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FELIX MENDELSSOHN – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, INCIDENTAL MUSIC, OP. 61: WEDDING MARCH  (1842)
SAMUEL BARBER – ADAGIO FOR STRINGS, OP. 11 (1936)
REMO GIAZOTTO – ADAGIO IN G MINOR FOR STRINGS AND ORGAN [attributed to TOMASO ALBINONI] (1958)
AUGUST WILHELMJ – AIR ON THE G STRING  [FROM JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH’S ORCHESTRAL SUITE No 3 IN D MAJOR, BWV 1068] (1871)
RICHARD STRAUSS – ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, OP. 30 (1896)
JEAN SIBELIUS – ANDANTE FESTIVO (1938)
CIPRIAN PORUMBESCU – BALLAD FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (1880)
JACQUES OFFENBACH – BARCAROLLE [FROM THE TALES OF HOFFMANN] (1881)
MAURICE RAVEL – BOLERO (1928)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – BRANDENBURG CONCERTO No 3 IN G MAJOR, BWV 1048 – I. ALLEGRO – ADAGIO (1718)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – BRANDENBURG CONCERTO No 5 IN D MAJOR, BWV 1050 – I. ALLEGRO (1721)
JOHANN PACHELBEL – CANON IN D MAJOR (1680)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – CAPRICCIO ITALIEN, OP 45 (1840)
PABLO DE SARASATE – CARMEN FANTASY, OP. 25 (1882)
GEORGES BIZET – CARMEN SUITE No 1 ARAGONAISE (1875)
GEORGES BIZET – CARMEN SUITE No 1 PRELUDE TO ACT 1: THE TOREADORS (1875)
GEORGES BIZET – CARMEN SUITE No 2 HABANERA (1875)
GEORGES BIZET – CARMEN SUITE No 2 SONG OF TOREADOR (1875)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – CLARINET CONCERTO IN A MAJOR, K. 622 – I. ALLEGRO (1791)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 3 No 1 IN B-FLAT MAJOR – I. ALLEGRO (1734)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6 No 1 IN G MAJOR – II. ALLEGRO E FORTE (1739)
ARCANGELO CORELLI – CONCERTO GROSSO, OP. 6 No 4 IN D MAJOR: I. ADAGIO – ALLEGRO (1714)
JOAQUIN RODRIGO, NARCISO YEPES, ATAULFO ARGENTA & ORQUESTA NACIONAL DE ESPANA – CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ: II. ADAGIO (1958)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – CORIOLAN OVERTURE, OP. 62 (1807)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS – DANSE MACABRE, OP. 40 (1874)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN – DIVERTIMENTO IN C MAJOR, HOB. IV:1 ‘LONDON TRIO No 1’: I. ALLEGRO MODERATO (1794)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS (1910)
ROBERT SCHUMANN – FANTASY PIECES, OP. 73 – 1. ZART UND MIT AUSDRUCK (1849)
ERIK SATIE – GNOSSIENNE No 1 (1890)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV 988 ARIA (1741)
ERIK SATIE – GYMNOPEDIE No 1, LENT ET DOULOUREUX (1888)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – HARPSICHORD CONCERTO No 1 IN D MINOR, BWV 1052 – I. ALLEGRO (1739)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – HARPSICHORD SUITE No 4 IN D MINOR, HWV 437: III. SARABANDE (1706)
EDVARD GRIEG – HOLBERG SUITE, OP. 40 – I. PRAELUDIUM: ALLEGRO VIVACE (1884)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – HORN CONCERTO No 4 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 495 – 1. ALLEGRO MAESTROSO (1786)
JOHANNES BRAHMS – HUNGARIAN DANCE No 1 IN G MINOR: ALLEGRO MOLTO (1869)
JOHANNES BRAHMS – HUNGARIAN DANCE No 5 IN G MINOR: ALLEGRO – VIVACE (1869)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI – IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: OVERTURE (1816)
PIETRO MASCAGNI – INTERMEZZO FROM CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (1890)
JEAN SIBELIUS – KARELIA SUITE, OP. 11 – ALLA MARCIA MODERATO – POCO LARGAMENTE (1893)
HECTOR BERLIOZ – LA DAMNATION DE FAUST, OP. 24, PT. 1, MARCHE HONGROISE [RAKOCZY MARCH] (1846)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI – LA GAZZA LADRA [THE THIEVING MAGPIE]: OVERTURE (1817)
ANTONIO VIVALDI – LA STRAVAGANZA, OP. 4, CONCERTO No 2 IN E MINOR, RV 279: I. ALLEGRO (1713)
