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01 - Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
12 Violin Concertos, Op.8 "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell' invenzione"
Concerto No. 1 in E Major for solo violin "La Primavera" - RV269
Allegro (3:22)
Janine Jansen, Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Julian Rachlin, Stacey Watton, Maarten Jansen, Liz Kenny, Jan Jansen

02 - Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2 (4:02)
Vladimir Ashkenazy

03 - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
1. Morning Mood (4:08)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

04 - Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176
Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) (1:46)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

05 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
1. Allegro con brio (7:23)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlos Kleiber

06 - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
1. Allegro molto moderato (12:29)
Stephen Kovacevich, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis

07 - Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Die Walküre, WWV 86B
Act 3
Hojotoho! Hojotoho! - Ride of the Valkyries (6:24)
irgit Nilsson, Berit Lindholm, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claudia Hellmann, Helen Watts, Helga Dernesch, Marilyn Tyler, Vera Schlosser, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti

08 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Swan Lake, Op.20 - Mariinsky Version
Act 1
Scene 2: Scène (Moderato) (2:25)
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

09 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" (3:01)
Vladimir Ashkenazy

10 - Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Suite bergamasque, L. 75
3. Clair de lune (5:29)
Pascal Rogé

11 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral"
4. Finale (Presto - Allegro assai) (25:36)
Anja Harteros, Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert, René Pape, Vokalensemble Kölner Dom, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

12 - Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Canon And Gigue In D Major, P 37
Arr. For Orchestra By Max Seiffert
1. Canon (5:10)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Frank Maus

13 - Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Adagio For Strings, Op. 11 (9:45)
London Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi

14 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
1. Adagio sostenuto (6:11)
Vladimir Ashkenazy

15 - Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo sinfonico (3:49)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede

16 - Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Turandot
Completed by Franco Alfano
Act 3
Nessun dorma! (3:00)
Luciano Pavarotti, The John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

17 - Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Variation 9. Nimrod (Adagio) (3:48)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta

18 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Serenade in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
1. Allegro (6:15)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

19 - Ludovico Einaudi (1955 - )
I giorni
I giorni (3:23)
Daniel Hope, Jacques Ammon, Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin

20 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
2. Air (6:05)
David Bell, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

21 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a, TH.35
2b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (1:47)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti

22 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
1. (Allegro) (6:14)
I Musici

23 - Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Liebestraum No. 3 In A-Flat, S. 541 (Arr. by Liszt from: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S.298) (4:57)
Jorge Bolet

24 - Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Ellens Gesang No.3 Opus 52: No.6 Ave Maria D839 (4:20)
Renée Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andreas Delfs

25 - Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
Chants d'Auvergne
2. Bailero (7:06)
Renée Fleming, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate

26 - Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899)
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314 (9:40)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm

27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
1. Molto allegro (8:13)
Staatskapelle Dresden, Colin Davis

28 - Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Rigoletto
Act 3
"La donna è mobile" (2:24)
Luciano Pavarotti, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

29 - Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Act 2
Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (4:15)
Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau, Chorus Pro Arte Lausanne Du Brassus, Radio Suisse Romande Chorus, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

30 - Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Pavane, Op.50 (5:12)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Fournet

31 - Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Carmen, WD 31
Act 1
"Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (5:34)
Tatiana Troyanos, The John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

32 - Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Lakmé
Act 1
Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme épais (Flower Duet) (6:06)
Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Richard Bonynge

33 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49
Orig. score/With cannon (courtesy US Military Acad. West Point) and bells (L. Spelman Rockefeller Carillon/Riverside Church) (14:45)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, University Of Minnesota Brass Band, Antal Doráti

34 - Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
Fanfare for the Common Man (2:46)
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta

35 - Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
2. Adagio sostenuto (12:30)
Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

36 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Aria (3:54)
András Schiff

37 - Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
3 Gymnopédies
No.1 Lent et douloureux (3:12)
Pascal Rogé

38 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
1. Toccata (2:34)
Simon Preston

39 - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
4. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (2:11)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

40 - Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World"
2. Largo (13:24)
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Riccardo Chailly

41 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
The Tale Of Tsar Saltan
The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee (1:21)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

42 - John Williams (1932 - )
Schindler's List (3:49)
Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits

43 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
1. Allegro (21:03)
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin

44 - George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (13:51)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

45 - Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
Miserere (11:57)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

46 - Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets, Op. 32
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (7:20)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti

47 - George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Messiah, HWV 56
Pt. 2
"Hallelujah" (3:42)
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

48 - Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
Carmina Burana
Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
"O Fortuna" (2:25)
Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Antal Doráti

49 - Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Thaïs
Act 2
Méditation religieuse - Symphonie (5:41)
Nigel Kennedy, The National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

50 - Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, R. 176 - "Organ Symphony"
2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro (7:49)
Peter Hurford, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit