Essential Classical
Playlist • 100 Track(s)
An introduction to classical music with some of the genre's most popular works. Feat. Yo-Yo Ma.
Alfred Brendel - Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 In A, K.331 -"Alla Turca": 3. Alla Turca (Allegretto) (1975 Recording)
2:50
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble - Mozart: Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1. Allegro
5:47
James Ehnes - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, "La primavera": I. Allegro
3:24
Berliner Philharmoniker - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
7:17
Neeme Järvi - Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12, Act I, No. 2: Valse. Intrada (Tempo di valse - Valse)
7:09
Emerson String Quartet - Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179 "American": IV. Finale. Vivace ma non troppo
5:14
Boris Berman - Stravinsky: Petrushka, K12 (1947 Version): Ib. Russian Dance (Live)
2:46
Otto Klemperer - Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin der Nacht) (feat. Lucia Popp)
3:11
Murray Perahia - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
5:17
London Symphony Orchestra - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace (1984 Recording)
10:30
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": 4. Allegro con fuoco
11:55
Alice Sara Ott - Debussy: Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75: 3. Clair de lune
4:52
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman, & Johann Pachelbel - Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue in D major
6:58
Metamorphose String Orchestra - Concerto Grosso for Strings "Palladio": I. Allegretto
2:34
Maria João Pires - Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
4:29
Luciano Pavarotti - Luciano Pavarotti - Puccini: Nessun Dorma (Karaoke Version)
3:00
Johann Strauss II - An Der Schonen Blauen Donau, Op. 314
9:01
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegretto
10:15
Leonard Bernstein - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
10:40
Berliner Philharmoniker - Bizet: Carmen: Prelude. Allegro giocoso
2:17
Sabine Devieilhe - Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs. "Viens, Mallika" (Lakmé, Mallika)
4:38
Wiener Singverein - Mozart: Requiem, K. 626: IIIf. Lacrimosa
3:09
Yo-Yo Ma - Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan
3:09
Jan Lisiecki - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K.467: II. Andante
6:13
Hilary Hahn - J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
3:14
Maria Callas - L'amour Est Un Oiseaux Rebelle
2:24
Yo-Yo Ma - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude
2:32
Giancarlo Chiaramello - Di Capua, Mazzucchi: 'O sole mio (Orch. Chiaramello)
3:26
Mao Fujita - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro
2:59
Wiener Philharmoniker - Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor. Allegro (Orch. Schmeling)
2:19
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 39/1
6:42
Richard Bonynge - Verdi: Rigoletto, Act III: La donna è mobile
2:21
Bruce Liu - Chopin: Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16
4:43
Hilary Hahn - Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
3:35
Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Fauré: Après un rêve for cello & piano
3:01
Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (Live)
8:45
Wiener Philharmoniker - Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
11:28
Michael Tilson Thomas - Romeo et Juliette, Op. 64 (Excerpts): No. 13, Danse des chevaliers
4:35
Jessye Norman - Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Erlkonig (Schubert)
4:00
Krystian Zimerman - Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo (Live)
10:47
English Chamber Orchestra - Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro
7:42
Gewandhausorchester - R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: I. Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
1:48
András Schiff - J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846
3:51
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood
4:15
Rolando Villazón, Anna Netrebko, Helene Schneiderman, Herman Wallen, Salvatore Cordella, Paul Gay, Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Rizzi, Wiener Staatsopernchor, and Giuseppe Verdi - Verdi: La traviata / Act I: "Libiamo ne'lieti calici"
3:05
English Chamber Orchestra - Handel: Solomon / Act 3: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
3:29
Michael Tilson Thomas - Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: 10. Scène: Moderato; Piu mosso
3:13
Lang Lang - Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
3:21
Wiener Philharmoniker - Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso
6:07
Berliner Philharmoniker - Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Finale. Molto allegro
6:03
The English Concert - Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
2:09
London Symphony Orchestra - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical Symphony": I. Allegro
4:25
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492: Overture
4:21
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, & Gustav Mahler - Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major: II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
7:25
George Szell - Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio
14:47
Luciano Pavarotti - Puccini: La bohème, Act I: O soave fanciulla (Love Duet)
4:17
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 1: II. The Augurs of Spring. Dances of the Young Girls
3:21
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks - Dvořák: Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22, B. 52: I. Moderato
4:56
Peter Hurford - J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
9:21
Hera Hyesang Park - Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, SC 88: O mio babbino caro
2:15
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
7:50
London Philharmonic Orchestra - The Firebird, Tableau 2: Disappearance of Kashchei's Palace and Magic Spells – The Petrified Warriors Return to Life
3:21
Michael Tilson Thomas - Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
2:25
Kathleen Battle - Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
4:02
Vladimir Ashkenazy - Chopin: Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz"
1:51
Wiener Philharmoniker - J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus: Overture (Live at Musikverein, Vienna, 1987)
8:42
Berliner Philharmoniker - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: 4. Allegro non troppo
12:10
Barry Wordsworth - Bizet: Carmen, Act II: Toreador Song: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (from Carmen / Act 2)
3:50
San Francisco Symphony - Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)
9:36
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen, & Joseph Haydn - Haydn: Symphony in E flat, H.I No. 103 - "Drum Roll" - 4. Finale (Allegro con spirito)
5:22
Michael Matthes, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Myung-Whun Chung, and Camille Saint-Saëns - Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": IIb. Maestoso – Allegro
7:57
Leontyne Price - Puccini: Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte
4:46
Emerson String Quartet - Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto (Live)
2:38
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219: I. Allegro aperto
9:43
Leonard Bernstein - Rhapsody in Blue
16:24
Raymond Leppard - Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1: I. Allegro
6:19
Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
15:01
Frederica von Stade - Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II: No. 12, Voi che sapete
2:56
Itzhak Perlman & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: Flight of the Bumblebee
1:18
Pascal Rogé - Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIV. Finale
1:54
New York Philharmonic - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: IV. Marche au supplice
4:24
Klaus Tennstedt - Die Walküre, Act 3: Walkürenritt (Concert Version. Lebhaft)
5:23
Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Russian Dance (Trepak)
1:09
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto
14:01
Lang Lang - Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C Sharp Minor, S.244/2 (Arr. Horowitz)
9:05
Yo-Yo Ma - Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, Op. 114 "Trout": IV. Tema con variazioni
7:47
![James Levine/London Symphony Orchestra - The Barber of Seville - Comic opera in two acts [first half]: Overture](https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/X1MVrnoydMN8-XnarJCsg2FaHE7uZg9g5HItn7dgupr_LG6Zio-3AZwgBTGji1dXrMbUMK_8fnibrUZjvw=w320-h120-l90-rj)
James Levine/London Symphony Orchestra - The Barber of Seville - Comic opera in two acts [first half]: Overture
7:27
Zubin Mehta - Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV. Festival at Baghdad - The Sea - The Ship Breaks Against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman
12:41
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Modest Mussorgsky, and Maurice Ravel - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Ravel): X. The Great Gates of Kyiv
5:56
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, TH 13: No. 7 Valse
5:12
Midori - Caprice in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24
4:47
Sarah Chang - Khachaturian: Sabre Dance (from Gayane)
2:22
London Symphony Orchestra - Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Var. 9. Adagio "Nimrod"
4:02
Gabriela Beňačková, Marjana Lipovšek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Walter Hagen-Groll, and Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale. Presto
23:56
Grace Bumbry - Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
5:31
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture
20:34
The Philadelphia Orchestra - Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
10:31
New York Philharmonic - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection": 2: Andante moderato
12:19
![Berliner Philharmoniker - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. [Allegro]](https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/Y1UC3d-338DEox9Sih32InWJGpru8PuJe2yi-9OyteT6ElCxEIQm0OCmFQkVCBExS2XTIS7XHfrPkHpH=w320-h120-l90-rj)
Berliner Philharmoniker - J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. [Allegro]
6:32