‎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

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, Yehudi Menuhin, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:43

I. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

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)

Øivin Fjeldstad, London Symphony Orchestra

4:33

II. Air ("On a G String")

Menuhin Festival Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

4:19

The Montagues and the Capulets

Czech Philharmonic, Karel Ančerl

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Katchen, Kenneth Heath

2:38

II. Largo

Berlin Philharmonic, Ferenc Fricsay

4:44

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Willem van Otterloo, Vienna Symphony Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic

10:33

IX. Wedding March

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

5:02

II. Adagio

Narcisco Yepes, National Orchestra of Spain, Ataúlfo Argenta

4:59

IV. Adagietto

Rudolf Schwarz, London Symphony Orchestra

7:24

Var. IX. Nimrod (Adagio)

London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux

3:46

Sabre Dance

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

2:13

Overture

Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm

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

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

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 Orchestra, Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones

5:56

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

7:37

III. Clair de lune

Ernest Ansermet, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

4:09

III. Allegro deciso

Sviatoslav Richter, Kirill Kondrashin, London Symphony Orchestra

6:39

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Øivin Fjeldstad

2:40

II. Air

George Weldon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:02

Overture

Peter Maag, London Symphony Orchestra

3:08

I. Einleitung

Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

1:26

Ave Maria

Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

2:35

Boléro, M. 81

London Symphony Orchestra, Hugo Rignold

8:21

Gymnopédies No. 1

Bernhard Jarvis

3:40

Nessun dorma! (Non shall Sleep)

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

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet

1:58

Méditation

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dragon

3:21

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 No. 2

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

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
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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