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100 Greatest Classical Pieces

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The greatest classical compositions of all time.

99 SONGS • 9 HOURS AND 59 MINUTES

1Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude2Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio (Live)3Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Violin Concerto in E Major Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, "Spring": I. Allegro4Jenkins: Palladio - 1. Allegretto (arr. for Strings Orchestra)5Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 - Hornpipe6Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 In G Minor, WoO 1 (Orchestrated By Albert Parlow)7Satie: 3 Gymnopédies - No. 1 Lent et douloureux8The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): VII. Finale9Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M 13 - No. 9 Wedding March10Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - I. Allegro11Appalachian Spring: Doppio movimento12Massenet: Thaïs / Act 2 - Méditation13Schubert: Ave Maria "Ellens Gesang III", D. 83914J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - II. Air15Trumpet Voluntary16J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - Toccata17Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major - Arr. Max Seiffert18Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Suite), Op. 20a, TH 219 - 1. Scene - Swan Theme19Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 - Chorus: "Hallelujah" (Live)20Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in E-Flat Major (Amazon Original)21Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D - Concert version / Dritter Aufzug - Siegfried's Funeral March22Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico23Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì24Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice), Wq. 30 / Act 3 - "Che farò senza Euridice?"25Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat, Op. 64, No. 1 "Minute"26Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 - Overture27Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVa. Presto28Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace29Orff: Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - I. O Fortuna30Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2 - VI. Waltz II31Debussy: Suite bergamasque, CD 82 - III. Clair de lune32Khachaturian: Gayaneh - Sabre Dance33Suppé: Light Cavalry - Overture34Tchaikovsky: _ - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers35Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Act 1 - "Vesti la giubba"36The Rite of Spring (Scenes of Pagan Russia in Two Parts): Part One - Adoration of the Earth. Introduction. Lento (1921 Version)37Whitacre: Lux Aurumque38O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi39Rhapsody in Blue40Verdi: Requiem - IIa. Dies irae41Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B - Concert version / Act 3 - The Ride of the Valkyries42Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Act 3 - Dance of the Hours43Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 - 3. Marche funèbre (Lento)44Carmen (1997 Digital Remaster), Act 1: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)45Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod46An der schönen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 31447Ave verum Corpus48Piazzolla: Libertango49Má Vlast, JB 1:112: No. 2, Vltava (The Moldau)50Verdi: La traviata / Act I - Libiamo ne'lieti calici51Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima"52Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam53Giazotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G Minor54Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Overture55Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" - III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro56Der Freischütz : Overture to Act 157Puccini: Turandot, SC 91, Act III - Nessun dorma!58Mozart: Don Giovanni / Act 2 - "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti"59Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (Arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)60Ave Maria (Franz Biebl)61Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Variation No. 18 (Live)62R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)63Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I - No. 2, Aria. Largo al factotum64Purcell: The Old Bachelor, Z.607 - Rondeau - Menuet - Boree - March - Jig65Verdi: Rigoletto / Act 3 - "La donna è mobile"661812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49674 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down. Allegro68Carmen: Prélude69Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - IV. In The Hall Of The Mountain King70Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1, Scene 2: Dance of the Knights71Delibes: The Flower Duet72Sibelius: Finlandia, Op.2673Norma (1997 Digital Remaster), ACT 1, Scene 1: Casta diva (Norma/Coro)74Tintagel (2007 Remastered Version)75Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis76String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto77Barber: Adagio For Strings Op. 1178Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Queen of Night)79Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan - Suite - 3. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee80J. Strauss II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 (Live)81Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" - III. Molto vivace82Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1: III. Finale. Allegro83Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity84Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: I. Allegro maestoso (Cadenza by Barenboim)85Corelli: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Fatto per la Notte di Natale" - II. Allegro86Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 - I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam87Fauré: Pavane, Op. 5088Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) *: Overture89J. Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 22890String Quartet No. 5: I.91Handel: Solomon, HWV 67 / Act III - Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"92Tannhäuser: Overture93Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo94Offenbach: Overture Orpheus in the Underworld95Dukas: L'Apprenti sorcier96Rossini: William Tell - Overture97Suppé: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna - Overture98Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Che gelida manina"99Guten Abend, gut' Nacht, Op. 49, No. 4