Top 100 Favourite Classical Melodies

Requiem

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Nicol Matt, Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Sommer (From the Four Seasons)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”

Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra

Habanera (From Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 2

Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Slavonic Dance, op. 46-1

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 1 in C major (Furiant)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Aeses Tod

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

Mark Ermler, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gypsies Choir (From II Trovatore)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Georgi Robev, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Overture (From Nutcracker)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Enrique Bátiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Notturno (From Coppelia)

Léo Delibes - Coppélia : Ballet Suite: Notturno

Carl Davis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Humoreske

Antonín Dvořák - Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7

Anna Hölblingová

Andante (From piano Concerto K488)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 23 in A major, K. 488

Paul Freeman, Philharmonia Orchestra

Carnival of the Animals: Finale

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Ondrej Lenárd

Wiener Bonbons

Johann Strauss II - Wiener Bonbons, op. 307

Ondrej Lenárd

Ride of the Valkyries

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Yuri Simonov, Philharmonia Orchestra

Meditation

Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”

Frank Shipway, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Autumn (From the Four Seasons)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F major, op. 8 no. 3, RV 293 “L’autunno”

Alberto Lizzio

Farandole, From L’Arlesienne Suite

Georges Bizet - L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2

Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Slavonic Dance, op. 46/5

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 5 in A major (Skočná)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Ave Verum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Christopher Robinson

Andante From Brandenburg Concerto no.4

Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

Emmy Verhey

Soldiers Choir (From Faust)

Charles Gounod - Faust : Acte IV. « Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux » (Chœur des soldats)

Georgi Robev, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Air (From Tafelmusik)

Georg Philipp Telemann - Ouverture-Suite in E minor, TWV 55:e1

Pieter-Jan Belder, Rémy Baudet

Berceuse

Gabriel Fauré - Dolly Suite, op. 56

André Vandernoot, Brussels Philharmonic

Allegro (From Flute Concerto Il Gardellino)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in D major, op. 10 no. 3, RV 428 “Il gardellino”

Jed Wentz

Con Moto, From “Italian Symphony”

Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”

Frans Brüggen, Radio Kamerorkest

Overture Le Nozze di Figaro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande

Bridal Chorus, From Lohengrin

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Szene I. „Treulich geführt ziehet dahin“ (Chor)

Ondrej Lenárd

Hungarian Dance no.5

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances

János Sándor, Győri Filharmónikus Zenekar

Solveigh’s Song

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55

Mark Ermler, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Flight of the Bumblebee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Полёт шмеля

Loris Tjeknavorian, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra

Flower Waltz (From Nutcracker)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Enrique Bátiz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andante “Elvira Madigan” (From Piano Concerto 21)

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

Paul Freeman, Philharmonia Orchestra

Panis Angelicus

César Franck - Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12

Christopher Robinson

”Alla Hornpipe” From “Water Music”

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Nocturne (From Lyric Suite)

Edvard Grieg - Lyric Suite, op. 54

Yondani Butt, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

La Paix, Siciliano (From Fireworks Music)

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

”Winter” From the Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”

Alberto Lizzio, Bohdan Warchal, Slovak Chamber Orchestra

Melodie

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d’un lieu cher, op. 42

Roman Kofman

Voi Che Sapete (From Le Nozze di Figaro)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Atto II, Scena II. (no. 12) Canzona “Voi che sapete che cosa è amor” (Cherubino)

Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande

In Paradisium, From Requiem

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Pieter Jan Leusink

Jesu, Meine Freude

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227

Pieter Jan Leusink

Rejouissance (From Fireworks Music)

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Allegretto, From Symphony no. 3

Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90

Jaap van Zweden, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Allegro moderato From Harp Concerto

George Frideric Handel - Harp Concerto in B‐flat major, op. 4 no. 6, HWV 294

Hartmut Haenchen, Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra

Waldesruhe

Antonín Dvořák - Klid (Silent Woods) for Cello and Orchestra, op. 68 no. 5

Walter Susskind, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra