100 Classical Favourites – Various Artists

1

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047: 1. (Allegro)

I Musici & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:55

2

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 2: 2. Habanera

Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov & Georges Bizet

2:01

3

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K.550: 1. Molto allegro (Excerpt)

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:33

4

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18

Neeme Järvi, Bella Davidovich, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff

2:34

5

Boccherini: 弦楽五重奏曲作品13の5: メヌエット - Boccherini: String Quintet E, Op.13, No.5: 3. Menuetto

I Musici

4:05

6

J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Neil Black, English Chamber Orchestra & Barry Rose

3:13

7

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

Claudio Arrau & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:49

8

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Act 3: Dance Of The Hours

Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Amilcare Ponchielli

1:26

9

Kreisler: Liebesfreud

Arthur Grumiaux & Istvan Hajdu

3:23

10

Brahms: ハンガリー舞曲集: 第5番ト短調 - Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 - Orchestral Version: No. 5 in G Minor

Gewandhausorchester & Kurt Masur

2:44

11

Verdi: Aida / Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto"

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Giuseppe Verdi

3:53

12

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: IV. Marche au supplice

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Hector Berlioz

6:49

13

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: 1. Allegro molto appassionato

Henryk Szeryng, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Felix Mendelssohn

3:19

14

Offenbach: Overture Orpheus in the Underworld

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner & Jacques Offenbach

1:49

15

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle: "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Friedhelm Eberle, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester & Kurt Masur

2:25

16

Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80: 4. Sicilienne

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman & Gabriel Fauré

3:24

17

Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax, R.630: 1. Nulla in mundo pax (Larghetto)

Elly Ameling, Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra & Vittorio Negri

2:41

18

Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Pepe Romero

3:33

19

Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus: Onedin Line theme

Mariinsky Orchestra & Valery Gergiev

2:51

20

R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Prelude. Sunrise

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Richard Strauss

1:59

21

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1: 13. Dance Of The Knights

Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev & Sergei Prokofiev

5:24

22

Tchaikovsky: Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op. 49

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:31

23

Handel: The Water Music: Alla hornpipe

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum & George Frideric Handel

3:03

24

J. Strauss II: Voices of Spring, Waltz, Op. 410

Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch & Johann Strauss II

5:47

25

Ravel: Boléro

Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov & Maurice Ravel

4:38

26

Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne

Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich & Nelson Freire

3:12

27

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor / Pt. 3: 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Bernard Haitink

4:31

28

Chopin: 夜想曲: 第2番変ホ長調作品9の2 - Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

Claudio Arrau & Frédéric Chopin

4:47

29

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D, Op. 35, TH. 59: 1. Allegro moderato

Henryk Szeryng, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:14

30

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act I: No. 2 Cavatina: "Largo al factotum"

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ion Marin & Gioachino Rossini

4:55

31

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Ludwig van Beethoven

7:05

32

Rossini: William Tell: Overture

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Gioachino Rossini

3:02

33

Elgar: "Pomp and Circumstance," Op. 39: March, No. 1 in D

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner & Edward Elgar

2:01

34

Sousa: The Liberty Bell

Eastman Wind Ensemble & Frederick Fennell

3:25

35

Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & David Zinman

1:54

36

Vivaldi: Concerto For Violin And Strings In F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 "L'inverno": 2. Largo

Federico Agostini, I Musici & Antonio Vivaldi

2:10

37

J.S. Bach: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: 2. Air

Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Peter Schreier & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:05

38

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Opening Excerpt / Live at Haus der Rundfunks, Berlin, 1982)

Martha Argerich, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly & Sergei Rachmaninoff

1:41

39

Mozart: Requiem, K. 626: IIIa. Dies irae

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1:51

40

Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3: "La donna è mobile"

Neil Shicoff, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Giuseppe Verdi

2:22

41

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

Claudio Arrau & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:21

42

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. by Maurice Ravel): 15. The Great Gate of Kiev

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Edo de Waart

5:34

43

Bizet: 《カルメン》第1組曲: 闘牛士の歌 - Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: 5. Les toréadors

Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov & Georges Bizet

2:12

44

Mozart: Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - Orchestral version: 1. Allegro

I Musici, Pina Carmirelli & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:46

45

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Concert version by Kurt Masur & Friedhelm Eberle: Prelude: Morning Mood

Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur & Edvard Grieg

4:18

46

Liszt: 愛の夢第3番 - Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat, S.541 No. 3

Claudio Arrau & Franz Liszt

5:00

47

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

I Musici & Samuel Barber

7:10

48

Pachelbel: Canon in D

I Musici & Johann Pachelbel

4:42

49

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 In A, K.331 -"Alla Turca": 3. Alla Turca (Allegretto)

Claudio Arrau & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:34

50

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4: Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Jacques Offenbach

3:49

51

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Szell & Felix Mendelssohn

4:54

52

Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839

Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin & Franz Schubert

5:43

53

Yepes: Romance "Jeux interdits"

Pepe Romero

1:46

54

Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Bella Davidovich & Ludwig van Beethoven

2:58

55

J. Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228

Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl & Johann Strauss I

3:14

56

Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz"

Nikita Magaloff & Frédéric Chopin

1:43

57

Albinoni, Giazotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor

I Musici & Tomaso Albinoni

3:39

58

Satie: 3 Gymnopédies: No. 1. Lent et douloureux

Reinbert de Leeuw

4:52

59

Vivaldi: Concerto For Violin And Strings in E, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La Primavera": 1. Allegro

Federico Agostini, I Musici & Antonio Vivaldi

3:22

60

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 2: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Giuseppe Verdi

3:50

61

La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 / Part 1: Marche hongroise

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Hector Berlioz

4:55

62

J.S. Bach: 管弦楽組曲第2番ロ短調 BWV.1067: 第7曲: バディネリ - J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 7. Badinerie

Irena Grafenauer, Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Peter Schreier & Johann Sebastian Bach

1:19

63

Beethoven: Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

I Musici & Ludwig van Beethoven

2:46

64

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Giuseppe Verdi

4:04

65

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467: 2. Andante

Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7:43

66

Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet & Gabriel Fauré

5:08

67

J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Wiener Volksopernorchester, Franz Bauer-Theussl & Johann Strauss II

4:21

68

Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C, R.425: 1. Allegro

Pepe Romero, I Musici & Antonio Vivaldi

2:36

69

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Claudio Arrau & Robert Schumann

1:36

70

Schumann: トロイメライ: トロイメライ - Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: 7. Träumerei

Claudio Arrau & Robert Schumann

3:01

71

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92: 2. Allegretto

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:22

72

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH.12 / Act 1: No. 2 Valse (Corps de Ballet)

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5:26

73

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 In A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 - "Italian": 1. Allegro vivace

Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen & Felix Mendelssohn

4:20

74

Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 3: Bacchanale

Staatskapelle Dresden & Silvio Varviso

7:28

75

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Werner Haas, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo & Edo de Waart

3:36

76

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: 42. "Hallelujah"

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis & George Frideric Handel

3:47

77

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D.667 - "The Trout": 4. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto

Ingrid Haebler, Arthur Grumiaux, Georges Janzer & Eva Czako

1:23

78

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82: III. Clair de lune

Zoltán Kocsis & Claude Debussy

5:48

79

Puccini: Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma

José Carreras, London Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López Cobos & Giacomo Puccini

2:59

80

Khachaturian: Sabre Dance, from "Gayaneh"

Mariinsky Orchestra & Valery Gergiev

2:13

81

Dvořák: 8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8 in G Minor. Presto

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Antonín Dvořák

4:19

82

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. by Maurice Ravel): 9. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Edo de Waart

1:13

83

Lohengrin, WWV 75 / Act 3: "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin"

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Silvio Varviso & Richard Wagner

5:00

84

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH.55: 1a. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso -

Martha Argerich, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kirill Kondrashin & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

4:09

85

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": 2. Largo

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis & Antonín Dvořák

3:04

86

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: 2. Adagio

Alexandre Lagoya, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo, Antonio de Almeida & Joaquín Rodrigo

3:11

87

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

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:48

88

Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62: No. 6 Andante grazioso in A "Spring Song"

Werner Haas & Felix Mendelssohn

2:24

89

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: 3. Rondo. Allegro

Henryk Szeryng, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Ludwig van Beethoven

2:34

90

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D minor, S.359 No. 2 (Corresponds with piano versionNo. 2 in C sharp minor) - Orch. Doppler (Excerpt)

Gewandhausorchester, Kurt Masur & Franz Liszt

4:54

91

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": 4. Alla marcia (Allegro vivace assai) -

Netherlands Radio Chorus, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink & Ludwig van Beethoven

2:35

92

Smetana: Má Vlast (My Country): 2. Vltava (The Moldau)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti & Bedřich Smetana

2:58

93

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35: 3. Marche funèbre (Lento)

Nikita Magaloff & Frédéric Chopin

2:31

94

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: Toccata

Daniel Chorzempa & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:23

95

Hoffstetter: String Quartet in F, H.III No.17, Op.3 No.5 - "Serenade": 2. Andante cantabile

I Musici

3:24

96

Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589 (Rev. Giegling): I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Vittorio Negri, Chorus Del Gran Teatro La Fenice, Orchestra Del Gran Teatro La Fenice & Antonio Vivaldi

2:27

97

Mozart: Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - Orchestral version: 4. Rondo (Allegro)

I Musici, Pina Carmirelli & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:52

98

Chopin: Polonaise No. 3 in A Major, Op. 40 No. 1 "Military"

Nikita Magaloff & Frédéric Chopin

5:36

99

Holst: The Planets, op.32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Excerpt)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner & Gustav Holst

5:11

100

Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Eastman Philharmonia & Howard Hanson

3:19

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