40 Essential Pieces of Classical Music

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro

Philharmonia Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto

Martin Jacoby, Ludwig Van Beethoven

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Ravel

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Northern String Quartet, Samuel Barber

Gymnopédies No. 1

Martin Jacoby, Erik Satie

An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

The London Pops Orchestra, Johann Strauss Ii

Liebestraum No. 3, S. 541

Leonard Pennario, Franz Liszt

Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma

Charles K.i. Davis, Giacomo Puccini, Stadium Symphony Orchestra Of New York

The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act III: Flight of the Bumblebee

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov

Water Music Suite, HWV 348: Air

Vienna State Opera Orchesta, George Frideric Handel

Air on the G String, BWV 1068

Northern String Quartet, Johann Sebastian Bach

Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise"

Martin Jacoby, Ludwig Van Beethoven

Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune

Leonard Pennario, Claude Debussy

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. Allegro

Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach

Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro

Northern String Quartet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Wagner

Wedding March in C Major (From A Midsummer Night's Dream)

European Philharmonic Orchestra, Felix Mendelssohn

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

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ludwig Van Beethoven

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Orff

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Edvard Grieg

Gloria: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

Rosanna Carteri, Yvonne Gouverne, Francis Poulenc, Orchestre National De France

Rigoletto, Act III: "La donna è mobile"

Nikola Nikolov, Giuseppe Verdi, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustav Holst

Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No.2

Martin Jacoby, Frédéric Chopin

Night on Bare Mountain

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Modest Mussorgsky

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei

Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Robert Schumann

Fantasia on Greensleeves

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Trumpet Voluntary in D

Roger Voisin, Armando Ghitalla, Henry Purcell, Unicorn Concert Orchestra

Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights

L'orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Sergei Prokofiev

1812 Overture, Op. 49

Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Edvard Grieg

Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Dance No. 5 in G Minor

Wiener Philharmoniker, Johannes Brahms

Carmen Suite No. 1: Les toréadors

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Georges Bizet

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II, Tableau III: XIV. Pas de Deux. Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

L'orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Le quattro stagioni, Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "Summer": III. Presto

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio Vivaldi

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Excerpt)

European Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Dukas

Gayane Ballet Suite: Sabre Dance

Boston Pops Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian

Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op. 36 "Enigma": IX. "Nimrod"

The Hallé, Edward Elgar

Finlandia, Op. 26

Mayfair Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Sibelius