VARIOUS ARTISTS

The 101 Most Essential Classical Music Pieces Ever

VARIOUS ARTISTS

101 SONGS • 9 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES • JAN 01 2012

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio
Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado
07:57
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Debussy: Deux Arabesques L. 66 - No. 1 Andante con moto
Zoltán Kocsis
03:57
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Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B - Concert version / Act 3 - The Ride Of The Valkyries
London Symphony Orchestra & Leopold Stokowski
05:09
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Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" - 9. Nimrod (Adagio) (Live)
Czech Philharmonic & Leopold Stokowski
04:11
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Pachelbel: Canon in D, P. 37
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger
04:31
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Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L.75 - 3. Clair de lune
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Bernard Herrmann
05:51
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Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" (Live)
Vladimir Ashkenazy & Ludwig van Beethoven
03:00
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Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Prelude to Act 4 (Morning mood)
San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart & Edvard Grieg
04:17
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Satie: 3 Gymnopédies - No. 1, Lent et douloureux
Pascal Rogé
03:11
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Liszt: Liebesträume, S. 541 - No. 3, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Jorge Bolet
04:57
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J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 - Toccata
Daniel Chorzempa
03:27
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH. 12 - No. 10 Scène: Moderato
The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
02:55
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Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E flat, Op. 9 No. 2
Claudio Arrau & Frédéric Chopin
04:49
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Brahms: 2 Rhapsodies Op. 79 - No. 2 In G Minor, Op. 79
Wilhelm Kempff & Johannes Brahms
07:14
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Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a - 2b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
VARIOUS ARTISTS & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
01:48
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Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" - Theme (Andante)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli & Edward Elgar
01:38
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Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1 - "Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais"
Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte‐Carlo & Richard Bonynge
06:07
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J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Willi Boskovsky
07:58
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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 - 1. Zadok the Priest
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra & Sir David Willcocks
05:55
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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale Of Tsar Saltan - 3. The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee
Philharmonia Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
01:21
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Ravel: Boléro, M.81 (Excerpt)
Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
05:18
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Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 - 4. Pie Jesu
Kiri Te Kanawa, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit & Gabriel Fauré
03:46
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Verdi: Nabucco / Act 3 - "Va, pensiero" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
Wiener Staatsopernchor, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper & Lamberto Gardelli
04:48
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Handel: Water Music Suite No. 1 in F, HWV 348 - 5. Air
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra & Simon Preston
03:36
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Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann & Gabriel Fauré
08:17
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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L.86
Timothy Hutchins, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit
10:43
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Verdi: Rigoletto / Act III - La donna è mobile
Plácido Domingo, Wiener Philharmoniker & Carlo Maria Giulini
03:09
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Giazotto: Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (Arr. Giazotto)
Martin Haselböck, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Karl Münchinger
06:38
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Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39 - March No. 1 in D Major
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Edward Elgar
06:36
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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 - "Lascia ch'io pianga"
Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Raymond Leppard
04:53
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Allegri: Miserere
Saul Quirke, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir & Stephen Cleobury
11:18
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Handel: Solomon, HWV 67 / Act III - Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:10
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" - II. Introduzione (Adagio molto)
Radu Lupu
04:40
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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8, No. 3, RV 293 "L'autunno" - 1. Allegro
Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Antonio Vivaldi
05:04
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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera" - 1. Allegro
Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Antonio Vivaldi
03:14
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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269 "La primavera" - 3. Allegro
Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Antonio Vivaldi
04:40
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J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Aria da Capo
András Schiff & Johann Sebastian Bach
03:54
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R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - Einleitung
Wiener Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel
02:01
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Debussy: La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (From 24 Preludes, L. 117)
Albrecht Mayer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Mathias Mönius
02:41
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - 5. "Una voce poco fa...Io sono docile"
Joan Sutherland, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
06:29
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Orff: Carmina Burana - 3. Cour d'amours - "In trutina"
Lynne Dawson, San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt & Carl Orff
02:39
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
07:20
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048 - 3. Allegro
I Musici, Maria Teresa Garatti & Johann Sebastian Bach
05:14
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Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 - 6. Golliwogg's Cakewalk
Pascal Rogé
02:55
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Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King
San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Edo de Waart & Edvard Grieg
02:30
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Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
Nicola Benedetti, London Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding & Jules Massenet
05:35
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Overture
London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado & Gioachino Rossini
07:25
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Debussy: Valse romantique, L. 71
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
04:03
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 - Sequentia: Lacrimosa
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
04:13
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Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - I. Allegro
