The 50 Most Essential Pieces of Classical Music

Album by Frank Morelli.

Release date: 2009-06-09

Tracks (50)

  1. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 "Fate": I. Allegro con brio
  2. Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
  3. Xerxes, HWV 40, Act I: Largo "Ombra mai fu"
  4. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
  5. Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon
  6. The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
  7. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air
  8. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
  9. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto
  10. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction "Sunrise"
  11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca
  12. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
  13. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a
  14. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
  15. 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Lentamente)
  16. Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: No. 1, O Fortuna
  17. Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune
  18. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro
  19. Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: Scéne, Moderato
  20. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
  21. Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro
  22. Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3, O lieb so lang' du lieben kannst
  23. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Queen of the Night's Aria)
  24. Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
  25. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
  26. Boléro, M. 81
  27. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
  28. Turandot, Act III: Nessun Dorma
  29. Pavane, Op. 50
  30. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Pt. 2: X. Chorale, Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (Arr. for Organ)
  31. Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ
  32. Thaïs: Meditation
  33. Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato
  34. Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Pt. 3: IV. Adagietto
  35. Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II: No. 44, Hallelujah
  36. Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne
  37. Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
  38. Ave Maria, D. 839
  39. The Planets, Op. 32: No. 4, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  40. Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II. The Last Spring
  41. Rhapsody in Blue
  42. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile
  43. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga
  44. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne
  45. Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 64: I. Montagues and Capulets
  46. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: IIIf. Sequenz, Lacrymosa
  47. Festival Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49 "The Year 1812"
  48. Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries
  49. Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro"
  50. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Choral Finale (Ode to Joy)

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