100 Best Classical Music

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto In A, K.622 - Version for Basset Clarinet - 2. Adagio

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer, Craig Hill

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

Dimity Hall, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" - IV. Ode to Joy

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor" - 2. Adagio un poco mosso

Gerard Willems, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - 3. Rondo

Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Halstead

Beethoven: Symphony No.6 In F, Op. 68 "Pastoral" - 5. Allegretto

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem Van Otterloo

Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13 / Act 1 - Au fond du temple saint

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, David Hobson, Sinfonia Australis, Thomas Woods

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - No. 44 Chorus: "Hallelujah!"

Cantillation, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Allegri: Miserere

Jane Sheldon, Cantillation, Antony Walker

R. Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296 - 1. Frühling

Erin Wall, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 10. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"

Cantillation, Brett Weymark, Orchestra Of The Antipodes

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Pt. 2 - Aria: ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott’

Sally-anne Russell, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 1. Moderato

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, János Fürst, Alexander Lubiantsev

Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26 - 1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

Niki Vasilakis, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Fauré: Requiem, Op.48 - 7. In paradisum

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Vivaldi: Concerto No. 1 In E Major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La Primavera" - 1. Allegro

Elizabeth Wallfisch, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer

Schubert: Notturno In E-Flat Major, Op. 148, D. 897

Macquarie Trio

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 "The Trout" - 4. Theme And Variations

Seraphim Trio, Jacqueline Cronin, David Campbell

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 - 1. Adagio - Moderato

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Li-wei Qin, Nicholas Braithwaite

J.S. Bach: Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007 - 1. Prélude

Daniel Yeadon

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra - 1. Allegro con spirito

Slava Grigoryan, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 - 1. Allegro

Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Pachelbel: Canon And Gigue In D Major, P 37 - 1. Canon

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 "Enigma" - 9. Nimrod (Adagio)

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 - 2. Adagio

Simon Tedeschi, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Briger

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 "Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenuto

David Stanhope

Schubert: String Quartet No.14 in D minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" - 2. Andante con moto

Tankstream Quartet

J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Kyrie - 1b. Christe eleison

Sara Macliver, Sally-anne Russell, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico

West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan" - 2. Andante

Vera Kameneva, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood

Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K. 626 - 3f. Lacrimosa

Cantillation, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 - "Che gelida manina"

David Hobson, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marco Guidarini

J.S. Bach: Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068 (Arr. August Wilhelm) - 2. Air

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1043 - 2. Largo ma non tanto

Helena Rathbone, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti

Barber: Adagio For Strings, Op. 11

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester

Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3 - Va', pensiero (Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves)

Opera Queensland Chorus, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Un bel dì vedremo

Rita Hunter, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Dobbs Franks

Massenet: Thaïs / Act 2 - Méditation

Barbara Jane Gilby, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat, Op. 55 -"Eroica" - 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn

Schubert: An die Musik, D.547

Lauris Elms, John Winther

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - 1. Allegro con brio

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem Van Otterloo

Mahler: Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Markus Stenz

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - 2. Dies irae

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C Minor, Op.78 "Organ Symphony" - 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro

Mel Waters, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3 - "Che farò senza Euridice?"

Lauris Elms, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 3, WWV 90 - Liebestod, Mild und leise

Marilyn Richardson, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Werner Andreas Albert

Mozart: Serenade No.13 in G, 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', K525 (1787) - 1. Allegro

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Lancaster

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 1. Mars, The Bringer Of War

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals, R.125 - 13. The Swan

Janis Laurs, Anna Goldsworthy, Mark Kruger

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op. 43 - Variation No. 18: Andante cantabile

Ayako Uehara, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edvard Tchivzhel

Dvorák: Symphony No.9 In E Minor, Op.95, B. 178 "From The New World" - 2. Largo

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier

Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1 - Largo

West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Measham

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV620 / Act 2 - "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!"

