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The 50 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever

Release year 2013

Tracklist

1
Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 In E Major For Solo Violin, RV 269 "La Primavera" - 1. Allegro
2
Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E Flat, Op.9 No.2
3
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - 1. Morning Mood
4
R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30, TrV 176 - Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
5
Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - 1. Allegro con brio
6
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 - 1. Allegro molto moderato
7
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B / Act 3 - "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"...Ride Of The Valkyries
8
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op.20 - Mariinsky Version / Act 1 - Scene 2: Scène (Moderato)
9
Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise"
10
Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75 - 3. Clair de lune
11
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - 4. Finale (Presto - Allegro assai)
12
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major - arr. Max Seiffert - 1. Canon
13
Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op.11
14
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 In C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto
15
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo Sinfonico
16
Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma!"
17
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 "Enigma" - 9. Nimrod (Adagio)
18
Serenade In G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - 1. Allegro
19
Einaudi: I giorni - I giorni
20
J.S. Bach: Suite No.3 In D, BWV 1068 - 2. Air
21
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a - 2b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
22
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV 1048 - 1. (Allegro)
23
Liszt: Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3
24
Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839
25
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne - 2. Bailero
26
J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314
27
Mozart: Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K.550 - 1. Molto allegro
28
Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - "La donna è mobile" (Edit)
29
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 2 - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour"
30
Fauré: Pavane, Op.50
31
Carmen: Acte I. « Mais nous ne voyons pas » … L’amour est un oiseau rebelle »
32
Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"
33
Tchaikovsky: Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op.49
34
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
35
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto (Live)
36
J.S. Bach: Aria mit 30 Veränderungen, BWV 988 "Goldberg Variations" - Aria
37
Satie: 3 Gymnopédies - No.1
38
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - 1. Toccata
39
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - 4. In The Hall Of The Mountain King
40
Dvorák: Symphony No.9 in E Minor, Op.95, B.178 - "From The New World" - 2. Largo
41
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - 3. The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
42
Williams: Main Theme From "Schindler's List"
43
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor" - 1. Allegro (Live In Bochum/2007)
44
Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
45
Allegri: Miserere
46
The Planets, Op.32 - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
47
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - "Hallelujah"
48
Orff: Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - "O Fortuna"
49
Massenet: Thaïs / Acte Deux - Méditation religieuse
50
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78, R.176 - "Organ Symphony" - 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro