Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar

https://youtu.be/OPhkZW_jwc0 Cello Concerto1919Classical Edward Elgar Edward ElgarClassical, OrchestralBorn: 2 June 1857, Worcestershire, UKNationality: EnglishDied: 23 February 1934, Worcestershire, UK Elgar was a composer known for his works that have entered many English and International classical repertoires. Amongst his most famous compositions are orchestral works such as the Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, and concertos …

Brook Green Suite by Gustav Holst

https://youtu.be/rNG10firxwg Brook Green Suite1933English Folk Melody Gustav Holst Gustav HolstOrchestralBorn: 21 September 1874, Cheltenham, EnglandNationality: EnglishDied: 25 May 1934, London, England Holst was a composer, arranger, and teacher best known for his orchestral suite The Planets. He composed many other works across a range of genres. The product of many influences his distinctive compositional style …

Rêverie by Claude Debussy

https://youtu.be/QRjllL-MP0U Rêverie1890Classical Claude Debussy Claude DebussyRomantic, Classical, ImpressionistBorn: 22 August 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FranceNationality: FrenchDied: 25 March 1918, Paris France Debussy was a composer. He is seen as the first impressionist composer, although he himself rejected the term. Among the first influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries he was born to a …

In the Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst

https://youtu.be/-BNKmVmfdAo In the Bleak Midwinter1906Classical Gustav HolstOrchestralBorn: 21 September 1874, Cheltenham, EnglandNationality: EnglishDied: 25 May 1934, London, England Holst was a composer, arranger, and teacher best known for his orchestral suite The Planets. He composed many other works across a range of genres. The product of many influences his distinctive compositional style is an example …

Serenade for Strings by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

https://youtu.be/DPBKukl0oc4 Serenade for Strings1880Classical, Romantic Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyClassical, RomanticBorn: 7 May 1840, Votkinsk, RussiaNationality: RussianDied: 6 November 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia Tchaikovsky was a Romantic composer and the first Russian composer to make a lasting international impression. In 1884 Tsar Alexander III honoured him with a lifetime pension. Tchaikovsky was educated for …

Gardens in the Rain by Claude Debussy

https://youtu.be/AHDm-69mLO0 Gardens in the Rain1903Classical Claude DebussyRomantic, Classical, ImpressionistBorn: 22 August 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, FranceNationality: FrenchDied: 25 March 1918, Paris France Debussy was a composer. He is seen as the first impressionist composer, although he himself rejected the term. Among the first influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries he was born to …

Piano Concerto No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven

https://youtu.be/6zocO3Uoa_Y Piano Concerto No. 31803Classical Ludwig van BeethovenClassicalDecember 1770, Bonn, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 26 March 1827, Vienna, Austria Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time. Born in Bonn, the capital …

Cello Concerto by Robert Schumann

https://youtu.be/bVFn7Hvxxos Cello Concerto1850Classical Robert SchumannClassicalBorn: 8 June 1810, Zwickau, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 29 July 1856, Bonn, Germany Schumann was a composer, pianist, and music critic. Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Schumann left the study of law to pursue a career as a pianist but a hand injury ended his dream. …

Die Forelle by Franz Schubert

https://youtu.be/NF9DrUXowBo Die Forelle1817Romantic Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828,, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large collection of piano …

Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn

Wedding March1842Classical https://youtu.be/4tDYMayp6Dk Felix MendelssohnClassicalBorn: 3 February 1809, Hamburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 4 November 1847, Leipzig, Germany Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music. Among his best-known works are the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer’ Night Dream, …

Cello Concerto No. 1 by Joseph Haydn

Cello Concerto No. 11761Baroque https://youtu.be/mooB5Q-0FIE Joseph HaydnClassicalBorn: 31 March 1732, Rohrau, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 31 May 1809, Vienna, Austria Haydn was a composer of the Classical era and instrumental in the development of chamber music. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the remote estate of the Esterházy family. This isolated him …

Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven

Fidelio1805Opera https://youtu.be/JC_wGFGYkjs Ludwig van BeethovenClassicalBorn: December 1770, Bonn, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 26 March 1827, Vienna, Austria Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time. Born in Bonn, the capital of the …

Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Requiem1791Classical https://youtu.be/qiMcXzfm9Mg Wolfgang Amadeus MozartClassicalBorn: 27 January 1756, Salzburg, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 5 December 1791, Vienna, Austria Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. A child prodigy he was competent on both keyboard and violin from the age of five, performing before European royalty. Mozart was engaged as a musician at the …

Erlkönig by Franz Schubert

Erlkönig1815Classical https://youtu.be/JS91p-vmSf0 Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828,, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large collection of piano and …

A Midsummer’s Night Dream by Felix Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music...

Water Music by Georg Frideric Handel

Handel was a Baroque composer who spent most of his career in London, becoming naturalised British in 1727. He was well known for his operas, oratorios, concerti grossi, organ concertos and anthems. Handel trained in Halle...

On Wings of Song by Felix Mendelssohn

On Wings of Song1834Classical https://youtu.be/t7Ppc05b7nE Felix MendelssohnClassicalBorn: 3 February 1809, Hamburg, GermanyNationality: GermanDied: 4 November 1847, Leipzig, Germany Mendelssohn was a composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the Romantic period. His compositions include concertos, symphonies, piano music, organ music, and chamber music. Among his best-known works are the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer’ …

Fantasia in F minor by Franz Schubert

Fantasia in F minor1828Classical, Romantic https://youtu.be/uzjYQuDPi9Q Franz SchubertClassical, RomanticBorn: 31 January 1797, Vienna, AustriaNationality: AustrianDied: 19 November 1828, Vienna, Austria Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life, including over 600 secular vocal works, 7 symphonies, sacred music, and a large …

Violin Concerto by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto1878Classical https://youtu.be/cbJZeNlrYKg Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyClassical, RomanticBorn: 7 May 1840, Votkinsk, RussiaNationality: RussianDied: 6 November 1893, Saint Petersburg, Russia Tchaikovsky was a Romantic composer and the first Russian composer to make a lasting international impression. In 1884 Tsar Alexander III honoured him with a lifetime pension. Tchaikovsky was educated for a career as a civil …

Kreisleriana by Robert Schumann

Schumann was a composer, pianist, and music critic. Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Schumann left the study of law to pursue a career as a pianist...

New World Symphony by Antonin Dvořák

Dvořák was a composer and one of the first Czech composers to achieve worldwide recognition. He frequently used rhythms and other aspects of folk music...

Quiet City by Aaron Copland

Copland was a composer, writer, composition teacher and conductor. The open, slowly changing harmonies of his music evoke vast landscapes and the pioneer spirit of America. Best known for his vernacular style of the 1930s and 1940s including the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, and Rodeo, and Fanfare for the Common Man and his Third Symphony he also composed many other genres including chamber music, opera and vocal works, and film scores...

1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky was a Romantic composer and the first Russian composer to make a lasting international impression. In 1884 Tsar Alexander III honoured him with a lifetime pension...

Zadok the Priest by Georg Frideric Handel

Handel was a Baroque composer who spent most of his career in London, becoming naturalised British in 1727. He was well known for his operas, oratorios, concerti grossi, organ concertos and anthems. Handel trained in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg before settling in London in 1712. He started three opera companies to supply Italian opera to the English nobility. Handel is considered one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era with works such as Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and four coronation anthems; Zadok the Priest, composed for the coronation of George II, has been performed at the coronation of every subsequent coronation during the anointing of the monarch...

Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. A child prodigy he was competent on both keyboard and violin from the age of five, performing before European royalty. Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court at 17 but grew restless and travelled to find a better position. He was dismissed from his post in 1781 while visiting Vienna where he stayed. During his final years, he composed many of his best-known works, including symphonies, operas, concertos, and parts of the Requiem which was unfinished at the time of his death at just 35

Carnaval by Robert Schumann

Schumann was a composer, pianist, and music critic. Regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era, Schumann left the study of law to pursue a career as a pianist but a hand injury ended his dream. Instead he turned his talents to composing and until 1840 he wrote exclusively for the piano. Later he composed for piano and orchestral works, and many Lieder...

Die Winterreise by Franz Schubert

Schubert is among the last of the Classical composers and among the first of the Romantic ones. His music is noted for its melody and harmony. He received a thorough education in music and won a scholarship...

Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time....

Trumpet Concerto by Joseph Haydn

Haydn was a composer of the Classical era and instrumental in the development of chamber music. He spent much of his career as a court musician for the remote estate of the Esterházy family. This isolated him from other composers and music trends. However, Haydn’s music was circulated widely and he was the most celebrated composer in Europe...

Ave Maria by Franz Schubert

Schubert was a composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He left behind a cast oeuvre despite his short life...

Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven was a composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, and arguably one of the greatest composers of all time...

Nuper Rosarum Flores by Guillaume Dufay

Composer: Guillaume Dufay Born: 13 August 1397, Beersel, Belgium Nationality: Franco-Flemish Died: 27 November 1474, Cambrai, France...

The Planets – Mercury, the Winged Messenger by Gustav Holst

Title: Mercury, the Winged Messenger Date: 1916 Orchestral

The Four Seasons – Winter by Antonio Vivaldi

Le quattro Stagioni (the Four Seasons) is four violin concerti composed by Antonio Vivaldi. Each concerto gives a musical impression to a season

The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams

The Lark Ascending is a short, single-movement work by Vaughan Williams, inspired by the 1881 poem of the same name by George Meredith.

The Water Goblin by Antonín Dvořák

Antoni Leopold Dvořák was a composer and one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. In line with the Romantic era’s nationalist idiom he frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the traditional folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia.

Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky

Title: Pictures at an Exhibition Date: 1874 Composer: Modest Mussorgsky Movement: Romantic Born: 21 March 1839, Karevo, Russia Russian Died: 28 March 1881, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Minuetto by Luigi Boccherini

Title: Minuetto Date: 1771 Composer: Luigi Boccherini Movement: Classical Born: 19 February 1743, Lucca, Italy Italian Died: 26 May 1805, Madrid, Spain

Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland was a composition teacher, composer, writer and conductor.