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The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music

By Various Artists

9th June 2009

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Title

Tempo

Key

Length

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 "Fate": I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig van Beethoven, Bernhard Güller, Bamberg Symphony

Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
Frédéric Chopin, Peter Schmalfuss

Xerxes, HWV 40, Act I: Largo "Ombra mai fu"
George Frideric Handel, Jennifer Lane, Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Baroque Orchestra

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Hokanson

Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon
Johann Pachelbel, Mary Jane Newman, Musica Antiqua New York

The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi, Emmy Verhey, Alun Francis, Camerata Antonio Lucio

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Johann Sebastian Bach, Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Ensemble

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Niek van Oosterum, Eduardo Marturet, Berliner Symphoniker

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ernest Bour, SWR Symphony Orchestra

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction "Sunrise"
Richard Strauss, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Walter Klien

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg, Maurice Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a
Samuel Barber, Andrew Schenck, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Evgeni Koroliov, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Cologne Chamber Orchestra

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Lentamente)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Markus Stocker, Viktor Yampolsky

Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: No. 1, O Fortuna
Carl Orff, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Chorus, Ilya Stupel, Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra

Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
Claude Debussy, Peter Frankl

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francesco Macci, Camerata Salzburg

Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: Scéne, Moderato
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Peter Falk, Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Ludwig van Beethoven, Dubravka Tomšič

Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro
Johannes Brahms, Christian Ehwald, Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3, O lieb so lang' du lieben kannst
Franz Liszt, Jerome Rose

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Queen of the Night's Aria)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maszella Holzapfel, Klaus Arp, SWR Symphony Orchestra

Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Aram Khachaturian, Ivan Marinov, Sofia Symphony Orchestra

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Johann Sebastian Bach, Klemens Schnorr

Boléro, M. 81
Maurice Ravel, Arpad Joo, London Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
Antonín Dvořák, Hugo Rignold, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Turandot, Act III: Nessun Dorma
Giacomo Puccini, Charles K.L. Davis, Wilfred Pelletier, New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra

Pavane, Op. 50
Gabriel Fauré, Frank Morelli, Humbert Lucarelli, Susan Jolles, Robert Johnson, The New York Philomusica Winds

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Pt. 2: X. Chorale, Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (Arr. for Organ)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Susanne Doll

Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ
Remo Giazotto, Ross Pople, London Festival Orchestra

Thaïs: Meditation
Jules Massenet, Cafè Concerto

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato
Felix Mendelssohn, Jaime Laredo, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Pt. 3: IV. Adagietto
Gustav Mahler, Harold Farberman, London Symphony Orchestra

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 44, Hallelujah
George Frideric Handel, Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne
Camille Saint-Saëns, Stockholm Chamber Duo

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
Joaquín Rodrigo, Michael Conn, John Lubbock, Orchestra of St. John's

Ave Maria, D. 839
Franz Schubert, Calvin Wiersma, Amy Butler, Mary Jane Newman

The Planets, Op. 32: No. 4, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst, Sir Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II. The Last Spring
Edvard Grieg, Heribert Beissel, Bonn Classical Philharmonic

Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, Jeffrey Siegel, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven, Alfred Brendel

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga
George Frideric Handel, Madeleine Tsingopoulos, Rudolph Palmer, Brewer Baroque Orchestra

Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach, Conrad von der Goltz

Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 64: I. Montagues and Capulets
Sergei Prokofiev, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz, Lacrymosa
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Baden-Baden State Chorus, Kaszimierz Kord, SWR Symphony Orchestra

Festival Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49 "The Year 1812"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Maurice Abravanel, Utah Symphony Orchestra

Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner, Jerzy Semkow, St. Louis Symphony

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"
Giacomo Puccini, Victoria Anderson, Andrew Lane, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Choral Finale (Ode to Joy)
Ludwig van Beethoven, BBC Symphony Chorus, Josef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra