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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Erste Szene: Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!Helen Donath, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Edda Moser, Anna Reynolds and Zoltan Kelemen

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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Erste Szene: Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!Helen Donath, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Edda Moser, Anna Reynolds and Zoltan Kelemen
Franz Liszt: Première élégie, S. 196Alexis Descharmes and Sébastien Vichard
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: Scene I, IntroductionValery Gergiev and London Symphony Orchestra
Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa: II. SilentiumAngèle Dubeau and La Pieta
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata: Libiamo NeJames Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Wendy White, Anthony Laciura and Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. OuvertureFreiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz and Petra Müllejans
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1985 Remastered Version)Alexander Cameron, John Chambers, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Rodney Friend, Russell Gilbert and Sir Adrian Boult
Johann Strauss II: Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388Vienna Philharmonic and Karl Böhm
Johann Sebastian Bach: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, Cantata BWV 68: II. Mein gläubiges Herze (Arr. Gigout for Organ)Olivier Latry
Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Op. 84 : OvertureOtto Klemperer and Philharmonia Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin: Impromptu No. 3, Op. 51 in G-Flat MajorCamiel Boomsma

Andrea Gabrieli: O belli e vaghi pizziConcerto di Margherita
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: I. Allegro, ma non troppoCarlo Maria Giulini, Itzhak Perlman and Philharmonia Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1Ingrid Fliter
Konstantia Gourzi: melodies from the sea, Op. 86: V. whaleNils Mönkemeyer, William Youn and Konstantia Gourzi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater in F Minor, P. 77: XII. Quando corpus morieturJodie Devos, Adèle Charvet, Le Concert de la Loge and Julien Chauvin
Igor Stravinsky: The RakeIan Bostridge, John Eliot Gardiner and London Symphony Orchestra

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: III. Allegro con fuocoDaniil Trifonov, Valery Gergiev and Mariinsky Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On a Theme By Thomas TallisVienna State Opera Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part 2 : No. 39. Aria (Alt) Erbarme DichAndreas Scholl, Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: IV. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev
Georges Bizet: Carmen, Act 2: Plus tard! / La guerre, cBerlin Philharmonic, Chor des Deutschen Staatsoper, Christian Van Horn, Christina Landshammer, Eberhard Friedrich, Jean Paul Fouchecourt, Jonas Kaufmann, Magdalena Kožená, Rachel Frenkel, Simone Del Savio and Sir Simon Rattle
Hans Zimmer: Chevaliers De Sangreal (From The Da Vinci Code)Kian Soltani
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Puskai pogibnu ya, no prezde (Letter Scene)Anna Netrebko, Mariinsky Orchestra and Valery Gergiev

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1Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3,London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult and Various Artists3×
2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV 465,Quatuor Ébène3×
3Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On a Theme By Thomas TallisVienna State Opera Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult2×
4Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: IV. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)Vienna Philharmonic and Valery Gergiev2×
5Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53 -Waldstein: 1. Allegro con brioClaudio Arrau2×
6Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S. 108: 1. FaustChicago Symphony Orchestra and Sir Georg Solti2×
7Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus, The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult2×
8Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Resurrection: I. Allegro MaestosoBerlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle2×
9Sir Edward Elgar: The Enigma Variations, Op. 36London Philharmonic Orchestra and Sir Adrian Boult2×
10Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major: IV. Adagio (Sehr langsam und noch zurückhaltend)Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle2×