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12th century

ANONYMOUS (12th century), French
Lux hodie, conductus (3 minutes)
GUIRAUD DE BORNELH (c. 1138-c. 1199), French
Reis Glorios (3 minutes)
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (1098-1179), German
Ave generosa (8 minutes)
O frondens Virga (3 minutes)
O Spiritui Sancto (8 minutes)
O pastor animarum (2 minutes)
RICHARD COEUR DE LION (1157-1199), English
Under the Greenwood Tree (3 minutes)
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13th century

ALFONSO EL SABIO (1221-1278), Spanish
Cantiga (2 minutes)
AMBROSIAN CHANT (13th century)
Kyrie (2 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (13th century)
Ego sum resurrectio: In paradisum (2 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (13th century), English
Folktunes (4 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (13th century), French
Dances (4 minutes)
Judea et Jerusalem, organum (9 minutes)
La quinte estampie royal (4 minutes)
La tierche estampie royal (3 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (13th century), Spanish
Cantiga de amigo (3 minutes)
Av'e Eva (2 minutes)
MEISTER RUMELANT (c. 1275), Minnesinger at the Danehof Court
Der sich so ho gesetzet hat (6 minutes)
Got in vier elementen sich erscheynet (2 minutes)
Die tenschen morder (6 minutes)
WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE (c. 1170-c. 1230), German
Unter Den Linden (2 minutes)
Palästinalied (3 minutes)
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14th century

ANONYMOUS
Gregorian sequence (2 minutes)
Gregorian chants (12 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (14th century), Italian
Chominciamento di Gioia: Saltarello (3 minutes)
MACHAUT, Guillaume de (c. 1302-1377), French
4 ballades (27 minutes)
Chansons (16 minutes)
Puis qu'en oubli (2 minutes)
WOLKENSTEIN, Oswald von (c. 1377-1445), Austrian
Frölisch Geschrai (2 minutes)
Her Wiert Uns Dürstet (2 minutes)
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15th century

AGRICOLA, Alexander (c. 1445-1506), Franco-Flemish
Ay je rien fet (3 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (15th century)
Sephardic song: A la nana (3 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (15th century), Bohemian
Bohemian dances (2 minutes)
ANONYMOUS (early 15th century), Italian
Codex Faenza: J'ay grant désespoir de ma vie (3 minutes)
DUFAY, Guillaume (c. 1400-1474), French
Hymns for Lent (7 minutes)
6 Rondos (16 minutes)
Ce jour de l'an (2 minutes)
GIOVANNI AMBROGIO (15th century), Italian
Voltate (3 minutes)
GUGLIELMO EBREO DA PESARO (c. 1425-c. 1475)
Gratioso (2 minutes)
JOSQUIN DESPREZ (c. 1440-1521), Franco-Flemish
In principio erat verbum, motet (9 minutes)
Benedicta es coelorum Regina, motet (7 minutes)
Ave Maria (3 minutes)
Absalon, fili mi (4 minutes)
MIKOLAJ Z RADOMIA (early 15th century), Polish
Ballade (2 minutes)
OCKEGHEM, Johannes (c. 1425-1497), Franco-Flemish
Kyrie from Missa L'homme armé (3 minutes)
Sanctus from Missa Prolationum (3 minutes)
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16th century

ANONYMOUS (early 16th century), Spanish
Cancionero Musical de Palacio (3 minutes)
BASSANO, Giovanni (c. 1558-c. 1617), Italian
Ricercata (3 minutes)
BENDUSI, Francesco (d. ca. 1553), Italian
Pass'e Mezze Dito Il Romano (3 minutes)
BYRD, William (1543-1623), English
Agnus Dei (4 minutes)
Iustorum Animae (3 minutes)
Pavan (4 minutes)
CAVALIERI, Emilio del (c. 1550-1602), Italian
Ahi caso acerbo (2 minutes)
DALL'AQUILA, Marco (c. 1480-c. 1538), Italian
La traditora (3 minutes)
DE LA HELE, Georges (1547-1587), Franco-Flemish
Missa "Nigra sum": Sanctus and Agnus dei (11 minutes)
DOWLAND, John (1562-1626), English
Farewell (2 minutes)
Flow my tears (4 minutes)
FRANCESCO CANOVA da Milano (1497-1543), Italian
Fanatasia Sexta (2 minutes)
Tre fantasie (7 minutes)
FRANCISCUS BOSSINENSIS (active c. 1510), Bosnian
Haime (2 minutes)
GABRIELI, Giovanni (c. 1554-c. 1612), Italian
Canzon a Duodecimi Toni (5 minutes)
Sonata pian'e forte (5 minutes)
GALLUS, Jacobus (1550-1591), Austrian
Currit parrus lepulus, motet (2 minutes)
Quam galina, motet (3 minutes)
GESUALDO, Don Carlo (c. 1560-1613), Italian
Motet (5 minutes)
Peccantem me quotidie (5 minutes)
GOUDIMEL, Claude (c. 1514-1572), French
Psalm CXXVIII: Bienhereux est quiconque (2 minutes)
JANNEQUIN, Clément (c. 1485-1558), French
Le chant des oiseaux (The Birds) (5 minutes)
LASSUS, Orlande de (1532-1594), Franco-Flemish
Serenade (3 minutes)
Kyrie eleison (3 minutes)
MASSAINO, Tiburtio (c. 1550-c. 1609), Italian
Canzon XXXIII (4 minutes)
PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594), Italian
Missa Brevis (14 minutes)
Missa Brevis (Tu es Petrus) (23 minutes)
Pater Noster (3 minutes)
Kyrie (from Missa Papae Marcelli) (4 minutes)
Super flumina Babylonis (3 minutes)
PHALESIUS, Petrus (c. 1510-1573), Flemish
Ungharesca (3 minutes)
PRAETORIUS, Michael (1571-1621), German
Motet (2 minutes)
Ballet des Baccanales (4 minutes)
TALLIS, Thomas (c. 1505-1585), English
The Lamentations of Jeremiah (20 minutes)
Mass (Puer natus est) (22 minutes)
Salvator Mundi (3 minutes)
If Ye Love Me (2 minutes)
VERDELOT, Philippe (c. 1482-c. 1535), French
Madonna per voi ardo, madrigal (3 minutes)
VIADANA, Lodovico Grossi da (c. 1560-1627), Italian
Exsultate justi, motet (2 minutes)
La Bergamasca (3 minutes)
VICTORIA, Tomás Luis de (c. 1548-1611), Spanish
O Domine Jesu, motet (3 minutes)
Gloria (3 minutes)
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17th century

ALDROVANDINI, Giuseppe (1671-1707), Italian
Sonata in D Major for two trumpets, strings and basso continuo (4 minutes)
ALLEGRI, Gregorio (1582-1652), Italian
Miserere (12 minutes)
BANCHIERI, Adriano (1568-1634), Italian
La zia Bernadina (2 minutes)
BENEVOLO, Orazio (1605-1672), Italian
Agnus Dei (2 minutes)
BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704), Austrian
The Battle, suite (12 minutes)
BLOW, John (1649-1708), English
Protect me my Lord, motet (3 minutes)
BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich (1637-1707), German
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (3 minutes)
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne, BuxWV 137 (5 minutes)
CAMPION, Thomas (1567-1620), English
I care not for these Ladies (3 minutes)
CESTI, Antonio (1623-1669), Italian
Lamento della Madre Ebrea (4 minutes)
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704), French
Marche en Rondeau (3 minutes)
Kyrie (4 minutes)
CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653-1713), Italian
Concerto grosso in g minor op. 6 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto) (16 minutes)
Pastorale from Christmas Concerto (5 minutes)
Sonata in D minor (La Follia) op. 5 No. 12 (13 minutes)
Allemanda from Trio sonata (4 minutes)
COUPERIN, François 1668-1733), French
Les Nations - La Française (20 minutes)
Pieces de clavicen (excerpts) (6 minutes)
Les abeilles (The Bees) (2 minutes)
COUPERIN, Louis (1626-1661), French
Menuet de Poitou et son Double (2 minutes)
DUMONT, Henri (1610-1648), French
Magnificat (12 minutes)
FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583-1643), Italian
Ricercar (3 minutes)
GASPARINI, Francesco (1668-1727), Italian
The Meddlesome Cupid, aria (4 minutes)
GIBBONS, Orlando (1583-1625), English
Te Deum (10 minutes)
A Mask: The Fairest Nymph (2 minutes)
HUME, Tobias (c. 1569-1645), English
The Spirit of Gambo (4 minutes)
KUHNAU, Johann (1660-1722), German
The Fight between David and Goliath (No. 1 of the 6 Stories from the Bible illustrated in music) (11 minutes)
