Classical Essentials – Various Artists

1

Orff: Carmina Burana: No. 1, O Fortuna

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Donald Runnicles

2:26

2

Scriabin: 3 Pieces, Op. 2: No. 1, Etude in C-Sharp Minor

Lang Lang, Yuri Temirkanov & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

2:46

3

3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 in A Minor

Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

2:49

4

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite: I. Introduction (1919 Version)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Igor Stravinsky

2:48

5

La traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti

Fernando De La Mora, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras

3:42

6

Holst: Suite No. 2 for Military Band in F Major, Op. 28, H. 106: I. March

Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Symphonic Winds & Gustav Holst

4:23

7

Orff: Carmina Burana, Pt. 2: No. 11, Estuans interius

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Håkan Hagegård

2:31

8

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14, Act I Scene 1: The Christmas Tree

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:57

9

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: I. Ingrid's Lament

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

5:06

10

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

André Previn, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Gustav Holst

8:49

11

Copland: 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: No. 1, Buckaroo Holiday

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Louis Lane

7:20

12

Field: Piano Sonata No. 4 in B Major, H 17: I. Moderato

John O'Conor

7:25

13

Franck: 3 pièces pour grand orgue: No. 3, Pièce héroïque, FWV 37

Michael Murray

8:46

14

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: I. Grave

Jon Kimura Parker & Frédéric Chopin

7:32

15

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: V. Agnus Dei

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Gabriel Fauré

6:08

16

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Pt. 1 "L'adoration de la terre": Rondes printanières (1947 Version)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Yoel Levi & Igor Stravinsky

3:57

17

How the West Was Won

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Erich Kunzel

7:23

18

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Allegro molto

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & David Zinman

9:36

19

Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato

Cleveland Quartet & Maurice Ravel

8:44

20

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

10:15

21

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel & Maurice Ravel

13:32

22

Verdi: Requiem: III. Offertory

Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Paul Plishka & Diane Curry

10:22

23

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49

Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Kiev Symphony Chorus & Children's Choir Of Greater Cincinnati

15:46

24

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea & Sinbad's Ship

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

10:03

25

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring: Pt. 1, L'adoration de la terre

Lorin Maazel, The Cleveland Orchestra & Igor Stravinsky

15:53

26

J. Strauss II: On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (From "2001: A Space Odyssey")

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel & Johann Strauss II

8:26

27

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48: I. Rêveries, Passions. Largo - Allegro agitato e appassionato assai - Tempo I - Religiosamente

Lorin Maazel, The Cleveland Orchestra & Hector Berlioz

12:33

28

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, M. 57b

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra & Maurice Ravel

15:57

29

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Original 1924 Version)

Erich Kunzel & William Tritt

18:05

30

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain (Orch. N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Lorin Maazel & The Cleveland Orchestra

10:30

31

J. Strauss II: Emperor's Waltzes, Op. 437

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel & Johann Strauss II

10:15