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40 Essential Classical Music Tracks

By Gustav Holst

28th October 2014


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Title
Tempo
Key
Length
1
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
95 bpm
G min
06:32
2
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Jacoby
69 bpm
C# min
06:27
3
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
81 bpm
A Maj
03:43
4
Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, "FĂĽr Elise"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Jacoby
138 bpm
A min
03:03
5
Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
Claude Debussy, Leonard Pennario
131 bpm
C# Maj
04:43
6
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Herman Scherchen
137 bpm
F# Maj
04:59
7
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Northern String Quartet
141 bpm
G Maj
04:00
8
Die WalkĂĽre: Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
90 bpm
B Maj
04:55
9
Wedding March in C Major (From A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Felix Mendelssohn, European Philharmonic Orchestra, Otis Klober
76 bpm
C Maj
02:21
10
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
102 bpm
C min
07:28
11
Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
Carl Orff, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
129 bpm
A min
02:47
12
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
107 bpm
G# Maj
02:48
13
Gloria: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
Francis Poulenc, Rosanna Carteri, Yvonne Gouverne, Georges PrĂŞtre, Orchestre National De France
75 bpm
G Maj
03:10
14
Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma
Giacomo Puccini, Charles K.I. Davis, Wilfred Pelletier, Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York
147 bpm
G Maj
03:00
15
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Maurice Ravel, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Felix Slatkin
75 bpm
G# Maj
06:01
16
Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541
Franz Liszt, Leonard Pennario
75 bpm
G# Maj
04:28
17
Rigoletto, Act III: "La donna è mobile"
Giuseppe Verdi, Nikola Nikolov, Vassil Stefanov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
75 bpm
F# Maj
02:12
18
The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
Gustav Holst, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
79 bpm
G# min
07:14
19
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Frédéric Chopin, Martin Jacoby
82 bpm
A# Maj
05:21
20
Night on Bare Mountain
Modest Mussorgsky, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rouslan Raichev
119 bpm
D Maj
04:18
21
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
Robert Schumann, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Carmen Dragon
78 bpm
F Maj
03:21
22
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
75 bpm
C min
04:53
23
Trumpet Voluntary in D
Henry Purcell, Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla, Harry Ellis Dickson, Unicorn Concert Orchestra
120 bpm
A# Maj
02:48
24
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights
Sergei Prokofiev, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
88 bpm
C Maj
05:38
25
1812 Overture, Op. 49
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Serge Tchaikov
129 bpm
D# Maj
03:22
26
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
Edvard Grieg, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Rouslan Raichev
80 bpm
E Maj
02:15
27
Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Johannes Brahms, Wiener Philharmoniker, Fritz Reiner
79 bpm
G# Maj
02:26
28
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Johann Strauss II, London Pops Orchestra
106 bpm
D Maj
03:50
29
Air on the G String, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach, Northern String Quartet
133 bpm
D Maj
04:34
30
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Samuel Barber, Northern String Quartet
85 bpm
A# min
07:11
31
The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
155 bpm
F Maj
01:32
32
Carmen Suite No. 1: Les toréadors
Georges Bizet, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
119 bpm
A Maj
02:23
33
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II, Tableau III: XIV. Pas de Deux. Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Asermet
139 bpm
E min
01:59
34
Le quattro stagioni, Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "Summer": III. Presto
Antonio Vivaldi, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
132 bpm
G Maj
03:05
35
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Excerpt)
Paul Dukas, European Philharmonic Orchestra, Otis Klober
70 bpm
F min
03:28
36
Gayane Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance
Aram Khachaturian, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler
91 bpm
C min
02:20
37
Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op. 36 "Enigma": IX. "Nimrod"
Edward Elgar, Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli
91 bpm
D# Maj
03:54
38
Finlandia, Op. 26
Jean Sibelius, Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra
121 bpm
G# Maj
07:58
39
Water Music Suite, HWV 348: Air
George Frideric Handel, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Edmond Appia
80 bpm
F# Maj
04:49
40
Gymnopédies No. 1
Erik Satie, Martin Jacoby
64 bpm
G Maj
04:20