00

Le festin d'Ésope, Op. 39, No. 12

Michael Ponti (piano)

8:57

Quasi-Faust, Op. 33, No. 2

Raymond Lewenthal (piano)

11:20

Gregorio Allegri

Miserere

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

11:55

Johann Altenburg

Concerto in C major for 7 Trumpets

The Philharmonia Virtuosi

5:35

Leroy Anderson

Scottish Suite

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

10:30

The Sleigh Ride

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Rutter

3:10

The Syncopated Clock

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:25

The Waltzing Cat

The Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra conducted by Frederick Fennell

2:27

Elfride Andrée

Concert Overture in D major

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Bartosch

11:13

John Ansell

Overture, Plymouth Hoe

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Rumon Gamba

8:05

Jean-Baptiste Arban

Variations on The Carnival of Venice

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); The Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Donald Hunsberger

7:40

Anton Arensky

Overture to A Dream on the Volga

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Siniasky

7:07

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

Malcolm Arnold

Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

8:49

Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Penny

8:41

March from Bridge on the River Kwai

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox

3:14

Overture, Peterloo, Op. 97

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Arnold

9:04

Daniel Auber

Amour sacré de la patrie (from La muette de Portici)

Alfredo Kraus (Masaniello), Jean-Philippe Lafont (Pietro); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas Fulton

5:47

Overture to Fra Diavolo

The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dario Salvi

8:08

Overture to Marco Spada

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

9:03

Overture to Masaniello

The Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Igor Markevitch

8:23

Johann Sebastian Bach

Air on the G string, BWV 1068

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6:06

Arioso, BWV 156

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:39

Behold, my Savior now is taken (from the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (alto); The Bach Choir and the Thames Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks

4:56

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

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047

The Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood

11:24

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

11:08

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

20:44

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

16:42

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

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903

Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)

12:41

Come ye daughters, share my mourning (from the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

The Collegiate Chorale and the Boys’ Choir of the Church of the Transformation; The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

7:57

Concerto in A minor for Four Harpsichords and Orchestra, BWV 1065

Christianne Jaccottet, Christine Sartoretti, Nicole Hostettler and Leonore Klinckerfus (harpsichords); The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Fäber

10:13

Concerto in D minor for Two Violins and Orchestra, BWV 1043

Jascha Heifetz and Erick Friedman (violins); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

14:38

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

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

4:38

Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (orchestrated by Sir Edward Elgar)

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

8:48

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

Simon Preston (organ)

10:52

Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, Little (orchestrated by Lucien Calliet)

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:38

In tears of grief, dear Lord, we leave thee (from the St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

Ex Cathedra conducted by Jeffrey Skidmore

7:11

Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971

Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

12:26

Jauchzet! Frohlocket!, BWV 248

The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir conducted by Ton Koopman

7:48

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

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

3:24

My Spirit be Joyful, BWV 146

Douglas Major (organ); The Empire Brass

5:25

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

14:38

Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

Simon Preston (organ)

9:43

Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 522, St. Anne (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

14:42

Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541

Anthony Newman (organ)

6:51

Preludium in E major, BWV 1006 (arranged by Leopold Stokowski)

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert

3:50

Sanctus (from the Mass in B minor, BWV 232)

The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

5:27

Schlummert ein, BWV 82

Mack Harrell (baritone); The RCA Orchestra conducted by Robert Shaw

9:35

Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208

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

6:26

Sinfonia in D major, BWV 1045

Isabelle Faust (violin); The Collegeum Musicum of Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling

5:45

Sleepers, Awake, BWV 140

The Orchestra and Chorus of the Bach Guild conducted by Felix Prohaska

4:43

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Michael Murray (organ)

8:38

Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

Hilary Hahn (violin); The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Kahane

13:32

Tekla Bądarzewska

The Maiden's Prayer, Op. 4

Péter Nagy (piano)

4:41

E. E. Bagley

National Emblem March

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:06

Mili Balakirev

Oriental Fantasy, Islamey

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

9:02

Michael Balfe

I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls (from The Bohemian Girl)

Yvonne Kenny (Arline); The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski

4:11

Overture to The Bohemian Girl

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

8:42

Samuel Barber

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers

9:14

First Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

8:10

Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7

The Symphony of the Air conducted by Vladimir Golschmann

9:02

Must the winter come so soon? (from Vanessa)

Roberta Alexander (Vanessa); The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edo de Waart

2:24

Overture to The School for Scandal

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers

7:45

Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

10:55

Toccata Festiva, Op. 36

Thomas Trotter (organ); The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop

14:17

Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Gil Shaham (violin); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

22:58

Béla Bartók

Concerto for Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

37:50

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

28:06

Piano Concerto No. 2

Géza Anda (piano); The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

28:31

Piano Concerto No. 3

Martha Argerich (piano); The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

24:58

Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

17:46

Hubert Bath

Cornish Rhapsody

Phillip Fowke (piano); The RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by Proinnsias Ó Duinn

6:09

Arnold Bax

Christmas Eve

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

17:56

Tintagel

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

15:04

Antonio Bazzini

Scherzo fantastique, Les rondes des Lutins, Op. 25

Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)

5:29

Ludwig van Beethoven

Abscheulicher!.. Komm, Hoffnung (from Fidelio)

Birgit Nilsson (Leonore); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Heinz Wallberg

7:44

Ah! perfido, Op. 65

Charlotte Margiano (soprano); The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

12:44

Alleluia Chorus from Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

4:05

Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, Für Elise

Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)

2:47

Fantasy in C major for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 80

Maurizio Pollini (piano); The Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

18:14

Gloria from the Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Martina Arroyo (soprano), Maureen Forrester (mezzo soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass); The Singing City Choirs and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:11

Grosse Fugue in B flat major, Op. 133 (orchestrated by Michael Gielen)

The Orchestra of the Southwest German Radio, Baden-Baden conducted by Michael Gielen

16:08

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

13:17

Minuet in G major

I Musici

2:48

Overture to Coriolanus, Op. 62

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer

8:04

Overture to Egmont, Op. 84

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

8:41

Overture to King Stephen, Op. 117

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly

5:57

Overture, Name Day, Op. 115

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Eugen Jochum

6:53

Overture, The Consecration of the House, Op. 124

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

10:24

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. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, Pathétique

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

17:28

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

Alfred Brendel (piano)

16:07

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a, Les Adieux

Emil Gilels (piano)

17:28

Pistol Scene from Fidelio

Dame Gwyneth Jones (Leonore), James King (Florestan), Franz Crass (Rocco), Theo Adam (Don Pizarro); The Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Karl Böhm

4:35

Prisoner's Chorus from Fidelio

The Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

8:23

Rondo in G major in the Hungarian Style, Op. 129, Rage Over a Lost Penny

Alfred Brendel (piano)

6:16

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, Eroica

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

48:05

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

33:26

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Pastoral

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

37:50

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Steinberg

37:56

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

Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

1:52

Wer ein holdes Weib errungen (from Fidelio)

Hildegard Behrens (Leonore), Peter Hofmann (Florestan), Hans Sotin (Rocco), Sonia Ghazarian (Marzelline), David Kübler (Jacquino), Gwynne Howell (Don Fernando); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Georg Solti

3:47

Vincenzo Bellini

Ah! non credea mirarti (from La sonnambula)

Anna Netrebko (Amina), Saimir Pirgu (Elvino); The Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

4:14

Ah! se un'urna è a me concessa (from Beatrice di Tenda)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Beatrice); The Ambrosian Singers and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

7:34

Casta diva (from Norma)

Beverly Sills (Norma); The John Alldis Choir and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Levine

8:25

D'un pensiero e d'un accento… Non più nozze (from La sonnambula)

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

7:28

Mira, o Norma (from Norma)

Monserrat Caballé (Norma), Fiorenza Cossotto (Adalgisa); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario

7:51

Oh! vieni al tempio… Ma tu già mi fuggi? (from I puritani)

Beverly Sills (Elvira), Louis Qullico (Riccardo), Paul Plishka (Giorgio), Riccardo Cassinelli (Bruno), Richard Van Allen (Valton); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel

9:23

Overture to I Capuleti e i Montecchi

The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Myung Whun Chung

4:42

Son vergin vezzosa (from I puritani)

Montserrat Caballé (Elvira), Julia Hamari (Enrichetta), Alfredo Kraus (Arturo), Agostino Ferrin (Giorgio); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

5:28

Ralph Benatzky

Im Salzkammergut (from White Horse Inn)

Marion Grimaldi (Josepha); The Mike Sammes Singers and the 20th Century Symphony Orchestra conducted by Johnny Douglas

3:40

Julius Benedict

Overture to The Lily of Killarney

The Victorian Opera Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

8:43

Arthur Benjamin

Jamaican Rumba

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

2:21

Luciano Berio

Four Original Versions of Boccherini’s Ritirata notturna di Madrid

The Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan conducted by Riccardo Chailly

6:28

Hector Berlioz

Dies Irae (from the Requiem, Op. 5)

The Choirs of Radio France, the French National Orchestra and the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

12:55

Grand fête chez Capulet (from Roméo et Juliette)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

6:00

La belle voyageuse, Op. 2, No. 4

Sheila Armstrong (soprano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

5:39

La captive, Op. 12

Véronique Gens (soprano); The Orchestra of the Lyon Opera conducted by Louis Langrée

7:43

L'îsle inconnue (from Les nuits d'été)

Yvonne Minton (soprano); The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

3:45

Love Scene (from Roméo et Juliette)

The BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

14:58

Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

10:08

Overture, Les francs-juges

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

11:40

Overture, The Corsair, Op. 21

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

8:14

Queen Mab Scherzo (from Roméo et Juliette)

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

8:46

Roman Carnival Overture

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

8:42

Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens

The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Bernard Haitink

9:44

Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

49:06

The Shepherds' Farewell (from L'enfance du Christ)

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

5:24

Three Pieces from La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
- Minuet of the Will-o'-the Wisps
- Dance of the Sylphs
- Rákóczy March

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman

12:52

Trojan March

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

5:24

Leonard Bernstein

Overture to Candide

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:12

Franz Berwald

Overture to The Queen of Golconda

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ulf Björlin

7:16

Ronald Binge

Elizabethan Serenade

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Douglas Gamley

2:49

Henry Bishop

Home! Sweet Home!

