The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music
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49 tracks, 257:11
Release Date
23 November 2009
Beginning with Grieg’s magical depiction of a Norwegian sunrise and finishing with the tender, heartbreaking “Adagietto” from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, this album is the perfect introduction to classical music’s infinite variety. Throughout, you’ll encounter gems from the Baroque, including Bach’s stately “Air on a G String” and the sparkling opening movement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. And there’s exquisite Mozart in the form of his effervescent Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the restless Symphony No. 40, and his final, tragic masterpiece, the Requiem. Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March N… read more
Beginning with Grieg’s magical depiction of a Norwegian sunrise and finishing with the tender, heartbreaking “Adagietto” from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5… read more
Beginning with Grieg’s magical depiction of a Norwegian sunrise and finishing with the tender, heartbreaking “Adagietto” from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, this album is the perfect introduct… read more

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Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood Edvard Grieg
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 3:24 100,958 listeners
2 Play track Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 "Fate": I. Allegro con brio Ludwig van Beethoven
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 7:28 4,008 listeners
3 Play track The Four Seasons, Op. 8 "Spring": I. Allegro Antonio Vivaldi
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 3:13 584 listeners
4 Play track Adagio For Strings Samuel Barber
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 6:23 248,701 listeners
5 Play track The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Richard Wagner
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 5:26 4,585 listeners
6 Play track Nocturne No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 Frédéric Chopin
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 4:29 297,375 listeners
7 Play track Canon in D Major Johann Pachelbel
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 4:45 171,571 listeners
8 Play track Carmina Burana: O Fortuna Carl Orff
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 2:49 95,844 listeners
9 Play track Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air Johann Sebastian Bach
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 4:34 98,800 listeners
10 Play track The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Gustav Holst
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 7:49 77,099 listeners
11 Play track Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune Claude Debussy
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 5:30 327,316 listeners
12 Play track Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" Giuseppe Verdi
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 4:59 1,413 listeners
13 Play track Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 8:09 151,674 listeners
14 Play track Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro Johann Sebastian Bach
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 3:22 33,734 listeners
15 Play track Thaïs: Meditation Jules Massenet
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 4:51 3,235 listeners
16 Play track Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World": II. Largo Leonard Bernstein
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 13:32 7,286 listeners
17 Play track On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 Johann Strauss II
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 9:12 6,731 listeners
18 Play track Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor Johannes Brahms
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 2:54 59,313 listeners
19 Play track Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20: Scéne Пётр Ильич Чайковский
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 3:02 674 listeners
20 Play track Gymnopédie No. 1 Erik Satie
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 3:40 614,645 listeners
21 Play track Requiem, K. 626: Part III, VI. Lacrimosa dies illa Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 2:50 447 listeners
22 Play track Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" Ludwig van Beethoven
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 3:38 28,942 listeners
23 Play track Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: I. Land of Hope and Glory Sir Edward Elgar
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 5:46 374 listeners
24 Play track Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera Georges Bizet
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 2:08 12,070 listeners
25 Play track Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": Ode an die Freude Ludwig van Beethoven
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 2:33 127 listeners
26 Play track Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Barcarolle Jacques Offenbach
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 2:58 12,567 listeners
27 Play track Adagio In G Minor For Strings And Organ (After T. Albinoni) Remo Giazotto
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 8:38 508 listeners
28 Play track Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 4:20 59,837 listeners
29 Play track Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: Overture (Sinfonia) Gioacchino Rossini
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 7:26 17,496 listeners
30 Play track Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto Ludwig van Beethoven
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 6:04 15,857 listeners
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31 Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau River) Bedřich Smetana
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 11:26 5,934 listeners
32 Play track String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13: Minuet Luigi Boccherini
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 3:48 11,999 listeners
33 Play track Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 8:30 108,938 listeners
34 Play track Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op. 72 Antonín Dvořák
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 2:34 1,893 listeners
35 Play track Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach) Charles‐François Gounod
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 2:34 76 listeners
36 Play track Finlandia, Op. 26 Jean Sibelius
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 9:00 86,607 listeners
37 Play track Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: III. Rondo. Alla turca Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 3:25 521 listeners
38 Play track The magic Flute, K. 620: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 6:31 10,541 listeners
39 Play track The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus Georg Friedrich Händel
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 3:32 850 listeners
40 Play track Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King Edvard Grieg
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 2:17 59,479 listeners
41 Play track Pavane, Op. 50 Gabriel Fauré
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 5:56 172,966 listeners
42 Play track Double Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043: Vivace Johann Sebastian Bach
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 3:38 2,848 listeners
43 Play track L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1: I. Prelude Georges Bizet
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 6:24 506 listeners
44 Play track Radetzky March, Op. 228 Johann Strauss I
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 2:25 14,710 listeners
45 Play track Egmont, Op. 84: Overture Ludwig van Beethoven
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 9:11 23,361 listeners
46 Cavatina Stanley Myers
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 3:54 71,679 listeners
47 Play track Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 "Christmas Concerto": II. Allegro Arcangelo Corelli
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 2:28 948 listeners
48 Play track Messa da Requiem: Part II. Dies irae, II. Tuba Mirum Giuseppe Verdi
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 3:55 545 listeners
49 Play track Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto Gustav Mahler
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 9:51 8,701 listeners

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