The Essentials: Greatest Classics, Vol. 1 – Various Artists

1

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

Capella Istropolitana & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:53

2

Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, "St. Anthony Variations": Thema, "Chorale St. Antoni": Andante

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Johannes Brahms

2:09

3

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

Peter Lang & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:18

4

Guillaume Tell: Overture

Prague Sinfonia & Gioachino Rossini

11:36

5

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

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:56

6

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

15:33

7

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Allegro]

Niklas Eklund & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:50

8

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: II. Andante

Swiss Baroque Soloists & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:27

9

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai

Niklas Eklund & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:41

10

Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, "Italian": I. Allegro vivace

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Felix Mendelssohn

8:05

11

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca: Allegretto (arr. for orchestra)

Vienna Mozart Orchestra & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:03

12

21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor (orch. Schmeling)

Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra & Johannes Brahms

3:00

13

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

Jenő Jandó & Edvard Grieg

12:01

14

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: Waltz of the Flowers

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:53

15

3 Gymnopedies: Gymnopedie No. 1

Klára Körmendi & Erik Satie

2:40

16

Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

Prague Festival Chorus

2:29

17

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

İdil Biret & Frédéric Chopin

4:31

18

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude

The Sixteen & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:48

19

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro

Attila Falvay & Antonio Vivaldi

3:33

20

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: I. Also sprach Zarathustra

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

1:55

21

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Hannes Kästner & Johann Sebastian Bach

9:24

22

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. I Dovregubbens hall (In the Hall of the Mountain King)

CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

2:24

23

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo

Jenő Jandó & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

9:01

24

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I: Waltz

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

6:54

25

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

Alessio Bax & Ludwig van Beethoven

5:04

26

Liebestraume, S541/R211: No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

Jenő Jandó & Franz Liszt

4:22

27

Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

François-Joël Thiollier & Claude Debussy

5:13

28

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Samuel Barber

7:47

29

Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Chorus: Hallelujah (1751 Version)

Oxford New College Choir & George Frideric Handel

4:04

30

Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma!

Mario Malagnini & Giacomo Puccini

2:41

31

Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude

Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra & Richard Wagner

11:48

32

The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee

Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:31

33

Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (arr. L. Stokowski)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Richard Wagner

5:39

34

Rhapsody in Blue

Cécile Ousset

17:38

35

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

Gabriele Lechner, Diane Elias, Michael Pabst & Robert Holzer

23:46

36

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

Symphony of Harmony and Invention & George Frideric Handel

3:02

37

Requiem, Op. 48: Introit - Kyrie

The Sixteen & Gabriel Fauré

5:20

38

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

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra & Johannes Brahms

7:57

39

Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

Bethany Partridge, Hannah Berridge & Jamie Wright

9:50

40

Thaïs: Thais, Act II: Meditation (version for violin and piano)

Amy Schwartz Moretti & Jules Massenet

5:16

41

Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. R. Greaves for orchestra)

Audrey Douglas & Ralph Vaughan Williams

4:18

42

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2: Jazz Suite No. 2: VI. Waltz No. 2

Russian State Symphony Orchestra & Dmitri Shostakovich

3:14

43

Suite for Trumpet & Strings in D Major: Suite in D Major: VII. Round-O: The Prince of Denmark's March, "Trumpet Voluntary"

Reinhold Friedrich

1:16

44

The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War

CSR Symphony Orchestra & Gustav Holst

7:46

45

Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ": II. Maestoso - Allegro - Più allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante

Vincent Warnier & Camille Saint-Saëns

8:13

46

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

Seattle Symphony Orchestra & Sergei Prokofiev

6:07

47

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger) -

Philharmonia Orchestra & Edward Elgar

4:02

48

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, "Resurrection": I. Allegro maestoso

Philharmonia Orchestra & Gustav Mahler

25:01

49

Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: II. Tempo di Valse

European New Philharmonic Orchestra & Antonín Dvořák

6:38

50

Messa da Requiem: Dies irae

WDR Rundfunkchor Köln & Giuseppe Verdi

2:23