101 Famous Classical Masterpieces, Vols. 1-5

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269
Antonin Dvorák	Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) (Largo)
Johannes Brahms	Waltzes (16) for piano, 4 hands (or piano), Op. 39 (Waltz No.15)
Edvard Grieg	Work(s) (Unspecified Norwegian Dance)
Claude Debussy	Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 (Overture)
Giacomo Puccini	Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera (One Fine Day)
Franz Liszt	Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043
Tomaso Albinoni	Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
Richard Wagner	Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b (The Ride of the Valkyries)
Edvard Grieg	Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 (Anitra's Dance)
Robert Schumann	Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15 (Traumerei (Dreaming))
Giuseppe Verdi	Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves)
Frédéric Chopin	Prelude for piano No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66 (Waltz)
Giuseppe Verdi	Rigoletto, opera (La Donna E Mobile (A Woman Is Fickle))
Johann Strauss II	Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)
Frédéric Chopin	Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
Felix Mendelssohn	The Hebrides, overture for orchestra in B minor ("Fingal's Cave"), Op. 26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 (Allegro)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air on a G string)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Waltz)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (Largo)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ("L'inverno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 4), Op. 8/4, RV 297
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495
George Frederick Handel	Largo in F major, instrumental arrangement ("Ombra mai fu" from the opera Serse)
Johann Strauss II	Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67
Max Bruch	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Johann Strauss II	Champagner-Polka, musical scherzo for orchestra, Op. 211 (RV 211)
Frédéric Chopin	Prelude for piano No. 7 in A major, Op. 28/7, CT. 172
Giuseppe Verdi	Il Trovatore, opera (Anvil Chorus)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 (Rondo)
Robert Schumann	Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young) for piano, Op. 68 (The Merry Peasant)
Franz Joseph Haydn	Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1 (Finale)
Domenico Scarlatti	Work(s) (Sonata in G major)
Franz Schubert	Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished"), D. 759
Alexander Borodin	Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) (Polovstian Dances)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Third Movement)
Sergey Rachmaninov	Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43 (18th Variation)
Franz Schubert	Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114) (Theme & Variation)
Sergey Rachmaninov	Polka italienne, for piano, 4 hands in E flat minor/E flat major, TN ii/21
Sergey Prokofiev	Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1 for orchestra, Op. 64 bis (The Balcony Scene)
Modest Mussorgsky	Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel (The Great Gate at Kiev)
Sergey Rachmaninov	Prelude for piano No.1 in C sharp minor ("The Bells of Moscow"), Op. 3/2
Giacomo Puccini	La bohème, opera (Your Tiny Hand is Frozen)
George Frederick Handel	Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351 (la Rejouissance)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Symphony No. 41 in C major ("Jupiter"), K. 551
Johann Sebastian Bach	Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37)
Léo Delibes	Sylvia, ou La nymphe de Diane, ballet (Pizzicata)
Felix Mendelssohn	A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61 (Wedding March)
George Gershwin	Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé)
Camille Saint-Saëns	The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements
Antonio Vivaldi	Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ("L'autunno," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 3), Op.8/3, RV 293
Gustav Holst	The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 (Neptune the Mystic)
Edvard Grieg	Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 (First Movement: Allegro Molto Moderato)
Paul Dukas	The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Johann Nepomuk Hummel	Trumpet Concerto in E or E flat major, WoO 1, S. 49
Gustav Holst	The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 (Mars: the Bringer of Wars)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (Adagio)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
Felix Mendelssohn	Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6
Gabriel Fauré	Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
Frédéric Chopin	Work(s) (Waltz in A minor)
Edvard Grieg	Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 (Morning)
Johann Sebastian Bach	Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 6 in F major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 (Second Movement)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20 (Waltz)
Johann Strauss I	Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228
Modest Mussorgsky	Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
Gioachino Rossini	Overture to Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
Edward Elgar	Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36 (Nimrod)
Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2
George Frederick Handel	Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6/2, HWV 320
Luigi Boccherini	Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions) (Love Theme)
Franz Schubert	Moment musical for piano in F minor ("Air russe"), D. 780/3 (Op. 94/3)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Edward Elgar	Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1
Mikhail Glinka	Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov
Johann Strauss II	An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Amilcare Ponchielli	La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts (Dance of the Hours)
Claude Debussy	Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113 (Golliwog's Cake Walk)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467
Franz Schubert	An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4)
Felix Mendelssohn	Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian"), Op. 90
Georges Bizet	Carmen, opera (Act I: Prelude (The Toreadors))
Antonin Dvorák	Slavonic Dance No. 8 for orchestra in G minor B. 83/8 (Op. 46/8)
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky	1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49
Maurice Ravel	Boléro, ballet for orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade, symphonic suite for orchestra, Op. 35 (The Young Prince and Princess)
Johannes Brahms	Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 (Lullaby Cradle Song)
Erik Satie	Gymnopedie for piano No. 1
Edward Elgar	Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i) (Turkish Rondo)
Johannes Brahms	Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 (Hungarian Dance No 05)
Henry Purcell	Trumpet Tune (from "The Indian Queen (as Z. 630/4a")) for harpsichord in C major ZT 698
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 (Fourth Movement: Ode to Joy)

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