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https://youtu.be/Q8AN0jWNrJA Title: The Four Seasons - Autumn Date: 1723 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi Movement: Baroque Italian 1678 - 1741 Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was a composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. He is recognised as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and within his lifetime his influence was widespread across Europe. He composed numerous concertos for … Continue reading The Four Seasons – Autumn by Antonio Vivaldi
https://youtu.be/vvVl15XXrOg Title: Dance of the Furies Date: 1776 Composer: Christoph Wilibald Ritter von Gluck Movement: Classical German 1714 - 1767 Christoph Wilibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera during the early classical era. With a series of radical works, including Orfeo ed Euridice, he broke into the stranglehold of … Continue reading Dance of the Furies by Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck
Sung by Luciano Pavarotti https://youtu.be/d_mLFHLSULw Title: O Sole Mio Date: 1898 Composer: Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi Tenor Vocals: Luciano Pavarotti Opera 1935 – 2007 Luciano Pavarotti was an operatic tenor. He also crossed over into popular music becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. As one of the finest … Continue reading Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi: O Sole Mio
https://youtu.be/iCEDfZgDPS8 Title: A Night on Bald Mountain Date: 1867 Composer: Modest Mussorgsky Romantic Era Russian 1839 - 1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a composer and an innovator of Russian music during the Romantic period. In defiance of the conventions of the Western music establishment, he deliberately strove to give Russian music its own identity. … Continue reading Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
https://youtu.be/WpEpS1FX5ic Title: Libertango Date: 1974 Composer: Astor Piazzolla Nuevo Tango Argentine 1921 - 1992 Astor Pantaléon Piazzolla was a composer, particularly of music for the tango, a bandoneon player and arranger. His compositions revolutionised tango music into the nuevo style combining elements of jazz and classical music. He has been described as the ‘world’s … Continue reading Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
https://youtu.be/VHRdFILo_Yw Title: La Follia Date: 1700 Composer: Arcangelo Corelli Movement: Baroque Italian 1653 - 1713 Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer. He studied under Giovanni Battista Bassani and Matteo Simonelli. Corelli’s first major success was at the age of 19 in Paris. By 1679 he had entered the service of Queen Christina … Continue reading La Follia
https://youtu.be/JSAd3NpDi6Q Title: Sarabande Date: Between 1703 and 1706 Composer: George Frideric Handel Movement: Baroque German 1685 - 1759 George Frideric Handel was a baroque composer born in Germany but spent most pf his career in London. He was well known for his operas, oratorios and organ concertos. When he died in 1759 he was given … Continue reading Sarabande
https://youtu.be/dbbtmskCRUY Title: The Isle of Dead Date: 1908 Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff Movement: Romantic Russian 1973 - 1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a pianist, composer and conductor. His works are among the most popular of the Romantic era. Rachmaninoff started to play the piano at 4 years old and graduated from the Moscow … Continue reading The Isle of Dead
https://youtu.be/73rX1AfaHz0 Title: Ode to Death Date: 1919 Composer: Gustav Holst English 1874 – 1934 Gustav Holst Gustavos Theodore von Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. There had been professional musicians on the Holst family and it was noted when he was a young boy he would follow the same calling. Apart from the … Continue reading Ode to Death
https://youtu.be/1ryhN5kNFzc Title: Karelia Suite Date: 1893 Composer: Jean Sibelius Movement: Romantic Finnish 1865 – 1957 Jean Sibelius Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, better known as Jean Sibelius was a composer of the late Romantic and early Modern periods. He is widely recognised as Finland’s greatest composer and is credited with helping provide the country with a … Continue reading Karelia Suite
https://youtu.be/uSji5Gamq8Q Title: Waltz Opus 39 Nr. 15 for Violin Date: 1865 Composer: Johannes Brahms Movement: Romantic German 1833 – 1897
https://youtu.be/xK-UFwM69K8 Title: I Love You Date: 1864 Composer: Edvard Grieg Movement: Romantic Norwegian 1843 – 1907
