Classical Moods

Moderato (Mvmt I from Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18)

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

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Pavane, op. 50

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Che gelida manina (from La bóheme)

Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)

Thomas Schippers

Adagio sostenuto (Mvmt I from Piano Sonata no. 14 In C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight")

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

Walter Gieseking

The Swan (From The Carnival of the Animals)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Osian Ellis

Scene (Swan Theme), Act II (from Swan Lake, op. 20)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

Efrem Kurtz, Philharmonia Orchestra

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)

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

Stefan Soltész, Munich Radio Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra

Adagio (Mvmt II From Concierto d' Aranjuez)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Julian Bream

Final Scene (Andante - Allegro agitato - Alla breve - Moderato e maestoso) (from Swan Lake, op. 20)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

John Lanchbery, Philharmonia Orchestra

Air on the G String (from Suite no. 3)

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

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

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

Overture to Act I (from La Traviata)

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Preludio

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Act 3 Entr'acte (from Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National de France

Canon

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

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

Venus, the Bringer of Peace (from the Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Largo (from Xerxes)

George Frideric Handel - Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Largo (from Keyboard Concerto no. 5 BWV 1056)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto no. 5 for Keyboard and Orchestra in F minor, BWV 1056

Andrei Gavrilov, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1

John Barbirolli, The Hallé

Pavane (from Capriol Suite)

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Malcolm Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Prelude in E minor

Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo

Carmen Dragon

Adagio (from Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, K. 488

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

Christian Zacharias, David Zinman, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Overture (from Ruslan and Ludmilla)

Mikhail Glinka - Руслан и Людмила: Увертюра

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Bavarian State Orchestra

Overture (from Candide)

Leonard Bernstein - Candide: Overture

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

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

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Allegro molto vivace (extract from Mvmt III from Symphony no. 6 in minor "Pathétique")

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

Rafael Kubelík, Vienna Philharmonic

Rondo: Allegro vivace (Mvmt III from Horn Concerto no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495)

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

Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra

(Piave): La donna é mobile (from Rigoletto, Act 3)

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Coronation March (from Crown Imperial)

William Walton - Crown Imperial

Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Noel Rawsthorne

Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toredor's Song from Carmen, Act 2)

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes)

Georges Prêtre, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (Mvmt III beginning from Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77)

Johannes Brahms - Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur, op. 77

Herbert von Karajan, Yehudi Menuhin, Berlin Philharmonic

Prélude (from Te Deum)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Allegro assai (Mvmt III from Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047)

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

Kenneth Sillito, Neville Marriner, Philip Pickett

(Ghislanzoni): Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida Act 2)

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Gloria all’Egitto (Chor)

Lamberto Gardelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

The Great Gate of Kiev (from Pictures at an Exhibition)

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Prelude to Act 3 (from Lohengrin)

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

(Piave): Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi from La traviata Act 1)

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)

John McCarthy, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conclusion (from 1812) (extract from Overture)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

The Sea And Sindbad's Ship (opening from Scheherazade, op. 35)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Riccardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra

Opening (from The Hebrides Overture - Fingal's Cave)

Felix Mendelssohn - Die Hebriden, op. 26

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Scherzo (from A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)

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

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

In The Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall

John McCarthy, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Scherzo (excerpt) (from The Sorcerer's Apprentice)

Paul Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Night on rhe Bare Mountain

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

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (from Pictures at an Exhibition)

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Alborada del gracioso

Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso

André Previn, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andante (Mvmt II from Sinfonietta, op. 60)

Leoš Janáček - Sinfonietta

Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

Neptune, The Mystic (from The Planets, op. 32)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

André Previn, John McCarthy, London Symphony Orchestra

Adagio (from Spartacus & Phrygia)

Aram Khachaturian - Spartacus, op. 82: Act 1. 8. Aegina's variation and Bacchanalia

Yuri Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Hero (from Ein Heidenleben)

Richard Strauss - Ein Heldenleben

Rudolf Kempe, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) (from Piano Concerto no. 1)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Peter Donohoe, Rudolf Barshai, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conclusion (from Bolero)

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Prelude (from Tristan & Isolde)

Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I, Vorspiel

Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra

Orgia (from Fantastic Dances)

Joaquín Turina - Danzas fantásticas, op. 22, nº 3: Orgía

Enrique Bátiz

Allegro moderato (excerpt) (from Violin Concerto)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 35

Seiji Ozawa, Vladimir Spivakov, Philharmonia Orchestra

Prelude in C-sharp minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor

John Ogdon

O fortuna (from Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

André Previn, Arthur Oldham, London Symphony Orchestra

Beim Schlafengehen (from Four Last Songs)

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Klaus Tennstedt

Fantaisie-Impromptu

Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66

John Ogdon

Romeo & Juliet (excerpt)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic

Nessun dorma (from Turandot)

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conclusion (from the Firebird)

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite

Leopold Stokowski, Berlin Philharmonic