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B

Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances

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Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.2 Mov.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.4 mov.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.7 mov.1

Beethoven – Coriolan Overture

Beethoven – Egmont Overture

Beethoven – Leonore Overture n.3

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Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique: 1st movement

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Brahms – Symphony n.1 Mov.4

Brahms – Symphony n.4 Mov.1

Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The introduction

Brahms: a conductor’s approach to Symphony n.1 ~ The first movement

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Bruckner – Symphony n.8, Mov. 4

 

D

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

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De Falla – La Danza ritual del fuego

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Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

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Dvořák – Violin concerto

Dvořák – Serenade for strings – PART 1: movements 1 and 2

Dvořák – Serenade for strings – PART 2: movements 3, 4, and 5

Dvořák – Symphony n.7 Mov.1

Dvořák – Symphony n.9 – 1st movement

E

Elgar Serenade for strings

F

Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Prelude

G

Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies

Grieg – Holberg Suite

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Haydn – Symphony n.44

Haydn – Symphony n.88 mov.1

Haydn Symphony n.104 “London”

J

Janáček – Taras Bulba: Death of Andrei

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Karłowicz – Serenade for strings

L

Liszt – Faust Symphony

Listz – Dante Symphony – Part 1

Liszt: Dante Symphony – Part 2

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Mahler – Symphony n.2 – Movement 1

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 1

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 2

Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Part 3

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Mendelssohn – The Hebrides

Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 1

Mendelssohn – Italian Symphony – Part 2

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Mozart – Symphony n.36 “Linz”

Mozart – Symphony K504 “Prague” – 1st mov.

Mozart – Symphony n.40 K550 – 1st movement

Mozart – Symphony n.40 K550 – Movements 2-3

Mozart – Don Giovanni Ouverture

Mozart – Die Zauberflöte Overture

Mozart – Mass K257 – Credo

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Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition

P

Puccini – Manon Lescaut Intermezzo

R

Rachmaninov – Piano concerto n.2 mov. 1

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Ravel – Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l’Oye)

Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte

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Revueltas: Sensemayá

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Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, 2nd movement

S

Schreker – Der Schatzgräber Interlude

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Schubert – Symphony n.5 – Part 1

Schubert – Symphony n.5 – Part 2

Schubert 8 – “Unfinished” Symphony

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Schumann – Symphony n.1 “Spring” – 1st mov.

Schumann – Symphony n.3

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Smetana – The Moldau

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Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel

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Suk – Serenade for strings

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Tchaikovsky – Serenade for strings

Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture

Tchaikovsky: Symphony n.5, 1st movement

V

Verdi – La forza del destino Ouverture

W

Wagner – Parsifal Prelude to Act 1

Wagner – Tannhäuser Overture

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Weber – Euryanthe Overture

Grieg – Holberg Suite

Grieg – Holberg Suite

Last updated Jan 7, 2025 | Published on Nov 11, 2021

Originally written for piano and transcribed for strings after its premiere, Grieg’s Holberg Suite is an example of 19th-century music containing a recovery of the form and musical style of previous centuries.

Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Beethoven – Symphony n.1

Last updated Jan 7, 2025 | Published on Sep 30, 2021

A dominant seventh chord that made history: this is how Beethoven’s first symphony begins.

Mozart – Die Zauberflöte Overture [analysis]

Mozart – Die Zauberflöte Overture [analysis]

Last updated Jan 8, 2025 | Published on Apr 15, 2021

A wonder of sonata form mixed with a fugato in a formal perfection of orchestral writing: this is Mozart’s Overture to the Magic Flute

Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture [analysis]
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Overture [analysis]

Last updated Jan 8, 2025 | Published on Oct 15, 2020 | , | 0 Comments

At first, Romeo and Juliet was not successful either in Russia or in Europe. But a small but powerful group of musicians showed its appreciation for it: Camille Saint-Saëns, in France, and the group of five in Russia. Romeo and Juliet went from a criticized piece to one of the most loved of all times: its love theme, with its passionate melody, has sunk into our own consciousness.

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