The New York Vocal Arts Ensemble conducted by Raymond Beegle

2:59

Georges Bizet

Chorus of the Smugglers (from Carmen)

Leontyne Price (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don José), Monique Linval (Frasquita), Geneviève Macaux (Mercédes), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancaire); The Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:56

Flower Song (from Carmen)

Plácido Domingo (Don José); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

4:22

Gypsy Song (from Carmen)

Marilyn Horne (Carmen), Collet Boky (Frasquita),  Marcia Baldwin (Mercédes); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:56

Habanera (from Carmen)

Julia Migenes (Carmen); The Choir of Radio France and the French National Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

4:12

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:18

L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

16:59

Micaëla's Air (from Carmen)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Micaëla); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

5:48

Petite Suite

The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean-Luc Tingaud

10:44

Seguidilla (from Carmen)

Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José); The Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

4:39

Suite from La jolie fille de Perth

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

12:36

Suite No. 1 from Carmen

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

12:06

Suite No. 2 from Carmen

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

19:47

Symphony in C major

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

25:05

Then from the sacred shrine (from The Pearl Fishers)

Barry Banks (Nadir), Simon Keenlyside (Zurga); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry

7:10

Toreador's Song (from Carmen)

Bryn Terfel (Escamillo); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth

3:52

Ernest Bloch

Baal Shem

Joshua Bell (violin); The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman

14:11

Schelomo

Leonard Rose (cello); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

21:12

Luigi Boccherini

Minuet

I Musici

4:11

String Quintet in C major, G. 324, La musica notturna delle strade di madrid

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

10:29

Arrigo Boito

Salve Regina! (from Mefistofele)

The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Julius Rudel

6:37

Joseph Bonnet

Elfes, Op. 7, No. 11

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

3:51

Alexander Borodin

In the Steppes of Central Asia

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

7:33

Nocturne

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

8:59

Overture to Prince Igor

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

10:13

Polovetsian Dances

The John Alldis Choir and the National Phiharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian

11:33

Dmitri Bortniansky

Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe

The Leipzig Radio Choir conducted by Jörg-Peter Weigle

3:43

William Boyce

Symphony No. 5 in D major

I Solisti di Zagreb conducted by Antonio Janigro

7:27

Peter Boyer

New Beginnings

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Boyer

11:47

Johannes Brahms

A German Requiem, Op. 45

Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Jerome Hines (bass); The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

64:45

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:24

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

Dame Janet Baker (Alto); The John Alldis Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

12:03

Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102

Isaac Stern (violin), Leonard Rose (cello); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

33:43

Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

2:35

Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D major

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

3:09

Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A major

The Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer

1:55

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Leon Fleisher (piano); The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

46:52

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

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

48:31

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

45:40

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

41:07

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

34:37

Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

39:41

Tragic Overture, Op. 81

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

11:46

Variations in B flat major on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:31

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Jascha Heifetz (violin); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

34:37

Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4

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

1:55

Havergal Brian

Scherzo from the Symphony No. 1, Gothic

The Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ondrej Lenárd

13:06

Frank Bridge

There is a Willow grows aslant a Brook

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate

10:20

Benjamin Britten

Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

15:45

Passacaglia from Peter Grimes

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

7:31

Simple Symphony, Op. 4

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

17:57

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

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten

16:37

Max Bruch

Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

János Starker (cello); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti

9:57

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

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

25:50

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

Kyung Wha Chung (violin); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Kempe

24:20

Anton Bruckner

Adagio from the String Quintet in F major (arranged by Gerd Schaller)

The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerd Schaller

12:51

Ave Maria

The Monteverdi Choir conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

4:11

Christus factus est

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge conducted by Sir Stephen Cleobury

5:16

Ecce sacerdos magnus

The Corydon Singers conducted by Matthew Best

5:06

Gloria from the Mass No. 3 in F minor

The New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Daniel Barenboim

10:06

Locus iste

Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short

3:31

Os justi

The Bavarian Radio Chorus conducted by Eugen Jochum

5:08

Psalm 150

Pamela Coburn (soprano); The Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling

9:40

Te Deum

Maria Stader (soprano), Helen Vanni (alto), Stanley Kolk (tenor), Herbert Beattie (bass); The Temple University Chorus and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

18:46

Vexilla regis

Polyphony conducted by Stephen Layton

5:04

Geoffrey Burgon

Nunc dimittis

Michael Laird (trumpet), Jeremy Suter (organ); The Chorus of Chichester Cathedral conducted by Alan Thurlow

2:58

Ferruccio Busoni

Comedy Overture

The Orchestre Sinfonia di Roma conducted by Francesco La Vecchia

6:59

Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra

Aurèle Nicolet (flute); The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur

9:29

Tanswalzer, Op. 53

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

12:32

George Butterworth

The Banks of Green Willow

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

6:48

Dietrich Buxtehude

Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BuxWV 149

E. Power Biggs (organ)

7:28

Joseph Canteloube

Baïlèro

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

6:48

Eduardo di Capua

O solo mio

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Giancarlo Chiaramello

3:26

Alfredo Casella

Paganiniana

The Philadephia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:32

Alfredo Catalani

Ebben? ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Renata Tebaldi (Wally); The Orchestra of the Monte Carlo Opera conducted by Fausto Cleva

5:00

Emmanuel Chabrier

Bourreé fantasque

The Orchestre National de France conducted by Armin Jordan

7:02

Danse slave (from Le roi malgré lui)

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Neeme Järvi

5:27

España

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

6:08

Fête polonaise

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet

8:45

Joyeuse March

The Orchestre de Capitole du Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson

3:45

Overture to Gwendoline

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

8:39

Suite pastorale

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

16:01

Cécile Chaminade

The Flatterer, Op. 50

Eric Parkin (piano)

2:19

Gustave Charpentier

Depuis le jour (from Louise)

Reneé Fleming (Louise); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

6:04

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marche de Triomphe et Second Air de Trompette

Musica Antiqua of Cologne conducted by Reinhard Goebel

5:50

Ernest Chausson

Poème, Op. 25

Erick Friedman (violin); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

14:46

Soir de Fête, Op. 32

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

13:36

Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

31:36

Viviane, Op. 5

The Basel Symphony Orchestra conducted by Armin Jordan

11:51

Luigi Cherubini

Overture to Anacréon

The Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Igor Markevitch

9:48

Overture to Faniska

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

7:30

Frédéric Chopin

Andante Spinato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat major, Op. 22

Martha Argerich (piano)

13:22

Ballade in G minor, Op. 23

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

9:28

Étude in A flat major, Op. 25, No. 1, Aeolean Harp

Murray Perahia (piano)

2:19

Étude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, Revolutionary

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

2:47

Étude in C minor, Op. 25, No. 12

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

2:31

Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

Angela Hewitt (piano)

5:14

Fantasy in A major on Polish Airs, Op. 13

Claudio Arrau (piano); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elihu Inbal

14:13

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

Krakowiak, Op. 14

Bella Davidovich (piano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

14:34

Les Sylphides (orchestrated by Roy Douglas)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

25:33

Polonaise -Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61

Artur Rubinstein (piano)

12:58

Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53, Heroic

Evgeny Kissin (piano)

6:30

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

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

4:54

Variations in B flat major on La ci darem la mano, Op. 2

Eldar Nebolsin (piano); The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

15:50

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

Philippe Entremont (piano)

1:57

Waltz in E flat major, Op. 18, Grande valse brillante

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

5:00

Francesco Cilea

E la solita storia (from L'arlesiana)

Jonas Kaufmann (Federico); The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano

3:57

Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

Renata Scotto (Adriana); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianadrea Gavanezzi

3:20

Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

Leontyne Price (Adriana); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Nello Santi

3:12

Jeremiah Clarke

Trumpet Voluntary

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

2:21

Eric Coates

London Suite

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

14:34

The Dambusters

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

3:56

Aaron Copland

An Outdoor Overture

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

8:54

Appalachian Spring

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti

23:06

Danzon cubano

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

7:07

El Salón México

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman

11:45

Fanfare for the Common Man

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

2:57

Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

18:18

Quiet City

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

8:45

Suite from Billy the Kid

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Aaron Copland

21:02

Suite from The Red Pony

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

23:25

Three Latin-American Sketches

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

10:25

Arcangelo Corelli

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

The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

14:07

Teodoro Cottrau

Santa Lucia

Roberto Alagna (tenor); The Orchestre National d'Ile de France conducted by Yvan Cassar

4:13

François Couperin

Les baricades mystérieuses

Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

2:11

Paul Creston

A Rumor

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

5:51

Claude Debussy

Children's Corner Suite

Philippe Entremont (piano)

15:21

Claire de Lune (orchestrated by Lucien Calliet)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:04

Jeux

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

16:06

La cathédrale engloutie (orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski)

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski

6:40

La mer

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

23:02

L'isle joyeuse

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

6:01

Petit Suite (orchestrated by Henri Busser)

The Orchestre Symphonique de Québec conducted by Yoav Talmi

14:55

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

9:05

Rêverie

Alice Sara Ott (piano)

4:44

Symphonic Poem, Printemps

The Orchestre de Capitole du Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson

15:46

Léo Delibes

Air de Clochettes (from Lakmé)

Sumi Jo (Lakmé); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paolo Olmi

7:45

Flower Duet from Lakmé

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

6:06

Suite from Coppélia

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

12:17

Suite from Sylvia

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

12:15

Frederick Delius

A Dance Rhapsody No. 2

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

7:44

In a Summer Garden

The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

14:11

On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

6:12

Summer Night on the River

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim

5:42

The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet

The Scottish National Orchestra conduced by David Lloyd-Jones

9:16

David Diamond

Rounds for String Orchestra

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz

13:57

Alphons Diepenbrock

Hymne

The St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra conducted by Otto Tausk

14:16

Vincent d'Indy

Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25

Nicole Henriot-Schweitzer (piano); The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

25:17

Grigoras Dinicu

Hora Staccato

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:07

Ignacy Dobrzyński

Overture to Monbar

The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz

10:53

Robert Docker

The Spirit of Cambria

The RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Knight

7:58

Ernst von Dohnányi

Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25

Zoltán Kocsis (piano); The Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer

22:41

Gaetano Donizetti

Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête (from La fille du régiment)

Luciano Pavarotti (Tonio); The Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Richard Bonynge

6:37

Ah! tardai troppo… O luce di quest’anima (from Linda di Chamounix)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Linda); The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Nello Santi

6:20

Chiedi all'aura lusinghiera (from L'elisir d'amore)

Kathleen Battle (Adina), Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

6:35

Da tutti abbandonata (from Maria Stuarda)

Beverly Sills (Maria), Stuart Burrows (Leicester); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Aldo Ceccato

9:01

L’ai je bien entendu... O mon Fernand... Mon arrêt descend du ciel (from La Favorite)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Léonore); The Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera conducted by Richard Bonynge

7:07

Overture to Don Pasquale

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

6:16

Overture to Roberto Devereux

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

6:56

Povero Ernesto! Cercherò lontana terra (from Don Pasquale)

