The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Jansug Kakhidze

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 "Fate": I. Allegro con Brio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

London Symphony Orchestra

Brandenburg Concerto No.3 In G Major, BWV 1048, 1. Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048

Günter Kehr, Jörg Faerber, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467

Cologne Chamber Orchestra

Concerto No. 1 for Mandolin, Strings and B.C in C Major, RV 425: I. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425

Alberto Lizzio

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, KV 550: I. Allegro Molto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great”

Ernest Bour, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Overture to Egmont, Op. 84

Ludwig van Beethoven - Egmont, op. 84: Ouvertüre. Sostenuto, ma non troppo – Allegro

Alberto Lizzio, Alfred Scholz, Anton Nanut

The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

José Serebrier, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Concerto for Viola and Strings in G Major: II. Largo

Georg Philipp Telemann - Viola Concerto, TWV 51:G9

Richard Edlinger, Cappella Istropolitana

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

David Parry

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: VI. Et Resurrexit

Johann Sebastian Bach - h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232

Jansug Kakhidze, Vakhtang Kakhidze

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op. 64 in E Minor: I. Allegro molto appassionato

Felix Mendelssohn - Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64

Jaime Laredo, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Concerto Grosso in G Minor "Christmas Concerto", Op.6/8: II. Allegro

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”

Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Symphonie No. 9 in E Minor, "From the New World": II. Largo

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Anton Nanut, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob VIIb/1: II. Adagio

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto no. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

Bamberg Symphony

Boléro

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

London Symphony Orchestra

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16 in A Minor: Allegro Molto Moderato

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Slovak Philharmonic

Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in G Minor

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances

State Philharmonic Košice

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Andrew Schenck, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Pavane

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane, op. 50

New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra