50 Classics for Beginners

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.67 - I. Allegro con brio

Kurt Sanderling

William Tell: Overture

Riccardo Muti

The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E, RV 269 'La primavera/Spring' (Op.8 No. 1): I. Allegro

Yehudi Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550 (1996 Digital Remaster): Molto allegro

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Carmina Burana (1997 Digital Remaster): O Fortuna

Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Chorus

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050: III. Allegro

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Iona Brown, William Bennett, George Malcolm

Carmen: Prelude, Act I (Les toréadors)

Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National De France

Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 (1995 Digital Remaster): I. Adagio - Moderato

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, Jacqueline du Pré

Lakmé (Act I) (1987 Digital Remaster): Flower Duet

Alain Lombard, Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'Opera Comique, Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet

Berceuse in D Flat, Op.57

Peter Donohoe

Solomon, HWV 67: Sinfonia: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Ian Watson

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Georges Prêtre

Trois Gymnopédies (1888): I: Lent et douloureux

Aldo Ciccolini

Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version): Opening

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (concert version)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (extract)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Zadok the Priest

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Andrew Davis

Thaïs: Méditation

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter

Peer Gynt: Prelude (Morning)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Gabriel's Oboe

Ennio Morricone

Rigoletto (1996 Digital Remaster), Act 3: La donna è mobile

Alfredo Kraus, Julius Rudel

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata No. 147)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18: II. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)

City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Cecile Ousset

The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (Act III)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Pavane, Op.50 (orch. version, 1887)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, Gareth Morris

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' (1990 Digital Remaster): II. Adagio cantabile

Walter Gieseking

Porgy and Bess: Summertime (DuBose Hayward)

Kiri Te Kanawa, John McGlinn, New Princess Theatre Orchestra

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D (Land of Hope and Glory) (conclusion)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Andrew Davis

Canon in D

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No. 2 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)

Moura Lympany

The Nutcracker - Ballet, Op. 71, ACT 2: No. 13 - Waltz of the Flowers

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

Romeo and Juliet - Suites Nos.1 & 2, Suite No. 2, Op.64 b: Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) (extract)

Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

VI. Waltz 2 from Jazz Suite No. 2

Philadelphia Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Boléro (abbrev. version; arr. Bates)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

Il Trovatore: Vedi! le fosche (Anvil Chorus)

Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

Gayaneh - Suite from the Ballet: Sabre Dance

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata

An die schonen blauen Donau, Op.314 (extract)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Lieutenant Kijé Op. 60: 4. Troika

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

Cavalleria Rusticana (1987 Digital Remaster): Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

Riccardo Muti

Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

The Planets, Op.32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity (conclusion)

Sir Simon Rattle

Peter and the Wolf - A Musical Tale for Children Op. 67 (extract)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Nolan, Sian Edwards

Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (1997 Digital Remaster): Air

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Radetzky March, Op.228

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

Rodeo (1999 Digital Remaster): Hoe-Down

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony

'Ode to Joy' from Symphony No. 9 in D minor 'Choral', Op.125

Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Riccardo Muti, James Morris

Clarinet Concerto in A K622 (2001 Digital Remaster): II. Adagio

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jack Brymer, Sir Thomas Beecham

Turandot (Act III) (1991 Digital Remaster): Nessun dorma

Alain Lombard, José Carreras, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg, Choeurs De L'Opera Du Rhin

Messiah highlights (ed. Basil Lam) (1997 Digital Remaster): Hallelujah (Chorus)

George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, The Ambrosian Singers