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
05:48
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Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - II. Romance (Andante)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
06:08
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Mozart: Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" - IV. Rondo (Allegro)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
03:04
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 (Third Movement - Rondo alla turca)
Allan Schiller
03:14
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Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2 - No. 42 "Hallelujah"
John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Karl Richter
04:04
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Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller
02:12
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Lagoya: Danses espagnolas sur les motifs de l'opéra Carmen de Georges Bizet - 2. Habanera
Alexandre Lagoya, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Kenneth Sillito
03:47
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J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - II. Air
Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter & Johann Sebastian Bach
05:47
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 - Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
03:58
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J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben Cantata, BWV 147 - Jesu joy of man's desiring
Kirsten Flagstad, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult
06:11
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - 2b. Tuba mirum - 2c. Mors Stupebit
Martti Talvela, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
03:03
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - 2. Dies irae
Ernst Senff Chor, Berliner Philharmoniker & Carlo Maria Giulini
02:43
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Dvořák: Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 2 (Live)
Czech Philharmonic & Leopold Stokowski
06:44
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Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Vladimir Ashkenazy
05:59
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Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World" - II. Largo
Wiener Philharmoniker & Kirill Kondrashin
11:07
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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto
Vladimir Ashkenazy & Ludwig van Beethoven
06:11
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Schubert: Ave Maria, D. 839
Elly Ameling & Dalton Baldwin
05:48
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Purcell: When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)
Elin Manahan Thomas, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment & Harry Christophers
04:48
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Wiener Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
08:23
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Mozart: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K.550 - 1. Molto allegro
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Josef Krips
09:36
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Ravel: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte, M.19 (Arr. for Oboe & Orchestra)
Albrecht Mayer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Mathias Mönius
05:56
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Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22 - 1. Moderato
Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
04:36
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Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 - No. 4 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto
Mitsuko Uchida & Franz Schubert
08:11
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - Act 1 - 19. Balcony Scene
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
03:14
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Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & André Previn
13:52
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Puccini: Turandot, SC 91, Act III - Nessun dorma!
Luciano Pavarotti, The John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta & Giacomo Puccini
03:01
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J.S. Bach: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Credo - Et resurrexit
Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan & Berliner Philharmoniker
04:20
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 In A, Op. 92 - 2. Allegretto
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Ludwig van Beethoven
07:44
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98 - 1. Allegro non troppo
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Johannes Brahms
13:04
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Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
15:28
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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra - 2. Adagio
Pepe Romero, Christine Pendrill, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
11:33
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Elgar: Sospiri, Op. 70
Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner
04:54
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Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125 - 2. Aquarium
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & André Previn
02:07
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Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48 - IV. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis
06:52
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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi - O mio babbino caro
Renée Fleming, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Giacomo Puccini
02:55
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Satie: Gnossiennes - No. 1 - Lent
Reinbert de Leeuw
05:39
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Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 - 12. Alla Hornpipe
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra & Simon Preston
03:18
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Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P. 7
Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
10:46
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J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 - I. Prélude
Pierre Fournier & Johann Sebastian Bach
02:51
90
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1 - "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?"
Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Stephen Doughty, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment & Paul Daniel
03:53
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - III. Adagio
Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin & Edward Elgar
05:21
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Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125 - Le Cygne
Anne Martindale Williams, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & André Previn
03:14
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Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op. 97 - 3. Youth (Romance)
Erez Ofer, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly
03:01
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Borodin: Prince Igor, Act II - Polovtsian Dances and Chorus
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti
13:41
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Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 / Act 1 - 13. Dance Of The Knights
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
05:41
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Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 - No. 3, La campanella
Jorge Bolet
05:10
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Beethoven: Polonaise in C Major, Op. 89
Julius Katchen
05:07
98
Gounod: Ave Maria
José Carreras, Michael G. Gormley, Wiener Symphoniker & Uwe Christian Harrer
02:49
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Purcell: Oedipus - Music For A While, Z583
Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina & Stefano Montanari
04:15
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Franck: Panis Angelicus, Op.12/V
Luciano Pavarotti, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, The National Philharmonic Orchestra & Kurt Herbert Adler
04:04
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Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812, Op. 49 - Choral version, edited by Andrew Cornall - Ouverture solennelle "1812", Op. 49 - Choral Version
St.Petersburg Chamber Choir, Leningrad Military Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy
16:04
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