100 Best Classical Composers – Various Artists

1

Spem in alium (feat. Alan Wilson, Taverner Choir & Taverner Consort)

Andrew Parrott

10:19

2

Missarum liber secundus: No. 7, Missa "Papae Marcelli": IV. Sanctus - Hosanna

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks & Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

3:50

3

Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens

Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley & John Dowland

3:12

4

L'Orfeo, SV 318, Prologue: Toccata

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & Claudio Monteverdi

1:40

5

Miserere mei, Deus (feat. Gerald Finley & Timothy Beasley-Murray)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Gregorio Allegri

13:02

6

Te Deum, H. 146: I. Prélude (feat. Les Arts Florissants)

William Christie

1:39

7

Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon

Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott & Johann Pachelbel

3:42

8

Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau (feat. Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & Henry Purcell

1:37

9

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (feat. Il Seminario Musicale & Sandrine Piau)

Gérard Lesne & Alessandro Scarlatti

3:00

10

Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor, "Albinoni's Adagio" (Arr. for Trumpet)

Jonathan Rees, Scottish Ensemble & Tomaso Albinoni

7:41

11

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

Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi & Antonio Vivaldi

3:04

12

Flute Concerto in D Major, TWV 51:D2: I. Moderato

Emmanuel Pahud, Berliner Barock Solisten & Georg Philipp Telemann

2:25

13

Les Indes galantes : Les Sauvages - Danse du Calumet de la Paix et duo Forêts paisibles

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée, Natalie Dessay & Stéphane Degout

5:23

14

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

English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Ledger & Johann Sebastian Bach

4:50

15

Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 519

Mikhail Pletnev & Domenico Scarlatti

3:14

16

Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale)

Alexander Briger & George Frideric Handel

3:28

17

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa (feat. David Daniels, Dorothea Röschmann & Europa Galante)

Fabio Biondi & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

3:57

18

Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2: Ballet des ombres heureuses. (Arr. Kreisler for Violin & Piano) (feat. Jérôme Ducros)

Renaud Capuçon & Christoph Willibald Gluck

3:45

19

Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:52: III. Finale. Presto

Mikhail Pletnev & Joseph Haydn

5:49

20

String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto

Europa Galante & Fabio Biondi

3:38

21

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

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Sinfonia Varsovia & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7:49

22

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

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Ludwig van Beethoven

6:33

23

24 Caprices, Op. 1: No. 1 in E Major, "L'Arpeggio" (Andante)

Michael Rabin & Niccolò Paganini

4:43

24

Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277: Ouvertüre

Joseph Keilberth, Berliner Philharmoniker & Carl Maria von Weber

2:16

25

Guillaume Tell: Overture. Andante - Allegro (Excerpt, Conclusion)

Roger Norrington & Gioachino Rossini

3:18

26

L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino) (feat. Rolando Villazón)

Marcello Viotti & Gaetano Donizetti

4:28

27

Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4, Ständchen (Version for Cello and Piano) (feat. Franck Braley)

Gautier Capuçon & Franz Schubert

4:43

28

Norma, Act I: 'Casta Diva'

Maria Callas, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Tullio Serafin

5:36

29

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48: II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo

London Classical Players, Sir Roger Norrington & Hector Berlioz

6:01

30

Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Willi Boskovsky & Johann Strauss I

2:53

31

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1, Scherzo

John Nelson & Felix Mendelssohn

4:27

32

12 Études, Op. 25: No. 4 in A Minor

Leif Ove Andsnes & Frédéric Chopin

1:59

33

Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6, Heft I: No. 8, Frisch

Stephen Hough & Robert Schumann

1:02

34

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

François-René Duchâble & Franz Liszt

4:05

35

Nabucco, Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus)

Riccardo Muti & Giuseppe Verdi

5:13

36

Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries

Mariss Jansons & Richard Wagner

4:48

37

Ave Maria (Orch. Challan) (feat. Erik Lundkvist)

Barbara Hendricks, Charles Gounod & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:16

38

Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur) (feat. Ann Murray, Chœurs de la Monnaie & Jessye Norman)

Sylvain Cambreling & Jacques Offenbach

4:24

39

Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18, FWV 30: Prélude (Transcr. Bauer for Piano)

Aldo Ciccolini

4:25

40

Symphonie espagnole Op. 21: III. Intermezzo (Allegretto non troppo)

Christian Tetzlaff & Libor Pesek

6:03

41

Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major "Romantic": IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer & Anton Bruckner

19:02

42

Má Vlast, JB 1/112: II. Die Moldau

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek & Bedrich Smetana

11:59

43

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Willi Boskovsky & Johann Strauss II

9:24

44

Prince Igor, Act 2, Polovtsian Dances: Pt. 4 (feat. State Academic Mariinsky Theatre Choir, Saint-Petersburg)

Paavo Järvi & Alexander Borodin

2:08

45

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

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding & Johannes Brahms

5:57

46

Le carnaval des animaux: VII. Aquarium

Nash Ensemble & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:41

47

Lakmé, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 2, Duetto, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)

Alain Lombard

4:49

48

Amour et printemps

Theodor Guschlbauer & Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

4:11

49

Petite suite from "Jeux d'enfants", Op. 22, WD 39: V. Galop "Le bal"

Paavo Järvi & Georges Bizet

1:57

50

Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 15, The Knight's Gate in the Old Capital of Kiev

