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	Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: I. (Allegro moderato) Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniel Lozakovich, Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Radoslaw Szulc & Olga Watts Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: I. (Allegro moderato)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniel Lozakovich, Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, Radoslaw Szulc & Olga Watts
	Lakmé: Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano) Léo Delibes & Lang Lang Lakmé: Flower Duet (Arr. Naoumoff for Piano)	Léo Delibes & Lang Lang
	Prelude in C Minor - Upright Piano John Field & Alice Sara Ott Prelude in C Minor - Upright Piano	John Field & Alice Sara Ott
	saman (Arr. Lawson for Saxophone & Ensemble) Jess Gillam & Jess Gillam Ensemble saman (Arr. Lawson for Saxophone & Ensemble)	Jess Gillam & Jess Gillam Ensemble
	Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) Domenico Cimarosa & Víkingur Ólafsson Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson)	Domenico Cimarosa & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio Ludwig van Beethoven, Gewandhausorchester & Riccardo Chailly Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio	Ludwig van Beethoven, Gewandhausorchester & Riccardo Chailly
	Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo - Single Version Ludwig van Beethoven, Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Grosvenor, Philharmonia Orchestra & Santtu-Matias Rouvali Triple Concerto in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo - Single Version	Ludwig van Beethoven, Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Benjamin Grosvenor, Philharmonia Orchestra & Santtu-Matias Rouvali
	Prelude in E Minor, BWV 855/I (Arr. Siloti in B Minor) Johann Sebastian Bach & Hamish Milne Prelude in E Minor, BWV 855/I (Arr. Siloti in B Minor)	Johann Sebastian Bach & Hamish Milne
	With Silence (Mvt. 3) - Pt. 2 “wow and flutter of unearthed magnetic tape” Erland Cooper With Silence (Mvt. 3) - Pt. 2 “wow and flutter of unearthed magnetic tape”	Erland Cooper
	Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent - Upright Version Erik Satie & Bruce Liu Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent - Upright Version	Erik Satie & Bruce Liu
	Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin Claude Debussy & Víkingur Ólafsson Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin	Claude Debussy & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Kujawiak Mieczysław Weinberg, Gidon Kremer, Andrei Pushkarev & Kremerata Baltica Kujawiak	Mieczysław Weinberg, Gidon Kremer, Andrei Pushkarev & Kremerata Baltica
	Full Moon (Arr. Lewin for Guitar) Ludovico Einaudi & Miloš Karadaglić Full Moon (Arr. Lewin for Guitar)	Ludovico Einaudi & Miloš Karadaglić
	Merry-Go-Round of Life Joe Hisaishi & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Merry-Go-Round of Life	Joe Hisaishi & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
	12 Violin Concertos, Op.8 "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell' invenzione" / Concerto No. 3 in F Major for solo violin, "L'Autunno" - RV293: 1. Allegro Antonio Vivaldi, Janine Jansen, Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Julian Rachlin, Maarten Jansen, Stacey Watton, Liz Kenny & Jan Jansen 12 Violin Concertos, Op.8 "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell' invenzione" / Concerto No. 3 in F Major for solo violin, "L'Autunno" - RV293: 1. Allegro	Antonio Vivaldi, Janine Jansen, Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Julian Rachlin, Maarten Jansen, Stacey Watton, Liz Kenny & Jan Jansen
	Experience Ludovico Einaudi, Daniel Hope & I Virtuosi Italiani Experience	Ludovico Einaudi, Daniel Hope & I Virtuosi Italiani
	Three Postludes (1981/82): Postlude No. 3 Valentin Silvestrov, Anja Lechner & Silke Avenhaus Three Postludes (1981/82): Postlude No. 3	Valentin Silvestrov, Anja Lechner & Silke Avenhaus
	The Poetry of Earth (Geophony) - Edit Max Richter The Poetry of Earth (Geophony) - Edit	Max Richter
	Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. Roelens for Violin and Piano) Claude Debussy, Daniel Lozakovich & Stanislav Soloviev Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. Roelens for Violin and Piano)	Claude Debussy, Daniel Lozakovich & Stanislav Soloviev
	River Flows In You Yiruma River Flows In You	Yiruma
	saman Ólafur Arnalds saman	Ólafur Arnalds
	Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor) Frédéric Chopin & Magdalena Hoffmann Waltz No. 19 in A Minor, KK IVb (Version for Harp in A Flat Minor)	Frédéric Chopin & Magdalena Hoffmann
	Spring 1 - 2012 Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin & Andre de Ridder Spring 1 - 2012	Max Richter, Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin & Andre de Ridder
	Sapias Olivia Belli, Mari Samuelsen, Julien Quentin, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer Sapias	Olivia Belli, Mari Samuelsen, Julien Quentin, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer
	Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria	Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Upright Piano Sigvaldi Kaldalóns & Víkingur Ólafsson Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Upright Piano	Sigvaldi Kaldalóns & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Swan Lake (Suite), Op.20a, TH 219: 1. Scene - Swan Theme Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Berliner Philharmoniker & Mstislav Rostropovich Swan Lake (Suite), Op.20a, TH 219: 1. Scene - Swan Theme	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Berliner Philharmoniker & Mstislav Rostropovich
	3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto (Arr. Knoth for Cello and Piano) Clara Schumann, Sophie Kauer & Kunal Lahiry 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto (Arr. Knoth for Cello and Piano)	Clara Schumann, Sophie Kauer & Kunal Lahiry
	Suite No.3 In D, BWV 1068: 2. Air Johann Sebastian Bach, David Bell, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan Suite No.3 In D, BWV 1068: 2. Air	Johann Sebastian Bach, David Bell, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan
	Communion Stephan Moccio Communion	Stephan Moccio
	Sanctuary Chad Lawson Sanctuary	Chad Lawson
	Rose Bay Ludovico Einaudi Rose Bay	Ludovico Einaudi
	Requiem, K. 626: IIIf. Lacrimosa - Recorded 1975 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Singverein Requiem, K. 626: IIIf. Lacrimosa - Recorded 1975	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Wiener Singverein
	6.6 Gigue Peter Gregson, Richard Harwood, Reinoud Ford, Tim Lowe, Ben Chappell & Katherine Jenkinson 6.6 Gigue	Peter Gregson, Richard Harwood, Reinoud Ford, Tim Lowe, Ben Chappell & Katherine Jenkinson
	We Contain Multitudes — piano reworks Yiruma & Ólafur Arnalds We Contain Multitudes — piano reworks	Yiruma & Ólafur Arnalds
	Bagatellen: III Valentin Silvestrov Bagatellen: III	Valentin Silvestrov
	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto Ludwig van Beethoven & Alice Sara Ott Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto	Ludwig van Beethoven & Alice Sara Ott
	Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (Arr. Piano) Gabriel Fauré & Alan Feinberg Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (Arr. Piano)	Gabriel Fauré & Alan Feinberg
	Carnival of the Animals: The Swan Camille Saint-Saëns, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & Sheku Kanneh-Mason Carnival of the Animals: The Swan	Camille Saint-Saëns, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason & Sheku Kanneh-Mason
	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Lara Somogyi Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence	Lara Somogyi
	Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle Charles-Valentin Alkan & Bruce Liu Recueil de chants, Op. 65: No. 6, Barcarolle	Charles-Valentin Alkan & Bruce Liu
	Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune Claude Debussy & Alice Sara Ott Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune	Claude Debussy & Alice Sara Ott
	Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2 Frédéric Chopin & Stephen Hough Waltz No. 12 in F Minor, Op. 70 No. 2	Frédéric Chopin & Stephen Hough
	Dream Your Dreams Nitai Hershkovits Dream Your Dreams	Nitai Hershkovits
	Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido Franz Liszt & Daniel Barenboim Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento, placido	Franz Liszt & Daniel Barenboim
	Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio Heitor Villa-Lobos, Plínio Fernandes & Sheku Kanneh-Mason Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio	Heitor Villa-Lobos, Plínio Fernandes & Sheku Kanneh-Mason
	Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 Sergei Rachmaninoff, Berliner Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel Vocalise, Op.34, No.14	Sergei Rachmaninoff, Berliner Philharmoniker & Lorin Maazel