Gösta Winbergh (Ernesto); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

6:57

Regnava nel silenzio (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Berverly Sills (Lucia), Patricia Kern (Alisa); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Schippers

9:23

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

Udite, udite, o rustici (from L'elisir d'amore)

Spiro Malas (Dr. Dulcamara); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

8:06

Un furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)

Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

4:49

Paul Dukas

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:29

Henri Duparc

Phidylé

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The Orchestra of the National Opera, Brussels conducted by Sir John Pritchard

5:16

Antonín Dvořák

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

9:08

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Zara Nelsova (cello); The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind

36:52

Czech Suite, Op. 39

The Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit

23:15

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

Hussite Overture, Op. 67

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik

12:50

Polonaise from Rusalka

The Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue

4:30

Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 66

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Istvan Kertész

12:04

Serenade in E major for Strings, Op. 22

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

28:20

Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 72, No. 7

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

3:05

Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)

Leontyne Price (Rusalka); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Nello Santi

6:20

Suite in A major, Op. 98a, American

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

20:26

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

35:42

Symphony No. 8 in G minor, Op. 88

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Istvan Kertész

35:11

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

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

44:50

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53

Ruggiero Ricci (violin); The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Susskind

29:18

Edward Elgar

Dream Children, Op. 43

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar

7:55

In the South, Op. 50

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

20:19

Introduction and Allegro for String Orchestra, Op. 47

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

13:06

Meditation from The Light of Life

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

7:34

Overture, Cockagine, Op. 40

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

15:01

Overture, Froissart, Op. 19

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

14:02

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

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

6:38

Salut d'Amour, Op. 12

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar

3:28

The Crown of India Suite, Op. 66

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim

18:10

Three Bavarian Dances, Op. 27

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

11:45

Variations on an Original Theme, Enigma, Op. 36

The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder

31:31

George Enescu

Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

12:19

Manuel de Falla

Interlude and Spanish Dance from La vida breve

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jesús López Cobos

7:05

Nights in the Garden of Spain

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

23:02

Suite from The Three-Cornered Hat

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

12:18

Gabriel Fauré

Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19

Robert Casadesus (piano); The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

12:39

Dolly, Op. 56

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

18:09

Élégie in C minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24

Leonard Rose (cello); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

7:14

Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ludovic Morlot

13:37

Pavane, Op. 50

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks

6:51

Pie Jesu (from the Requiem, Op. 48)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

3:48

Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

16:54

Vincenzo Fioravanti

Io son zingara (from Gli zingari)

Julie Fuchs (Pucinella); The Orchestre National d'Île-de-France conducted by Enrique Mazzola

5:46

William Fisher

Goin' Home

Bryn Terfel (baritone); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth

5:39

Friedrich von Flotow

M'apparì tutt'amor (from Martha)

Plácido Domingo (Lyonel); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nello Santi

3:49

Carlisle Floyd

Ain't it a pretty night? (from Susannah)

Cheryl Studer (Susannah); The Orchestra of the Lyon Opera conducted by Kent Nagano

5:34

César Franck

Les Djinns

Joshua Pierce (piano); The Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirk Trevor

11:55

Les Éolides

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier

9:51

Panis angelicus

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

3:40

Rédemption

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Barenboim

13:54

Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra

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

15:10

Symphony in D minor

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux

39:18

The Accursed Huntsman

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

15:25

William Henry Fry

Niagara Symphony

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Tony Rowe

13:46

Julius Fučík

Entry of the Gladiators, Op. 68

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

2:35

Florentine March, Op. 214

The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5:27

The Old Bear with a Sore Head, Op. 210

Jiri Formaček (bassoon); The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Václav Neumann

4:39

Jacob Gade

Jalousie

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:42

Niels Gade

Suite from Napoli

The London Festival Ballet Orchestra conducted by Terence Kern

13:56

Balfour Gardiner

Overture to a Comedy

The Northern Sinfonia of England conducted by Richard Hickox

7:57

Edward German

Welsh Rhapsody

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

17:51

George Gershwin

A Symphonic Picture of Porgy and Bess(arranged by Robert Russell Bennett)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

25:05

An American in Paris

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

18:28

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

5:51

Concerto in F

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

28:55

Cuban Overture

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine

9:54

Overture to Strike Up the Band

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

7:12

Rhapsody in Blue

Lorin Levee (piano); The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

15:50

Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Kathleen Battle (Bess); The Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by André Previn

2:42

Variations on I Got Rhythm

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

7:59

Eugène Gigout

Toccata in B minor

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

3:14

Alberto Ginastera

Suite from Estancia, Op. 8a

The Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México conducted by Enrique Bátiz

12:50

Umberto Giordano

Final Scene from Andrea Chénier

Renata Scotto (Maddelena), Plácido Domingo (Chénier); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by James Levine

7:20

Un dì all'azzurro spazio (from Andrea Chénier)

Jonas Kauffman (Chénier); The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano

4:51

Alexander Glazunov

Autumn from The Seasons

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

11:04

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Jascha Heifetz (violin); The RCA Orchestra conducted by Walter Hendl

18:55

Reinhold Glière

Overture on Slavonic Themes

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Siniasky

9:51

Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3:28

Mikhail Glinka

Jota Aragonesa

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

8:38

Kamarinskaya

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Siniasky

7:35

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:59

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Ballet Music from Orfeo ed Euridice

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

26:26

Che disse? Che ascoltai?... Addio, addio, o mie sospiri (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

Marilyn Horne (Orfeo); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Georg Solti

6:39

Che farò senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

Dame Janet Baker (Orfeo); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

3:50

Divinités du Styx (from Alceste)

Jessye Norman (Alceste); The Bavarian Radio Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Serge Baudo

5:03

Ô malheuruse Iphigénie (from Iphigénie en Tauride)

Diane Montague (Iphigenia); The Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

4:29

Benjamin Godard

Cachés dans cet asile... Oh! ne t'éveille pas encor (from Jocelyn)

Pene Pati (Jocelyn); The Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

5:15

Karl Goldmark

Overture, In Spring

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

9:42

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 28

Itzhak Perlman (violin); The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

34:18

Ron Goodwin

Aces High

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba

3:44

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Bamboula

Eugene List (piano)

7:27

Concert Paraphrase on National Airs, The Union, Op. 48

Cecile Licad (piano)

7:32

Grand Tarantelle, Op. 67

William Tritt (piano); The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

7:25

Symphony No. 1, A Night in the Tropics

The Utah Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maurice Abravanel

18:51

Symphony No. 2, A Montevideo

The Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Rosenberg

11:21

The Banjo

Leonard Pennario (piano)

3:33

Variations on the Brazilian National Anthem, Op. 69

Cristina Ortiz (piano); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Moshe Atzmon

8:11

Morton Gould

American Salute

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lukas Foss

4:30

Charles Gounod

Ah! Let me live in this dream (from Roméo et Juliette)

Elizabeth Futral (Juliet); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Stephen White

4:00

Alerte, alerte!.. Christ est resusscité (from Faust)

Victoria de los Angeles (Marguerite), Nicolai Gedda (Faust), Boris Christoff (Mephistopheles); The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by André Cluytens

5:35

Ave Maria

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

2:53

Ballet Music from Faust

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

16:50

Faiblesse de la race humaine (from Le reine de Saba)

Rolando Villazón (Adoniram); The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Evalino Pidò

5:14

Funeral March for a Marionette

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:08

Où suis-je?.. Ô ma lyre immortelle (from Sapho)

Magdalena Kožená (Sapho); The Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Marc Minkowski

7:23

Plus grand dans son obscurité (from Le reine de Saba)

Elīna Garanča (Balkis); The Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Yves Abel

6:14

Salut! Demure chaste et pure (from Faust)

Francisco Araiza (Faust); The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

5:29

Soldiers' Chorus from Faust

The Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Georges Prêtre

3:20

Waltz from Faust

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5:24

Percy Grainger

Irish Tune from County Derry, Danny Boy

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

6:20

Enrique Granados

The Straw Man

Alicia de Larrocha (piano)

4:13

Zapateado

Xiayin Yang (piano)

4:10

André Grétry

Pantomime from Zémire et Azor

The Orchestra of the Belgian Radio and Television conducted by Edgar Doneux

2:49

Suite from Céphale et Procris

The Orchestre de Liège conducted by Paul Strauss

12:00

Edvard Grieg

Holberg Suite, Op. 40

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

19:58

Homage March from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Op. 56

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:41

Lyric Pieces, Op. 12

Nicholas Roth (piano)

10:32

Lyric Suite, Op. 54

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ole Kristian Ruud

17:45

Norwegian Dances, Op. 35

The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi

17:43

Overture, In Autumn, Op. 11

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

11:18

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, Op. 46

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:49

Suite No. 2 from Peer Gynt, Op. 55

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

17:27

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65, No. 6

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk

6:07

Jules Grison

Toccata in F major

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

5:45

Ferde Grofé

Grand Canyon Suite

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

31:02

Alexandre Guilmant

March on Lift Up Your Heads

Jennifer Bate (organ)

6:55

Reynaldo Hahn

L'énamourée

Anna Netrebko (soprano); The Prague Philharmonia conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

3:24

Quand la nuit n'est pas étoilée

Konstantin Wolff (bass-baritone), Trung Sam (piano)

3:10

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Susan Graham (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

2:19

Fromental Halévy

Rachel, quand du Seigneur (from La Juive)

Plácido Domingo (Eléazar); The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

5:43

Vous qui du Dieu vivant (from La Juive)

José Carreras (Eléazar), Júlia Várady (Rachel), June Anderson (Eudoxia), Dalmacio Gonzales (Leopold), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Cardinal Brogni); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Antonio de Alemeida

5:48

Johann Halvorsen

March of the Boyars

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:23

George Frederic Handel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

3:07

Behold, a virgin shall conceive… O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (from Messiah)

Catherine Robbin (contralto); The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Orchestra conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

6:10

Coronation Anthem No. 1, Zadok the Priest

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

5:23

Dead March from Saul

E. Power Biggs (organ); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

3:33

For unto us a child is born (from Messiah)

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

3:39

Halleluja (from Messiah)

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

3:11

I know my Redeemer liveth (from Messiah)

Heather Harper (soprano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

6:20

I Shall Tell You a Mystery… The Trumpet Shall Sound (from Messiah)

Gwynne Howell (bass); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Georg Solti

9:13

Largo from Xerxes

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Szell

5:34

Let the Bright Seraphim (from Samson)

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Harry Dilly (trumpet); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

5:53

Lift up your heads (from Messiah)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge and the Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Sir Stephen Cleobury

