| 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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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)RICHARD COEUR DE LION (1157-1199), English Under the Greenwood Tree (3 minutes) 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)ANONYMOUS (13th century), Spanish 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 Unter Den Linden (2 minutes) ANONYMOUS Gregorian sequence (2 minutes)ANONYMOUS (14th century), Italian Chominciamento di Gioia: Saltarello (3 minutes)MACHAUT, Guillaume de (c. 1302-1377), French 4 ballades (27 minutes)WOLKENSTEIN, Oswald von (c. 1377-1445), Austrian Frölisch Geschrai (2 minutes) 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)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)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) 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)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)FRANCESCO CANOVA da Milano (1497-1543), Italian Fanatasia Sexta (2 minutes)FRANCISCUS BOSSINENSIS (active c. 1510), Bosnian Haime (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 Motet (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)MASSAINO, Tiburtio (c. 1550-c. 1609), Italian Canzon XXXIII (4 minutes)PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594), Italian Missa Brevis (14 minutes)PHALESIUS, Petrus (c. 1510-1573), Flemish Ungharesca (3 minutes)PRAETORIUS, Michael (1571-1621), German Motet (2 minutes)TALLIS, Thomas (c. 1505-1585), English The Lamentations of Jeremiah (20 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)VICTORIA, Tomás Luis de (c. 1548-1611), Spanish O Domine Jesu, motet (3 minutes) 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)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)CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653-1713), Italian Concerto grosso in g minor op. 6 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto) (16 minutes)COUPERIN, François 1668-1733), French Les Nations - La Française (20 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)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)LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687), French Le bourgeois gentilhomme, suite (17 minutes)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)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)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 Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio (5 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)WEELKES, Thomas (1575-1623), English Madrigal (Springtime Song) (2 minutes) ALBINONI, Tommaso (1671-1750), Italian Adagio in G minor (6 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 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 Fireworks Music (18 minutes)HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809), Austrian The Seasons, Part 1 Spring, Introduction, aria and chorus (9 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)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)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)WERNER, Gregor Joseph (1693-1766), Austrian Vesperae de Confessoris - Iste confessor (2 minutes) BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827), German Choral Fantasie in C minor Op. 80 (17 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)BORODIN, Alexander (1833-1887), Russian Prince Igor, Polovetsian Dances (4 minutes)BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897), German Violin Concerto D major op. 77 (42 minutes)BRUCH, Max (1838-1920), German Kol Nidrei, op. 49 (10 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)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 Duettino sur des motifs hongrois Op.36 (7 minutes)DVOŘÁK, Antonín (1841-1904), Czech Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), E minor op. 95, Finale (11 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)GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907), Norwegian Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 ('Morning Mood') (5 minutes)IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, Mikhail (1859-1935), Russian Procession of the Sardar (4 minutes)LISZT, Franz (1811-1886), Hungarian Dante-sonata (16 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)MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847), German The Hebrides Overture ('Fingals Cave') (4 minutes)MUSSORGSKY, Modest (1839-1881), Russian Pictures from an Exhibition, arr. by Maurice Ravel (excerpts) (19 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)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)SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828), Austrian Notturno for piano trio, D 897 (10 minutes)SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856), German Scenes From Childhood, Op 15 (Traumerei) (3 minutes)SMETANA, Bedrich (1824-1884), Bohemian My Country ('The Moldau River') (6 minutes)STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. (1825-1899), Austrian The Blue Danube (5 minutes)STRAUSS, Johann, Sr. (1804-1849), Austrian Radetzky March (3 minutes)TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893), Russian Variations on a Rococo Theme (19 minutes)VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Italian Don Carlo, Act III, King Philip's aria (9 minutes)WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883), German Lohengrin Act III, In fernen Land (6 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) 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)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)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)RACHMANINOFF, Sergei (1873-1943), Russian Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (2nd mvt) (5 minutes)RESPIGHI, Ottorino (1879-1936), Italian Trittico Botticelliano (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)VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph (1872-1918) Fantasia on Greensleeves (5 minutes)VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1887-1959), Brasilian Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (10 minutes) |