Trusted Guide to Classical Music

O nata lux

Thomas Tallis - O nata lux

Philip Ledger

Ave verum corpus

William Byrd - Ave verum corpus, T 92

David Willcocks

Miserere mei, Deus (vv. 1-4 & 17-20)

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury

Te Deum: Prelude

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

Philip Ledger, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Funeral Music for Queen Mary: March

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary

Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Funeral Music for Queen Mary: Thou Knowest, Lord

Henry Purcell - Funeral Music on the Death of Queen Mary

Philip Ledger, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March)

Jeremiah Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March

Jane Parker-Smith

The Four Seasons: "Summer": III. Presto

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

Alberto Lysy, Yehudi Menuhin

Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria, RV 589)

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah, ed. Lam)

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

Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra

Toccata in D minor, BWV 565i

Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565

Wayne Marshall

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata no. 147)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“

David Willcocks, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras

Trumpet Concerto in E-flat: III. Finale: Allegro

Joseph Haydn - Konzert für Trompete und Orchester Es-Dur, Hob. VIIe:1

Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K 525: I. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Piano Concerto no. 21 in C "Elvira Madigan", K 467: II. Andante

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

Bryden Thomson, The Hallé, Stephen Hough

Horn Concerto no. 4 in E-flat, K 495: III. Rondo: Allegro vivace

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Horn no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495

Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra

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

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

Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral", op. 125: IV. Ode to Joy (extract)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 6: III. Rondo ("La campanella")

Niccolò Paganini - Violin Concerto no. 2 in B minor, op. 7, MS 48

Alberto Erede, Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonie Fantastique, op. 14: V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante

Felix Mendelssohn - Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64

Efrem Kurtz, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat, op. 9 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2

Garrick Ohlsson

Waltz no. 6 in D-flat "Minute", op. 64 no. 1

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 6 in D‐flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”

Ingrid Fliter

Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

John Ogdon

The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

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

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Vltava (Die Moldau) (Má vlast)

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast, JB 1:112

Paavo Berglund, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

An der schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube) (Waltz)

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

Franz Welser-Möst

Hungarian Dance no. 5 in F-Sharp minor

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances

Michel Béroff

Swan Lake: Scene (Act III)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20: Act III

John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony no. 6 in B minor "Pathétique", op. 74: III. Allegro molto vivace

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”

Mstislav Rostropovich

Serenade for Strings in E, op. 22: I. Moderato

Antonín Dvořák - Serenade for Strings in E major, op. 22, B. 52

Christopher Warren-Green, London Chamber Orchestra

Morning (Peer Gynt Incidental Music, op. 23)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Tsar Saltan)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Полёт шмеля

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Nimrod ("Enigma" Variations, op. 36)

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

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto: I. Adagio - Moderato

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra

Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra

Also sprach Zarathustra

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Klaus Tennstedt

Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (Sir John in Love)

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

John Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, op. 32)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

Piano Concerto in G: I. Allegramente

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major

André Cluytens, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Samson François

Le Sacre du printemps: Danse sacrale (L'Élue)

Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre du printemps

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Dance of the Knights (Romeo & Juliet)

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

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Rhapsody in Blue (Jazz Band version): Opening

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Simon Rattle, Wayne Marshall, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Enrique Bátiz, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

Candide: Overture

Leonard Bernstein - Candide: Overture

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise (from the film The Piano)

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman

The Protecting Veil: The Incarnation

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil

London Symphony Orchestra

Pie Jesu (Requiem)

John Rutter - Requiem

Stephen Cleobury

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths": I. Rings

Thomas Adès - Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths"

Anthony Marwood, Thomas Adès, Chamber Orchestra of Europe