The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music
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30 July 2017
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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1 Play track Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood Edvard Grieg
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 3:49 98,468 listeners
2 Play track Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67, "Fate": I. Allegro Con Brio Ludwig van Beethoven
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 7:13 12,098 listeners
3 The Four Seasons, Op. 8, "Spring": Allegro Antonio Vivaldi
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4 Play track The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Richard Wagner
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 5:26 4,572 listeners
5 Play track Canon in D Major Johann Pachelbel
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 4:03 171,511 listeners
6 Play track Symphony No. 5: Adagietto Gustav Mahler
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 12:03 6,540 listeners
7 Play track The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Gustav Holst
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 7:01 75,527 listeners
8 Play track Suite Bergamasque, L 75: Clair de Lune Claude Debussy
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 5:13 12,326 listeners
9 Play track Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" Giuseppe Verdi
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 4:59 1,412 listeners
10 Play track Concerto No. 21 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467: Andante Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 7:18 13,355 listeners
11 Play track Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro Johann Sebastian Bach
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 5:19 33,381 listeners
12 Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, op. 95, "From the New World": Largo Antonín Dvořák
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 12:49 1,666 listeners
13 An Der Schönen Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314 Johann Strauss II
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 5:51 3,474 listeners
14 Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor Johannes Brahms
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 2:03 247 listeners
15 Play track Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20: Scène (Lake in the Moonlight) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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 3:01 6,017 listeners
16 Play track Gymnopédie No. 1 Erik Satie
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 3:07 607,208 listeners
17 Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa dies illa Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 2:49 6,016 listeners
18 Play track Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" Ludwig van Beethoven
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 3:38 28,928 listeners
19 Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: Land of Hope and Glory London Philharmonic Orchestra
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 5:45 15,588 listeners
20 Play track Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera Georges Bizet
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 2:08 12,059 listeners
21 Serenade In G major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 19:40 366 listeners
22 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: Rondo: Alla Turca Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 3:25 3,150 listeners
23 Play track Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 7:29 9,682 listeners
24 Play track Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus Georg Friedrich Händel
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 3:32 9,546 listeners
25 Play track Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King Edvard Grieg
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 2:34 10,192 listeners
26 Play track Double Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043: Vivace Johann Sebastian Bach
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 3:38 2,842 listeners
27 Play track Egmont, Op. 84: Overture in F Minor Ludwig van Beethoven
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 7:21 10,903 listeners
28 Play track Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 6, "Christmas Concerto": Allegro Arcangelo Corelli
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 2:27 11,555 listeners
29 Play track Vocalise, OP. 34 Sergei Rachmaninoff
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 5:50 4,269 listeners
30 Waltz in E major, B. 44 Frédéric Chopin
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 1:54 433 listeners
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31 Overture To The Marriage Of Figaro, K. 492 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 3:58 902 listeners
32 Misera, Dove Son!, K.369 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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 7:06 87 listeners
33 String Quartet in F major - I. Allegro moderato Maurice Ravel
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 119 listeners
34 Fantasy in C Major op.15 d.760 'Wanderer' - i. allegro con fuoco Franz Schubert
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35 Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major, D. 959 - II. Andantino Franz Schubert
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 9:05 188 listeners
36 Play track Polovtsian Dances Александр Порфирьевич Бородин
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 3:52 4,900 listeners
37 The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26 Felix Mendelssohn
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 10:10 265 listeners
38 Play track Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 Николай Римский-Корсаков
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 14:26 128 listeners
39 Colonel Bogey March Kenneth J. Alford
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 3:02 2,914 listeners
40 Praise the Lord, the Mighty King of Honor, Bwv 137 - 4. Aria Johann Sebastian Bach
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41 Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 Johann Sebastian Bach
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42 3 Sérénades, Op. 96 Ferdinando Carulli
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43 3 Wind Quintets, Op. 67 - Quintet No. 2 in E Minor Franz Danzi
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44 Flute Trio in B-Flat Major Louis François Philippe Drouet
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45 String Quartet, Op. 60 No. 1 - I. Allegro Moderato John Lodge Ellerton
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46 Flute Duet in C Minor - II. Andantino Johannes Frederik Frøhlich
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47 Trumpet Sonata No.4 in D Major - I. Adagio Domenico Gabrielli
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48 Organ Concerto in B Flat Major, Hwv 306 - I. Andante Georg Friedrich Händel
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49 3 Fantaisies for Solo Flute, Op. 38 - Fantaisie No. 1 Friedrich Kuhlau
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50 The Garden of Orchids, Op. 76 - I. Javanese Dance Walter Niemann
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