Saul Cured by David through Music (No. 2 of the 6 Stories from the Bible illustrated in music) (15 minutes)
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), French
Le bourgeois gentilhomme, suite (17 minutes)
Air, Bellérophon (2 minutes)
Air, Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre (4 minutes)
Phaéton, gavotte (1 minute)
MARAIS, Marin (1656-1728), French
La sonnerie de Sainte Genevieve du Mont (8 minutes)
MARINI, Biagio (c. 1597-1665), Italian
Sonata in echo (5 minutes)
MONTEVERDI, Claudio (1567-1643), Italian
The Charming Angioletta, madrigal (10 minutes)
Il ritorno d'Ulisse, Act I, Duet of Odysseus and Pallas Athene (13 minutes)
Lament of Ariadne (3 minutes)
Nigra sum from Vespers (3 minutes)
Possente spirto, L'Orfeo (3 minutes)
Christe, Adoramus Te (3 minutes)
MUFFAT, Georg (1653-1704), French
Concerto grosso No. 9, VI Borea (2 minutes)
PACHELBEL, Johann (1653-1706), German
Canon and Gigue in D major (6 minutes)
Magnificat Fugue (2 minutes)
PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695), English
Dido and Aeneas, Dido's Farewell (9 minutes)
When I Am laid in earth (Dido's lament) (4 minutes)
Fantanzia upon One Note (3 minutes)
I will sing unto the Lord (4 minutes)
SCARLATTI, Alessandro (1660-1725), Italian
La Giuditta, oratorio, Part I (excerpts) (16 minutes)
SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (1585-1672), German
Deutsche Magnificat (8 minutes)
Die sieben Worte am Kreuz SWV 478 (22 minutes)
Erhore mich, wenn ich rufe (3 minutes)
STRADELLA, Alessandro (1644-1682), Italian
Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio (5 minutes)
Canzona - Aria (3 minutes)
SWEELINCK, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621), Netherlandish
Echo Fantasia (4 minutes)
TOMKINS, Thomas (1572-1656), English
When David Heard (5 minutes)
TORELLI, Giuseppe (1658-1709), Italian
Sonata a cinque in D Major No. 7 (6 minutes)
Concerto Estienne Roger (5 minutes)
WEELKES, Thomas (1575-1623), English
Madrigal (Springtime Song) (2 minutes)
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18th century

ALBINONI, Tommaso (1671-1750), Italian
Adagio in G minor (6 minutes)
Concerto in D major (8 minutes)
ARNE, Thomas (1710-1778), English
Concerto for cembalo in C major (13 minutes)
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750), German
Cantata BWV 51 (Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen) (18 minutes)
Cantata BWV 54 (Widerstehe doch der Sünde) (13 minutes)
Cantata BWV 82 (Ich habe genung) (22 minutes)
Cantata BWV 140 (Zion hört die Waechter singen) (5 minutes)
Cantata BWV 147 (Jesus bleibet meine Freude) (4 minutes)
Cantata BWV 212 (Bauernkantate) (28 minutes)
Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 (33 minutes)
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - Chorus (Kommt ihr Tochter) and Choral (Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen) (13 minutes)
Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 (48 minutes)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (6 minutes)
Komm, heiliger Geist, choral, BWV 652 (7 minutes)
Sonata in A Major for flute and cembalo obligato, BWV 1032 (15 minutes)
Brandenburg Concert No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (12 minutes)
Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079, No. 1, Ricercare (6 minutes)
Air on a G String, Ouverture No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 (4 minutes)
BACH, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788), German
Sonata in A major Wq 89, II. Arioso (2 minutes)
BOCCHERINI, Luigi (1743-1805), Italian
Symphony in D minor (The House of the Devil) (13 minutes)
BONONCINI, Giovanni (1670-1747), Italian
Sinfonia decima a 7 (8 minutes)
CALDARA, Antonio (c.1670-1736), Italian
Aria from a cantata (5 minutes)
