The Essential Guide to Classics

Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K550: Molto allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great”

Frans Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Piano concerto in A, K448: Adagio

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

Jeffrey Tate, Mitsuko Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra

Symphony no. 94 in G "Surprise": Finale. Allegro di molto

Joseph Haydn - Symphony no. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 “Surprise”

Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat, op. 73: Adagio

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

Bernard Haitink, Alfred Brendel

Symphony no.6 in F, op. 68 "Pastoral": Lustiges zusammensein der Landleute (Allegro)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral", S. 464 no. 6

Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor, op.11: Romance. Larghetto

Frédéric Chopin - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11

Eliahu Inbal

Il Trovatore: Di quella pira

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)

Colin Davis, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

The Planets: Mars

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

Vier letze Lieder: Frühling

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Kurt Masur, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Variations on an original theme, op. 36: Nimrod

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

Neville Marriner, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Piano concerto no. 2 in A: Allegro animato

Franz Liszt - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125

Kirill Kondrashin, London Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter

Nutcracker Suite, op. 71a: March

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

Semyon Bychkov, Berlin Philharmonic

West Side Story: Tonight

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story: Tonight

Robert Farnon