The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

Tracklist

• 1
  Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood

  Edvard Grieg
  3:45
• 2
  Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 "Fate": I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:28
  5.0 ★
• 3
  The Four Seasons, op. 8 "Spring": I. Allegro

  Antonio Vivaldi
  3:13
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Adagio for Strings

  Samuel Barber
  8:23
• 5
  The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries

  Richard Wagner
  5:11
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2

  Frédéric Chopin
  4:53
• 7
  Canon in D major

  Johann Pachelbel
  3:30
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

  Carl Orff
  2:43
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  4:14
• 10
  The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

  Gustav Holst
  7:46
• 11
  Suite Bergamasque, L 75: III. Clair de lune

  Claude Debussy
  5:14
• 12
  Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va', pensiero, sull'ali dorate)

  Giuseppe Verdi
  4:59
• 13
  Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:18
• 14
  Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  5:45
  3.5 ★
• 15
  Thaïs: Meditation

  Jules Massenet
  5:01
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo

  Antonín Dvořák
  12:50
• 17
  On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314

  Johann Strauss II
  5:51
• 18
  Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor

  Johannes Brahms
  2:39
  3.5 ★
• 19
  Swan Lake Suite, op. 20: Scéne

  Пётр Ильич Чайковский
  3:02
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Gymnopédie no. 1

  Erik Satie
  3:41
  2.0 ★
• 21
  Requiem, K. 626: Part III, VI. Lacrimosa dies illa

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  2:50
• 22
  Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:16
  4.0 ★
• 23
  Pomp and Circumstance, op. 39: I. Land of Hope and Glory

  Sir Edward Elgar
  5:46
  2.5 ★
• 24
  Carmen Suite no. 2: Habanera

  Georges Bizet
  2:13
  4.5 ★
• 25
  Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 "Choral": Ode an die Freude

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  2:33
  2.5 ★
• 26
  The Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle

  Jacques Offenbach
  3:34
  3.5 ★
• 27
  Adagio in G minor for Strings and Organ (after T. Albinoni)

  Remo Giazotto
  8:38
  3.0 ★
• 28
  Serenade no. 13 in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5:51
• 29
  The Barber of Seville: Overture

  Gioachino Rossini
  6:59
  3.8 ★
• 30
  Piano Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:37
• 31
  Má Vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau)

  Bedřich Smetana
  11:27
  2.5 ★
• 32
  String Quintet in E major, op. 13: Minuet

  Luigi Boccherini
  3:48
  3.0 ★
• 33
  Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7:02
• 34
  Slavonic Dance no. 2, op. 72

  Antonín Dvořák
  5:35
  1.0 ★
• 35
  Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)

  Charles‐François Gounod
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 36
  Finlandia, op. 26

  Jean Sibelius
  8:06
  0.2 ★
• 37
  Piano Sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331: III. Rondo. Alla turca

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3:25
• 38
  The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6:24
  3.5 ★
• 39
  The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus

  Georg Friedrich Händel
  3:32
  0.5 ★
• 40
  Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

  Edvard Grieg
  2:43
  4.0 ★
• 41
  Pavane, op. 50

  Gabriel Fauré
  5:08
  0.2 ★
• 42
  Double Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043: I. Vivace

  Johann Sebastian Bach
  3:39
• 43
  L'Arlesienne Suite no. 1: I. Prelude

  Georges Bizet
  6:53
  0.5 ★
• 44
  Radetzky March, op. 228

  Johann Strauss I
  3:06
• 45
  Egmont, op. 84: Overture

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:58
• 46
  Cavatina

  Stanley Myers
  4:00
• 47
  Concerto Grosso no. 8 in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 "Christmas Concerto": II. Allegro

  Arcangelo Corelli
  2:28
  3.0 ★
• 48
  Vocalise, op. 34

  Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов
  5:51
  0.5 ★
• 49
  Messa da Requiem: Part II. Dies irae, II. Tuba Mirum

  Giuseppe Verdi
  3:55
• 50
  Symphony no. 5: IV. Adagietto

  Gustav Mahler
  11:01
  1.0 ★

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Release credits

• Craig Ogden
  classical guitar [46]
• David Parry
  conductor [1-5, 7-10, 12-19, 21, 23-29, 31-36, 38-45, 47-50]
• Finghin Collins
  piano [6, 11, 13, 20, 22, 30, 37], solo [22]
• London Philharmonic Choir
  choir vocals [8, 12, 21, 25, 35, 39, 49]
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-5, 7-10, 12-19, 21, 23-29, 31-36, 38-45, 47-50]
• Pieter Schoeman
  violin [3, 15, 42, 48]
• The London Chorus
  choir vocals [8, 12, 25, 49]
• Vesselin Gellev
  violin [42]

Issues

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  The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

  Digital Media
  23 November 2009
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  The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

  4x CD
  October 2011
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  The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

  4x CD (2019 rerelease)
  2019