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

I. O Fortuna

Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Rutgers University Choir

2:45

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

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

16:12

Canon in D Major

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

4:28

No. 20, Variation dansée "Pizzicati"

Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Irving, Philharmonia Orchestra

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

Philharmonia Orchestra, Colin Davis

4:18

Overture

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

2:15

I. Allegro

Karl Münchinger, Werner Krotzinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:34

No. 13, Morning Mood (Morgenstemning)

London Symphony Orchestra, Øivin Fjeldstad

4:33

II. Air ("On a G String")

Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Festival Orchestra

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

London Proms Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

7:30

XIV. The Swan

Peter Katchen, Kenneth Heath, London Symphony Orchestra

2:38

II. Largo

Berlin Philharmonic, Ferenc Fricsay

4:44

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Vienna Symphony Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Willem van Otterloo

10:33

IX. Wedding March

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

5:02

II. Adagio

National Orchestra of Spain, Ataúlfo Argenta, Narcisco Yepes

4:59

IV. Adagietto

London Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Schwarz

7:24

Var. IX. Nimrod (Adagio)

Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra

3:46

Sabre Dance

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

2:13

Overture

Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic

3:49

Pavane, Op. 50

Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:05

Overture 1812, Op. 49

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

17:10

Rhapsody for Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

5:54

II. Vltava

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

11:51

II. Adagio

Peter Katchen, London Symphony Orchestra, Earl Wild

11:41

Overture

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:14

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

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bliss

5:56

I. Adagio sostenuto

Bernhard Jarvis

5:17

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

Geraint Jones Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Geraint Jones Singers

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

Kirill Kondrashin, London Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter

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

Peter Maag, London Symphony Orchestra

3:08

I. Einleitung

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:26

Ave Maria

Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price, Vienna Philharmonic

2:35

Boléro, M. 81

Hugo Rignold, London Symphony Orchestra

8:21

Gymnopédies No. 1

Bernhard Jarvis

3:40

Nessun dorma! (Non shall Sleep)

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

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

Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

4:34

Eugene Ormandy

Artist
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Orchestra
The Rutgers University Choir

Choir
Adrian Boult

Conductor
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Orchestra

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

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