The Best of 25 Classical Favorites

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May 29, 2001

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Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in A major, G. 281 (Op. 13/5)
1
Menuet
Luigi Boccherini
04:07 Amazon
Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114)
2
IV. Andante, (excerpt)
Franz Schubert
02:04 Amazon
3
Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Charles Gounod
02:52 Amazon
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
4
Badinerie
Johann Sebastian Bach
01:30 Amazon
5
Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Ludwig van Beethoven
02:00 Amazon
Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351
6
IV. La réjouissance
George Frederick Handel
03:48 Amazon
Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525
7
IV. Rondo. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
02:51 Amazon
Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a
8
Dance of the Reed Flutes
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
02:00 Amazon
Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46
9
Anitra's Dance
Edvard Grieg
03:31 Amazon
10
The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
01:34 Amazon
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56
11
Hallelujah
George Frederick Handel
03:34 Amazon
Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80)
12
Prelude in C major
Johann Sebastian Bach
02:04 Amazon
Aida, opera
13
Triumphant March
Giuseppe Verdi
06:11 Amazon
Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra
14
Oh fortuna
Carl Orff
02:49 Amazon
Divertimento No. 17 for 2 horns & strings in D major, K. 334 (K.320b)
15
Oh fortuna
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
04:47 Amazon
String Quartet No. 62 in C major ("Emperor"), Op. 76/3, H. 3/77
16
II. Poco Adagio cantabile
Franz Joseph Haydn
01:42 Amazon
17
Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Franz Schubert
04:06 Amazon
Capriccio Italien, for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 45
18
[Excerpt]
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
03:02 Amazon
Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7)
19
I. (Tempo ordinario)
Johann Sebastian Bach
04:10 Amazon
The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a
20
Dance of the Swans
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
01:42 Amazon
L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard)
21
Farandole
Georges Bizet
03:29 Amazon
Concerto for viola, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9
22
IV. Presto
Georg Philipp Telemann
02:44 Amazon
Originaltänze (36) for piano (Erste Walzer), D. 365 (Op. 9)
23
Waltz No. 1 in A flat major, op. 9a, D. 365
Franz Schubert
00:35 Amazon
24
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1
Ludwig van Beethoven
00:48 Amazon
25
Leichtes Blut (Light as a Feather), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 319 (RV 319)
Johann Strauss II
02:46 Amazon
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