Instant Expert: All You Need to Know About Classical Music

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Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas

Choir of Trinity College Melbourne & Michael Leighton Jones

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Miserere (Excerpt)

Jane Sheldon & Gregorio Allegri

7:49

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Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: 1. Canon

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope & Johann Pachelbel

4:36

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L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act III: "Pur ti miro"

Sally-Anne Russell, Sara Macliver & Claudio Monteverdi

4:34

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: "Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid in Earth"

Fiona Campbell

5:01

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro

Orchestra of the Antipodes & Johann Sebastian Bach

5:32

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The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Sally Whitwell & Johann Sebastian Bach

2:21

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The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "Spring": I. Allegro

Elizabeth Wallfisch & Antonio Vivaldi

3:29

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Dardanus, Act IV: Lieux Funestes

Paul Agnew & Jean-Philippe Rameau

6:19

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Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: 44. "Hallelujah!"

Orchestra of the Antipodes, Cantillation, Antony Walker & George Frideric Handel

3:39

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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Version for Basset Clarinet: 2. Adagio - Live

Craig Hill & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:28

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Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa

Cantillation & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:15

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String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, Hob. III:81: III. Menuetto (Presto) and Trio

Australian String Quartet

4:34

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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo & Ludwig van Beethoven

7:21

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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": 1. Adagio sostenuto

David Stanhope & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:31

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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4. Excerpt: An die Freude (Live)

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir & Ludwig van Beethoven

8:47

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William Tell: Overture (Excerpt)

West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham & Gioachino Rossini

3:41

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Erlkönig, D. 328

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Kristian Chong & Franz Schubert

3:50

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Piano Quartet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout": IV. Theme and Variations

David Campbell, Jacqueline Cronin, Seraphim Trio & Franz Schubert

7:25

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Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: IV. March to the Scaffold

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo & Hector Berlioz

4:44

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Kinderscenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

Stephanie McCallum & Robert Schumann

2:01

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Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 "Raindrop"

John Champ & Frédéric Chopin

4:45

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Nabucco, Act III: "Va', pensiero" (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves)

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch & Giuseppe Verdi

4:40

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 64, MWV O14: 3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

Niki Vasilakis & Felix Mendelssohn

7:02

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Liebestraum in A-Flat Major, S. 541 No. 3

Stephanie McCallum & Franz Liszt

4:22

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Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III: "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin"

Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Johannes Fritzsch

4:10

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Boris Godunov, Act I: Coronation Scene

Robert Harrington

6:05

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

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope & Edvard Grieg

4:06

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Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH. 12, Act II: No 13d. Dance Of The Little Swans

West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1:28

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Frühlingsstimmen - Waltz, Op. 410

Johann Strauss Ensemble, Russell McGregor & Johann Strauss II

6:38

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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso quasi andante

Dene Olding & Max Olding

6:00

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Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ", Op. 78: 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro

Mel Waters & Camille Saint-Saëns

8:15

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3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux

Stephanie McCallum

3:07

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Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: 4. Pie Jesu

Sara Macliver, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker & Gabriel Fauré

4:15

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World": 2. Largo (excerpt)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra & José Serebrier

4:06

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Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht

Elizabeth Campbell

5:45

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Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 “Enigma”: Var. 9, "Nimrod" (Adagio)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman & Edward Elgar

3:21

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The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Queensland Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Verbitsky

1:29

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Finlandia, Op. 26

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Arvo Volmer

8:12

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Suite bergamasque, L. 75: 3. Clair de lune

Stephanie McCallum & Claude Debussy

5:17

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The Rite of Spring, Pt. 1 The Adoration of the Earth: Introduction

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo & Igor Stravinsky

3:12

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The Planets, Op. 32: 1. Mars, The Bringer of War

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & David Stanhope

6:48

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Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Yvonne Kenny & Giacomo Puccini

2:19

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The Lark Ascending - Excerpt

Dimity Hall

7:21

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Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23: V. Waltz

Stephanie McCallum

2:47

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Boléro, M.81 (Excerpt)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender & Maurice Ravel

5:16

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation No. 18: Andante cantabile (Live)

Ayako Uehara & Sergei Rachmaninoff

3:16

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Romeo and Juliet, Op. 46, Suite No. 2: 1. Montagues and Capulets

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Nicholls & Sergei Prokofiev

4:00

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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester & Samuel Barber

8:15

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Carmina Burana, Blanziflor et Helena: 1. O Fortuna (Live)

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir & Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir

2:37

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Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: 1. Allegro con spirito

Slava Grigoryan

5:54

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A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28: III. There Is No Rose

Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne, Marshall McGuire & Benjamin Britten

2:32

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Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Ron Spigelman

4:11

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Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65: II. Allegretto

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite & Dmitri Shostakovich

6:27

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Four Last Songs: I. Frühling

Yvonne Kenny & Richard Strauss

3:16

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4'33" (Excerpt)

Stephanie McCallum

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Pari Intervallo

Genevieve Lacey & Arvo Pärt

2:22

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Opening

Sally Whitwell

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Maninyas - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: III. Ecstatic

Dene Olding

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Antarctica - Suite for guitar and orchestra: 3. Penguin Ballet

Timothy Kain

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