50 Best Classics – Various Artists

1

Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: No. 42. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

2:49

2

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, "Spring": I. Allegro

Yehudi Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Alberto Lysy & Antonio Vivaldi

3:45

3

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: I. Toccata

Wayne Marshall & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:23

4

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)

Barry Tuckwell & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:38

5

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

Philharmonia Orchestra & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:36

6

Tchaikovsky: Overture with Military Band, Op. 49, "1812 Overture"

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:36

7

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Ode to Joy) [Excerpt] (feat. James Morris & Westminster Choir)

Riccardo Muti & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:23

8

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Excerpt)

Cécile Ousset, Sir Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra & Edvard Grieg

4:28

9

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia (Moderato)

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli & Jean Sibelius

4:42

10

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Excerpt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle & Gustav Holst

4:49

11

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)

Horacio Gutiérrez & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3:24

12

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli & Jean Sibelius

8:29

13

Verdi: Aïda, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Chorus) - Triumphal March

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti

4:36

14

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets (Excerpt)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti & Sergei Prokofiev

1:54

15

Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Willi Boskovsky & Johann Strauss I

2:53

16

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: I. March in D Major (Sung Version)

Sir Andrew Davis & Sir Edward Elgar

2:38

17

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Excerpt)

Mariss Jansons & Sergei Rachmaninov

2:53

18

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, "Organ Symphony": II. (b) Maestoso - Allegro

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson & Camille Saint-Saëns

8:09

19

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti & Pietro Mascagni

3:44

20

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Opening)

Cécile Ousset & Sergei Rachmaninov

4:33

21

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

Sir Neville Marriner & Edvard Grieg

4:18

22

Shostakovich / Arr. Atovmian: The Gadfly, Suite Op. 97a: No. 8, Romance

Tasmin Little, Piers Lane & Dmitri Shostakovich

3:16

23

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a

Eugene Ormandy & Samuel Barber

6:22

24

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Story of the Kalender Prince (Opening)

Riccardo Muti & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

3:54

25

Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation

Anne-Sophie Mutter/Alexis Weissenberg & Jules Massenet

6:48

26

Borodin: Prince Igor, Act 2: Polovtsian Dances (Excerpt)

Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham & Alexander Borodin

3:53

27

Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Yuri Temirkanov

4:46

28

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy in B Minor, TH 42 (Excerpt)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

5:05

29

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto (Excerpt)

Philharmonia Orchestra & Ludwig van Beethoven

3:58

30

Bach, JS: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

Yehudi Menuhin & Johann Sebastian Bach

7:44

31

Williams: Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")

Tasmin Little & John Williams

5:07

32

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Ballet, Op. 71, No. 12, Act 2: Divertissement - V. Dance of the Reed Flutes

André Previn & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:20

33

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

Riccardo Muti & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:42

34

Handel: Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Sir Andrew Davis & George Frideric Handel

6:05

35

Bach, JS: Cantata, BWV 140: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Chorus)

Consortium Musicum, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, South German Madrigal Choir & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:50

36

Allegri: Miserere (Excerpt) (feat. Timothy Beasley-Murray)

Stephen Cleobury & Gregorio Allegri

5:49

37

Schubert: Deutsche Messe D. 872: V. Zum Sanctus

Chor der St. Hedwigs, Berliner Symphoniker & Wolfgang Meyer

3:48

38

Franck: Messe solennelle in A Major, Op. 12, FWV 61: V. Panis angelicus (Chorus)

Maurice Handford & César Franck

4:55

39

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Part 2: The Shepherds' Farewell

André Cluytens & Hector Berlioz

3:51

40

Gounod: St Cecilia Mass: IV. Sanctus

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & Charles Gounod

5:21

41

Fauré / Arr. Rutter: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & José-Luis Garcia

3:29

42

Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum

Eugen Jochum & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:05

43

Cantique De Jean Racine

Monks And Choir Boys Of Downside Abbey & Gabriel Fauré

5:13

44

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: II. Sequence, No. 8 Ingemisco (Tenor)

Luciano Pavarotti, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti & Giuseppe Verdi

3:45

45

Mozart: Ave verum corpus in D Major, K. 618

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Cambridge Classical Players & Roy Goodman

3:04

46

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (soprano) [Highlights] [ed. Basil Lam] (1997 Digital Remaster)

Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers & Elizabeth Harwood

6:40

47

Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI, 2, Pt. 1: "The Heavens Are Telling"

Sir David Willcocks & Joseph Haydn

4:48

48

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 : IV. Pie Jesu (Soprano)

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire & Gabriel Fauré

3:20

49

Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VII. Lacrimosa

Franz Welser-Möst & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2:58

50

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Hallelujah!" (Chorus)

Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers & Elizabeth Harwood

4:03