The Nation’s Favourite Classical Music

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Roy Goodman

Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: 2nd Movement

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony no. 5: Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, op. 85: 1st Movement

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Tortelier

Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 "Empero": 2nd Movement

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

Barry Wordsworth, Stefan Vladar, Cappella Istropolitana

Concierto de Aranjuez: 2nd Movement (excerpt)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Sachio Fujioka, BBC Philharmonic

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A, K622: 2nd Movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra

Nimrod

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Adrian Leaper

Pie Jesu

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Edward Higginbottom

O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Stephen Gunzenhauser, Pavol Procházka

The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Loris Tjeknavorian, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”

Richard Hickox

"Spring" Concerto no. 1 in E major

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Simon Standage, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

Scottish Ensemble

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony no. 9 "Choral" (excerpt)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Adagio for Strings, op. 11

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Andrew Schenck, London Symphony Orchestra

Hallelujah Chorus

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Martin Neary, Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra