| Please select one of the musical pieces from the list below. Please note that this is neither a comprehensive nor a representative musical collection. Its only aim is to provide a selection of matching classical music to listen while viewing and studying the old masters' works. The musical pieces were selected in such a way that visitors could find music matching the stylistic periods from the Renaissance to Romanticism. Whenever possible we call the visitors' attention to musical pieces (mainly operas) treating the same subject as a particular painting or sculpture. For this reason the suggested listenings include music from periods different from that of the creation of the artworks. |
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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)
Cantiga (2 minutes)ANONYMOUS (13th century), English
Folktunes (4 minutes)ANONYMOUS (13th century), French
Dances (4 minutes)ANONYMOUS (13th century), Spanish
Judea et Jerusalem, organum (9 minutes)
La quinte estampie royal (4 minutes)
La tierche estampie royal (3 minutes)
Cantiga de amigo (3 minutes)MEISTER RUMELANT (c. 1275), Minnesinger at the Danehof Court
Der sich so ho gesetzet hat (6 minutes)WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE (c. 1170-c. 1230), German
Got in vier elementen sich erscheynet (2 minutes)
Die tenschen morder (6 minutes)
Unter Den Linden (2 minutes)
Gregorian sequence (2 minutes)MACHAUT, Guillaume de (c. 1302-1377), French
Gregorian chants (2 minutes)
4 ballades (27 minutes)WOLKENSTEIN, Oswald von (c. 1377-1445), Austrian
Chansons (16 minutes)
Frölisch Geschrai (2 minutes)
Her Wiert Uns Dürstet (2 minutes)
Bohemian dances (2 minutes)DUFAY, Guillaume (c. 1400-1474), French
Hymns for various feasts (1) (19 minutes)GIOVANNI AMBROGIO (15th century), Italian
Hymns for various feasts (2) (22 minutes)
6 Rondos (16 minutes)
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)MIKOLAJ Z RADOMIA (early 15th century), Polish
Benedicta es coelorum Regina, motet (7 minutes)
Ballade (2 minutes)
Ricercata (3 minutes)BENDUSI, Francesco (d. ca. 1553), Italian
Pass'e Mezze Dito Il Romano (3 minutes)FRANCISCUS BOSSINENSIS (active c. 1510), Bosnian
Haime (2 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)GABRIELI, Giovanni (c. 1554-c. 1612), Italian
Canzon a Duodecimi Toni (5 minutes)GALLUS, Jacobus (1550-1591), Austrian
Currit parrus lepulus, motet (2 minutes)GESUALDO, Don Carlo (c. 1560-1613), Italian
Quam galina, motet (3 minutes)
Motet (5 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)MASSAINO, Tiburtio (c. 1550-c. 1609), Italian
Canzon XXXIII (4 minutes)FRANCESCO DA MILANO (c. 1497-c. 1543), Italian
Tre fantasie (7 minutes)PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594), Italian
Missa Brevis (14 minutes)PHALESIUS, Petrus (c. 1510-1573), Flemish
Missa Brevis (Tu es Petrus) (23 minutes)
Pater Noster (3 minutes)
Ungharesca (3 minutes)PRAETORIUS, Michael (1571-1621), German
Motet (2 minutes)TALLIS, Thomas (c. 1505-1585), English
The Lamentations of Jeremiah (20 minutes)VIADANA, Lodovico Grossi da (c. 1560-1627), Italian
Mass (Puer natus est) (22 minutes)
Exsultate justi, motet (2 minutes)VICTORIA, Tomás Luis de (c. 1548-1611), Spanish
La Bergamasca (3 minutes)
O Domine Jesu, motet (3 minutes)
Sonata in D Major for two trumpets, strings and basso continuo (4 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)CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1634-1704), French
Marche en Rondeau (3 minutes)CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653-1713), Italian
Concerto grosso in g minor op. 6 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto) (16 minutes)COUPERIN, Francois 1668-1733), French
Sonata in D minor (La Follia) op. 5 No. 12 (13 minutes)
Les Nations - La Française (20 minutes)DUMONT, Henri (1610-1648), French
Pieces de clavicen (excerpts) (6 minutes)
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)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)LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), French
Saul Cured by David through Music (No. 2 of the 6 Stories from the Bible illustrated in music) (15 minutes)
Le bourgeois gentilhomme, suite (17 minutes)MARAIS, Marin (1656-1728), French
Bellérophon, Air (2 minutes)
Phaéton, gavotte (1 minutes)
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)MUFFAT, Georg (1653-1704), French
Il ritorno d'Ulisse, Act I, Duet of Odysseus and Pallas Athene (13 minutes)
Concerto grosso No. 9, VI Borea (2 minutes)PACHELBEL, Johann (1653-1706), German
Canon and Gigue in D major (6 minutes)PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695), English
Dido and Aeneas, Dido's Farewell (9 minutes)SCARLATTI, Alessandro (1660-1725), Italian
La Giuditta, oratorio, Part I (excerpts) (16 minutes)SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (1585-1672), German
Deutsche Magnificat (8 minutes)STRADELLA, Alessandro (1644-1682), Italian
Die sieben Worte am Kreuz SWV 478 (22 minutes)
Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio (5 minutes)TORELLI, Giuseppe (1658-1709), Italian
Sonata a cinque in D Major No. 7 (6 minutes)WEELKES, Thomas (1575-1623), English
Concerto Estienne Roger (5 minutes)
Madrigal (Springtime Song) (2 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)BACH, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788), German
Cantata BWV 54 (Widerstehe doch der Sünde) (13 minutes)
Cantata BWV 82 (Ich habe genung) (22 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)
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)HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759), German
Paride ed Elena, Paris' aria (3 minutes)
Fireworks Music (18 minutes)HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809), Austrian
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)
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)
The Seasons, Part 1 Spring, Introduction, aria and chorus (9 minutes)HAYDN, Michael (1737-1806), Austrian
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)
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)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)RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764), French
Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339 No. 5 Laudate Dominum (5 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)
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), Act 2, Chorus of the Priests (3 minutes)
Requiem K 626: Dies irae (8 minutes)
Castor et Pollux, March (2 minutes)ROUGET DE L'ISLE, Claude-Joseph (1760-1836), French
Marsellaise, 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)VERACINI, Francesco Maria (1690-1768), Italian
Tafelmusik in D major for trumpet, oboe and strings TWV 55 (32 minutes)
Tafelmusik Conclusion for trumpet, oboe and strings TWV 50 (7 minutes)
Suite in F Major (19 minutes)VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741), Italian
Concerto for recorder in A minor (10 minutes)WERNER, Gregor Joseph (1693-1766), Austrian
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)
Gloria RV 589 (30 minutes)
Vesperae de Confessoris - Iste confessor (2 minutes)
Choral Fantasie in C minor Op. 80 (17 minutes)BELLINI, Vincenzo (1801-1835), Italian
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. 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)
Malinconia, ninfa gentile (2 minutes)BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869), French
Benvenuto Cellini, overture (11 minutes)BIZET, Georges (1838-1875), French
Carmen, Prelude (2 minutes)BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897), German
Carmen, Act II, Seguidille (2 minutes)
Violin Concerto D major op. 77 (42 minutes)CHABRIER, Alexis Emanuel (1841-1894), French
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 6 (4 minutes)
Espana (7 minutes)CHOPIN, Fryderyk (1810-1849), Polish
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)DELIBES, Léo (1836-1891), French
Coppelia, Waltz (3 minutes)DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848), Italian
Anna Bolena, Act II, Jane Seymour's aria (12 minutes)DOPPLER, Franz (1821-1883), Hungarian
Anna Bolena, Act I, Anna's aria (10 minutes)
Lucia di Lammermoor, Act II, Sextet (4 minutes)
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)FRANCK, César (1822-1890), French/Belgian
Slavonic Dance No. 2, E minor op. 46 (6 minutes)
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)GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907), Norwegian
Faust, Act 1, Scene 1 (9 minutes)
Philémon et Baucis, aria (3 minutes)
Peter Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 ('Morning Mood') (5 minutes)LISZT, Franz (1811-1886), Hungarian
Dante-sonata (16 minutes)LORTZING, Albert (1801-1851), German
Prometheus, symphonic poem (13 minutes)
Undine, Duet (7 minutes)MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912), French
Cleopatra, Cleopatra's aria (4 minutes)MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847), German
Hérodiade, Act I, Salome's aria (5 minutes)
Elegie (2 minutes)
The Hebrides Overture ('Fingals Cave') (4 minutes)MUSSORGSKY, Modest (1839-1881), Russian
Songs (22 minutes)
Songs without Words op. 30 No. 5 (Venetian gondola song) (4 minutes)
Pictures from an Exhibition, arr. by Maurice Ravel (excerpts) (19 minutes)NICOLAI, Otto (1810-1849), German
Boris Godunov, Coronation scene (11 minutes)
Flea Song (3 minutes)
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)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)SAINT-SAËNS, Camille (1835-1921), French
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)
Samson et Delila, Delila's aria (2 arias, 10 minutes)SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828), Austrian
Samson et Delila, Act III, Scene 2, Bacchanal
(7 minutes)
Hénri VIII, Scene and Henry's aria
(5 minutes)
Le rouet d'Omphale (Omphale's Spinning Wheel), symphonic poem op. 31 (8 minutes)
Notturno for piano trio, D 897 (10 minutes)SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856), German
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)
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
Scenes From Childhood, Op 15 (Traumerei) (3 minutes)SMETANA, Bedrich (1824-1884), Bohemian
Symphony No. 1 in B flat, Op. 38 (Spring Symphony) (31 minutes)
My Country ('The Moldau River') (6 minutes)TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Russian
Variations on a Rococo Theme (19 minutes)VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Italian
The Nutcracker, ballet suite, op. 71, Waltz of the Flowers (7 minutes)
Don Carlo, Act III, King Philip's aria (9 minutes)WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826), German
Nabucco,Va, pensiero, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (6 minutes)
Requiem, Dies irae (excerpt) (10 minutes)
Der Freischütz, Act III: Hunters' Chorus (3 minutes)
Enigma variations op. 36 No. 9, Nimrod (4 minutes)HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963), German
Pomp and Circumstance Marches op. 39 No. 1 (6 minutes)
Mathis the Painter, Scene 6, Mathis' vision (10 minutes)PUCCINI, Giacomo ((1858-1924), Italian
Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), elegy for string quartet (7 minutes)RESPIGHI, Ottorino (1879-1936), Italian
Trittico Botticelliano (19 minutes)SINDING, Christian (1856-1941), NorwegianLa PrimaveraBirds, suite (19 minutes)
L'adorazione dei Magi
La nascita di Venere
Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring) (3 minutes)STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949), German
Salome, closing scene (15 minutes)VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph (1872-1918)
Danae's Love, Danae's monologue (5 minutes)
Fantasia on Greensleeves (5 minutes)VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1887-1959), Brasilian
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (10 minutes)