40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems

The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nimrod from Engima

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

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Dam Busters March

Eric Coates - The Dam Busters March

David Parry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Salling By

Ronald Binge - Sailing By

David Parry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

By The Sleepy Lagoon

Eric Coates - By the Sleepy Lagoon

David Parry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Barwick Green

Arthur Wood - My Native Heath: Barwick Green

David Parry, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Entry of the Gladiators

Julius Fučík - Vjezd gladiátorů, op. 68

Václav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic

Adagio

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Lawrence Foster, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Tannhauser

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Ouvertüre

Marek Janowski, Philharmonia Orchestra

Finlandia, op. 26

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

Andrew Davis, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Karelia-sarja, op. 11: I. Intermezzo

Jean Sibelius - Karelia-sarja, op. 11

Okko Kamu, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

Prelude

Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude

Michel Corboz, Gulbenkian Orchestra

Overture

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Prélude

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Bolero

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Alain Lombard, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Anvil Chorus

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

Carlo Rizzi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh

Alexander Lazarev, Symphonic Orchestra of State Academic Bolshoi Theater

Rule, Britannia!

Thomas Arne - Rule, Britannia!

Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra