The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music

The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music has sold over 200,000 copies and spent over three days as one of the top 10 classical albums on iTunes.

Track listing

Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op. 46: Morning Mood Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67, "Fate": I. Allegro con brio Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons, op. 8, "Spring": Allegro Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings Richard Wagner – The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat major, op. 9 Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major Carl Orff – Carmina Burana: O fortuna Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air Gustav Holst – The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Claude Debussy – Suite bergamasque, L 75: Clair de lune Giuseppe Verdi – Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: Allegro Jules Massenet – Thaïs: Meditation Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, op. 95, "From the New World": II. Largo Johann Strauss II – On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314 Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite, op. 20: Scène Erik Satie – Gymnopédie No. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa dies illa Ludwig van Beethoven – Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, "Für Elise" Edward Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance, op. 39: Land of Hope and Glory Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 2: Habanera Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125, "Choral": Ode an die Freude Jacques Offenbach – The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle Remo Giazotto – Adagio in G minor for Strings and Organ (after T. Albinoni) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro Gioachino Rossini – The Barber of Seville: Overture Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27:2, "Moonlight Sonata": Adagio sostenuto Bedřich Smetana – Má vlast (My Fatherland): Vltava (The Moldau River) Luigi Boccherini – String Quintet in E major, op. 13: Minuet (mislabeled – should be op. 11, No. 5 (G. 275): Minuet) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: I. Allegro molto Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dance No. 2, op. 72 Charles Gounod – Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach) Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, op. 26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: Rondo alla turca Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture George Frideric Handel – The Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, op. 46: In the Hall of the Mountain King Gabriel Fauré – Pavane Johann Sebastian Bach – Double Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043: Vivace Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1: Prelude Johann Strauss I – Radetzky March, op. 228 Ludwig van Beethoven – Egmont, op. 84: Overture Stanley Myers – Cavatina Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso No. 8 in G minor, op. 6: "Christmas Concerto": Allegro Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise, op. 34 Giuseppe Verdi – Messa da Requiem: Dies irae - Tuba mirum Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor: Adagietto

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External links All Music