The World's Most Essential Classical Music – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro

Northern String Quartet & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4:01

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Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prelude

Robert Cohen & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:41

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Le quattro stagioni, Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, "Spring" : I. Allegro

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra & Antonio Vivaldi

3:29

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: Flight of the Bumblebee

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:33

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The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II, Tableau III: XIV. Pas de Deux. Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:00

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Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Wagner

4:56

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Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"

Martin Jacoby & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:04

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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Philadelphia Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

2:49

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Wedding March in C Major (From A Midsummer Night's Dream)

European Philharmonic Orchestra & Felix Mendelssohn

2:22

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Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

2:16

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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Northern String Quartet & Samuel Barber

7:12

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Night on the Bare Mountain

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Modest Mussorgsky

4:19

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An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

The London Pops Orchestra & Johann Strauss II

3:51

14

Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma

Charles K.I. Davis & Giacomo Puccini

3:01

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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights

L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Sergei Prokofiev

5:39

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Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:44

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Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro

Philharmonia Orchestra & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:33

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Fly

Martin Jacoby

4:17

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Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor

Martin Jacoby & Frédéric Chopin

2:02

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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca. Allegretto

Virginia Black & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:25

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Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah

Martha Lipton, Eileen Farrell & Davis Cunningham

3:54

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Rigoletto, Act III: "La donna è mobile"

Nikola Nikolov & Giuseppe Verdi

2:13

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Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Martin Jacoby & Frédéric Chopin

5:22

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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Ludwig van Beethoven

7:29

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Excerpt)

European Philharmonic Orchestra

3:29

26

Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

Leonard Pennario & Claude Debussy

4:44

27

Air on the G String, BWV 1068

Northern String Quartet & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:35

28

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra

2:48

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String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5: III. Minuetto

Northern String Quartet

3:04

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Canon and Gigue in D Major

Consort of London & Johann Pachelbel

4:48

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Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No. 1 in D (Land of Hope and Glory)

Edward Elgar

5:58

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Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika

Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Prokofiev

2:34

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro

Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:00

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Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff

3:44

35

Gayane Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance

Boston Pops Orchestra

2:21

36

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Russian State Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:23

37

Carmen Suite No. 1: Les toréadors

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra & Georges Bizet

2:24

38

Water Music Suite, HWV 348: Air

Vienna State Opera Orchesta & George Frideric Handel

4:50

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Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: I. Aria

Martin Jacoby & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:42

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Fantasia on Greensleeves

Philadelphia Orchestra & Ralph Vaughan Williams

4:54

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Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op. 36 "Enigma": IX. "Nimrod"

The Hallé & Edward Elgar

3:55

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Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541

Leonard Pennario & Franz Liszt

4:29

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Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra & Robert Schumann

3:22

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Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Dance No. 5 in G Minor

Wiener Philharmoniker & Johannes Brahms

2:27

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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

Martin Jacoby & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:28

46

Gymnopédies No. 1

Martin Jacoby & Erik Satie

4:21

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Orphée aux enfers: Can-Can

New York Philharmonic & Jacques Offenbach

4:13

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": II. Largo

Northern String Quartet & Antonin Dvorak

8:11

49

Trumpet Voluntary in D

Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla & Henry Purcell

2:49

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Pavane pour une infante défunte

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra & Maurice Ravel

6:02