Classic 100 - Your 100 Favourite Classical Masterpieces

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The original collection which started the classic 100 phenomenon is back. Since its run-away success in 2002 the classic 100 concept has grown ever more popular, with box sets of 'the classic 100 piano', 'the classic 100 opera', 'the classic 100 mozart' and 'the classic 100 concerto' also being best-sellers. This reissue of 'the classic 100' 8cd box set features selected new recordings to reignite the love of your favourite pieces.



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>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: 2. Adagio
  • Performer: Craig Hill (Clarinet)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1791

>Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending
  • Performer: Dimity Hall (Violin)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 17 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1914

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" :: 4. Allegro assai (Ode to Joy) [Excerpt]
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 8 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1824

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor" :: 2. Adagio un poco mosso
  • Performer: Gerard Willems (Piano)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1809

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61 :: 3. Rondo
  • Performer: Richard Tognetti (Violin)
  • Conductor: Anthony Halstead
  • Running Time: 9 min. 42 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1806

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" :: 5. Allegretto
  • Conductor: Willem Otterloo
  • Running Time: 9 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1808

>Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint (In the Depths of the Temple)
  • Performers: Teddy Rhodes (Bass Baritone); David Hobson (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: Thomas Woods
  • Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1863

>Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1741

>Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere :: [Excerpt]
  • Performer: Jane Sheldon (Voice)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 7 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 16th Century

>Strauss, Richard : Frühling ("In dämmrigen Grüften träumte ich lang"), song for soprano & orchestra, o.Op. 150/1 (TrV 2
  • Performers: Ljuba Welitsch (Soprano); Paul Ulanowsky (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1948

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (J
  • Conductor: Brett Weymark
  • Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 07/02/1723

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
  • Performer: Anna McDonald (Violin)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1736

>Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 :: 1. Moderato
  • Performer: Alexander Lubiantsev (Piano)
  • Conductor: Jànos Fürst
  • Running Time: 9 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1900-1901

>Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 :: 1. Prelude (Allegro moderato)
  • Performer: Niki Vasilakis (Violin)
  • Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
  • Running Time: 9 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1864-1867

>Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: 7. In paradisum
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1887-1900

>Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
  • Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1725

>Schubert, Franz : Notturno for Piano and Strings in E flat major, D 897/Op. 148
  • Ensemble: Macquarie Trio
  • Running Time: 10 min. 57 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1827

>Schubert, Franz : "Trout" Quintet
  • Performers: Germain Prevost (Viola); Claude Hobday (Double Bass); Alphonse Onnou (Violin); Artur Schnabel (Piano); Robert Maas (Cello)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 1819

>Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello :: 1. Adagio - Moderato
  • Performer: Wei-Gang Li (Cello)
  • Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
  • Running Time: 8 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1919

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: 1. Prelude
  • Performer: Daniel Yeadon (Tenor Viola da gamba)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1720

>Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar :: 1. Allegro con spirito
  • Performer: Slava Grigoryan (Guitar)
  • Conductor: Brett Kelly
  • Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1939

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 :: 1. Allegro
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 03/24/1721

>Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: after 1700

>Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Variation no 9 "Nimrod"
  • Conductor: Myer Fredman
  • Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1898-1899

>Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis :: [Excerpt]
  • Conductor: Patrick Thomas
  • Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1910

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488 :: 2. Adagio
  • Performer: Simon Tedeschi (Piano)
  • Conductor: Alex Briger
  • Running Time: 7 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1786

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1. Adagio sostenuto
  • Performer: David Stanhope (Piano)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1801

>Schubert, Franz : Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956 :: 2. Adagio [Excerpt]
  • Performers: Julian Smiles (Cello); Alexander Ivashkin (Cello); Theodore Kuchar (Viola); Michele Walsh (Violin); Mark Lubotsky (Violin)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1828

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Christe eleison
  • Performer: Sara Macliver (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1748-1749

>Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo
  • Conductor: David Measham
  • Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: 2. Andante
  • Performer: Vera Kameneva (Piano)
  • Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
  • Running Time: 7 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1785

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1791

>Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Che gelida manina
  • Performer: David Hobson (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: Marco Guidarini
  • Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1896

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1731

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 :: 2. Largo ma non tanto
  • Performers: Richard Tognetti (Violin); Helena Rathbone (Violin)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1730-1731

>Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings
  • Conductor: Jorge Mester
  • Running Time: 8 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1936

>Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
  • Conductor: Thomas Woods
  • Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1842

>Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì, vedremo (One fine day)
  • Performer: Rita Hunter (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Dobbs Franks
  • Notes: Composition written: 1904.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1904

>Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")
  • Performer: Barbara Gilby (Violin)
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" :: 3. Scherzo
  • Conductor: David Porcelijn
  • Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1803

>Schubert, Franz : An die Musik, D 547
  • Performers: Lauris Elms (Mezzo Soprano); John Winter (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1817

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: 1. Allegro con brio
  • Conductor: Willem Otterloo
  • Running Time: 7 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1808

>Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor :: 4. Adagietto
  • Conductor: Markus Stenz
  • Running Time: 9 min. 59 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1901-1902

>Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Dies irae
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1874

>Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ" :: 2b. Maestoso - Allegro
  • Conductor: Louis Frémaux
  • Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1886

>Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orfeo :: Che farò senza Euridice (What shall I
  • Performer: Lauris Elms (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Arnold
  • Running Time: 4 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta

>Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Liebestod (Love-Death)
  • Performer: Marilyn Richardson (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Werner Albert
  • Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1857-1859

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: 1. Allegro
  • Conductor: Geoffrey Lancaster
  • Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1787

>Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32/H 125 :: 1. Mars
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 6 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1914-1916

>Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals
  • Performers: Helen English (Piano); Sue-Ellen Paulsen (Cello); Marshall McGuire (Harp)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1886

>Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
  • Performer: Ayako Uehara (Piano)
  • Conductor: Edvard Tchivzhel
  • Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1934

>Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: 2. Lar
  • Conductor: José Serebrier
  • Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral

>Handel, George Frideric : MEDLEY :: Largo (Ombra mai fú)
  • Conductor: David Measham
  • Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1738

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena
  • Performers: John Pringle (Baritone); Isobel Buchanan (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1791

>Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Song to the Moon
  • Performer: Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Wlodzimierz Kamirski
  • Running Time: 6 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 :: Aria
  • Performer: Jacqueline Ogeil (Harpsichord)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1741

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Ave verum corpus
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1791

>Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Dance of the Knights (Montagues and Capulets)
  • Conductor: Christopher Nicholls
  • Notes: Composition written: 1935-36.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1935-1936

>Elgar, Edward : Coronation Ode, Op. 44
  • Conductor: Patrick Thomas
  • Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: March
  • Written: 1901

>Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112/2
  • Conductor: Edo De Waart
  • Running Time: 12 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1874

>Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture, Op. 49
  • Conductor: Stuart Challender
  • Running Time: 15 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1880

>Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection" :: O glaube, mein Herz (Finale) [Excerpt]
  • Performers: Rosamund Illing (Soprano); Elizabeth Campbell (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Stuart Challender
  • Running Time: 8 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1888-1894

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 78 "Jesu, der du meine Seele" BWV 78 :: Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen
  • Performers: Sara Macliver (Soprano); Daniel Yeadon (Cello)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 09/10/1724

>Litolff, Henry Charles : Concerto symphonique no 4, Op. 102 :: Scherzo
  • Performer: Ian Munro (Piano)
  • Conductor: David Porcelijn
  • Running Time: 7 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1852

>Elgar, Edward : Sea Pictures, Op. 37 :: In Haven (Capri)
  • Performer: Margreta Elkins (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Werner Albert
  • Running Time: 2 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1897-1899

>Caccini, Giulio : Ave Maria
  • Conductor: Lyn Williams
  • Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance
  • Written: circa 1600

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non piú andrai
  • Performer: John Pringle (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1786

>Grieg, Edvard : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16 :: 1. Allegro molto moderato
  • Performer: Simon Tedeschi (Piano)
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Running Time: 13 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1868

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke" :: 4. Allegro moderato - Presto
  • Ensemble: Macquarie Trio
  • Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 1810-1811

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 :: Sinfonia
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 5 min. 6 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Christmas
  • Written: 1734

>Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11 :: 2. Romance (Larghetto)
  • Performer: Mieczyslaw Horszowski (Piano)
  • Conductor: Hans Swarowsky
  • Running Time: 9 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1830

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 :: Chaconne
  • Performer: Richard Tognetti (Violin)
  • Running Time: 13 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1720

>Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue :: [Excerpt]
  • Performer: George Gershwin (Piano)
  • Conductor: Paul Whiteman
  • Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1924

>Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 :: 1. Allegro non troppo e maestoso [Excerpt]
  • Performer: Simon Tedeschi (Piano)
  • Conductor: Richard Bonynge
  • Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1874

>Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Brindisi
  • Performers: Jamie Allen; Antoinette Halloran (Voice)
  • Conductor: Thomas Woods
  • Notes: Composition written: 1853.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1853

>Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 8 in E flat major :: Gerettet ist das edle Glied (The precious
  • Performer: Frances Yeend (Voice)
  • Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
  • Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1906-1907

>Schubert, Franz : Impromptu in G flat major, D 899, no 9
  • Performer: Roger Woodward (Piano)
  • Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: ?1827

>Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro
  • Performer: Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Wlodzimierz Kamirski
  • Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1918

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565
  • Performer: Michael Dudman (Organ)
  • Running Time: 9 min. 26 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: by 1708

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92 :: 2. Allegretto
  • Conductor: Willem Otterloo
  • Running Time: 9 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1812

>Ravel, Maurice : Boléro :: [Excerpt]
  • Conductor: Stuart Challender
  • Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1928

>Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopedie for piano no 1
  • Performer: Stephanie McCallum (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1888

>Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1935-1936

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581 :: 2. Larghetto
  • Performer: Benny Goodman (Clarinet)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 1789

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Così fan tutte, K 588 :: Soave sia il vento (Let the wind be gentle)
  • Performers: Fiona Janes (Mezzo Soprano); David Brennan (Baritone); Amanda Thane (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
  • Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1790

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" :: 2. Adagio cantabile
  • Performer: Gerard Willems (Piano)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1797-1798

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58 :: 2. Andante con moto
  • Performer: Gerard Willems (Piano)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1805-1806

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) :: Prelude
  • Performer: Michael Harvey (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1722

>Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor :: 3. Allegro molto vivace
  • Performer: Niki Vasilakis (Violin)
  • Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
  • Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 09/16/1844

>Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26
  • Conductor: Arvo Volmer
  • Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1900

>Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35 :: 3. Allegro vivacissimo
  • Performer: Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
  • Conductor: John Barbirolli
  • Running Time: 8 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1878

>Purcell, Henry : Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 :: Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
  • Performer: Fiona Campbell (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1689

>Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune
  • Performer: Stephanie McCallum (Piano)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1890-1905

>Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor
  • Conductor: William Mortzing
  • Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1945

>Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1727

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 :: 2. Romanze
  • Performer: Walter Gieseking (Piano)
  • Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
  • Running Time: 11 min. 16 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1785

>Stravinsky, Igor : Le sacre du printemps :: Part 1 (Adoration of th
  • Conductor: Willem Otterloo
  • Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1911-1913

>Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning
  • Conductor: David Stanhope
  • Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1874-1875

>Khachaturian, Aram : Circus :: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
  • Conductor: David Measham
  • Notes: Composition written: 1950-54.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1950-1954

>Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
  • Performer: David Drury (Organ)
  • Conductor: Antony Walker
  • Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1865