50 Best Classical Composers

The Four Seasons: Spring: Allegro

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

Fabio Biondi

Suite no. 3: Air

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

Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

Sarabande

George Frideric Handel - Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol. 2 no. 4, HWV 437

Alexander Briger, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Piano Concerto no. 21: Andante

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

Jean-Bernard Pommier, Sinfonia Varsovia

Symphony no. 5: Allegro con brio

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

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

Caprice no. 1

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

Michael Rabin

Der Freischütz: Overture [excerpt]

Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz: Ouvertüre

Joseph Keilberth, Berlin Philharmonic

William Tell: Overture (conclusion)

Gioachino Rossini - Guillaume Tell : Ouverture

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima

Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)

Marcello Viotti, Munich Radio Orchestra

Norma: Casta diva

Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)

Norberto Mola, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Symphonie fantastique: Un bal

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

Radetzky March

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

John Nelson, Orchestre de chambre de Paris

Etude, op. 25 no. 4

Frédéric Chopin - Étude in A minor, op. 25 no. 4: Agitato

Leif Ove Andsnes

Davidsbündlertänze: Frisch

Robert Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6

Stephen Hough

Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

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

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

The Ride of the Valkyries

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

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Ave Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Eric Ericson, Erik Lundkvist

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)

Sylvain Cambreling

Symphonie espagnole: Intermezzo

Edouard Lalo - Symphonie espagnole in D minor, op. 21

Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic, Christian Tetzlaff

Symphony no. 4 “Romantic”: Finale [excerpt]

Anton Bruckner - Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 “Romantische”

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

The Moldau

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast, JB 1:112

Libor Pešek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

The Blue Danube

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

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance no. 4

Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Symphony no. 3: Poco allegretto

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

Daniel Harding, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

The Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Libor Pešek

Lakmé: Flower Duet

Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)

Alain Lombard

Love and Spring

Émile Waldteufel - Amour et Printemps

Theodor Guschlbauer, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Jeux d'enfants: Galop

Georges Bizet - Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris

Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 "The Great Gate at Kiev"

Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Swan Lake: Scene. Moderato

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Idylle

Emmanuel Chabrier - Suite pastorale

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

Slavonic Dance, op. 72 no. 2

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor. Allegretto grazioso

Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic

Meditation from Thaïs

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

Daniel Harding, Renaud Capuçon, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

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

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Zigeunerweisen

Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, op. 20

Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National de France, Anne-Sophie Mutter

Requiem: Pie Jesu

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

David Hill, Stephen Farr

Dornröschen, EHWV 121: Vorspiel

Engelbert Humperdinck - Dornröschen: Präludium

Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Bamberg Symphony

Pomp and Circomstance: March no. 1 [excerpt]

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

Ruggero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Tosca: E lucevan le stelle

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)

Marcello Viotti, Munich Radio Orchestra

Asturias

Isaac Albéniz - Suite española No. 1, B 7, Op. 47 No. 5 "Asturias": Leyenda in G minor

Sharon Isbin

Symphony no. 5: Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cake-Walk

Claude Debussy - Children’s Corner, L. 113

Jean-Bernard Pommier