50 Essential Classical Pieces

1. 1
   R. Strauss: Also sprache Zarathustra, Op.30
   1:59
2. 2
   J.S. Bach: Air (Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068)
   5:43
3. 3
   Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K.525 (Excerpt)
   3:34
4. 4
   Grieg: Morning Mood (Peer Gynt, Op.23) (Excerpt)
   2:55
5. 5
   Dvořák: Allegro con fuoco ("From the New World", Op.95)
   2:05
6. 6
   Schumann: Träumerei, Op.15,7
   2:41
7. 7
   Paganini: La campanella (Excerpt)
   1:33
8. 8
   Verdi: "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Il Trovatore)
   2:52
9. 9
   Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
   1:13
10. 10
    Beethoven: Adagio sostenuto (Moonlight Sonata)
    6:03
11. 11
    Vivaldi: Concerto For Violin And Strings In E, Op. 8, No. 1, RV.269 "La Primavera" - 1. Allegro
    3:27
12. 12
    Offenbach: Can-Can (Live)
    2:05
13. 13
    Boccherini: Menuetto (String Quintet, Op.11, No.5)
    3:26
14. 14
    Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
    2:32
15. 15
    Smetana: The Moldau (Excerpt)
    3:52
16. 16
    Chabrier: Espana
    6:01
17. 17
    Gershwin: An American in Paris
    5:40
18. 18
    Ravel: Boléro (Excerpt)
    5:16
19. 19
    Beethoven: Allegro con brio (Symphony No.5) (Excerpt)
    3:10
20. 20
    Verdi: Rigoletto / Act III - La donna è mobile
    3:09
21. 21
    Massenet: Meditation (Thais)
    4:51
22. 22
    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act I - No. 13, Dance of the Knights
    5:22
23. 23
    J. Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228
    2:25
24. 24
    Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez (Excerpt)
    3:04
25. 25
    Mozart: Lacrimosa (Requiem, K.626) (Recorded 1975)
    3:19
26. 26
    Offenbach: Barcarolle (Gaité parisienne)
    3:56
27. 27
    Bizet: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen)
    4:25
28. 28
    Puccini: Turandot / Act III - "Nessun dorma"
    3:25
29. 29
    Verdi: Dies irae (Requiem)
    2:41
30. 30
    Rossini: "Largo al factotum" (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
    4:48
31. 31
    Handel: Alla hornpipe (Water Music)
    4:27
32. 32
    J.S. Bach: Prelude, BWV 846
    1:25
33. 33
    Fauré: Pie Jesu (Requiem)
    4:04
34. 34
    J.S. Bach: Toccata, BWV 565
    2:38
35. 35
    Handel: "Hallelujah" (Messiah)
    4:03
36. 36
    Mozart: Andante (Piano Concerto, K.467)
    7:13
37. 37
    J. Strauss II: Blue Danube (Excerpt / Conclusion)
    3:18
38. 38
    Chopin: Tristesse, Op.10,3
    4:03
39. 39
    J.S. Bach: "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", BWV 147
    3:32
40. 40
    Verdi: "Gloria all'Egitto" (Aida)
    5:09
41. 41
    Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo) (Excerpt)
    2:00
42. 42
    Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)
    5:16
43. 43
    J.S. Bach: Badinerie, BWV 1067
    1:29
44. 44
    Liszt: Liebestraum No.3, S.541
    4:37
45. 45
    Saint-Saëns: Le Cygne (Le Carnaval des Animaux)
    2:51
46. 46
    Beethoven: Für Elise, WoO 59
    4:01
47. 47
    Daquin: Le coucou
    2:01
48. 48
    Paganini: Caprice, Op.1,24
    4:26
49. 49
    Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op.34,14
    5:30
50. 50
    Saint-Saëns: "Mon coeur s#ouvre à ta voix" (Samson et Dalila)
    5:27

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