Best of Classical Music

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauß Orchester

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

Alberto Lysy, Paul Cocker, Yehudi Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro

Sir Roger Norrington, London Classical Players

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

André Cluytens, Wiener Philharmoniker

Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air

Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra

Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune

Dame Moura Lympany, Moura Lympany

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Symphoniker

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro

Anthony Halstead, Hanover Band

Carmen Suite No. 1: I. Prélude

Michel Plasson, Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse

Carmen, Act I: No. 5, Habanera, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Georges Prêtre, Maria Callas, Orchestre De L'opéra National De Paris, Choeurs Rene Duclos

Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II: No. 10, Scène

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Thaïs, Act II: Méditation

Sir Neville Marriner, Hans Kalafusz, Radio-sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro molto assai - Andante maestoso - Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato - Allegro ma non tanto - Pressitissmo

Sir Roger Norrington, Patrick Power, Petteri Salomaa, Sarah Walker, Yvonne Kenny, The London Classical Players, Schütz Choir Of London

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Morning Mood

Paavo Järvi, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Sir Adrian Boult, New Philharmonia Orchestra

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz, No. 6, Lacrymosa

Michel Corboz, Orchestre De Chambre De Genève, Ensemble Vocal De Lausanne

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra

Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No. 1 in D Major

Vernon Handley, David Bell, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo

Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

Stephen Kovacevich, Australian Chamber Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Annie Fischer, Philharmonia Orchestra

Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: I. Prélude (Très lent)

Jean Martinon, Orchestre De Paris

String Quintet in E Major, G. 275: III. Minuetto

János Rolla, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" I. Allegro

Jörg Faerber, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon

Sir Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Melvyn Tan

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Mariss Jansons, Mikhail Rudy, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act IV: Barcarolle (Orchestral Version)

Sir Neville Marriner, Radio-sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Hallelujah (Chorus)

Sir Malcolm Sargent, Eric Chadwick, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Huddersfield Choral Society

Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: I. Allegro

Salvatore Accardo, Anne-sophie Mutter, Leslie Pearson, English Chamber Orchestra

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Overture

Bernard Haitink, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Radetzky March, Op. 228

Bramwell Tovey, Hallé Orchestra

Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor

Jean-philippe Collard

Messa da Requiem: II. Sequence, No. 1, Dies irae

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Chorus

14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

Finlandia, Op. 26

Paavo Berglund, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

La Moldau, T. 111

Franck Pourcel, London Symphony Orchestra

3 Gymnopedies: I. Lent et douloureux

Georges Prêtre, Orchestre National De France

Le Carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne

Georges Prêtre, Marcel Cazauran, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Pavane, Op. 50

Paul Tortelier, English Chamber Orchestra

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia Of England

Spiegel im Spiegel

Martin Roscoe, Tasmin Little

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca

Moura Lympany

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

Moura Lympany

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto

Jukka-pekka Saraste, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Adagio in G Minor

Sir Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields

Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2, Andante in E-Flat Major

Samson François