GLUCK, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787), German
Orfeo, Act I, Orpheus' aria in G Major (7 minutes)
Orfeo ed Euridice, Dance of the Blessed Spirits (2 minutes)
Paride ed Elena, Paris' aria (3 minutes)
HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759), German
Fireworks Music (18 minutes)
Water Music, Suite No. 1 (28 minutes)
Concerto for harp, lute and theorbo in B flat major (14 minutes)
Concert for Organ in F major op. 4 No. 4 (15 minutes)
Sonata for Recorder and basso continuo in G major (5 minutes)
Israel in Egypt - Part III Moses Lobgesang (excerpts) (6 minutes)
Judas Maccabaeus - See the Conquering Hero Comes! (2 minutes)
Messiah 'Hallelujah Chorus' (4 minutes)
Samson, Part 1 Sinfonia, recitative and chorus (12 minutes)
Belshazzar (excerpts) (11 minutes)
Solomon - Chorus: Your harps and cymbals (3 minutes)
Solomon - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (3 minutes)
Rinaldo, Act II, Almerina's aria (4 minutes)
Rinaldo, Act III, Rinaldo's aria (4 minutes)
Serse, Ombra mai fu, Largo (3 minutes)
Atalanta, Act 3 (excerpts) (12 minutes)
Acis and Galathea, Sinfonia and chorus (8 minutes)
Coronation Anthem 'Zadok the Priest' HWV 259 (5 minutes)
HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809), Austrian
The Seasons, Part 1 Spring, Introduction, aria and chorus (9 minutes)
The Seasons, Part 2 Summer (excerpts) (23 minutes)
The Seasons, Part 3 Autumn (excerpts) (25 minutes)
The Seasons, Part 4 Winter (excerpts) (15 minutes)
The Seasons, Finale, terzet and double chorus (6 minutes)
The Creation, introduction and aria (12 minutes)
Trumpet Concerto in E Flat (3rd mvt) (5 minutes)
HAYDN, Michael (1737-1806), Austrian
St Francis Mass (40 minutes)
KOZELUCH, Leopold (1748-1818), Bohemian
Harmonie in F major, IV Rondeau. Allegretto (3 minutes)
LEBRUN, Ludwig August (1752-1790), German
Concerto in C major for oboe (21 minutes)
LOTTI, Antonio (1667-1740), Italian
Crucifixus (3 minutes)
MARCELLO, Alessandro (1669-1747), Italian
Concerto in C major for oboe (12 minutes)
MÉHUL, Étienne Nicolas (1763-1817), French
Joseph, aria (5 minutes)
MOZART, Leopold (1719-1787), Austrian
Symphony in G major (Sinfonia da caccia) (11 minutes)
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791), Austrian
Motet (Exsultate, jubilate), K 165 (16 minutes)
Laudate Dominum No. 5 (from Vesperae de Domenica K 321, 5 minutes)
Magnificat No. 6 (from Vesperae de Domenica K 321, 5 minutes)
Laudate Dominum No. 5 (from Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339, 5 minutes)
Magnificat No. 6 (from Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339, 5 minutes)
Ave, verum corpus K 618, motet (3 minutes)
Trio in E Flat Major (Kegelstatt) K 498 (21 minutes)
Symphony in C Major (Jupiter-Symphony) K 551 (38 minutes)
A Musical Joke (Village Musicians) K 522 (21 minutes)
Don Giovanni, Overture (6 minutes)
Don Giovanni, Act I Scene 1, No. 1 (6 minutes)
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Act 2, Chorus of the Priests (3 minutes)
Requiem K 626 (excerpts) (12 minutes)
RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), French
Castor et Pollux, March (2 minutes)
ROUGET DE L'ISLE, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836), French
Marseillaise, French national anthem (2 minutes)
TARTINI, Giuseppe (1692-1770), Italian
Violin Concerto in A major, D95 (15 minutes)
TELEMANN, Georg Philipp (1681-1767), German
Concerto for 3 trumpets, 2 oboes, timpani and strings TWV 54 (9 minutes)
Tafelmusik in D major for trumpet, oboe and strings TWV 55 (32 minutes)
Tafelmusik Conclusion for trumpet, oboe and strings TWV 50 (7 minutes)
VERACINI, Francesco Maria (1690-1768), Italian
Suite in F Major (19 minutes)
VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741), Italian
Concerto for recorder in A minor (10 minutes)
Concerto in G major for two mandolins and orchestra, RV 532 (12 minutes)
Sonata in D minor RV 62 op. 1 No. 12 (La Follia) (9 minutes)
Concerto in E flat major RV 253 op. 8 No. 5 (Storm at sea) (10 minutes)
Concerto in E major RV 269 op. 8. No. 1 (Spring) (13 minutes)
Concerto in G minor RV 315 op. 8. No. 2 (Summer) (10 minutes)
Concerto in F major RV 293 op. 8 No. 3 (Autumn) (11 minutes)
Concerto in F minor RV 297 op. 8 No. 4 (Winter) (9 minutes)
Concerto in B flat major RV 362 op. 8 No. 10 (Hunt) (8 minutes)
Concerto in C major RV 180 (Il Piacere, The Pleasure) (9 minutes)
Beatus vir (Psalm 112) RV 598 (9 minutes)
Gloria RV 589 (30 minutes)
WERNER, Gregor Joseph (1693-1766), Austrian
Vesperae de Confessoris - Iste confessor (2 minutes)
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19th century

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German
Choral Fantasie in C minor Op. 80 (17 minutes)
Christ on the Mount of Olives, op. 85, Introduction and Jesus' aria (14 minutes)
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), overture op. 43 (6 minutes)
Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) in E Flat major op. 55 (50 minutes)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 67 (1st mvt) (7 minutes)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 - IV. Presto "An die Freude" (Ode To Joy) (33 minutes)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor op. 13 (Patetique) (20 minutes)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight) (16 minutes)
Sonata for violin and piano F Major Op. 24 (Spring) (24 minutes)
BELLINI, Vincenzo (1801-1835), Italian
Malinconia, ninfa gentile (2 minutes)
BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869), French
Benvenuto Cellini, overture (11 minutes)
BIZET, Georges (1838-1875), French
Carmen, Prelude (2 minutes)
Carmen, Act I, Habanera (4 minutes)
Carmen, Act II, Seguidille (2 minutes)
The Pearl Fishers, duet (5 minutes)
BORODIN, Alexander (1833-1887), Russian
Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances (4 minutes)
BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897), German
Violin Concerto D major op. 77 (42 minutes)
Sonata for cello and piano No. 1 E minor op. 38 (22 minutes)
Waltz op. 39 No. 15 A flat major (2 minutes)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (2 minutes)
Hungarian Dance No. 6 (4 minutes)
BRUCH, Max (1838-1920), German
Kol Nidrei, op. 49 (10 minutes)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (2nd mvt) (5 minutes)
CHABRIER, Alexis Emanuel (1841-1894), French
Espana (7 minutes)
CHOPIN, Fryderyk (1810-1849), Polish
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor op. 11 (2nd mvt) (4 minutes)
Waltz No 7 In C Sharp Minor op. 64, No 2 (4 minutes)
DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918), French
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (11 minutes)
Clair de Lune (5 minutes)
DELIBES, Léo (1836-1891), French
Coppelia, Waltz (3 minutes)
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848), Italian
Anna Bolena, Act II, Jane Seymour's aria (12 minutes)
Anna Bolena, Act I, Anna's aria (10 minutes)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II, Sextet (4 minutes)
DOPPLER, Franz (1821-1883), Hungarian
Duettino sur des motifs hongrois Op.36 (7 minutes)
DVOØÁK, Antonín (1841-1904), Czech
Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), E minor op. 95, Finale (11 minutes)
Slavonic Dance No. 2, E minor op. 46 (6 minutes)
Rusalka, Song to the Moon (6 minutes)
FAURÉ, Gabriel (1845-1923), French
Sicilienne op. 78 (4 minutes)
FRANCK, César (1822-1890), French/Belgian
Panis angelicus (5 minutes)
GOLDMARK, Karl (1830-1915), Hungarian
Prometheus Bound, overture op.38 (17 minutes)
GOUNOD, Charles (1818-1893), French
Faust, Ballet Music (13 minutes)
Faust, Act 1, Scene 1 (9 minutes)
Philémon et Baucis, aria (3 minutes)
Ave Maria (3 minutes)
GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907), Norwegian
Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 ('Morning Mood') (5 minutes)
Piano Concerto in A minor op. 16 (1st mvt) (4 minutes)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, Mikhail (1859-1935), Russian
Procession of the Sardar (4 minutes)
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886), Hungarian
Dante-sonata (16 minutes)
Prometheus, symphonic poem (13 minutes)
LORTZING, Albert (1801-1851), German
Undine, Duet (7 minutes)
MAHLER, Gustav (1860-1911), Austrian
Symphony No. 5, Adagietto (11 minutes)
MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912), French
Cleopatra, Cleopatra's aria (4 minutes)
Hérodiade, Act I, Salome's aria (5 minutes)
Thais, Meditation (7 minutes)
Elegie (2 minutes)
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847), German
The Hebrides Overture ('Fingals Cave') (4 minutes)
Violin concerto in E minor op. 64 (2nd mvt) (5 minutes)
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (5 minutes)
Various songs (10 minutes)
Various songs (12 minutes)
Songs without Words op. 30 No. 5 (Venetian gondola song) (4 minutes)
MUSSORGSKY, Modest (1839-1881), Russian
Pictures from an Exhibition, arr. by Maurice Ravel (excerpts) (19 minutes)
Boris Godunov, Coronation scene (11 minutes)
Flea Song (3 minutes)
NICOLAI, Otto (1810-1849), German
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) (5 minutes)
OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819-1880), French
Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act IV, Barcarolle (4 minutes) Orpheus in the Underworld, overture (9 minutes)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nicolai (1844-1908), Russian
The Flight of the Bumble Bee (2 minutes)
ROSSINI, Gioacchino (1792-1868), Italian
Armida, Armida and Rinaldo's duet (10 minutes)
Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, Elizabeth's aria (8 minutes)
Moses, Moses' Prayer (5 minutes)
L'Italiana in Algeri, overture (8 minutes)
La Danza (from Soirée musicale) (4 minutes)
RUBINSTEIN, Anton (1829-1894), Russian
Melody in F (3 minutes)
SAINT-SAËNS, Camille (1835-1921), French
Samson et Delila, Delila's aria (2 arias, 10 minutes)
Samson et Delila, Act III, Scene 2, Bacchanal
(7 minutes)
Hénri VIII, Scene and Henry's aria
(5 minutes)
The Swan from the Carnival of the Animals
(3 minutes)
Le rouet d'Omphale (Omphale's Spinning Wheel), symphonic poem op. 31 (8 minutes)
SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828), Austrian
Notturno for piano trio, D 897 (10 minutes)
Deutsche Tänze, D 783 (Op. 33) Nr. 7 (1 minute)
An den Mond (To the Moon) (Goethe) D 296 (6 minutes)
Blumenlied (Flower Song) D 431 (2 minutes)
An die Musik (To the Music), D 547 (3 minutes)
Nacht und Traume (Night and Dreams) D 827 (4 minutes)
Die Junge Nonne (The Young Nun) D 828 (4 minutes)
Ave Maria D 839 (4 minutes)
Drinking song from the 16th century D 847, quartet (2 minutes)
Wanderer an den Mond (Wanderer to the Moon), D 870 (2 minutes)
Im Frühling (In the Spring), D 882 (4 minutes)
An die Laute (To the Lute) D 905 (2 minutes)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) D 965 (6 minutes)
Songs, transcripted for piano by Franz Liszt (37 minutes)
Auf dem Wasser zu Singen (To Be Sung on the Water)
Ave Maria (Hail, Mary)
Du Bist die Ruh' (Thou Art the Rest)
Standchen (Serenade)
Trockne Blumen (Withered Flowers)
Der Wanderer
SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856), German
Scenes From Childhood, Op 15 (Traumerei) (3 minutes)
Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony) (31 minutes)
SMETANA, Bedrich (1824-1884), Bohemian
My Country ('The Moldau River') (6 minutes)
STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. (1825-1899), Austrian
The Blue Danube (5 minutes)
Wiener Blut Waltz (2 minutes)
STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. (1804-1849), Austrian
Radetzky March (3 minutes)
TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Russian
Variations on a Rococo Theme (19 minutes)
1812 Overture (6 minutes)
Piano Concerto No. 1 B Flat minor (1st mvt) (3 minutes)
The Sleeping Beauty, Waltz (5 minutes)
The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers (7 minutes)
Swan Lake, Scene (3 minutes)
VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Italian
Don Carlo, Act III, King Philip's aria (9 minutes)
Nabucco,Va, pensiero, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (6 minutes)
Sicilian Vespers, overture (8 minutes)
La Traviata Act I, Libiamo (3 minutes)
Aida, Act I, Triumphal March (6 minutes)
Requiem, Dies irae (excerpt) (10 minutes)
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883), German
Lohengrin Act III, In fernen Land (6 minutes)
Lohengrin Act III, Prelude (3 minutes)
Tannhäuser, Overture (14 minutes)
Die Walküre, Act I, Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (4 minutes)
Die Walküre, Act III, Ride of the Valkyries (4 minutes)
WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826), German
Der Freischütz, Act III: Hunters' Chorus (3 minutes)
WOLF, Hugo (1860-1903)-1826), Austrian
3 Songs on the Poems of Michelangelo (12 minutes)
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BARBER, Samuel (1910-1981), American
Adagio for Strings op. 11 (6 minutes)
ELGAR, Sir Edward (1857-1934), English
Enigma variations op. 36 No. 9, Nimrod (4 minutes)
Pomp and Circumstance Marches op. 39 No. 1 (6 minutes)
Land of Hope and Glory (3 minutes)
HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963), German
Mathis the Painter, Scene 6, Mathis' vision (10 minutes)
HOLST, Gustav (1874-1934), English
The Planets op. 32, Jupiter (5 minutes)
KHACHATURIAN, Aram (1903-1978), Armenian
Sabre Dance (3 minutes)
Spartacus, Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (4 minutes)
MASCAGNI, Pietro (1863-1945), Italian
Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo (4 minutes)
NIELSEN, Carl August (1865-1931) (1895-1982), Danish
Maskarade, overture (4 minutes)
ORFF, Karl (1895-1982), German
Carmina Burana, O Fortuna (3 minutes)
PUCCINI, Giacomo ((1858-1924), Italian
Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), elegy for string quartet (7 minutes)
Gianni Schicchi, O mio babbino caro (2 minutes) Tosca, "Vissi d'Arte", soprano aria (4 minutes)
RACHMANINOFF, Sergei (1873-1943), Russian
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (2nd mvt) (5 minutes)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (2nd mvt) (3 minutes)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (excerpt) (3 minutes)
Vocalise for Cello and Piano (6 minutes)
RESPIGHI, Ottorino (1879-1936), Italian
Trittico Botticelliano (19 minutes)
La Primavera
L'adorazione dei Magi
La nascita di Venere
Birds, suite (19 minutes)
RODRIGO, Joaquín (1901-1999), Spanish
Concierto de Aranjuez, Adagio (5 minutes)
SIBELIUS, Jean (1856-1941), Finnish
Finlandia op. 26 (9 minutes)
SINDING, Christian (1856-1941), Norwegian
Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) (3 minutes)
STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949), German
Salome, closing scene (15 minutes)
Danae's Love, Danae's monologue (5 minutes)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph (1872-1918)
Fantasia on Greensleeves (5 minutes)
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1887-1959), Brasilian
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (10 minutes)

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