100 Best Classics – Various Artists

1

Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

Sir Thomas Beecham & George Frideric Handel

3:12

2

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

3:04

3

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air

Ton Koopman & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:35

4

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante (Excerpt)

Maria-João Pires & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:05

5

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Ludwig van Beethoven

7:21

6

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace

Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

8:47

7

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood

Paavo Järvi & Edvard Grieg

4:10

8

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. (a) Presto - Allegro assai

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:19

9

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (feat. Philharmonia Chorus)

Riccardo Muti

2:45

10

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle & Gustav Holst

8:10

11

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto

Leif Ove Andsnes, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano & Sergei Rachmaninoff

16:48

12

Finlandia, Op. 26

Paavo Berglund, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Jean Sibelius

8:07

13

Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries

Mariss Jansons & Richard Wagner

4:48

14

Boléro, M. 81

Sir Simon Rattle & Maurice Ravel

16:08

15

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major

Yehudi Menuhin & Sir Edward Elgar

5:54

16

Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 (Live)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Johann Strauss I

3:46

17

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

Boris Berezovsky & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

18:46

18

Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2: Ballet des ombres heureuses. (Arr. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) (feat. Jérôme Ducros)

Renaud Capuçon & Christoph Willibald Gluck

3:45

19

Canon and Gigue in D Major: Canon (Arr. Paillard)

Jean-François Paillard & Johann Pachelbel

6:13

20

Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Sabine Meyer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:35

21

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

Nicholas Angelich & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:20

22

Adagio in G Minor

Jean-François Paillard & Tomaso Albinoni

9:07

23

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

Stephen Kovacevich & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:35

24

Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, K. 299: II. Andantino (feat. Jean-Pierre Rampal & Lily Laskine)

Jean-Francois Paillard & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9:46

25

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker & Johannes Brahms

6:45

26

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: I. Allegro molto appassionato

Daniel Harding, Renaud Capuçon, Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Felix Mendelssohn

12:48

27

Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Barry Tuckwell, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:36

28

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini & Antonín Dvořák

11:26

29

Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets

Paavo Järvi & Sergei Prokofiev

3:59

30

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo

Renaud Capuçon & Ludwig van Beethoven

24:28

31

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Angel Romero & Joaquín Rodrigo

10:49

32

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker & Gustav Mahler

9:35

33

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

Andrew Davis & Sir Edward Elgar

4:15

34

Má Vlast, JB 1/112: II. Die Moldau

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek & Bedrich Smetana

11:59

35

L'apprenti sorcier

Michel Plasson

11:09

36

Les pêcheurs de perles, Act 1: "Au fond du temple saint" (Nadir, Zurga) (feat. Ernest Blanc & Nicolai Gedda)

Pierre Dervaux & Georges Bizet

5:27

37

Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)

Lucia Popp & Antonín Dvořák

5:56

38

Lakmé, Act 1: "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)

Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du Théâtre National de I'Opéra-Comique & Alain Lombard

3:31

39

Carmen, Act 2: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" - "Non, tu ne m'aimes pas" (Carmen, José) (feat. Nicolai Gedda)

Georges Prêtre & Georges Bizet

7:49

40

Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: No. 22 "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Orfeo)

Riccardo Muti & Christoph Willibald Gluck

5:31

41

Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva" (Norma, Oroveso, Coro) (feat. Nicola Zaccaria & Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano)

Maria Callas

7:00

42

Tosca, Act 2: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca)

Maria Callas & Giacomo Puccini

3:14

43

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)

Montserrat Caballé & Giacomo Puccini

2:42

44

Die lustige Witwe, Act 3: "Lippen schweigen"

Diana Damrau

3:12

45

Madama Butterfly, Act 1: "Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino" (Butterfly, Pinkerton) (feat. Angela Gheorghiu & Jonas Kaufmann)

Antonio Pappano & Giacomo Puccini

7:16

46

Nabucco, Act 3: "Va pensiero, sull`ali dorate" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (feat. Ambrosian Opera Chorus)

Riccardo Muti & Giuseppe Verdi

5:16

47

Rigoletto, Act III Scene 2: La donna è mobile

Rolando Villazón, Marcello Viotti, Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Giuseppe Verdi

2:05

48

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Frondi tenere" - Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) (feat. Il Complesso Barocco)

Joyce DiDonato & George Frideric Handel

3:45

49

Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839 (feat. Geoffrey Parsons)

Barbara Bonney & Franz Schubert

6:20

50

Minuit, Chrétiens

Barbara Hendricks

5:14

51

Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma" (Live)

Luciano Pavarotti & Giacomo Puccini

3:25

52

Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia

Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:59

53

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" (feat. Tölzer Knabenchor )

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:39

54

8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 10 in E Minor

Lorin Maazel & Antonín Dvořák

2:37

55

Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary" (Arr. Defaye for Trumpet and Organ) (feat. Jane Parker-Smith)

Maurice André

2:53

56

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Marie-Claire Alain & Johann Sebastian Bach

8:40

57

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 9, Wedding March

André Previn & Felix Mendelssohn

5:10

58

Guillaume Tell: Overture

Carlo Maria Giulini & Gioachino Rossini

12:24

59

Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale)

Alexander Briger & George Frideric Handel

3:28

60

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

André Previn & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:56

61

La scala di seta: Overture

Antonio Pappano & Gioachino Rossini

6:25

62

Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute, Harp and Strings

Northern Sinfonia of England & Richard Hickox

4:51

63

Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

Kun Woo Paik & Claude Debussy

5:44

64

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 10, Scene. Moderato

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:47

65

6 Gnossiennes: No. 5, Modéré

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

3:55

66

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto

Maria João Pires & Frédéric Chopin

9:40

67

4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major (Excerpt)

Maria João Pires & Franz Schubert

1:56

68

Waltz No. 9 in A-Flat Major, Op. Posth. 69 No. 1 "Farewell"

Samson François & Frédéric Chopin

4:20

69

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Johann Strauss II

11:24

70

2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Jean Sibelius

4:49

71

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Hélène Grimaud & Sergei Rachmaninoff

11:57

72

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, Op. 50b: No. 2, Waltz

Paavo Järvi & Dmitri Shostakovich

3:54

73

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Samuel Barber

9:35

74

Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Kalendar Prince

Seiji Ozawa & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

11:53

75

Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

Renaud Capuçon, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding & Jules Massenet

5:18

76

Prince Igor, Act 2: Polovtsian Dances (feat. Chorus of the Friends of Music)

Rafael Kubelik & Alexander Borodin

11:00

77

Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

Paavo Järvi

2:30

78

Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

19:32

79

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle & Ludwig van Beethoven

8:26

80

Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (feat. Leslie Pearson & Salvatore Accardo)

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Johann Sebastian Bach

7:44

81

Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")

Tasmin Little & John Williams

5:07

82

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Franz Schubert

15:57

83

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Ludwig van Beethoven

8:46

84

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest" (feat. Monteverdi Choir)

John Eliot Gardiner & George Frideric Handel

7:06

85

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison I (feat. Collegium Vocale Gent)

Philippe Herreweghe & Johann Sebastian Bach

9:19

86

Miserere (Excerpt) (feat. Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Timothy Beasley-Murray)

Stephen Cleobury & Gregorio Allegri

5:49

87

Deutsche Messe, D. 872: Zum Sanctus (feat. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Elmar Schloter)

Wolfgang Sawallisch & Franz Schubert

2:31

88

Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur) (feat. Ann Murray, Chœurs de la Monnaie & Jessye Norman)

Sylvain Cambreling & Jacques Offenbach

4:24

89

L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130, Pt. 2: L'adieu des bergers. "Il s'en va loin de la Terre" (feat. Chœurs René Duclos)

André Cluytens & Hector Berlioz

3:51

90

Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: V. Sanctus (feat. Chœur de Radio France & Laurence Dale)

Georges Prêtre & Charles Gounod

5:34

91

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

Natalie Dessay & Sergei Rachmaninoff

5:21

92

Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427: I. Kyrie (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay)

Louis Langrée & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:41

93

Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (feat. Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris)

Paavo Järvi & Gabriel Fauré

4:54

94

Messa da Requiem: IX. Ingemisco

Ildar Abdrazakov & Giuseppe Verdi

3:22

95

Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (feat. Cambridge Classical Players)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:04

96

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée & Lucy Crowe)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

6:00

97

Stabat Mater in F Minor, RV 621: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa

David Daniels, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

3:24

98

Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (feat. Philippe Jaroussky)

Paavo Järvi & Gabriel Fauré

3:38

99

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa (feat. Philharmonia Chorus)

Carlo Maria Giulini & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:40

100

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: Chorus. "Hallelujah" (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

3:39

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