	Open Luke Howard Open	Luke Howard
	Die Walküre, WWV 86B - Concert version / Dritter Aufzug: The Ride of the Valkyres Richard Wagner, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti Die Walküre, WWV 86B - Concert version / Dritter Aufzug: The Ride of the Valkyres	Richard Wagner, Wiener Philharmoniker & Sir Georg Solti
	Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 Ludwig van Beethoven & Lang Lang Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59	Ludwig van Beethoven & Lang Lang
	A Dead Sea's Ripples Sophie Hutchings A Dead Sea's Ripples	Sophie Hutchings
	Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 (Arr. Reger for Piano) Richard Strauss & Angela Hewitt Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 (Arr. Reger for Piano)	Richard Strauss & Angela Hewitt
	Orphée - Arr. for Piano duet / Act 1: III. La chambre d'Orphée Philip Glass, Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque Orphée - Arr. for Piano duet / Act 1: III. La chambre d'Orphée	Philip Glass, Katia Labèque & Marielle Labèque
	Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad) - From "Amélie" Plínio Fernandes Comptine d'un autre été : L'Après-midi (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad) - From "Amélie"	Plínio Fernandes
	Für Elise - Batiste Jon Batiste Für Elise - Batiste	Jon Batiste
	Adieux Ludovico Einaudi Adieux	Ludovico Einaudi
	3 Old Viennese Dances: No. 2, Liebesleid (Transcr. for Violin and Orchestra) Fritz Kreisler, María Dueñas, Wiener Symphoniker & Manfred Honeck 3 Old Viennese Dances: No. 2, Liebesleid (Transcr. for Violin and Orchestra)	Fritz Kreisler, María Dueñas, Wiener Symphoniker & Manfred Honeck
	The Drifter Gabríel Ólafs The Drifter	Gabríel Ólafs
	Experience - Solo Piano Ludovico Einaudi Experience - Solo Piano	Ludovico Einaudi
	Prélude in B-Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 21 - Upright Version Alexander Scriabin & Julius Asal Prélude in B-Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 21 - Upright Version	Alexander Scriabin & Julius Asal
	Lionheart Stephan Moccio Lionheart	Stephan Moccio
	Feed the Birds - From "Mary Poppins" Lang Lang Feed the Birds - From "Mary Poppins"	Lang Lang
	Eternity And A Day: 2. By The Sea Eleni Karaindrou Eternity And A Day: 2. By The Sea	Eleni Karaindrou
	Suite from The Theory of Everything: IV. Forces of Attraction Jóhann Jóhannsson, Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Daníel Bjarnason Suite from The Theory of Everything: IV. Forces of Attraction	Jóhann Jóhannsson, Iceland Symphony Orchestra & Daníel Bjarnason
	Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano)	Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson
	12 Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse" Frédéric Chopin & Yunchan Lim 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"	Frédéric Chopin & Yunchan Lim
	White Flowers Take Their Bath Meredi, Mari Samuelsen, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer White Flowers Take Their Bath	Meredi, Mari Samuelsen, Scoring Berlin & Jonathan Stockhammer
	Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, Sonatina az "Actus tragicus"-ból, BWV 106 Johann Sebastian Bach, Márta Kurtág & György Kurtág Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, Sonatina az "Actus tragicus"-ból, BWV 106	Johann Sebastian Bach, Márta Kurtág & György Kurtág
	Cello Suite No.1 In G Major, BWV 1007: 1. Prélude Johann Sebastian Bach & Pierre Fournier Cello Suite No.1 In G Major, BWV 1007: 1. Prélude	Johann Sebastian Bach & Pierre Fournier
	Vesperae solennes de confessore in C Major, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Víkingur Ólafsson Vesperae solennes de confessore in C Major, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) - Grand Piano	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 21 Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 21	Johann Sebastian Bach & Víkingur Ólafsson
	Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for Harp) Johann Sebastian Bach & Magdalena Hoffmann Sinfonia (3-Part Invention) No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797 (Transcr. for Harp)	Johann Sebastian Bach & Magdalena Hoffmann
	Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos) Johann Sebastian Bach, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Hannah Roberts, Ben Davies, Desmond Neysmith & Max Ruisi Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. for 5 Cellos)	Johann Sebastian Bach, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Hannah Roberts, Ben Davies, Desmond Neysmith & Max Ruisi
	Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893: Präludium f-Moll, BWV 881 Johann Sebastian Bach & András Schiff Das Wohltemperierte Klavier: Book 2, BWV 870-893: Präludium f-Moll, BWV 881	Johann Sebastian Bach & András Schiff
	amour Jean-Michel Blais amour	Jean-Michel Blais
	The Wanderer Stephan Moccio The Wanderer	Stephan Moccio
	Losar Joep Beving Losar	Joep Beving
	Winter Light Ola Gjeilo & Roberto Sorrentino Winter Light	Ola Gjeilo & Roberto Sorrentino
	Secunda (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano) - From "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim" Jeremy Soule & Daniil Trifonov Secunda (Transcr. Trifonov for Piano) - From "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim"	Jeremy Soule & Daniil Trifonov
	Nocturne No.2 In E Flat, Op.9 No.2 Frédéric Chopin & Maurizio Pollini Nocturne No.2 In E Flat, Op.9 No.2	Frédéric Chopin & Maurizio Pollini
	Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1 Frédéric Chopin & Maurizio Pollini Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1	Frédéric Chopin & Maurizio Pollini
	24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Sostenuto Frédéric Chopin & Martha Argerich 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major: Sostenuto	Frédéric Chopin & Martha Argerich
	On the Nature of Daylight Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Philip Sheppard & Chris Worsey On the Nature of Daylight	Max Richter, Louisa Fuller, Natalia Bonner, John Metcalfe, Philip Sheppard & Chris Worsey
	Canon and Gigue in D major - arr. Max Seiffert: 1. Canon Johann Pachelbel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Frank Maus Canon and Gigue in D major - arr. Max Seiffert: 1. Canon	Johann Pachelbel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Frank Maus
	Ala Joep Beving Ala	Joep Beving
	And Some Will Fall - Edit Max Richter And Some Will Fall - Edit	Max Richter
	Movement, Before All Flowers - Edit Max Richter Movement, Before All Flowers - Edit	Max Richter
	Opus 18 - Silfur Version Dustin O'Halloran Opus 18 - Silfur Version	Dustin O'Halloran
	Running Up That Hill Lara Somogyi Running Up That Hill	Lara Somogyi
	Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 - Arranged Sgambati / Act 2: Melodie dell'Orfeo Christoph Willibald Gluck & Yuja Wang Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 - Arranged Sgambati / Act 2: Melodie dell'Orfeo	Christoph Willibald Gluck & Yuja Wang
	A Colour Field - Piano Version Max Richter A Colour Field - Piano Version	Max Richter
	irreplaceable Chad Lawson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & James Southall irreplaceable	Chad Lawson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & James Southall
	Pavane, Op.50 Gabriel Fauré, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Jean Fournet Pavane, Op.50	Gabriel Fauré, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra & Jean Fournet
	Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Claude Debussy & Ruth Slenczynska Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair	Claude Debussy & Ruth Slenczynska
	Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium Camille Saint-Saëns, Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium	Camille Saint-Saëns, Lang Lang, Gina Alice, Gewandhausorchester & Andris Nelsons
	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Samuel Coleridge-Taylor & Isata Kanneh-Mason Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Samuel Coleridge-Taylor & Isata Kanneh-Mason
	Little Waltz Joep Beving Little Waltz	Joep Beving
	Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1 Frédéric Chopin & Benjamin Grosvenor Nocturne No. 19 in E Minor, Op. 72, No. 1	Frédéric Chopin & Benjamin Grosvenor
	Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24: Aria - Live Johannes Brahms & Alfred Brendel Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24: Aria - Live	Johannes Brahms & Alfred Brendel
	Staircase Sonata - Orchestral Works Version Gabríel Ólafs, Reykjavík Orkestra & Viktor Orri Árnason Staircase Sonata - Orchestral Works Version	Gabríel Ólafs, Reykjavík Orkestra & Viktor Orri Árnason

Best Classical Music Essential tracks from the most notable classical works ever recorded - both old and new. Featuring Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Satie, Brahms, Vivaldi, Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi

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