Sir Charles Mackerras & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

5:16

51

Le lac des cygnes, Op. 20, Act II: No. 10, Scène. Moderato

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:50

52

Suite pastorale: I. Idylle

Michel Plasson & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

4:43

53

8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, B. 147: No. 10 in E Minor

Lorin Maazel & Antonín Dvořák

2:37

54

Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

Renaud Capuçon, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Daniel Harding & Jules Massenet

5:18

55

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood

Paavo Järvi & Edvard Grieg

4:10

56

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: The Flight of the Bumblebee

André Cluytens, Philharmonia Orchestra & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1:17

57

Zigeunerweisen Op. 20

Pablo de Sarasate

7:49

58

Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1893 Version)

Simon Keenlyside, Richard Studt, Stephen Farr & Winchester Cathedral Choir

3:26

59

Dornröschen, EHWV 121: Vorspiel (Mässig langsam - Ein wenig lebhafter)

Bamberger Symphoniker

7:40

60

In the Mists: I. Andante (Live)

Piotr Anderszewski

3:37

61

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major

Yehudi Menuhin

5:54

62

Vesti la giubba

José Carreras & Ruggero Leoncavallo

3:00

63

Tosca, Act 3 Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)

Marcello Viotti & Giacomo Puccini

2:53

64

Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias "Leyenda" (Arr. Segovia for Guitar)

Sharon Isbin & Isaac Albéniz

6:33

65

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Excerpt)

Jukka-Pekka Saraste & Gustav Mahler

2:55

66

Mörike Lieder: Der Gärtner

Sir Thomas Allen, Geoffrey Parsons & Hugo Wolf

1:28

67

Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 6, Golliwog's Cake Walk

Jean-Bernard Pommier & Claude Debussy

2:48

68

Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico (Andante sostenuto)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra & Pietro Mascagni

3:42

69

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction

Staatskapelle Dresden

1:53

70

2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: No. 1, Valse triste

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra & Jean Sibelius

4:49

71

3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux

Anne Queffélec & Erik Satie

3:32

72

Goyescas "Los majos enamorados", Cuaderno II: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor

Aldo Ciccolini & Enrique Granados

6:00

73

Die lustige Witwe, Act 3: "Lippen schweigen" (Hanna, Danilo) (feat. Anneliese Rothenberger & Nicolai Gedda)

Willy Mattes

3:22

74

Lyrische Sinfonie, Op. 18: I. Ich bin friedlos (feat. Andreas Schmidt)

Armin Jordan

11:41

75

Scriabin: 12 Etudes, Op. 8: No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor (Patetico)

Domingos António & Alexander Scriabin

2:16

76

Fantasia on Greensleeves for Flute, Harp and Strings

Northern Sinfonia of England & Richard Hickox

4:51

77

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

Natalie Dessay & Sergei Rachmaninoff

5:21

78

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Gustav Holst

7:37

79

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4: Introduction (Grave, Excerpt) [Sextet Version]

Nash Ensemble & Arnold Schoenberg

2:52

80

3 Old Viennese Dances: No. 2, Liebesleid (feat. Jérôme Ducros)

Renaud Capuçon

3:19

81

Boléro, M. 81

Jean Martinon & Maurice Ravel

14:56

82

La vida breve, Act II, Cuadro I: Danza española (feat. Lucero Tena)

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos & Manuel de Falla

3:22

83

6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56: No. 1, Jocul cu bâtă - No. 2, Brâul & No. 3, Pê-loc

Michel Béroff

2:38

84

Le Sacre du printemps, Tableau I "L'adoration de la Terre": Les augures printaniers - Danses des adolescentes

Kent Nagano & Igor Stravinsky

3:23

85

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos, W. 389: I. Aria in A Minor (Cantilena. Adagio) (feat. Cello Ensemble)

Mady Mesplé & Albert Tétard

6:30

86

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

Paavo Järvi & Sergei Prokofiev

3:59

87

Scaramouche : III. Brazileira (Remasterisé en 1988)

Christian Ivaldi & Noël Lee

2:07

88

Carmina Burana, Introduction, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna

Janice Watson, James Bowman, Donald Maxwell & Bournemouth Symphony Chorus

2:37

89

Porgy and Bess, Act 1, Scene 1: "Summertime" (Clara, Chorus)

Harolyn Blackwell, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle

3:13

90

Concerto for Two Pianos in D Minor, FP 61: II. Larghetto

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec, City of London Sinfonia & Richard Hickox

5:50

91

Fanfare for the Common Man

Carl Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Aaron Copland

3:10

92

Kleine Dreigroschenmusik: II. Die Moritat von Mackie Messer

Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia Orchestra

2:20

93

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Sharon Isbin, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Lawrence Foster & Joaquín Rodrigo

11:39

94

Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

Paavo Järvi

2:30

95

Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, Op. 50b: No. 2, Waltz

Paavo Järvi & Dmitri Shostakovich

3:54

96

Agnus Dei (After Adagio for Strings, Op. 11)

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill & Samuel Barber

7:41

97

Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato

Christopher Warren-Green & London Chamber Orchestra

3:29

98

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: No. 1, Prologue

Paavo Järvi & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:25

99

Estaciones porteñas: No. 2, Otoño porteño (Arr. Runge & Ammon for Piano Trio) (feat. Eckart Runge & Natalia Prischepenko)

Jacques Ammon

6:05

100

Spiegel im Spiegel (Excerpt)

Tasmin Little, Martin Roscoe & Arvo Pärt

4:05