‎The Best Classical Music for Beginners: 51 of the Greatest Hits & Pieces of All Time by Various Artists

I. O Fortuna

The Rutgers University Choir, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

2:45

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Adrian Boult, Earl Wild

16:12

Canon in D Major

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:28

No. 20, Variation dansée "Pizzicati"

Robert Irving, Philharmonia Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

1:43

I. Allegro con brio

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:46

I. Mars, the Bringer of War

London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

6:46

I. Allegro

Colin Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:18

Overture

Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

2:15

I. Allegro

Werner Krotzinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

3:34

No. 13, Morning Mood (Morgenstemning)

London Symphony Orchestra, Øivin Fjeldstad

4:33

II. Air ("On a G String")

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:19

The Montagues and the Capulets

Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic

1:44

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

Fernando Germani

8:48

No. 7

Sir Charles Mackerras, London Proms Symphony Orchestra

7:30

XIV. The Swan

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Katchen, Kenneth Heath

2:38

II. Largo

Berlin Philharmonic, Ferenc Fricsay

4:44

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Vienna Symphony Chorus, Willem van Otterloo, Vienna Philharmonic

10:33

IX. Wedding March

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

5:02

II. Adagio

Ataúlfo Argenta, Narcisco Yepes, National Orchestra of Spain

4:59

IV. Adagietto

Rudolf Schwarz, London Symphony Orchestra

7:24

Var. IX. Nimrod (Adagio)

Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra

3:46

Sabre Dance

Gennady Rozhdestvensky, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

2:13

Overture

Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic

3:49

Pavane, Op. 50

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

5:05

Overture 1812, Op. 49

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

17:10

Rhapsody for Orchestra

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:54

II. Vltava

Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

11:51

II. Adagio

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Katchen, Earl Wild

11:41

Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

7:14

March No. 1 in D Major "Land of Hope and Glory"

Arthur Bliss, London Philharmonic Orchestra

5:56

I. Adagio sostenuto

Bernhard Jarvis

5:17

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"

Geraint Jones, Geraint Jones Orchestra

5:56

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

7:37

III. Clair de lune

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

4:09

III. Allegro deciso

Sviatoslav Richter, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin

6:39

No. 7, In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)

Øivin Fjeldstad, London Symphony Orchestra

2:40

II. Air

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, George Weldon

3:02

Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag

3:08

I. Einleitung

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:26

Ave Maria

Vienna Philharmonic, Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan

2:35

Boléro, M. 81

Hugo Rignold, London Symphony Orchestra

8:21

Gymnopédies No. 1

Bernhard Jarvis

3:40

Nessun dorma! (Non shall Sleep)

Coro del Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Orchestra del Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome, Alberto Erede, Mario del Monaco

2:46

The Blue Danube, Op. 314

Willi Boskovski, Vienna Philharmonic

7:31

Danses des Cygnes

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

2:34

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Bernhard Jarvis

3:43

Variation 10, L'istesso tempo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Earl Wild

2:44

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

1:58

Méditation

Carmen Dragon, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra

3:21

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 No. 2

Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

7:57

No. 20, Hallelujah!

Huddersfield Choral Society, Malcolm Sargent, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

4:34

The Rutgers University Choir

Choir
Eugene Ormandy

Artist
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Orchestra
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Orchestra
Adrian Boult

Conductor

The Best Classical Music for Beginners: 51 of the Greatest Hits & Pieces of All Time

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