Isobel Buchanan, John Pringle, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Dvorák: Rusalka, Op.114, B. 203 / Act 1 - Song To The Moon

Yvonne Kenny, Vladimir Kamirsky, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - 1. Aria

Jacqueline Ogeil

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Prokofiev: Romeo And Juliet Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter - 1. The Montagues And Capulets

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Nicholls

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance, Op.39 - March No.1 In D Major

Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Patrick Thomas

Smetana: Má Vlast, JB1:112 - 2. Vltava

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo De Waart

Tchaikovsky: The Year 1812 – Solemn Overture, Op. 49

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender

Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection" - 5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube"

Rosamund Illing, Elizabeth Campbell, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender

J.S. Bach: Jesu, der du meine Seele, Cantata, BWV 78 - 2. "Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten"

Sara Macliver, Sally-anne Russell, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker, Daniel Yeadon

Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op.102 - 2. Scherzo

Ian Munro, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn

Elgar: Sea Pictures, op.37 - 2. In Haven

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Campbell, Nicholas Braithwaite

Caccini: Ave Maria (Arr. Dan Walker)

Lyn Williams, Gondwana Voices, Alexandre Oguey, Helena Rathbone, Aiko Goto, Nicole Forsyth, Daniel Yeadon, Maxime Bibeau, Paul Stanhope

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1 - "Non più andrai"

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ola Rudner

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16 - 1. Allegro molto moderato

Simon Tedeschi, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 in B Flat, Op. 97 "Archduke" - 4. Allegro moderato

Macquarie Trio

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Pt. Two: For the second Day of Christmas - Arr. W. Gilles Whittaker - 10. Sinfonia

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11 - 2. Romance (Larghetto)

Ewa Kupiec, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Seaman

J.S. Bach: Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004 - 5. Ciaccona

Richard Tognetti

Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue

Simon Tedeschi, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 In B Flat Minor, Op.23, TH.55 - 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

The Queensland Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Simon Tedeschi

Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" (Brindisi)

Opera Australia Orchestra, Thomas Woods, Antoinette Halloran, Jamie Allen, Opera Australia Chorus

Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - 4. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja

Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op.90, D.899 - 3. Impromptu In G-Flat Major

Roger Woodward

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro

Yvonne Kenny, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karmirski

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 - 2. Allegretto

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem Van Otterloo

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender

Satie: 3 Gymnopédies - 1. Lent et douloureux

Stephanie Mccallum

Orff: Carmina Burana / Blanziflor et Helena - 1. O Fortuna

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Motet Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 - 2. Larghetto

Kammer Ensemble

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 / Act 1 - Soave sia il vento

Amanda Thane, Fiona Janes, David Brennan, Opera Australia Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" - 2. Adagio cantabile

Gerard Willems

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58 - 2. Andante con moto

Gerard Willems, Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Book 1, BWV 846-869 - Prelude No. 1 in C Major

Michael Kieran Harvey

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op.64, MWV O14 - 3. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace

Niki Vasilakis, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Lang-lessing

Sibelius: Finlandia Op. 26

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer

J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Michael Dudman

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D Major, Op.35, TH.59 - 3. Finale, Allegro vivacissimo

Jane Peters, Australian Youth Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3 - Dido’s Lament: ‘Thy hand Belinda…When I am laid in earth’

Fiona Campbell, Orchestra Of The Antipodes, Antony Walker

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75 - 3. Clair de lune

Stephanie Mccallum

Albinoni, Giazotto: Adagio In G minor

A.b.c. Philharmonic Orchestra, William Motzing

Handel: Zadok The Priest, HWV 258

Sydney Philharmonia Symphonic Choir, Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra, Antony Walker

Mozart: Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 "Sonata facile" - 1. Allegro

Gerard Willems

Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring / Part 1: The Adoration Of The Earth - 1. Introduction

Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Willem Van Otterloo

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - 1. Morning Mood

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope