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Classical Essentials

Lang Lang

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven

Claude Debussy

Frédéric Chopin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Book (Deluxe Edition)

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude

Yo-Yo Ma

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Igor Levit

Für Elise, Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59

Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Kathryn Stott

Songs from the Arc of Life

Camille Saint-Saëns

The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Cello and Piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan

Antonio Vivaldi

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Johann Pachelbel

Albinoni: Adagio in G minor / Pachelbel: Canon

David Bell

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

Various Artists

Relax

Sir Neville Marriner

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D Major for 3 Violins and Continuo, P. 37: I. Canon (Orchestral Version)

George Frideric Handel

Yehudi Menuhin

Menuhin Festival Orchestra

Handel Sarabande

Alexander Briger

Handel / Orch. Hale: Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

André Previn

London Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 10, Scene. Moderato

Alice Sara Ott

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

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

Erik Satie

Alena Cherny

Gnossienne No. 1

Nicola Benedetti

Daniel Harding

Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1

Jules Massenet

Meditation: Méditation from Thaïs

Johann Strauss II

Strauss, J.: An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube)

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314

I don't like classical music, but I really like this!

Jacques Offenbach

Arthur Fiedler

Boston Pops Orchestra

Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Kent Nagano

Danse Macabre

Andrew Wan

Danse Macabre, Op.40, R.171

Gustav Mahler

Daniel Barenboim

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

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

Thibaut García

Ben Glassberg

Orchestre National Du Capitole De Toulouse

Aranjuez

Joaquín Rodrigo

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Valentina Lisitsa

Michael Francis

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2

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

Franz Liszt

Lise de la Salle

Liszt

Ständchen in D Minor (After Schubert), S. 560

Liszt - My Piano Hero

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541 / 3

Karl Jenkins

Quirk

Carmine Lauri

David Alberman

Palladio: 1. Allegretto (arr. for Strings Orchestra)

Paul Lewis

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol.3

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

Andrew Watkinson

Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Eine kleine Nachtmusik K. 525: Allegro

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Lazarev

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade

Lars Hjalmar Joakim

Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

Gustav Holst

Holst: The Planets

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

Mikhail Pletnev

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Nocturnes, Barcarolle & Scherzo

Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

Jean Sibelius

Jaakko Kuusisto

Folke Gräsbeck

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Sibelius: Music From Timo Koivusalo's Film

Andante festivo, JS 34b (Version for String Orchestra & Timpani)

Behzod Abduraimov

Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI

Juraj Valcuha

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26: 1. Andante - Allegro

Edward Elgar

Sir Adrian Boult

Elgar: Enigma Variations & Pomp & Circumstance Marches Nos 1-5

Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod

The English Concert

Trevor Pinnock

The Choir Of Westminster Abbey

Simon Preston

Handel: Coronation Anthems; Concerti a Due Cori

Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258)

Max Richter

Daniel Hope

Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin

Andre de Ridder

Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Spring 1 - 2012

Edvard Grieg

Alexandra Dariescu

Philharmonia Orchestra

Tianyi Lu

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Radio Edit)

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato - Radio Edit

Gioachino Rossini

William Tell Overture

Georges Bizet

Roberto Alagna

Angela Gheorghiu

Thomas Hampson

Inva Mula

Michel Plasson

Bizet: Carmen

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Prélude

Tasmin Little

BBC Philharmonic

Andrew Davis

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber - Adagio

Sir Simon Rattle

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Jacqueline du Pré

Impressions

Sir John Barbirolli

Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Morten Lauridsen

Nicol Matt

Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium / Lux Aeterna / Madrigali / Les Chansons Des Roses

Chamber Choir Of Europe

O Magnum Mysterium: O magnum mysterium

Aram Khachaturian

Khachaturian: Spartacus and Gayaneh highlights etc

Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Alexander Borodin

Borodin: Prince Igor (Highlights) / In the Steppes of Central Asia

Angelina Shvachka

Dmytro Popov

Mykola Koval

Taras Shtonda

Mykola Hobdych

Kiev Chamber Choir

Ukraine National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Theodore Kuchar

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor): Act II: Polovtsian Dances - Ulyetay na kril'yahk vyetra (Fly away on the wings of the wind) (version for chorus)

Gabriel Fauré

Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato

Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne. Allegretto molto moderato

Adam Ratzman

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