western classical music  2

chosen by Criticus

Europe, Western classical music: from 1730 to early 20th century.

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The classical western music of the day:

• Johann Strauss Jr. - "The Blue Danube"

Richard Wagner

• Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) - Ouverture from "The Flying Dutchman" ("Der fliegende Holländer"), 1841.  preview
• Richard WAGNER - Tannhäuser Overture, 1845.  preview /  preview
• Richard WAGNER - Tannhäuser Pilgrim's Chorus, 1845.  preview
• Richard WAGNER - Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus "Treulich Gefährt", 1848.  preview
• Richard WAGNER - "The Ride of the Valkyries" from "The Valkyrie", 1870.  preview / preview / preview
• Richard WAGNER - "Der Ring des Nibelungen": Overture, 1874.  preview
• Richard WAGNER - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act III: "Dance of the Apprentices", 1876.  preview
• Richard WAGNER - Parsifal Overture, 1882.  preview

Jacques Offenbach

• Jacques OFFENBACH  (1819-1880) - "Galop infernal", from "Orphée aux Enfers", 1858.  preview /  preview
• Jacques OFFENBACH - Barcarolle, from "Les Contes d'Offmann", 1880.  preview

Anton Bruckner

• Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) - Symphony in D Minor, "Die Nullte", 1869.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 1, "Das kecke Beserl", 1865–1866.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 7, 1883–1885.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - "Locus iste", 1869.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - "Ave Maria" or "Offertorium", 1867.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 6, 1881.  preview
• Anton BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 4, "Romantic", 1890. preview

Johann Strauss Jr.

• Johann STRAUSS JR. (1825-1899) - "An der schönen blauen Donau" ("On the Beautiful Blue Danube", or "The Blue Danube" Waltz), Op. 314, 1866.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Kaiser-Walzer" ("Emperor Waltz"), Op. 437, 1889.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Die Fledermaus": Ouverture, 1874.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Die Fledermaus" ("The Bat"), I-VII, 1874.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Frühlingsstimmen" ("Voices of Spring" Waltz) Op. 410, 1882.  preview / preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Wiener Blut" ("Vienna Blood Waltz"), 1873.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Rosen aus dem Süden" ("Roses from the South"), Op. 388, 1880.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Champagne-Polka", Op. 211, 1858.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Polka-schnell", Op. 297", 1865.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Persian March", Op. 289, 1864.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Figaro-Polka", Op. 320, 1867.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Sinngedichte" ("Epigrams"), Op. 1, 1844.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Sträußchen" ("Bouquets"), Op. 15, 1846.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Phönix-Schwingen" ("Wings of the Phoenix"), Op. 125, 1853.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Abschied von St. Petersburg" ("Farewell to Saint Petersburg"), Op. 210, 1858.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Italienischer Walzer" ("Italian Waltz"), Op. 407, 1882.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Revolutions-Marsch", Op. 54, 1848.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Debut-Quadrille", Op. 2, 1844.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Le beau Monde" ("Fashionable Society"), Op. 199, 1857.  preview
• Johann STRAUSS JR. - "Napoleon", Op. 156, 1854.  preview

Anton Rubinstein

• Anton RUBINSTEIN  (1829-1894) - "Six soirées à Saint-Petersburg", Op. 44, 1859-1860.  preview
• Anton RUBINSTEIN - Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 25, 1850-1858.  preview
• Anton RUBINSTEIN - "Melody in F", 1858.  preview / preview
• Anton RUBINSTEIN - Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 42, "Ocean", 1851.  preview
• Anton RUBINSTEIN - "Two Melodies", Op. 3, 1851.  preview

Johannes Brahms

• Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) - Hungarian Dance No. 5: Allegro – Vivace, 1869.  preview / preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - "Ein deutsches Requiem", 1868.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Waltz No. 14, Op. 39, 1865.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Serenade No. 2, Op. 16, I-V, 1859.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Serenade No. 2, Op. 16: I, 1859.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Hungarian Dance No. 7, 1869.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Hungarian Dance No. 10, 1869.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Waltz No. 15, Op. 39, 1865.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Symphony No. 4, Op. 98, 1885.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Symphony No. 3, Op. 90, 1883.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a, 1873.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, for two pianos, Op. 56b, 1873.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 , 1886.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67, 1876.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34, 1864.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, Op. 1, 1853.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, 1863.  preview
• Johannes BRAHMS - Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79, 1879.  preview

Amilcare Ponchielli

• Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834-1886) - "Danza delle ore", from "La Gioconda", Act III, 1874.  preview

Camille Saint-Saëns

• Camille SAINT-SAËNS  (1835-1921) - "Danse macabre", Op. 40, 1874.  preview / preview / preview
• Camille SAINT-SAENS - Violin Concerto No. 3, 1880.  preview
• Camille SAINT-SAENS - Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, 1863.  preview
• Camille SAINT-SAENS - Piano Conceto No. 2, I-III, 1868.  preview

George Bizet

• Georges BIZET (1838-1875) - "Carmen", First Act, Prelude, "March of the Toreadors", 1875.  preview / preview / preview
• Georges BIZET - "Carmen", I-IV, 1875.  preview / preview
• Georges BIZET - "Les Pêcheurs de perles", I-III, 1863.  preview
• Georges BIZET - "Roma Symphony", I-IV, 1860-1871.  preview
• Georges BIZET - "Jeux d'enfants", 1871.  preview

Modest Mussorgsky

• Modest MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881) - "Boris Godunov", I-V, 1874.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Night on Bald Mountain", 1866-1867.  preview / preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Souvenir d'Enfance" ("Souvenir of Childhood"), 1857.  preview / preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "The Nursery", 1872.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Pictures at an Exhibition", 1874.  preview / preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Songs and Dances of Death", 1877.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Khovanshchina", 1872-1880.  preview /  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "The Destruction of Sennacherib", 1866-1867.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "The Nursery", 1868.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - "Songs and Dances of Death", 1875-1877.  preview / preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - Quasi fantasia "Au village", 1880.  preview
• Modest MUSSORGSKY - Scherzo in C Sharp minor, 1858.  preview

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)- "Swan Lake", I-IV, 1877.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "Sawn Lake", Op. 20: Act 2, No. 10, 1877.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker", 1891-1892.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "The Nutcracker", Op. 71, from Act II: "March", 1891-1892.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "The Nutcracker", Op. 71, from Act II: "Trepak", 1891-1892.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom", Op. 41: No. 6, "Hymn of the Cherubim", 1878.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "The Sleeping Beauty" from "Sawn Lake", Op. 20, 1877.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "Romeo and Juliet", 1869-1870. preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No.1, "Winter Daydreams", Op. 13, 1866.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "The Seasons", Op. 37a, No. 6, "Barcarolle", 1875-1876.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - Six morceaux pour piano, Op. 51, No 5, 1882.  preview
• Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY - "Les Saisons" ("The Seasons"), Op. 37a, No. 6: "Juin" ("June"), Barcarolle, 1875-1876.  preview

Antonin Dvořák

• Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841-1904) - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, 1893. preview / preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, 1895. preview / preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, 1885. preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, 1890. preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - "Slavonic Dance" in C Major, Op. 46, No. 1, 1878. preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - "Slavonic Dance" in C Major, Op. 46, No. 8, 1878. preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53, 1879.  preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - "Rusalka", Op. 114, I-III, 1901.  preview /  preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK - String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, "American Quartet", 1894.  preview
• Antonín DVOŘÁK -  Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, 1875.  preview

Emmanuel Chabrier

• Emmanuel CHABRIER (1841-1894) - "Gwendoline", I-II, 1886.  preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "Souvenirs de Munich", 1885-1886.  preview / preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "Pièces pittoresques", 1881.  preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "España", rhapsody for orchestra, 1883.  preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "Cinq pièces pour piano", 1890.  preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "Joyeuse marche", 1890.  preview
• Emmanuel CHABRIER - "Bourrée fantasque", 1891.  preview

Edvard Grieg

• Edvard GRIEG  (1843-1907) - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, I-III, 1868.  preview
• Edvard GRIEG - "In the Hall of the Mountain King", 1875.  preview
• Edvard GRIEG - "Peer Gynt", Suite No. 1, Op. 46, 1878.  preview
• Edvard GRIEG - "Dix-sept Danses paysannes norvégiennes", Op. 72, 1902.  preview
• Edvard GRIEG - "Holberg Suite", Op. 40, "From Holberg's Time", 1884.  preview

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908) - "Flight of the Bumblebee", interlude from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", Act III,  1900.  preview / preview / preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "Sheherazade", 1888.  preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "Great Russian Easter Overture", Op. 36, 1888.  preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "The Golden Cockerel", 1909.  preview / preview / preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya", 1907.  preview / preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "Capriccio espagnol", Op. 34, 1887.  preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "The Snow Maiden", 1882.  preview
• Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - "Sadko", 1898.  preview

Gabriel Fauré

• Gabriel FAURÉ  (1845-1924) - Sonate pour violon et piano No. 1, 1877.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "Thème et variations", Op. 73, I-XI, 1895.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, 1890.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - Suite "Dolly", I-VI, Op.56 , 1897.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "Nocturnes", I-XIII.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - 4 Valses-caprices, Op. 30, 38, 59, 62, 1882-1894.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "La Bonne Chanson", I-IX, Op. 61, 1892-1894.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "Masques et bergamasques", Op. 112, Mov. I-IV, 1919.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 80, 1898.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "L’Élégie", Op. 24, 1880.  preview
• Gabriel FAURÉ - "Pièces brèves", Op. 84, 1869-1902.  preview

FranciscoTárrega

• Francisco TÁRREGA (1852-1909) - "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", 1896.  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - Tango.  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - Estudio en forma de minueto.  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - "Danza mora".  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - "Capricho arabe" ("Arab Capriccio"), 1892.  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - Four Mazurkas.  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - "Lagrima".  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - "La Alborada".  preview
• Francisco TÁRREGA - "Sueño".  preview

Edward Elgar

• Edward ELGAR  (1857-1934) - "Enigma Variations", Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, I-XV, 1898-1899.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, 1904-1905.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - "Salut d'Amour", Op. 12, 1888.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - Symphony No. 1, Op. 55, 1908.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - Symphony No. 2, Op. 63, 1911.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - "Falstaff", Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68, 1913.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, 1905-1910.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - "Cockaigne In London Town" (the "Cockaigne Overture"), Op. 40, 1900-1901.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 8, 1920.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches", Op. 39, I-VI, 1901-1930.  preview
• Edward ELGAR - "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches", Op. 39: "March No. 1 in D", 1901-1930.  preview / preview / preview

Isaac Albéniz

• Isaac ALBÉNIZ (1860-1909) - "Asturias", No. 5 from "Suite española", Op. 47, 1887.  preview / preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Sevilla", No. 3 from "Suite española", Op. 47, 1887. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Suite española", Op. 47, 1886. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Tango", No. 2 from "España", Op. 165, 1893. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "España", Op. 165, 1893. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Cantos de España" ("Chants d'Espagne"), Op. 232, 1892-1898. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Iberia", 1905-1908. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Navarra", 1907. preview
• Isaac ALBÉNIZ - "Malagueña", No. 3 from "España", Op. 165, 1893. preview

Gustav Mahler

• Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911) - "Symphony No. 9", 1909-1910.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Das Lied von der Erde" ("The Song of the Earth"), 1908-1909.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" ("Songs of a Wayfarer"), 1884-1897.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 1", "Titan", 1888-1896.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 2", "Resurrection Symphony", 1888-1894.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 3", 1893-1896.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 4", 1899-1900.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 5", 1901-1902.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 6", "Tragic", 1903-1904.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 7", "Chant de la nuit", 1904-1905.  preview
• Gustav MAHLER - "Symphony No. 8", "Des Mille", 1906-1907.  preview

Claude Debussy

• Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) - "Suite Bergamasque", Op. 37: I-IV, Prélude, Menuet, Clair de Lune, Passepied, 1890-1905.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Rêverie", 1890 ca., published in 1905.  preview /  preview / HQ compact disk
• Claude DEBUSSY - "La Mer": I-III, Très lent, Allegro, Animé et tumultueux, 1903-1905.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Images pour Orchestre", 4 Suites: "Images inédites o oubliées" for piano solo: I-III, 1894; "Images – Première Série" for piano solo: I-III, 1901–1905; "Images – Deuxième Série" for piano solo: I-III, 1907; "Images" for orchestra: I-III, 1905-1912.  preview / HQ compact disk
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", 1892-1894.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Pour le piano": I-III, 1894-1901.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Estampes": "Suite No. 1: Pagodes", "Suite No. 2: "La soirée dans Grenade", "Suite No.3: Jardins sous la pluie", 1903.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Deux Arabesques", No. 1-2, 1888-1891.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Danse", "Tarantelle styrienne", 1891.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Valse romantique", 1890-1891.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Children's Corner", 6 Pièces, I-VI, 1906-1908.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "L'Isle joyeuse", 1903-1904.  preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Masques", 1904-1905. preview
• Claude DEBUSSY - "Syrinx", 1913. preview / preview / preview

Paul Dukas

• Paul DUKAS  (1865-1935) - "L'Apprenti sorcier", 1897.  preview /  preview /  preview