The Greatest Classical Music Ever! 50 Best Classical Hits·Various Artists

  1. Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    George Frideric Handel, Ian Watson, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    02:50

  2. The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, RV 269 'La primavera/Spring' (Op.8 No. 1): I. Allegro

    Antonio Vivaldi, Yehudi Menuhin, Alberto Lysy, Camerata Lysy Gstaad

    03:42

  3. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Wayne Marshall

    03:23

  4. Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat K495: III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barry Tuckwell, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    03:37

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

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra

    06:35

  6. 1812 Overture, Op.49 - conclusion

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

    03:35

  7. 'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral', Op.125

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, James Morris

    03:22

  8. Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16: I. Allegro molto moderato (excerpt)

    Edvard Grieg, Cecile Ousset, Sir Neville Marriner, London Symphony Orchestra

    04:27

  9. Karelia Suite, Op.11: III. Alla marcia

    Jean Sibelius, Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli

    04:41

  10. The Planets, Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity (conclusion)

    Gustav Holst, Sir Simon Rattle, Philharmonia Orchestra

    04:50

  11. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat minor, Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening) - 1994 Digital Remaster

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra, Horacio Gutiérrez

    03:24

  12. Finlandia - Symphonic Poem, Op.26 - 2000 - Remaster

    Jean Sibelius, Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli

    08:28

  13. Aida: Triumphal Chorus & Grand March (Gloria all'Egitto)

    Giuseppe Verdi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

    04:35

  14. Romeo and Juliet - Suites Nos.1 & 2, Suite No. 2, Op.64 b: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) - extract

    Sergei Prokofiev, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

    01:53

  15. Radetzky March, Op.228 - 1989 - Remaster

    Johann Strauss I, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Willi Boskovsky

    02:54

  16. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Land of Hope and Glory) (conclusion) - 1996 Digital Remaster

    Edward Elgar, Royal Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis

    02:37

  17. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor: I. Allegro ma non tanto (opening)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mikhail Rudy, Mariss Jansons

    02:54

  18. Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' Op. 78: Maestoso_Allegro

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Michel Plasson, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse

    08:08

  19. Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

    Pietro Mascagni, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

    03:44

  20. Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sir Simon Rattle, Cecile Ousset, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    04:32

  21. Peer Gynt: Prelude (Morning)

    Edvard Grieg, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    04:17

  22. Romance from the Gadfly

    Dmitri Shostakovich, Tasmin Little, Piers Lane

    03:15

  23. Adagio for Strings, Op.11

    Samuel Barber, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

    06:23

  24. Scheherazade, Op.35: The Story of the Kalender Prince (opening)

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

    03:53

  25. Thaïs: Méditation

    Jules Massenet, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker

    06:47

  26. Polovtsian Dances (beginning) from Prince Igor - 1987 Digital Remaster

    Alexander Borodin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Beecham Choral Society

    03:52

  27. Spartacus Ballet Suite No. 2: Adagio

    Aram Khachaturian, Yuri Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    04:46

  28. Fantasy Overture - Romeo and Juliet (extract)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

    05:04

  29. II. Allegretto (abbrev. version) from Symphony No. 7 in A Op. 92

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra

    03:57

  30. Concerto for 2 Violins in D Major, BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras, Bath Festival Orchestra

    07:43

  31. Schindler's List - Theme

    John Williams, Ian Sutherland, New World Philharmonic Orchestra, Tasmin Little

    05:04

  32. The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op.71, No. 12 - Divertissement (Act II): V. Danse des mirlitons (Dance of the Reed Pipes)

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

    02:21

  33. Symphony No. 6 in F, Op.68 'Pastoral': V. Allegretto (Shepherds' Hymn)

    Ludwig van Beethoven, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

    06:41

  34. Zadok the Priest - 1996 Digital Remaster

    George Frideric Handel, Royal Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis

    06:05

  35. Zion hört die Wächter singen (Cantata No. 140)

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Gönnenwein

    04:49

  36. Miserere a 9 (vv.1-4 & 17-20)

    Gregorio Allegri, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Gerald Finley, Stephen Cleobury, Timothy Beasley-Murray

    05:48

  37. Deutsche Messe D. 872 (mit "Gebet des Herrn"): Zum Sanctus

    Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Meyer, Karl Forster, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Berliner Symphoniker

    03:47

  38. Panis angelicus

    César Franck, Maurice Handford, Hallé, Halle Choir, Ronald Frost

    04:58

  39. L'Enfance du Christ Op. 25: L'Adieu des bergers (Shepherds' Farewell) - 1994 Digital Remaster

    Hector Berlioz, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, André Cluytens, Choeurs Rene Duclos

    03:50

  40. Requiem, Op.48: In Paradisum

    Gabriel Fauré, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury, Peter Barley, José-Luis Garcia

    03:29

  41. St Cecilia Mass: Sanctus

    Charles Gounod, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Heinz Hoppe, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    05:20

  42. Vesperae solennes de confessore (Solemn Vespers), K.339: Laudate Dominum

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Edda Moser, Eugen Jochum, Julia Hamari, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Josef Schmidhuber

    05:09

  43. Cantique De Jean Racine

    Gabriel Fauré, Monks And Choirboys Of Downside Abbey, Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe, David Lawson

    05:12

  44. Messa da Requiem, Sequenza:: Ingemisco

    Giuseppe Verdi, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Dolora Zajick, Cheryl Studer, Samuel Ramey

    03:43

  45. Ave verum corpus, K.618

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Teddy Layton, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Hilliard Ensemble, Stephen Cleobury, Cambridge Classical Players

    03:05

  46. Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam): I know that my Redeemer liveth (soprano)

    George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras, Elizabeth Harwood, English Chamber Orchestra

    06:42

  47. The heavens are telling (The Creation: Part 1) - 1988 - Remaster

    Joseph Haydn, Sir David Willcocks, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

    04:47

  48. Requiem, Op.48: IV. Pie Jesu

    Gabriel Fauré, Henriette Puig-Roget, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, André Cluytens, Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseurs, Victoria de los Ángeles, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

    03:20

  49. Requiem in D Minor, K.626, III. Sequenz: 6. Lacrimosa

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Welser-Möst, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Richard Cooke

    02:58

  50. Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam): Hallelujah (Chorus)

    George Frideric Handel, Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers

    04:03