An amazing library of orchestral classical music, with over 600 tracks, conducted by world-renowned conductor Keith J. Salmon. Includes all of the classics from Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and many many other famous composers.
Composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. As the most famous classical composition by Gershwin, it established his reputation as a serious composer. Instrumental, Classical Music, Modern Period, George Gershwin
Traditional English song, orchestral arrangement. Charles Parry set Blake’s Preface to Milton to music for a rally of the “Fight for the Right” movement in Queen’s Hall. It became more generally known as “Jerusalem” when Parry conducted it in 1918 at a concert. Mixed Vocals, Spiritual Music, Inspirational, C.H.H. Parry
This Opus is a work for piano and orchestra. The polonaise is regarded as one of the most famous and brilliant polonaise pieces, while the orchestra is not so sophisticated. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Piano, Frederic Chopin
The first movement opens with a series of ascending fourths in the right hand, followed by a quartet-like echoing of a phrase in different octaves. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Period, Ludwig van Beethoven
Dramatic sophisticated brass fanfare epic, triumphal and uplifting in nature, perfect for military victories, personal triumphs, and general dramatic conquering. Instrumental, Classical Music, Romantic Period
Uplifting heartwarming orchestral waltz dance, starts dramatically in non-waltz form, then segues ito a fast straight waltz that is magically swirling, mischievious and playful all at once. Instrumental, Classical Music, Romantic Period, Johann II Strauss
This waltz is the most demanding technically of the series. After the trill, a call to dance and a melody with a rare lilt composed in double time. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Piano, Frederic Chopin
Nabucco established Verdi's reputation as a composer. This follows the plight of the Jews as they were assaulted and exiled from their homeland by King Nabucco, Mixed Vocals, Classical Music, Romantic Period, Giuseppe Verdi
This variation contains repititions of a four note melody that Elgar whistled whenever arriving home to his wife. Instrumental, Classical Music, Romantic Period, Edward Elgar
Cello and double bass introduce the Adagio section in a serene unison, before the rest of the string section joins, Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Piano, Franz Liszt
The most popular of Chopins scherzos, it reflects the vast contrasts in the first theme with its wide leaps and pauses in the first half and rising and falling scales in the second. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Piano, Frederic Chopin
Very fast, rousing and fun polka. Title may be interpreted as "Chit-chat" and may refer to the Viennese passion for gossip. Strauss may have been referencing the burlesque 'Der Tritsch-tratsch', or possibly his first wife's (Henrietta Treffz) poodle, named Tritsch-tratsch. Instrumental, Classical Music, Romantic Period, Johann II Strauss
This concerto is notable for its delicate interplay between clarinet and orchestra, and the lack of overly extroverted display on the part of the soloist. Instrumental, Classical Music, Classical Period, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Pavane is a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century. This orchestral work and chorale ebbs and flows from a series of harmonic and melodic climaxes invoking a haunting elegance, Mixed Vocals, Classical Music, Modern Period, Gabriel Faure