https://youtu.be/EQjOaIyh6HQ Title: The Force of Destiny Date: 1862 Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Italian 1813 – 1901
https://youtu.be/j6gP3Lim7_k Title: Serenade No. 13 in G Major Date: 1787 Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Movement: Classical Austrian 1756 – 1791
https://youtu.be/zlAic9aPoqs Title: Prelude in C Major Date: 1722 Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Movement: Baroque German 1685 – 1750
https://youtu.be/Gu77Vtja30c Title: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Date: 1916 Composer: Gustav Holst English 1874 – 1934
https://youtu.be/KY1p-FmjT1M Title: The Four Seasons - Summer Date: 1723 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi Movement: Baroque Italian 1678 – 1741
https://youtu.be/s6bSrGbak1g Title: O Mio Babbino Caro Date: 1918 Composer: Giacomo Puccini Italian 1858 – 1924
https://youtu.be/kLp_Hh6DKWc Title: In the Hall of the Mountain King Date: 1875 Composer: Edvard Grieg Movement: Romantic Norwegian 1843 – 1907
https://youtu.be/8Qx2lMaMsl8 Title: Lakmé Flower Duet Date: 1883 Composer: Léo Delibes Movement: Romantic French 1836 – 1891
https://youtu.be/GXFSK0ogeg4 Date: 1937 Composer: Carl Orff German 1895 - 1982
https://youtu.be/YyknBTm_YyM Title: Danse Macabre Date: 1874 Composer: Camille Saint-Saens Movement: Romantic French 1835 – 1921
https://youtu.be/ATuoxYAsBvs Title: Adagio in G Minor Date: 1970’a’s or 1980’s Composer: Remo Giazotto Italian 1910 – 1998
https://youtu.be/zIpbgr9aUEo Title: Stabat Mater Date: 1712 Composer: Antonio Vivaldi Movement: Baroque Italian 1678 – 1741
https://youtu.be/TFJ4hN7vxWo Title: Agnus Dei Date: 1967 Composer: Samuel Barber American 1910 - 1981
https://youtu.be/EEuWUiXVwgM Title: Zadok the Priest Date: 1727 Composer: Georg Frideric Handel Movement: Baroque German 1685 - 1759
https://youtu.be/txkSRwyluBQ Title: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op 18 Date: 1900 Sergei Rachmaninov Movement: Romantic Russian 1873 – 1943
https://youtu.be/P5AopfCTxTE Title: Black Swan Pas de Deux Date: 1875 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romantic Era Russian 1840 - 1893
https://youtu.be/CvFH_6DNRCY Title: Clair de Lune Date: 1905 Composer: Claude Debussy Movement: Impressionist French 1862 – 1918
https://youtu.be/S-Xm7s9eGxU Title: Gymnopédie No.1 Date: 1888 Composer: Erik Satie Movement: Modernism French 1866 - 1925
https://youtu.be/aJQZ6qjn-q4 Title: Phantasy Quartet Date: 1932 Composer: Benjamin Britten Movement: 20th Century Classical English 22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976
https://youtu.be/kAJcVR0n-ek Title: Flight of the Bumblebee Date: 1899 Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Russian 18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908
https://youtu.be/Jmk5frp6-3Q Date: 1914 Composer: Gustav Holst English 21 Sept 1874 – 25 May 1934
https://youtu.be/F5zg_af9b8c Date: 1899 Movement: Romantic Jean Sibelius Finnish 8 Dec 1865 – 20 Sept 1957
https://youtu.be/BnjqGhAlFzs 1721 Movement: Baroque Johann Sebastian Bach German 31 Mar 1685 – 28 July 1750
https://youtu.be/lkzWF1UE1CI 1866 Movement: Romantic Johann Strauss II Austrian 25 Oct 1825 – 3 Jun 1899
https://youtu.be/hOA-2hl1Vbc Movement: Baroque Johann Pachelbel German 1653 – 13 Mar 1706
https://youtu.be/lLjRDlnbyOw Wolfgang Amdeus Mozart Movement: Classical 27 Jan 1756 – 5 Dec 1791 Austrian
https://youtu.be/l-dYNttdgl0 Antonio Vivaldi Italian Movement: Baroque 4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741
https://youtu.be/9E6b3swbnWg Frederic Chopin
https://youtu.be/4Tr0otuiQuU Ludwig van Beethoven Movement: Transitional between Classical and Romantic Dec 1770 – 26 Mar 1827
https://youtu.be/C66XCqWkhmw George Frederic Handel Baroque 23 Feb 1685 – 14 Apr 1759
https://youtu.be/LwLABSm0yYc Maurice Ravel Movement: Impressionist 7 Mar 1875 – 28 Dec 1937
https://youtu.be/AssDQbaIP_I Giuseppe Verdi Movement: Opera 10 Oct 1813 – 27 Jan 1901
https://youtu.be/XRU1AJsXN1g Richard Wagner 22 May 1813 – 13 Feb 1883
https://youtu.be/VbxgYlcNxE8 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Era: Romantic 7 May 1840 – 6 Nov 1893
https://youtu.be/hOX15agZ3-0 Antonin Dvorak Era: Romantic 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904
https://youtu.be/OyNi19dceMo Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Era: Classical 27 Jan 1756 – 5 Dec 1791
https://youtu.be/eGLvU6JQoeI Johann Sebastian Bach Baroque Era 31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750
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