100 Ultimate Classical Music Masterpieces by Classic FM

Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95

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

Christoph von Dohnányi, Cleveland Orchestra

The Planets, Op.32 - 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi -

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Antal Doráti, László Heltay, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Die Walküre - Concert version - Dritter Aufzug - The Ride of the Walkyres

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

Antal Doráti, National Symphony Orchestra

Gloria in D, R.589 - 1. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria, RV 589

George Guest, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Ruslan and Lyudmila / Act 1 - Overture

Mikhail Glinka - Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра

Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Gianandrea Gavazzeni, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18

André Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Barry Wordsworth, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Janine Jansen

Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 - 2. Adagio

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Emma Johnson

Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36

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

Charles Mackerras, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Serenade in G, K.525

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

Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068 - 2. Air

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Vier letzte Lieder - 1. Frühling

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Kiri Te Kanawa

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

Ave verum corpus, K.618

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618

Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, James Vivian

Symphony No.3

Henryk Górecki - Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Kazimierz Kord, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joanna Kozłowska

Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No.1, HWV 258)

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

David Hill

Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 2. Largo ma non tanto

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

Árpád Gérecz, Arthur Grumiaux, Herman Krebbers

Spiegel Im Spiegel

Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel

Nicola Benedetti

The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)

Felix Mendelssohn - Die Hebriden, op. 26

Christoph von Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic

Suite bergamasque - 3. Clair de lune

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

Tamás Vásáry

A Gaelic Blessing

John Rutter - A Gaelic Blessing: Meditation

Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Crown Imperial: A Coronation March

William Walton - Crown Imperial

Roger Norrington

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Mesicku na nebi hlubokém

Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka, op. 114, B. 203: 1. jednání. “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Rusalka)

Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic, Renée Fleming

Overture Cockaigne, Op.40

Edward Elgar - Cockaigne (In London Town), op. 40

Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Une nuit sur le mont chauve: Fantaisie pour l'orchestre

Valery Gergiev, Vienna Philharmonic

Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert - Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”

Kiri Te Kanawa

Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade

Valery Gergiev, Vienna Philharmonic

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 - 2. Andante

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

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kyung-wha Chung

Canon and Gigue in D major - arr. Max Seiffert - 1. Canon

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Frank Maus

Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - 7. Badinerie

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067

Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Aurèle Nicolet

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Cantata, BWV 147 - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

Nicholas Daniel, Stephen Cleobury, Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Gayaneh - Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian - Third Suite from the ballet “Gayaneh” for orchestra, op. 55

Aram Khachaturian, Vienna Philharmonic

Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -

Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Concerto For Violin And Strings In E, Op.8, No.1, R.269

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

Simon Standage, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

Requiem, Op.48 - 5. Agnus Dei

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F, BWV 1047 - 1. (Allegro)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047

André Bernard, Heinz Holliger, Neville Marriner

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Vorspiel

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Requiem in D minor, K.626 - 3. Sequentia: Dies irae

Joseph Leopold Eybler - Requiem

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

Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4 - Entr'acte (Barcarolle)

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, William Bennett

Miserere

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus

Stephen Cleobury, Westminster Cathedral Choir

Organ Concerto No.13 in F -

George Frideric Handel - Organ Concerto no. 13 in F major, HWV 295 “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, George Malcolm

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.39 Aria (Alto):

Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XXXIX. Aria (Alto) "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Anne Sofie von Otter

Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K.339 - Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Ps. 116/117)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

George Guest, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Felicity Palmer

Cantique De Jean Racine, Op.11

Gabriel Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11

George Guest, Stephen Cleobury, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op.43 - Variation 18

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

Neeme Järvi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bella Davidovich

Waltz No.6 in D flat, Op.64 No.1 -

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

Nikita Magaloff