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Classical Essentials

Johann Sebastian Bach

Yo-Yo Ma

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 5 & 6

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

Lang Lang

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

Igor Levit

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

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

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

Erik Satie

Alena Cherny

Gnossienne No. 1

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)

Alice Sara Ott

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

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

Nicola Benedetti

London Symphony Orchestra

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

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

Paul Lewis

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol.3

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

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Alexander Lazarev

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade

Lars Hjalmar Joakim

Scheherazade: The Tale of the Kalendar Prince

Tasmin Little

BBC Philharmonic

Andrew Davis

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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

Mikhail Pletnev

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

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

Liszt - My Piano Hero

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

Jean Sibelius

Sibelius: Music From Timo Koivusalo's Film

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Osmo Vänskä

Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani, JS 34b

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

Max Richter

Daniel Hope

Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin

Andre de Ridder

Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons

Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: Spring 1 - 2012

Denis Kozhukhin

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Vassily Sinaisky

Tchaikovsky & Grieg: Piano Concertos

Edvard Grieg

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

Javier Perianes

Sakari Oramo

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces

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

Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber - Adagio

Sir Simon Rattle

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Jacqueline du Pré

Impressions

Edward Elgar

Sir John Barbirolli

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

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)

Florence Beatrice Price

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Chineke! Orchestra

Leslie Suganandarajah

Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement: Adagio cantabile

Piano Concerto in One Movement: Adagio cantabile

Gabriel Fauré

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Elégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. Parkin)

Rowena Calvert

Ashok Klouda

Nicholas Trygstad

Caroline Dearnley

Desmond Neysmith

Josephine Knight

Hannah Roberts

Chris Murray

Robert Max

Maurice Ravel

Bertrand Chamayou

Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

Joshua Bell

French Impressions

César Franck

Jeremy Denk

Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso

Valery Gergiev

Daniil Trifonov

Mariinsky Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

Adam Ratzman

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