3:10

Minuet from Berenice

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

3:50

Music for the Royal Fireworks

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

22:09

Overture to Radamisto

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

4:37

Sarabande from the Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 437

Alan Cuckston (harpsichord)

4:39

Sing ye to the Lord (from Israel in Egypt)

Heather Harper (soprano); The Leeds Festival Chorus and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

3:46

The Harmonious Blacksmith

Igor Kipnis (harpsichord)

4:17

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

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

9:19

Water Music Suite (arranged by Hamilton Harty)

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

15:50

Howard Hanson

Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, Romantic

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz

28:06

Johannes Hanssen

Valdres March

The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eivind Aaland

3:34

Roy Harris

An American Overture, When Johnny Comes Marching Home

The Louisville Orchestra conducted by Jorge Mester

7:17

Symphony No. 3

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

17:24

Hamilton Harty

A John Field Suite

The Northern Sinfonia conducted by Neville Dilkes

17:59

Franz Josef Haydn

Achieved is the Glorious Work (from The Creation)

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir David Willcocks

3:08

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major

Yo-Yo Ma (cello); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by José Garcia

23:53

God of Light! (from The Seasons)

Heather Harper (soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass); The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Colin Davis

5:04

Keyboard Concerto in D major

Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord); The English Concert

20:21

Sing the Lord, ye voices all (from The Creation)

Emma Kirkby (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Michael George (bass); The Choir of New College, Oxford and the Academy of Ancient Music Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Christopher Hogwood

3:24

Symphony No. 82 in C major, The Bear

The Stockholm Chamber Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

23:44

Symphony No. 88 in G major

The Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra conducted by Ádám Fischer

21:53

Symphony No. 94 in G major, Surprise

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux

20:52

Symphony No. 96 in D major, Miracle

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

23:03

Symphony No. 100 in G major, Military

The Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Herman Scherchen

23:18

Symphony No. 101 in D major, Clock

The Hanover Band conducted by Roy Goodman

25:35

Symphony No. 103 in E flat major, Drum Roll

The Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Igor Markevitch

25:37

Symphony No. 104 in D major, London

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

24:05

The Heavens are Telling (from The Creation)

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw

4:09

Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

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

14:15

Joseph Hellmesberger I

Danse Diabolique

The Göttingen Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christian Simonis

6:04

Joseph Hellmesberger II

Ballszene

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:46

Victor Herbert

American Fantasia

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

9:56

Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta)

Stephanie Voss (Marietta); The Peter Knight Singers and the New World Show Orchestra conducted by Alan Braden

2:51

March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:03

Ferdinand Hérold

Overture to Zampa

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

8:34

Richard Heuberger

Im chambre séparée (from Der Opernball)

Leslie Garrett (Angèle); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Holmes

3:41

Overture to Der Opernball

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

6:47

Paul Hindemith

Concert Music for Strings and Brass, Op. 50

The Philadephia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:01

Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

19:34

Symphony, Mathis der Maler

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by William Steinberg

26:10

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

St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

12:38

The Planets, Op. 32

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

45:51

Abe Holtzman

Blaze Away!

The New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp

3:47

Arthur Honegger

Pacific 231

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

6:24

Roman Hoffstetter

Andante Cantabile

I Musici

3:27

Alan Hovhaness

The Prayer of St. Gregory

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz

4:52

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Trumpet Concerto in E major

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

17:38

Variations on O du lieber Augustin

The London Mozart Players conducted by Howard Shelley

8:58

Engelbert Humperdinck

Children's Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

3:01

Jacques Ibert

Escales

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

13:51

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

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

The Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian

3:37

Ion Ivanovici

Danube Waves

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

7:49

Charles Ives

The Circus Band

The Gregg Smith Singers and the Columbia Chamber Orchestra conducted by Gregg Smith

2:46

Variations on America

Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

9:00

Leoš Janáček

Rhapsody for Orchestra, Taras Bulba

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

23:34

Sinfonietta for Orchestra

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik

21:52

When the evening arrives (from The Cunning Little Vixen)

Sir Thomas Allen (Forester), Piers Lawrence (Frog); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

4:53

Karl Jenkins

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra, Palladio

The Non-Profit Music Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ari Malikian

16:53

Scott Joplin

Maple Leaf Rag

Dick Hyman (piano)

2:28

The Easy Winners

Richard Dowling (piano)

3:26

The Entertainer

The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble conducted by Gunther Schuller

4:17

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Overture to Colas Breugnon

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

4:49

Suite from The Comedians, Op. 26

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

15:07

Violin Concerto in C major, Op. 48

Lydia Mordkovich (violin); The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

16:10

Vasily Kalinnikov

Overture to Tsar Boris

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

9:38

Emmerich Kálmán

Gypsy airs and joyful phrases… Where is Love's kingdom? (from Gräfin Mariza)

Christine Brewer (Countess Mariza); The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

6:56

Play, gypsy (from Gräfin Mariza)

Bruce Ford (Tassilo); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller

5:44

Michael Kamen

Suite from Band of Brothers

The London Metropolitan Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen

15:52

Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Marche Triomphale, Nun danket alle Gott, Op. 65

Simon Preston (organ)

3:35

Albert Ketèlbey

In a Persian Market

The London Promenade Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris

6:53

Aram Khachaturian

Suite from Gayaneh

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky

20:11

Suite from Maskarade

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

16:27

Suite from Spartacus

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov

24:44

Uuno Klami

Overture, Suomenlinna

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä

12:46

Zoltán Kodály

Dances of Galanta

The Philharmonia Hungarica conducted by Antal Dorati

15:15

Dances of Marosszek

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

13:26

Suite from Háry János

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

23:18

Graeme Koehne

Forty Reasons to be Cheerful

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Mills

6:39

Erich Korngold

Marietta’s Lied (from Die Tote Stadt)

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

6:05

Suite from King's Row

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt

7:19

Suite from The Sea Hawk

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

17:25

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Anne Sophie Mutter (violin); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

23:43

Joseph Martin Kraus

Overture to Olympie

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

5:53

Fritz Kreisler

Gypsy Caprice

Shlomo Mintz (violin), Clifford Benson (piano)

4:33

Liebesfreud

Arthur Grumiaux (violin), István Hajdu (piano)

3:25

Liebeslied

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Lambert Orkis (piano)

4:25

Friedrich Kuhlau

Overture to Lulu

The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Schønwandt

6:44

Overture to The Elf's Hill

The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Frandsen

11:16

Edouard Lalo

Cello Concerto in D minor

Leonard Rose (cello); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

25:13

Rhapsodie

The Orchestra of the Monte Carlo Opera conducted by Antonio de Almeida

11:35

Suite from Namouna

The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Robertson

29:48

Symphonie espagnole

Joshua Bell (violin); The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

33:21

Joseph Lanner

Tarantula Galop, Op. 125

The Orchestre Régional de Cannes conducted by Wolfgang Dörner

2:03

Marcel Lanquetuit

Toccata

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

5:44

Morten Lauridsen

Agnus Dei

The Los Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra conducted by Paul Salamunovich

9:59

O Magnum Mysterium

The Robert Shaw Chamber Singers conducted by Robert Shaw

6:24

Charles Lecocq

O Paris, gai séjour (from Les cent vierges)

Mady Mesplé (Gabrielle); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Pierre Dervaux

6:06

Un soir Perez le capitain (from La coeur et la main)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Micaëla); The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:41

Ernesto Lecuona

Malagueña (orchestrated by Morton Gould)

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

4:18

Franz Lehár

Ballsirenen

The Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna conducted by Willi Boskovsky

6:54

Hungarian Fantasy, Op. 45

Aaron Rosand (violin); The Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg conducted by Louis de Froment

8:07

I'm off to Chez Maxim (from The Merry Widow)

Werner Krenn (Danilo); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

2:35

Kiss my lips and your heart is aflame (from Giuditta)

Deborah Riedel (Giuditta); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

4:57

My heart belongs to you (from The Land of Smiles)

Jerry Hadley (Sou-Chong); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:35

Vilja Song (from The Merry Widow)

Sumi Jo (Hanna); The PKF - Prague Philharmonia conducted by Ondrej Lenard

6:12

Walter Leigh

Overture, Agincourt

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

11:37

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

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

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

4:08

Jules Levy

Grand Russian Fantasia

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); The Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Donald Hunsberger

6:22

György Ligeti

Atmosphères

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

9:11

Kyrie

The Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Gielen

6:35

Lux aeterna

The Stuttgart Schola Cantorum conducted by Clytus Gottwald

9:34

Franz Liszt

Après une lecture du Dante

Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

13:54

Fantasy on Hungarian Folk Themes

Philippe Entremont (piano); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

16:40

Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

10:02

Funérailles

Misha Dichter (piano)

11:05

Grand Galop Chromatique in E flat major

György Cziffra (piano)

3:23

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:50

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4 in C sharp minor

Roberto Szidon (piano)

9:16

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat major

Martha Argerich (piano)

6:23

Les Préludes

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

14:44

Liebesträume No. 3 in A flat major

Jorge Bolet (piano)

4:53

Mazeppa

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

15:24

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur

11:01

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major

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

18:42

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major

Sviatoslav Richter (piano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

20:46

Polonaise in E major

Tamás Vásáry (piano)

9:00

Rhapsodie espagnole

Nina Lelchuk (piano)

12:44

Six Grand Études after Paganini

André Watts (piano)

25:55

St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots

Leslie Howard (piano)

7:41

Tarantella di Bravura after Auber's La Muette di Portici

György Cziffra (piano)

7:57

The Battle of the Huns

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

14:21

The Fountains of the Ville d'Este

Louis Lortie (piano)

7:28

Totentanz

Byron Janis (piano); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

15:32

Venezia e Napoli

Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

17:22

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

Alexandre Luigini

Ballet égyptien

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

21:42

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Te Deum Laudamus

Jennifer Smith and Francine Bessac (sopranos), Zeger Vanderstten (countertenor), Louis Devos (tenor), Phillippe Huttenlocher (bass); The Vocal Ensemble “A Coeur Jolie” of Valence and the Jean François Paillard Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jean François Paillard

10:42

Hamish MacCunn

Overture, The Land of the Mountain and the Flood

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

9:15

Edward MacDowell

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23

Earl Wild (piano); The RCA Orchestra conducted by Massimo Freccia

26:32

To a Wild Rose

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

2:02

Alberic Magnard

Hymne à la Justice, Op. 14

The Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson

14:54

Hymne à Venus, Op. 17

The Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marc Stringer

13:54

Gustav Mahler

Adagietto (from the Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor)

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:09

Adagio (from the Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

21:40

Auferstehn (from the Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Resurrection)

Edith Mathis (soprano); Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano); The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

15:42

Chorus Mysticus (from the Symphony No. 8 in E flat major, Symphony of a Thousand)

The Berlin Radio Chorus, the Prague Philharmonic Chorus and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

5:41

Luigi Mancinelli

Overture to Cleopatra

The Orchestre Sinfonia di Roma conducted by Francesco La Vecchia

9:22

Arturo Márquez

Danzón No. 2

Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson

10:00

Pietro Mascagni

Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

3:43

Intermezzo from L’amico Fritz

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5:01

Mamma, quel vino è generoso (from Cavalleria rusticana)

Jonas Kauffman (Turiddu); The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano

3:46

Jules Massenet

Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon)

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

2:30

Ah! tout est bien fini... Ô Souverain, ô juge, ô père (from Le Cid)

Ben Heppner (Rodrigue); The Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Roberto Abbado

5:19

Ballet Music from Le Cid

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

19:34

Esprits de l'air!.. Roland! (from Esclarmonde)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parséїs); The John Alldis Choir and the National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

6:39

March of the Princesses from Cendrillon

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

4:01

Meditation from Thaïs

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

6:10

Pourquoi me réveiller (from Werther)

Juan Diego Flórez (Werther); The Orchestra del Teatro Communale di Bologna conducted by Roberto Abbado

3:09

Scènes dramatiques

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

19:48

Scènes napolitaines

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce

11:50

Scènes pittoresques

The Orchestra of the Monte Carlo Opera conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

16:46

The Last Sleep of the Virgin (from La Vierge)

Hilary Robinson (cello); The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

4:41

Vision fugative (from Hérodiade)

Thomas Hampson (Hérode); The Orchestre de Capitole du Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson

2:57

F. W. Meacham

American Patrol

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

2:48

Étienne Méhul

Overture to La chasse du jeune Henri

The Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation conducted by Michel Swierczewski

10:40

Felix Mendelssohn

And then shall your light break forth (from Elijah)

The New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

3:18

Hear My Prayer

Cheryl Studer (soprano); The Ambrosian Singers and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ion Marin

9:00

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

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

3:00

Overture in C major, Op. 101, Trumpet

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

9:25

Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

12:29

Overture, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

12:30

Overture, Ruy Blas, Op. 95

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

7:26

Overture, The Fair Melusine, Op. 32

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

10:56

Overture, The Hebrides, Op. 26

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

9:39

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

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

19:20

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Sir Stephen Hough (piano); The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster

21:03

Rondo brillant in E flat major, Op. 29

Benjamin Frith (piano); The Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robert Stankovsky

11:47

Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:37

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. 19b, No. 3, Hunting Song

Jorge Bolet (piano)

2:41

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

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

2:15

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, Scottish

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

38:29

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

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi

25:38

Thanks be to God! (from Elijah)

The Edinburgh Festival Chorus and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Paul Daniel

3:38

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

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

27:24

War March of the Priests from Athalie

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:54

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

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

5:13

Gian Carlo Menotti

Overture to Amelia al ballo

The Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Schippers

4:25

André Messager

Suite from Les deux pigeons

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

22:58

Giacomo Meyerbeer

Blessing of the Daggers (from Les Huguenots)

Gabriel Bacquier (Saint-Bris), Alan Opie, Clifford Grant, John Wakefield (Monks); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

7:01

Coronation March from Le prophète

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3:38

D'una madre disperata (from Il crociato in Egitto)

Diana Damrau (Palmide); The Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

2:31

Ô beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots)

Montserrat Caballé (Marguerite); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Reynald Giovaninetti

7:10

Ombre légère (from Dinorah)

Natalie Dessay (Dinorah); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Patrick Fournillier

7:54

Pays merveilleux… O Paradis (from L'Africaine)

Plácido Domingo (Vasco da Gama); The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

3:40

Robert, toi que j'aime (from Robert le diable)

Patrizia Ciofi (Isabelle), Warren Mok (Robert); The Italian International Orchestra conducted by Renato Palumbo

7:21

Suite from The Skaters

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

12:54

Darius Milhaud

Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58

The Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg conducted by Louis de Froment

15:33

Léon Minkus

Music from Act II of La Bayadère

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

12:03

José Pablo Moncayo

Huapango

The Festival Orchestra of Mexico conducted by Enrique Batiz

8:37

Lionel Monckton

Soldiers in the Park

The New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp

3:55

Vittorio Monti

Csárdás

Joseph Sakonov (violin); The London Festival Orchestra

4:39

Ennio Morricone

Suite from Once Upon a Time in America

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sarah Hicks

7:50

Alexander Mosolov

Iron Foundry, Op. 19

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Riccardo Chailly

3:35

Moritz Moszkowski

Étincelles, Op. 36, No. 6

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

2:11

La jongleuse, Op. 52, No. 4

Jorge Bolet (piano)

2:03

Jean-Joseph Mouret

Suite de Symphonies

The Pfeiffer Trumpet Consort

5:06

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Alleluia (from Exsultate, Jubilate, K. 165)

Dame Emma Kirkby (soprano); The Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood

2:37

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Colin Davis

3:56

Catalogue Aria (from Don Giovanni)

Gabriel Bacquier (Leporello); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

5:35

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622

Jack Brymer (clarinet); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

27:26

Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni)

Gösta Winbergh (Don Ottavio); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:28

Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from The Magic Flute)

Roberta Peters (Queen of the Night); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm

2:58

Dove sono i bei momenti (from The Marriage of Figaro)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess Almaviva); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:55

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

Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni)

Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

4:43

Là ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

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

3:23

Lacrymosa from the Requiem in D minor, K. 626

The Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm

4:14

Martern aller Arten (from The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Annaliese Rothenberger (Konstanze); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips

8:53

My lord, we come for justice (from The Marriage of Figaro)

William Dazeley (Count), Yvonne Kenny (Countess), Rebecca Evans (Susanna), Christopher Purves (Figaro), Jonathan Veira (Bartolo), John Graham Hall (Basilio), Frances McCafferty (Marcellina); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

3:39

Non più andrai (from The Marriage of Figaro)

Samuel Ramey (Figaro); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

3:37

O zittre nicht, mein liebes Sohn! (from The Magic Flute)

Sumi Jo (Queen of the Night); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:43

Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314

Heinz Holliger (oboe); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

19:57

Overture to Cosi fan tutte

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm

4:47

Overture to Don Giovanni

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

6:30

Overture to The Magic Flute

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

6:56

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

3:56

Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K. 450

Dame Mitsuko Uchida (piano); The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Jeffrey Tate

23:46

Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451

Murray Perahia (piano); The English Chamber Orchestra

24:52

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

Porgi amor (from The Marriage of Figaro)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess Almaviva); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

4:34

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

Se vuol ballare (from The Marriage of Figaro)

Samuel Ramey (Figaro); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

2:31

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

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

17:24

Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183

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

20:10

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, Haffner

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

16:48

Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, Linz

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Eugen Jochum

26:28

Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, Prague

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm

25:25

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K. 543

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

22:54

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

24:31

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

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

26:39

Variations on Ah! vous dirai-je Maman, K. 265

Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)

12:09

Voi che sapete che cosa è amor (from The Marriage of Figaro)

Frederica von Stade (Cherubino); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

2:54

Modest Mussorgsky

Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov

Sir John Tomlinson (Boris); The Opera North Chorus, the Choristers of Leeds Parish Church and the English Northern Philharmonia conducted by Paul Daniel

8:08

Dawn on the Moscow River (from Khovanshchina)

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

5:41

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

Eduard Nápravník

Fantasie Russe in B minor

Evgeny Soifertis (piano); The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Titov

12:19

Otto Nicolai

Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

7:48

Carl Nielsen

Andante lamentoso, At the Bier of a Young Artist

The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt

4:49

Bohemian-Danish Folk Melody

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky

8:29

Overture to Maskarade

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Myung Wha Chung

4:41

Symphonic Rhapsody

The Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt

8:40

Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, Inextinguishable

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

33:20

Ottokar Nováček

Perpetuum Mobile (orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski)

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

3:37

Padraig O'Connor

Introspect

The RTÉ Sinfonietta conducted by Proinnsias Ó Duinn

7:09

Jacques Offenbach

Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)

Anna Netrebko (Giulietta), Elīna Garanča (Niklausse); The PKF - Prague Philharmonia conducted by Emmanuel Villaume

3:48

Gendarmes Duet from Geneviève de Brabant

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

2:46

Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)

Natalie Dessay (Olympia); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Patrick Fournillier

5:27

Overture to La belle Hélène

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:30

Overture to La fille du tambour-major

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

6:39

Overture to La vie parisienne

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Weil

5:20

Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:43

Scintille, diamant (from Les contes d'Hoffmann)

Gabriel Bacquier (Dappertutto); The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Richard Bonynge

2:43

Suite from Gaîté Parisienne (arranged by Manuel Rosenthal)

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

19:21

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

Ignaz Paderewski

Minuet in G major

Sir Stephen Hough (piano)

4:34

Nicoló Paganini

Caprice No. 24 in A minor

Salvatore Accardo (violin)

4:22

Moto Perpetuo, Op. 11

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

3:52

Rondo of the Bells (from the Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7)

Shmuel Ashkenasi (violin); The Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Heribert Esser

8:30

Giovanni Palestrina

Alma Redemptoris Mater

The Monteverdi Choir conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

4:02

Salve Regina

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

6:22

Hubert Parry

Blest Pair of Sirens

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

11:14

I was glad

The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox

7:08

Jerusalem

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

2:42

Lady Radnor's Suite

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

13:17

March from Hypatia

The BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by John Wilson

4:10

Symphonic Variations in E minor

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

13:31

Arvo Pärt

Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:00

Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano)

8:16

Hans Pfitzner

Prelude to Act I of Palestrina

The Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Christian Theielemann

7:31

Astor Piazzolla

Le Grand Tango

Salvatore Accardo (violin); The Orchestra da Camera Italiana

12:15

Tobias Picker

Old and Lost Rivers

The Houston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach

6:47

Gabriel Pierné

March of the Little Lead Soldiers

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

3:10

Overture to Ramuntcho

The Philharmonie de Lorraine conducted by Jacques Houtmann

9:08

Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 12

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Juanjo Mena

18:44

Walter Piston

Suite from The Incredible Flutist

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

15:58

Robert Planquette

Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:59

Amilcare Ponchielli

Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda)

Luciano Pavarotti (Enzo); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Bruno Bartoletti

4:48

Dance of the Hours

The Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:43

Suicidio! (from La Gioconda)

Renata Tebaldi (Gioconda); The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Lamberto Gardelli

