50 Best Classical Composers

Nabucco: Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus)

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

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Die Walküre: Act 3: 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: Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur)

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, op. 21: III. Intermezzo (Allegretto non troppo)

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

Libor Pešek, Czech Philharmonic, Christian Tetzlaff

Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Romantic": IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

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

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

Má Vlast, JB 1/112: II. Die Moldau

Bedřich Smetana - Má vlast, JB 1:112

Libor Pešek, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

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

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

Prince Igor: Act 2: Polovtsian Dances: Pt. 4

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

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

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

Daniel Harding, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Le carnaval des animaux: VII. Aquarium

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Libor Pešek

Lakmé: Act 1: Scene 4: No. 2. Duetto, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)

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

Alain Lombard

Amour et printemps

Émile Waldteufel - Amour et Printemps

Theodor Guschlbauer, Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

Petite suite from "Jeux d'enfants", op. 22, WD 39: V. Galop "Le bal"

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

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris

Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 15. The Knight's Gate in the Old Capital of Kiev

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

Charles Mackerras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Le lac des cygnes, op. 20: Act II: No. 10. Scène. Moderato

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Suite pastorale: I. Idylle

Emmanuel Chabrier - Suite pastorale

Michel Plasson, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse

8 Slavonic Dances, op. 72, B. 147: No. 10 in E minor

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

Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic

Thaïs: Act 2: Méditation

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

Daniel Harding, Renaud Capuçon, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie

Peer Gynt, op. 23: Act 4: No. 13. Prelude. Morning Mood

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

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

Zigeunerweisen, op. 20

Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, op. 20

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

Requiem, op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (1893 version)

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

David Hill, Stephen Farr

Dornröschen, EHWV 121: Vorspiel (Mässig langsam - Ein wenig lebhafter)

Engelbert Humperdinck - Dornröschen: Präludium

Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Bamberg Symphony

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: No. 1 in D major

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

Yehudi Menuhin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vesti la giubba

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

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

Tosca: Act 3: Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)

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

Marcello Viotti, Munich Radio Orchestra

Suite española no. 1, op. 47: V. Asturias "Leyenda"

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

Sharon Isbin

Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (excerpt)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Children's Corner, CD 119, L. 113: No. 6. Golliwog's Cake Walk

Claude Debussy - Children’s Corner, L. 113

Jean-Bernard Pommier