‎gut-wrenchingly beautiful pieces of classical music by Aram Khachaturian

Intermezzo (Orchestra)

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:44

Adagio for Strings

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

8:57

No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

5:46

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

Bertrand Chamayou

5:46

IV. Finale (Excerpt: Ode to Joy)

Westminster Choir, James Morris, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

6:14

No. 9, Waltz of the Snowflakes

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Libera

6:40

I. Prelude

Daniel Barenboim

1:46

No. 12, Divertissement: d. Trepak (Russian Dance)

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

1:09

II. Adagio

Sabine Meyer, Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado

6:34

Var. IX. Nimrod

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

3:54

No. 1 in C Major. Nicht zu schnell

Piotr Anderszewski

2:05

III. Minuetto

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:57

II. Adagio

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Thibaut Garcia, Ben Glassberg

10:40

No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

6:55

No. 2 in D-Flat Major. Lento sostenuto

Gabriela Montero

5:38

No. 1, Lent et douloureux (Orch. Ducros)

Jérôme Ducros, Gautier Capuçon, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Adrien Perruchon

2:52

No. 2, March

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

2:25

II. Cavatine

Daniel Müller-Schott, Robert Kulek

6:26

No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Andante

Mikhail Pletnev

1:47

No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop". Sostenuto

Nikolai Lugansky

5:52

I. Allegro non molto

Nigel Kennedy, English Chamber Orchestra

3:27

No. 5 Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen, Cigarières, Jeunes gens, Dragons)

Angela Gheorghiu, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Choeur Les Elements, Michel Plasson, Ensemble Les Éléments

4:35

I. Adagio - Moderato

London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré, John Barbirolli

7:58

I. Prelude

Daniel Barenboim

1:40

No. 14, Pas de deux: Var. II. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

2:25

Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, B. 49

Mikhail Pletnev

4:19

I. Andante grazioso

Fazil Say

14:12

III. Une barque sur l'océan

Bertrand Chamayou

7:00

I. Allegro

Mikhail Pletnev, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

10:50

X. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Alison Balsom, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Tom Etheridge, Stephen Cleobury

5:42

Theme. Andante

Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra

1:21

III. Sarabande

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alexander Briger

3:27

II. Adagio cantabile

Fazil Say

5:24

Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Alfredo, Violetta)

Riccardo Muti, Renata Scotto, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Alfredo Kraus, John McCarthy

2:54

No. 1, Widmung (Arr. Franz Liszt)

Martin James Bartlett

3:57

I. Allegro

Piotr Anderszewski, Martha Argerich

4:43

IV. Sarabande (Transcr. for Guitar by Garcia)

Thibaut Garcia

2:14

Ave Maria, CG 89

Maurice André, Jane Parker-Smith

3:01

No. 1 in C Minor. Lento

Nikolai Lugansky

6:36

XIII. Le cygne (Arr. Chris Hazell)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Han-Na Chang, Aline Brewer, Leonard Slatkin

3:18

No. 2 in E-Flat Major. Andante

Elisabeth Leonskaja

5:04

II. Siciliano (Arr. for Piano by Kempff)

Andrew von Oeyen

3:53

I. Allegro molto appassionato

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Maxim Vengerov, Kurt Masur

12:57

Polovtsian Dances, Dance II

State Academic Mariinsky Theater Choir, Saint Petersburg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Paavo Järvi

2:23

VII. Waltz 2

Paavo Järvi, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

3:52

Pavane in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 50 (Orchestral Version)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

6:19

I. Prelude

Daniel Barenboim

1:33

II. Adagio

Mikhail Pletnev, Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen

6:17

I. Canon (Orchestral Version)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

5:01

The Lark Ascending (Excerpt: Opening)

Hugh Bean, Adrian Boult, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:26

Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

London Symphony Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian

9:54

II. Air

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:33

Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

10:16

No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

Maria Joao Pires

1:40

No. 13, Dance of the Knights

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

5:41

No. 14, Pas de deux: Coda

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

1:24

No. 7, Ständchen

Mariam Batsashvili

6:07

Vedrò con mio diletto (Anastasio)

Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev, Jakub Józef Orliński

5:37

No. 9, Sheep May Safely Graze (Arr. Marriner)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Ian Watson

4:37

III. I pini del Gianiclo

Antonio Pappano, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

7:42

No.12 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro

Conrad Tao

2:27

No. 10, Scene. Moderato

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

2:47

No. 2, Flower Duet

Mady Mesplé, Alain Lombard, Danielle Millet, Orchestre du Theatre National de l'opera-comique

3:31

Fantasia on Greensleeves, for Flute, Harp and Strings

John Barbirolli, Sinfonia of London

4:39

II. Andante

Hallé, Bryden Thomson, Stephen Hough

6:48

Riccardo Muti

Conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic

Orchestra, Ensemble
Sir Simon Rattle

Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra

gut-wrenchingly beautiful pieces of classical music

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