The Yellow Guide: Classical Music

Missa papae marcelli, Kyrie

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli

Simon Preston

L’Orfeo: Act I. “In questo lieto e fortunato giorno”

Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Vieni, Imeneo, deh, vieni (Coro)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

“The Four Seasons”, op. 8: Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297, “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto

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

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Gil Shaham

Messiah: “Hallelujah Chorus”

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

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068

Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

String Quartet no. 62 in C major “Emperor”, op. 76 no. 3: II. Poco adagio. Cantabile

Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 Hob. III:77 “Kaiser”

Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof, Siegmund Nissel

Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa

Franz Xaver Süssmayr - Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Helmuth Froschauer, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

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

Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Caprice no. 24 in A minor

Niccolò Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto

Shlomo Mintz

Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “The Trout”: IV. Andantino - Allegretto

Franz Schubert - Quintett A-Dur, D. 667 „Forellenquintett“

Norbert Brainin, Peter Schidlof

Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: IX. Wedding March

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace

Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Die Walkure: "Ride of the Valkyries" (Act III)

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

James Levine

Nabucco: "Va Pensiero, Sull'Ali Dorate" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (Act III)

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)

Giuseppe Sinopoli

The Bartered Bride - Overture

Bedřich Smetana - Prodaná nevěsta: Overture

James Levine, Vienna Philharmonic

Te Deum: 1st Movement "Te Deum"

Anton Bruckner - Te Deum in C major

Eugen Jochum, Walter Hagen-Groll, Berlin Philharmonic

The Blue Danube, op. 314

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90: 3rd Movement (Poco allegretto)

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

Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic

Carnival of the Animals - The Swan

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Semyon Bychkov, Orchestre de Paris

Carmen - Habanera

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)

Claudio Abbado, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition: "The Grand Gate of Kiev"

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony no. 5 in E minor op. 64: 3rd Movement (Valse)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian National Orchestra

Symphony no. 9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World": 2nd Movement (Largo)

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

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic

Peer Gynt op. 23: "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

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

Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Madama Butterfly: "Un Bel di Vedremo" (Act II)

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony no. 5: 4th Movement (Adagietto)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Pierre Boulez, Vienna Philharmonic

Préludes Book II: "Feux D'Artifice"

Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre II, L. 123

Krystian Zimerman

Also Sprach Zarathustra op. 30: Introduction

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Valse Triste op. 44/1

Jean Sibelius - Valse triste, op. 44 no. 1

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Gymnopédie no. 1

Erik Satie - Gymnopédies

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43: Variation no. 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII

Tamás Vásáry, Yuri Ahronovitch, London Symphony Orchestra

Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte

Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

Concerto for Orchestra: 2nd Movement

Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123

Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Firebird: "Infernal Dance"

Igor Stravinsky - L’Oiseau de feu

Myung-whun Chung

Lulu Suite: "Lied Der Lulu"

Alban Berg - Lulu Suite

Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra

Romeo and Juliet op. 64: "Dance of the Knights"

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights

Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Cuban Overture

George Gershwin - Cuban Overture

James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto: 1st Movement

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto no. 1

Christoph von Dohnányi, Gidon Kremer, Vienna Philharmonic