50 Most Essential Classical Pieces (Volume 1) – Various Artists

1

Canon in D Major

Kanon Orchestre de Chambre, Jean-Francois Paillard & Johann Pachelbel

6:17

2

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

Herbert Waltl & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:51

3

The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Stagioni) Concerto for Violin in E Major, RV 269, Op. 8: 1. "Spring": I. Allegro

Camerata Academica Wurzburg, Hans Reinartz & Antonio Vivaldi

3:34

4

Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3, "Tristesse"

Peter Schmalfuss & Frédéric Chopin

4:02

5

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante (feat. Helmut Muller-Bruhl)

Koln Chamber Orchestra, Evgeni Koroliov & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:08

6

Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G Minor: Allegro

London Festival Orchestra, Alfred Scholz & Johannes Brahms

2:24

7

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1, Op. 23: II. Andante semplice

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

7:02

8

Goldberg Variations BWV 988: Aria

Christiane Jaccottet & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:12

9

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

Dubravka Tomsic & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:04

10

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusic": I. Allegro

Alexander von Pitamic & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:31

11

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro (feat. Ivan Czerkov)

Alexander von Pitamic, South German Philharmonic Orchestra & Ludwig van Beethoven

7:21

12

Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

Charles Gounod

5:55

13

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Dubravka Tomsic & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:31

14

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato; Allegro

Norbert Kirchmann, Tubingen Medical Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff

10:36

15

Symphony No. 94 in G Major, "Surprise": II. Andante

Heribert Beissel & Philharmony Bonn

6:45

16

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Liebestod (feat. Edda Moser)

Anton Nanut & Richard Wagner

7:47

17

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante

Felix Mendelssohn

8:00

18

Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846, Prelude and Fugue in C Major

Christiane Jaccottet & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:46

19

On the Beautiful Blue Danube (An Der Schönen Blauen Donau), Op. 314

Orchestra of the Viennese Volksoper, Alfred Scholz & Johann Strauss II

10:08

20

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III.Allegro vivace (feat. Marian Pivka)

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Frédéric Chopin

8:21

21

Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus

Latvian State Symphony Orchestra, Vilumanis Choir Latvija & Richard Wagner

5:18

22

Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 "The Trout": II. Andante

Caspar da Salo & Franz Schubert

7:00

23

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 72: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto vivace

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5:20

24

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43

Sergeji Dorensky & Sergei Rachmaninoff

22:54

25

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

Libor Pešek & Edvard Grieg

3:59

26

Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto

Kirill Kondrashin, Moscow RTV Large Symphony Orchestra & Gustav Mahler

8:26

27

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

Hugo Steurer & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:37

28

Trois Gymnopédies: No. 1: Lent et Douloureux

Wolfgang Sieber & Erik Satie

2:42

29

Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Betrand Loic & Claude Debussy

10:21

30

Thaïs: Meditation

Frank Shipway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Jules Massenet

5:27

31

Fidelio: Leonore Overture No 3 op. 71a in C major:

Ludwig van Beethoven

12:40

32

Chopin: 3 Waltzes, Op. 64: No. 1 in D-Flat Major

Dubravka Tomšič & Frédéric Chopin

1:55

33

Boléro

Samo Hubad & Maurice Ravel

9:49

34

Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan (Le Cygne)

Hanspeter Gmur, Southgerman Philharmonic Orchestra & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:46

35

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza

Yevgeni Mravinsky & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

12:07

36

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio (feat. David Oistrakh)

Moscow RTV Large Symphony Orchestra Guennadi Rosdhestvenski & Johannes Brahms

9:24

37

Arabesque No. 1

Peter Schmalfuss & Claude Debussy

3:55

38

Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Continuo in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro

Alexander von Pitamic, Chamber Orchestra Salzburg & Antonio Vivaldi

3:12

39

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" from Mund und That und Leben BWV 147

Susanne Doll & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:12

40

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Tone Poem for Large Orchestra, Op. 30: Introduction

Ferdinand Leitner & Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden

1:50

41

The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

Alexandr Dmitrijew, Lettisches Sinfonieorchester & George Frideric Handel

3:33

42

Exsultate, Jubilate, KV 165: III. Allegro

Ernst Hinreiner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:44

43

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

Zdenek Kosler, Slovac Philharmonic Orchestra & Antonín Dvořák

12:19

44

1812 Overture, Op. 49

USSR State Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

15:33

45

Siegfried Idyll

Erich Kloss, Nürnberger Symphoniker & Richard Wagner

19:34

46

Kunstlerleben, Op 316, "Artists' Life"

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz & Johann Strauss II

10:39

47

Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), Op. 388

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz & Johann Strauss II

9:45

48

Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626: III. Dies Irae

Kazimierz Kord, Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:01

49

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio

Jenny Joel, KHG Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Rachmaninoff

12:38