Various Artists

The Idiot's Guide to Classical Music

Release date 1995

Tracklist

1
Adagio (extract)
0:43
0:43
2
Air on the G String (extract)
0:49
0:49
3
Brandenburg Concerto (extract)
0:33
0:33
4
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (extract)
0:43
0:43
5
Toccata & Fugue (extract)
0:43
0:43
6
Adagio for Strings (extract)
0:52
0:52
7
Symphony No. 5 (extract)
0:51
0:51
8
Symphony No. 9 (extract)
0:44
0:44
9
Für Elise (extract)
0:46
0:46
10
Turkish March (extract)
0:56
0:56
11
Moonlight Sonata (extract)
0:51
0:51
12
Symphonie Fantastique (extract)
1:01
1:01
13
Damnation of Faust (extract)
0:55
0:55
14
Carmen: Habanera (extract)
0:53
0:53
15
Carmen: Toreador Song (extract)
0:43
0:43
16
Minuet (extract)
0:38
0:38
17
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 17 (extract)
0:42
0:42
18
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (extract)
0:36
0:36
19
Lullaby (extract)
0:48
0:48
20
Minute Waltz (extract)
0:42
0:42
21
Grande Valse Brillante (extract)
0:41
0:41
22
Marche Funèbre (extract)
0:57
0:57
23
Appalachian Spring (extract)
0:37
0:37
24
Fanfare for the Common Man (extract)
1:19
1:19
25
Clair de Lune (extract)
0:56
0:56
26
Prelude to the Afternoon (extract)
0:39
0:39
27
Lakmé: Flower Duet (extract)
1:00
1:00
28
Symphony No. 9, "New World": II. Largo 'Going Home Theme' (extract)
1:34
1:34
29
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (extract)
0:33
0:33
30
Pomp & Circumstance (extract)
0:36
0:36
31
El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance (extract)
0:39
0:39
32
Pavane (extract)
0:49
0:49
33
Rhapsody in Blue (extract)
0:46
0:46
34
An American in Paris (extract)
0:35
0:35
35
Funeral March of Marionette (extract)
0:47
0:47
36
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (extract)
0:41
0:41
37
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning (extract)
0:37
0:37
38
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (extract)
0:31
0:31
39
Water Music: Hornpipe (extract)
0:44
0:44
40
Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise' (extract)
0:42
0:42
41
The Planets: Mars (extract)
0:32
0:32
42
Sabre Dance (extract)
0:34
0:34
43
Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba (extract)
0:50
0:50
44
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (extract)
1:38
1:38
45
Liebestraum No. 3 (extract)
1:02
1:02
46
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (extract)
1:06
1:06
47
Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March (extract)
0:42
0:42
48
Symphony No. 4, "Italian": IV. Saltarello. Presto (extract)
0:43
0:43
49
Rondeau (extract)
0:25
0:25
50
Piano Concerto No. 21 (extract)
0:51
0:51
51
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (extract)
0:51
0:51
52
The Marriage of Figaro - Overture (extract)
0:26
0:26
53
Sonata in A - Rondo Alla Turca (extract)
0:30
0:30
54
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 "Great": I. Allegro molto (extract)
0:36
0:36
55
Night on Bald Mountain (extract)
0:42
0:42
56
Pictures at an Exhibition: Great Cave of Kiev (extract)
0:35
0:35
57
Barcarolle (extract)
0:46
0:46
58
Orpheus in Hades: Theme II (extract)
0:52
0:52
59
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (extract)
0:56
0:56
60
Canon (extract)
0:41
0:41
61
Romeo & Juliet: Montagues & Capulets (extract)
0:50
0:50
62
Lt. Kije's Wedding (extract)
0:30
0:30
63
Turandot: Nessun Dorma (extract)
1:05
1:05
64
Piano Concerto No. 2: II (extract)
0:48
0:48
65
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio (opening extract)
0:31
0:31
66
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini - Var. 18
0:42
0:42
67
Bolero (extract)
0:41
0:41
68
Flight of the Bumblebee (extract)
0:32
0:32
69
Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio (extract)
0:35
0:35
70
The Barber of Seville: Overture (extract)
0:35
0:35
71
The Barber of Seville: Largo Al Factotum (extract)
0:18
0:18
72
William Tell Overture: Theme II (extract)
0:41
0:41
73
Danse Macabre (extract)
0:41
0:41
74
Gymnopédie No. 1 (extract)
0:41
0:41
75
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished' (extract)
0:40
0:40
76
Ave Maria (extract)
0:49
0:49
77
Finlandia: Finale (extract)
0:37
0:37
78
Valse Triste (extract)
0:32
0:32
79
Stars & Stripes Forever (extract)
0:34
0:34
80
Semper Fidelis (extract)
0:35
0:35
81
Blue Danube Waltz (extract)
0:42
0:42
82
Tales From the Vienna Woods (extract)
0:28
0:28
83
Also sprach Zarathustra (extract)
0:44
0:44
84
Firebird: Infernal Dance & Main Theme (extract)
1:30
1:30
85
The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (extract)
0:29
0:29
86
Swan Lake: Waltz (extract)
0:27
0:27
87
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz (extract)
0:26
0:26
88
Romeo & Juliet: Theme II (extract)
0:43
0:43
89
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: (opening extract)
0:41
0:41
90
1812 Overture: Finale (extract)
1:01
1:01
91
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (extract)
0:36
0:36
92
Aida: Grand March (extract)
0:37
0:37
93
Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (extract)
0:32
0:32
94
Requiem : Dies Irae (extrait)
0:37
0:37
95
Rigoletto: La Donna è Mobile (extract)
0:40
0:40
96
The Four Seasons, 'Spring': Allegro (extract)
0:26
0:26
97
The Four Seasons, 'Winter': Largo (extract)
0:33
0:33
98
Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus (extract)
0:39
0:39
99
Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (extract)
0:48
0:48

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