4:26

David Popper

Dance of the Elves, Op. 39

Antônio Meneses (cello); The Basle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ronald Zollman

2:44

Francis Poulenc

Ave verum corpus

The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers

2:19

Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani

Maurice Duruflé (organ); The Orchestre National de la RTF conducted by Georges Prêtre

22:58

Suite from Les biches

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

19:01

Sergei Prokofiev

Alexander's Entry into Pskov (from Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78)

The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by André Previn

4:29

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10

Kun Woo Paik (piano); The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit

15:58

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Martha Argerich (piano); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

27:13

Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

20:28

Suite from The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33b

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

16:18

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

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

31:37

Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 23, Classical

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

13:12

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

38:55

The Battle on the Ice (from Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78)

The Westminster Chorus and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Schippers

13:09

Giacomo Puccini

Che gelida manina (from La bohème)

Alfredo Kraus (Rodolfo); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by James Levine

5:03

Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore! (from Turandot)

Katia Ricciarelli (Turandot); The Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

2:48

Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut)

Jussi Björling (Des Grieux); The Orchestra of the Rome Opera House conducted by Jonel Perlea

2:31

E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)

Luciano Pavarotti (Cavaradossi); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Nicola Rescigno

3:15

Fair Doretta (from La rondine)

Susan Patterson (Magda); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

3:14

In questa reggia (from Turandot)

Birgit Nilsson (Turandot), Franco Corelli (Calaf); The Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera House conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

6:05

Love Duet from Madama Butterfly

Renata Scotto (Cio-Cio-San), Carlo Bergonzi (Pinkerton); The Orchestra of the Rome Opera House conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

11:33

Musetta's Waltz (from La bohème)

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

2:38

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

3:25

Non piangere Liu (from Turandot)

Jonas Kaufmann (Calaf), Ermonela Jaho (Liù), Michele Pertusi (Timur), Mattia Olivieri (Ping), Gregory Bonfati (Pang), Siyabonga Maqungo (Pong); The Orchestra and Chorus dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Celilia conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano

5:09

O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

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

2:53

O soave fanciulla (from La bohème)

Mirella Freni (Mimi), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:16

Preludio Sinfonico for Orchestra

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly

9:09

Presto! In fila!... Guardate, pazzo son (from Manon Lescaut)

Plácido Domingo (Des Grieux), Handel Thomas (Sergeant), Sir John Tomlinson (Commandante); The Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

4:04

Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica)

Renée Fleming (Angelica); The Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan conducted by Marco Armiliato

4:33

Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (from La bohème)

Anna Moffo (Mimi); The Rome Opera Orchestra conducted by Tullio Serafin

5:05

Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut)

Maria Guleghina (Manon); The Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Riccardo Muti

5:34

Tre sbirri… Va, Tosca (from Tosca)

Ruggiero Raimondi (Scarpia), Heinz Zednik (Spoletta); The Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:40

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

Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

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

3:21

Henry Purcell

Suite from Abdelazar

The Parlay of Instruments conducted by Roy Goodman

12:28

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Dances from Aleko

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi

9:09

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

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

30:28

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Arcadi Volodos (piano); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine

41:12

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2

Jorge Bolet (piano)

4:00

Rhaposdy on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

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

20:32

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

33:36

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

47:53

The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

19:51

Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn

6:37

Joachim Raff

March from Act III of Bernhard von Weimar

The Gothenburg Opera Orchestra conducted by Henrik Schaefer

8:46

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Overture to Pygmalion

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

6:08

Suite from Le temple du gloire

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

25:40

Maurice Ravel

Alborada del gracioso

The French National Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

7:36

Bolero

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

15:07

La valse

The Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Stanlislaw Skrowaczewski

12:30

Le tombeau de Couperin

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

16:20

Menuet antique

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Jean Martinon

6:25

Mother Goose Suite

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

18:17

Pavane pour une infante défunte

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

6:49

Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand

Robert Casadesus (piano); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:35

Rapsodie espagnole

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Bernard Haitink

15:47

Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn

17:24

Tzigane

Lelia Josefowicz (violin); The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

9:25

Une barque sur l’océan

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

7:53

Valses nobles et sentimentales

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

13:52

Alfred Reed

El Camino Real

The Senzoku Gakuen Symphonic Wind Orchestra conducted by Alfred Reed

11:22

Max Reger

A Comedy Overture, Op. 120

The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Horst Stein

8:18

An die Hoffnung, Op. 124

Annaliese Burmeister (alto); The Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Heinz Bongartz

11:56

Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor

Martin Welzel (organ)

7:55

Siegesfeier, Op. 145, No. 7

Edgar Krapp (organ)

6:45

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Op. 129, No. 1

Ludger Lohmann (organ)

8:16

Variations and Fugue on Heil, unserm König Heil, WoO 4, No. 7

Josef Still (organ)

7:56

Ottorino Respighi

Adagio and Variations for Cello and Orchestra

André Navarra (cello); The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ančerl

10:18

Feste romane

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

23:21

Suite from Belkis, Queen of Sheba

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Simon

22:36

Suite from La Boutique Fantasque (after Gioacchino Rossini)

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

21:49

Suite No. 1 of Ancient Airs and Dances

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

15:19

Suite No. 2 of Ancient Airs and Dances

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

19:39

Suite No. 3 of Ancient Airs and Dances

Sinfonia 21 conducted by Richard Hickox

16:22

Symphonic Impressions, Church Windows

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jesús López Cobos

27:52

The Birds

The Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Tamas Vasary

19:49

The Fountains of Rome

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

16:52

The Pines of Rome

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

22:10

Silvestre Revueltas

Sensemayá

The Festival Orchestra of Mexico conducted by Enrique Bátiz

5:48

Emil von Reznicek

Overture to Donna Diana

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

5:41

Max Richter

On the Nature of Daylight

The Baltic Sea Philharmonic conducted by Kristjan Järvi

7:15

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

Dance of the Tumblers from The Snow Maiden

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3:16

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

Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

15:05

Scheherezade, Op. 35

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

44:32

Song of the Hindu Merchant (from Sadko)

Barry Banks (The Indian); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

3:45

The Flight of the Bumblebee

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Leopold Stokowski

1:25

Richard Rodgers

Carousel Waltz

The New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp

7:38

Guadalcanal March

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

2:11

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

8:50

Joaquín Rodrigo

Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra

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

21:04

Aldemaro Romero

Tocatta Bachiana y Pajarillo Aldemaroso

The Orquestra Sinfónica di Venezuela conducted by Theodore Kuchar

9:21

Juventino Rosas

Over the Waves

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

6:33

Gioacchino Rossini

Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide)

Frederica von Stade (Semiramide); The National Arts Center Orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi

7:04

Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'italiana in Algeri)

Cecilia Bartoli (Isabella); The Vienna Volksoper Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Patanè

5:00

Da vaggi raggi adorno (from Il viaggio a Rheims)

Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese); The Prague Philharmonic Chorus and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado

7:24

La Danza

Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); The Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:09

La flamme rapide... La gloire et la fortune (from Le siège de Corinthe)

Samuel Ramey (Mahomet II); The Concert Chorale of New York and the Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by Sir Roger Norrington

10:07

Largo al factotum (from The Barber of Seville)

Tito Gobbi (Figaro); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera

4:45

Ma signor!.. Zitto tu! (from The Barber of Seville)

Sir Thomas Allen (Figaro), Agnes Baltsa (Rosina), Francesco Ariaza (Don Almaviva), Domenico Trimarchi (Don Basilio), Robert Lloyd (Don Bartolo), Sally Burgess (Berta); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner

5:00

Nacqui all'affanno - Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola)

Theresa Berganza (Angelina); The Scottish Opera Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

7:11

O patria… Di tanti palpiti (from Tancredi)

Vesselina Kasarova (Tancredi); The Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Roberto Abbado

6:33

Overture to Il signor Bruschino

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

4:58

Overture to Il viaggio a Reims

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

7:44

Overture to La Cenerentola

The Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Riccardo Chailly

7:40

Overture to La gazza ladra

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

9:21

Overture to La scala di seta

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado

5:55

Overture to L'italiana in Algieri

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

8:31

Overture to Semiramide

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

12:49

Overture to Tancredi

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

6:06

Overture to The Barber of Seville

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

7:07

Overture to William Tell

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

11:33

Tanti affetti in tal momento (from La donna del lago)

Marilyn Horne (Elena); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Henry Lewis

9:12

Una voce poco fà (from The Barber of Seville)

Roberta Peters (Rosina); The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

6:26

Albert Roussel

Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

15:58

Miklós Rózsa

Spellbound Concerto

Phillip Fowke (piano); The RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by Proinnsias Ó Duinn

11:56

Suite from Ben Hur

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba

16:04

Violin Concerto, Op. 24

Jascha Heifetz (violin); The Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Hendl

26:49

Anton Rubinstein

Two Melodies, Op. 3

Joseph Banowetz (piano)

6:58

John Rutter

Te Deum

The Choirs of St. Alban's Cathedral and the Ensemble DeChorum conducted by Andrew Lucas

7:44

Camille Saint-Saëns

Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:48

Danse macabre, Op. 40

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Barenboim

6:54

Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Africa, Op. 89

Jean-Phillipe Collard (piano); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn

10:54

Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 83

Itzhak Perlman (violin); The New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta

8:07

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

Erick Friedman (violin); The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Hendl

8:52

Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Pierre Dervaux

9:16

Marche militaire française

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

4:52

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

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

6:29

Phaëton, Op. 39

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

9:04

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 22

Sir Stephen Hough (piano); The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo

21:40

Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

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

24:49

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, Organ

Berj Zamkochian (organ); The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

34:25

The Carnival of the Animals

Aldo Ciccolini and Alexis Weissenberg (pianos); The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra conducted by Georges Prêtre

20:46

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

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

24:45

Albert Sammons

Romanian Air and Gypsy Dance

Paul Barritt (violin), Catherine Edwards (piano)

5:48

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

Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 6

Sarah Chang (violin), Charles Abramovic (piano)

3:17

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

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

9:07

Erik Satie

Three Gnossiennes

William Masselos (piano)

7:29

Three Gymnopédies

Pascal Rogé (piano)

8:27

Paul de Schlözer

Etude in A flat major, Op. 1, No. 2

Stephen Hough (piano)

3:09

Franz Schmidt

Intermezzo from Notre Dame

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:43

Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski

Sternennacht, Op. 34, No. 2

The Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski

6:09

Florent Schmitt

Dieu est monté (from the Psalm 47)

The Orchestra and Chorus of the French National Radio and Television conducted by Jean Martinon

7:38

Franz Schreker

Nachtstück from Der ferne Klang

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vassily Siniasky

16:18

Franz Schubert

Ave Maria, D. 839

Leontyne Price (soprano); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5:28

Death and the Maiden, D. 531

Renée Fleming (soprano), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

3:05

Erlkönig, D. 328

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

4:20

Gretchen am Spinnrad, D. 118

Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano)

3:44

Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 90, No. 4

Alfred Brendel (piano)

7:21

Marche militaire, Op. 51, No. 1

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra conducted by Louis Lane

4:09

Overture to Rosamunde, D. 797

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur

10:14

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D. 485

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

24:59

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

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

22:30

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944, Great

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

46:58

The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, D. 911, No. 24

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

3:36

The Trout, D. 550

Gundula Janowitz (soprano); Irwin Gage (piano)

1:58

The Youth at the Well, D. 300

Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano)

1:41

To Music, D. 547 (orchestrated by Max Reger)

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone); The Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Claudio Abbado

2:25

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

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

21:15

Who is Sylvia?, D. 891

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

2:56

Adolf Schulz-Evler

Concert Arabesques on The Beautiful Blue Danube

Piers Lane (piano)

10:59

William Schuman

American Festival Overture

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:29

New England Triptych

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

15:33

Orchestra Song

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz

3:01

Robert Schumann

Arabeske, Op. 18

Maurizio Pollini (piano)

6:25

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

Leonard Rose (cello); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

24:01

Introduction and Allegro Appassionato for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 92

Murray Perahia (piano); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

14:10

Konzertstück in F major for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86

Francis Orval, Robert Janssens, Robert Desprez and François Tommasini (horns); The Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg conducted by Pierre Cao

18:02

Overture to The Bride of Messina

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

7:48

Overture, Julius Caesar, Op. 128

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

8:40

Overture, Manfred, Op. 115

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

11:12

Overture, Scherzo and Finale in E flat major, Op. 52

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

16:58

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

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

30:48

Suleika's Song, Op. 25, No. 9

Edith Mathis (soprano), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

2:34

Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, Spring

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

30:34

Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 61

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

36:40

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97, Rhenish

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

34:49

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

25:25

Toccata in C major, Op. 7

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

6:29

Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7

Martha Argerich (piano)

2:59

Violin Concerto in D minor

Joshua Bell (violin); The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi

27:39

Alexander Scriabin

Le poème de l'extase, Op. 54

The Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev

19:30

O wonderful image of the Divine… Glory to Art! (from the Symphony No. 1 in E major, Op. 26)

Stefania Toczyska (soprano), Michael Myers (tenor); The Westminster Choir and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

13:08

Prometheus, Op. 60

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano); The Ambrosian Singers and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

20:25

Dmitri Shostakovich

Festive Overture, Op. 96

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

5:56

Prelude and Fugue in A major, Op. 87, No. 7

Roger Woodward (piano)

3:12

Suite for Variety Orchestra

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Riccardo Chailly

24:11

Suite from The Age of Gold, Op. 22a

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

15:52

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

44:46

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

25:18

Jean Sibelius

Andante Festivo for String Orchestra

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

5:15

En Saga, Op. 9

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

17:00

Finlandia, Op. 26

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

8:04

Karelia Suite, Op. 11

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

15:25

Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari, Op. 22, No. 1

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

18:07

Lemminkäinen's Return, Op. 22, No. 4

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Horst Stein

6:04

Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle

14:39

Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

12:41

Spring Song, Op. 16

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

7:06

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by George Szell

41:39

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

32:33

Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

21:20

The Oceanides, Op. 73

The Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä

10:12

The Swan of Tuonela, Op. 22, No. 2

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Berglund

8:49

Valse Triste, Op. 44, No. 1

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

5:08

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

David Oistrakh (violin); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

30:52

Christian Sinding

Rustles of Spring, Op. 32, No. 3

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted Bjarte Engeset

2:39

Bedřich Smetana

From Bohemia's Woods and Fields

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik

12:45

Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Simon

23:53

The Moldau

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

12:34

Vyšehrad

The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ančerl

14:18

Wallenstein's Camp

The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik

15:14

John Philip Sousa

El Capitan

The Incredible Columbia All-Star Band conducted by Gunther Schuller

2:09

Semper Fidelis

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2:30

The Liberty Bell

The Band of H.M. Royal Marines conducted by Lt. Col. G. A. C. Hoskins

3:25

The Power and the Glory

The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keith Brion

2:58

The Stars and Stripes Forever

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:28

The Thunderer

The Band of the Grenadier Guards conducted by Lt. Col. Rodney Bashford

2:54

The U.S. Field Artillery March

The U.S. Marine Band conducted by Lt. Col. Jack T. Kline

2:37

Washington Post

The Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell

2:29

Gasparo Spontini

March from Fernando Cortez

The Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Caspar Richter

3:21

Overture to La Vestale

The Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Riccardo Muti

7:05

John Stainer

God so loved the world (from The Crucifixion)

The BBC Singers and the Leith Hill Festival Singers conducted by Brian Kay

3:46

Charles Villiers Stanford

At the Abbey Gate, Op. 177

Gareth Brynmore-John (baritone); The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Adrian Partington

12:09

Irish Rhapsody No. 1 in D minor, Op. 78

The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley

13:49

Irish Rhapsody No. 4 in A minor, Op. 141, The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and What He Saw

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

18:57

The Resurrection, Op. 5

Robert Murray (tenor); The Bach Choir and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Hill

12:21

Max Steiner

Suite from Gone With the Wind

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Charles Gerhardt

14:48

Robert Stolz

Mein Liebeslied muss ein Walzer sein (from White Horse Inn)

Yvonne Kenny (Josepha); The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:27

Oscar Straus

Leise, ganz leise (from Ein Walzertraum)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Franzi); The Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:39

My Hero (from The Chocolate Soldier)

Marilyn Hill Smith (Nadina); The Chandos Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Knight

4:47

Eduard Strauss

Bahn Frei Polka, Op. 45

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:14

Josef Strauss

Austrian Village Swallows, Op. 164

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

7:38

Delirien Waltz, Op. 212

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:43

Music of the Spheres, Op. 235

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Kempe

8:34

My Life is Love and Laughter, Op. 263

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

6:42

Johann Strauss I

Radetzky March

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

3:16

Johann Strauss II

Accelerations, Op. 234

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel

8:54

Artist's Life, Op. 316

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

6:50

Du und Du, Op. 367

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

7:29

Emperor Waltz, Op. 437

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

7:35

Kriegsabenteur, Op. 419

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:28

On the Beautiful, Blue Danube, Op. 314

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

11:55

Overture to Die Fledermaus

The Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

7:46

Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

5:30

Pizzicato Polka

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

2:47

Roses from the South, Op. 388

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

8:41

Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

11:16

Thousand and One Nights, Op. 346

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

9:12

Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

2:49

Treasure Waltz, Op. 418

The Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna conducted by Willi Boskovsky

7:12

Voices of Spring, Op. 410

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

5:32

Richard Strauss

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

35:10

Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

5:08

Beim Schlafengehen

Jessye Norman (soprano); The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur

6:16

Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

9:10

Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

26:19

Don Juan, Op. 20

The Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Rudolf Kempe

16:15

Im Abendrot

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

7:56

Solemn Entry of the Knights of the Order of St. John

Michael Murray (organ); The Empire Brass

5:54

Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

22:54

Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

14:25

Igor Stravinsky

Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

24:17

Fireworks, Op. 4

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

3:41

Gently, little boat (from The Rake's Progress)

Dawn Upshaw (Anne Trulove); The Chorus and Orchestra of the Lyon Opera conducted by Kent Nagano

3:02

Jeu de cartes

The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

22:12

Le Chant du Rossignol

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

25:33

Petrushka

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

33:30

Pulcinella Suite

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

22:24

Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 3

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Pierre Boulez

12:04

Suite from The Firebird

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Riccardo Chailly

21:05

The Rite of Spring

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

32:59

Josef Suk

Towards a New Life, Op. 35c

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

5:52

Arthur Sullivan

Am I alone and unobserved? (from Patience)

John Reed (Bunthorne); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

4:14

As some day it may happen (from The Mikado)

John Reed (Ko-Ko); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash

2:25

Behold the Lord High Executioner (from The Mikado)

John Reed (Ko-Ko); The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash

2:39

Dance a cachucha (from The Gondoliers)

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:00

I am the very model of a modern Major General (from The Pirates of Penzance)

John Reed (General); The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:59

If you go in you're sure to win (from Iolanthe)

John Reed (The Lord Chancellor), Donald Adams (Lord Mountararat), Thomas Round (Lord Tolloller); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:21

In enterprise of martial kind (from The Gondoliers)

John Reed (Duke of Plaza Toro); The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

1:37

Loudly let the trumpet bray (from Iolanthe)

The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus, the Band of the Grenadier Guards and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

5:52

Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest (from Iolanthe)

John Reed (The Lord Chancellor); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

3:35

My name is John Wellington Wells (from The Sorcerer)

John Reed (Wells); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:17

Onward, Christian Soldiers

The Eric Rogers Orchestra and Chorale conducted by Eric Rogers

4:38

The Lost Chord

Stuart Burrows (tenor); The Ambrosian Chorus conducted by Wyn Morris

3:51

Three little maids from school are we (from The Mikado)

Valerie Masterson (Yum-Yum), Peggy Ann Jones (Pitti-Sing), Pauline Wales (Peep-Bo); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash

1:29

To help unhappy commoners (from The Gondoliers)

John Reed (Duke of Plaza Toro), Gillian Knight (Dutchess); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

3:15

We're called gondoliere (from The Gondoliers)

Thomas Round (Marco), Alan Styler (Giuseppe); The New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:11

When a felon's not engaged in his employment (from The Pirates of Penzance)

Owen Brannigan (Sergeant)); The D’Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:36

When I was a lad (from HMS Pinafore)

John Reed (Sir Joseph Porter); The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by Isidore Godfrey

2:58

When I, good friends, was called to the Bar (from Trial by Jury)

John Reed (Judge); The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Royston Nash

3:04

Franz von Suppé

Overture to Boccaccio

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Paray

6:54

Overture to Fatinitza

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit

7:45

Overture to Jolly Robbers

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

6:28

Overture to Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:01

Overture to Pique Dame

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

7:10

Overture to Poet and Peasant

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:59

Overture to The Beautiful Galatea

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

6:54

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

Sergei Taneyev

Oresteia, Op. 6

The Novosibirsk Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Sanderling

20:47

Giuseppe Tartini

Sonata in G minor, The Devil's Trill

Gil Shaham (violin), Jonathan Feldman (piano)

14:17

Richard Tauber

My heart and I (from Old Chelsea)

Stuart Burrows (Jacob); The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Robin Stapleton

3:29

You are the world to me (from Der singende Traum)

Peter Morrison (Uta); The Chandos Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Knight

4:28

Peter Tchaikovsky

1812 Overture, Op. 49

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

16:50

Andante Cantabile

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:30

Capriccio Italien, Op. 45

The RCA Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin

15:59

Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Simon

13:14

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch

23:36

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

Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

11:35

Romeo and Juliet

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

20:28

Serenade in C major for String Orchestra, Op. 48

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

29:45

Suite from Swan Lake

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Richard Bonynge

45:01

Suite from The Nutcracker

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by John Lanchbery

42:35

Suite from The Sleeping Beauty

The Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev

36:39

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

39:50

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

43:06

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

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky

44:02

The Tempest, Op. 18

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Elihu Inbal

22:38

The Voyevode, Op. 78

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

11:31

Variations in A major on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

János Starker (cello); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti

15:57

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

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

33:00

Carl Teike

Old Comrades

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

3:47

Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto in B flat major for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins and Continuo

John de Lancie, Charles Morris, Stevens Hewitt (oboes), Norman Carol, David Madison, William de Pasquale (violins); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

10:28

Concerto in G major for Four Violins and Orchestra

Alice Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Schoberwalter and Kurt Theiner (violins); The Concentus Musicus of Vienna conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

7:26

Ambroise Thomas

A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi (from Hamlet)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Ophélie); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

8:50

Have you heard of the land? (from Mignon)

Diana Montague (Mignon); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

6:19

Overture to Mignon

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

8:45

Virgil Thomson

Suite from The Plow that Broke the Plains

The Symphony of the Air conducted by Leopold Stokowski

13:47

Vincenzo Tommasini

The Good-Humoured Ladies (after Domenico Scarlatti)

The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

11:44

Michael Torke

Bright Blue Music

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Zinman

9:15

Paolo Tosti

Goodbye

Ben Heppner (tenor); Members of the London Symphony Orchestra

4:20

Joan Tower

Made in America

The Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

13:16

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Benedicte

Heather Harper (soprano); The Bach Choir and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks

14:20

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

14:36

Fantasia on Greensleeves

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

4:39

Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox

10:36

Prelude to 49th Parallel

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rumon Gamba

2:14

Symphony No. 4 in F minor

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

33:51

The Lark Ascending

Hugh Bean (violin); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

14:50

Two Hymn-Tune Preludes

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

8:16

Giuseppe Verdi

Ah! fors è lui… Sempre libera (from La Traviata)

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

9:52

Anvil Chorus (from Il trovatore)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by James Levine

2:44

Bella figlia del amore (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

4:02

Caro nome (from Rigoletto)

Christine Schäfer (Gilda); The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

4:41

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco

The Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Lamberto Gardelli

4:56

Chorus of the Scottish Refugees from Macbeth

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

6:37

Desdemona's Prayer from Otello

Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

5:04

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

Leontyne Price (Leonore), Plácido Domingo (Enrico); The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

3:21

Dies Irae from the Manzoni Requiem

The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:00

Ernani! Ernani involami (from Ernani)

Susan Dunn (Elvira); The Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducted by Riccardo Chailly

3:58

Gloria all'Egitto (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

La donne è mobile (from Rigoletto)

Luciano Pavarotti (Duke of Mantua); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

3:03

Libiamo ne'lieti calici (from La traviata)

Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo); The Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Carlos Kleiber

3:00

L'onore! (from Falstaff)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Falstaff); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

4:12

Mercè, dilette amiche (from I vespri siciliani)

Martina Arroyo (Elena); The John Alldis Choir and the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Levine

3:59

Morir! Tremenda cosa!.. Urna fatal del mio destino (from La forza del destino)

Sherrill Milnes (Don Carlo); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine

5:17

O don fatale (from Don Carlos)

Birgit Nilsson (Eboli); The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Argeo Quadri

4:34

Overture to I vespri siciliani

The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

8:21

Overture to La forza del destino

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

7:21

Overture to Nabucco

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London conducted by Riccardo Chailly

7:24

Pace, pace mio Dio (from La forza del destino)

Leontyne Price (Leonora); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine

5:32

People's Chorus from Don Carlo

The Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan conducted by Claudio Abbado

9:06

Prelude to La traviata

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

4:14

Questa o quella (from Rigoletto)

Luciano Pavarotti (Duke of Mantua); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge

1:50

Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida)

Montserrat Caballé (Aida); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti

7:02

Santo di patria… Allor che i forte corrono (from Attila)

Dame Joan Sutherland (Odabella); The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Richard Bonynge

5:52

Se quel guerrier io fossi!.. Celeste Aida (from Aida)

Luciano Pavarotti (Ramadès); The Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Lorin Maazel

4:08

Tu del mio Carlo (from I masnadieri)

Montserrat Caballé (Amalia); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lamberto Gardelli

4:10

Una vela! Una vela! (from Otello)

Mario Del Monaco (Othello), Aldo Protti (Iago); The Chorus of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

6:41

Louis Vierne

Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54, No. 6

Jane Parker-Smith (organ)

5:52

Henri Vieuxtemps

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 31

Alexander Markov (violin); The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Renes

27:21

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37

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

17:17

Antonio Vivaldi

Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, RV 580

The Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Christopher Hogwood

9:05

Concerto in C major for Diverse Instruments, RV 558

The English Concert conducted by Trevor Pinnock

10:16

Concerto in C major for Two Trumpets, RV 537

James Thompson and Robert Early (trumpets); I Musici de Montreal conducted by Yuli Turovsky

7:30

Gloria in excelsis (from the Gloria in D major, RV 589)

The Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

2:14

Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, Spring

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

9:42

Violin Concerto in F major, RV 293, Autumn

Gidon Kremer (violin); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado

11:04

Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, Winter

Anshel Brusilow (violin); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

8:26

Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, Summer

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin); The Orchestra of St. Luke's

11:16

Josef Franz Wagner

Under the Double Eagle

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

3:06

Richard Wagner

Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen! (from Tannhäuser)

Lise Davidsen (Elizabeth); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

7:33

Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab (from Rienzi)

René Kollo (Rienzi); The Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Othmar Suitner

9:01

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin

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

4:59

Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

13:21

Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhäuser)

Jessye Norman (Elizabeth); The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt

3:33

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (arranged by Lucien Calliet)

The Eastman Wind Ensemble conducted by Frederick Fennell

6:19

Entry of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

5:24

Festmarsch from Tannhäuser

The Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

6:52

Final Scene from Götterdämmerung

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Gottlob Frick (Hagen); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti

8:44

Forest Murmurs from Siegfried

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

7:03

Im fernem Land (from Lohengrin)

Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Downes

5:41

Magic Fire Music (from Die Walküre)

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski

4:33

Music from Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg
- Prelude
- Dance of the Apprentices
- Procession of the Mastersingers

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

13:36

Nur eine Waffe taugt… Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (from Parsifal)

Peter Hofmann (Parsifal); The Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:32

Overture to Rienzi

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch

12:12

Overture to Tannhäuser

The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Böhm

14:50

Overture to The Flying Dutchman

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by James Levine

11:03

Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhäuser

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

4:09

Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal

The Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter

22:47

Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

The Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam conducted by Bernard Haitink

16:46

Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner

9:53

Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin

The Philharmonia Orchstra conducted by Otto Klemperer

9:56

Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin

The Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler

2:54

Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre

The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

5:35

Senta's Ballad (from The Flying Dutchman)

Birgit Nilsson (Senta); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Ludwig

8:20

Siegfried Idyll

The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux

16:40

Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung

The Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Andris Nelsons

9:14

Song to the Evening Star (from Tannhäuser)

Sherill Milnes (Wolfram); The New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anton Guadagno

5:48

Transformation Music from Parsifal

The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

6:07

Emil Waldteufel

España, Op. 236

The Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alfred Walter

6:27

Estudiantina, Op. 191

The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Willy Boskovsky

6:59

The Skaters, Op. 183

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

8:37

William Walton

And in that same hour (from Belshazzar's Feast)

Benjamin Luxon (baritone); The Brighton Festival Chorus, the Collegeum Musicum of London and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by André Previn

11:40

Crown Imperial

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

9:05

Johannesburg Festival Overture

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Andre Kostelanetz

7:35

Music from The Battle of Britain

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carl Davis

12:33

Orb and Sceptre

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir David Willcocks

7:09

Overture, Scapino

The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson

8:54

Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Groves

7:24

Suite from Henry V

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir William Walton

15:15

Suite from The Wise Virgins (after Johann Sebastian Bach)

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux

19:23

Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor

The Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson

43:17

Franz Waxman

Fantasia on Tristan und Isolde

Chloë Hanslip (violin), Charles Owen (piano); The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin

11:08

Fantasy on Themes from Bizet's Carmen

Mayuko Kamio (violin); The St. Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum conducted by Saulius Sondetzkis

9:51

Carl Maria von Weber

Huntsmen's Chorus from Der Freischütz

The Leipzig Radio Chorus and the Dresden State Orchestra conducted by Carlos Kleiber

2:28

Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

8:38

Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79

Peter Rösel (piano); The Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Herbert Blomstedt

17:10

Ocean, thou mighty monster! (from Oberon)

Christine Brewer (Rezia); The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

8:59

Overture to Der Freischütz

The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi

9:39

Overture to Euryanthe

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

9:05

Overture to Oberon

The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein

9:34

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11

Nikolai Demidenko (piano); The Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

19:39

Kurt Weill

Suite from The Threepenny Opera

The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble conducted by Arthur Weisberg

20:33

Jaromir Weinberger

Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel

8:38

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

Henryk Wieniawski

Légende in G minor, Op. 17

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin); The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by James Levine

7:44

Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor, Op. 16

Itzhak Perlman (violin), Samuel Sanders (piano)

4:30

Variations on The Scarlet Sarafan, Op. 6

Marat Bisengaliev (violin), John Lenahan (piano)

7:13

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

Gil Shaham (violin); The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster

23:56

Hugo Wolf

Italian Serenade

The Orchestre de Paris conducted by Daniel Barenboim

8:00

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Music from The Jewels of the Madonna

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

15:41

Overture to Il segreto di Susanna

The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducted by Lamberto Gardelli

2:57

Overture to La dama boba

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda

8:18

Henry Wood

Fantasia on British Sea Songs

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

14:41

Guan Xia

Gazing at the Stars

The Nuremburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by En Shao

9:35

Xian Xinghai

Piano Concerto in D major, Yellow River

Daniel Epstein (piano); The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy

20:13

Carl Zeller

Don't be cross (from Der Obersteiger)

Marilyn Hill Smith (Martin); The Chandos Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Knight

4:24