GEORGES BIZET – L’ARLESIENNE SUITE No 1 PRELUDE (1872)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART –  LE NOZZE DI FIGARO K. 492: OVERTURE (1786)
FRANZ LISZT – LIEBESTRAUM No 3, NOTTURNO FOR PIANO, S 541 IN A FLAT MAJOR (1850)
FRANZ VON SUPPE – LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE (1866)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI – L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI: OVERTURE (1813)
RICHARD WAGNER – LOHENGRIN – PRELUDE TO ACT III (1850)
BEDRICH SMETANA – MA VLAST [MY FATHERLAND] – 2.  THE MOLDAU [VITANA] (1874)
FRANZ SCHUBERT – MARCHE MILITAIRE No 1 (1818)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS: IV. LA REJOUISSANCE, ALLEGRO (1749)
GYORGY LIGETI – MUSICA RICERCATA: No 2. MESTO, RIGIDO E CERIMONIALE (1953)
MODEST MUSSORGSKY – NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (1867)
FREDERIC CHOPIN – NOCTURNE IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 9 No 2 (1832)
FREDERIC CHOPIN – NOCTURNE No 20 IN C-SHARP MINOR, OP. posth. (1830)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – ORCHESTRAL SUITE No 2 IN B MINOR, BWV 1067 – VII. BADINERIE (1739)
CHRISTOPH GLUCK – ORFEO ED EURIDICE: DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS (1762)
JACQUES OFFENBACH – ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD: CAN-CAN (1858)
KARL JENKINS – PALLADIO: 1. ALLEGRETTO (1995)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – PARTITA FOR SOLO VIOLIN No 2 IN D MINOR, BWV 1004: V. CIACCONA (1720)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – PARTITA FOR SOLO VIOLIN No 3 IN E MAJOR, BWV 1006: I. PRELUDIO (1721)
GABRIEL FAURE – PAVANE IN F-SHARP MINOR, OP. 50 (1880)
EDVARD GRIEG – PEER GYNT SUITE No 1, OP. 46: 1. MORNING MOOD (1888)
EDVARD GRIEG – PEER GYNT SUITE No 1, OP. 46: 3. ANITRA’S DANCE (1888)
FRANZ SCHUBERT – PIANO QUINTET IN A MAJOR, D. 667 ‘TROUT QUINTET’: I. ALLEGRO VIVACE (1819)
FREDERIC CHOPIN – PIANO SONATA IN B-FLAT MINOR, OP. 35 – I. GRAVE – DOPPIO MOVIMENTO (1840)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – PIANO SONATA No 11 IN A MAJOR, K. 331: III. RONDO ALLA TURCA – ALLEGRETTO (1783)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – PIANO SONATA No 14 IN C-SHARP MINOR, OP. 27 No 2 “MOONLIGHT”: I. ADAGIO SOSTENUTO (1801)
FRANZ SCHUBERT – PIANO TRIO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, D. 897 [OP. 148] “NOTTURNO” [ADAGIO ONLY] (1827)
FRANZ SCHUBERT – PIANO TRIO No 2 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, D. 929 [OP. 100]: 2. ANDANTE CON MOTO (1827)
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER – PRELUDE FROM TE DEUM (1698)
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF – PRELUDE OP. 23 No 5 IN G MINOR (1901)
RICHARD WAGNER – RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES (1851)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – RINALDO: OVERTURE (1711)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – ROMANCE FOR VIOLIN & ORCHESTRA No 2 IN F MAJOR, OP. 50 (1798)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV – ROMEO AND JULIET, OP. 64, ACT I: DANCE OF THE KNIGHTS (1935)
ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER & DANIIL TRIFONOV – SCHUBERT: SCHWANENGESANG, D. 957 – 4. STÄNDCHEN IN D MINOR [ARR. FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO] (2017)
ANTONIN DVORAK – SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E MAJOR, OP. 22: II. MINUET: ALLEGRO CON MOTO (1875)
EDWARD ELGAR – SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E MINOR, OP. 20: III. ALLEGRETTO (1892)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – SERENADE No 13 IN G MAJOR, K. 525 “EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK“ (1787)
JOHANN GOTTLIEB JANITSCH – SINFONIA FOR STRINGS AND BASSO CONTINUO IN E MAJOR, RV Anh. 96 [ex VIVALDI RV 132]: I. ALLEGRO (1729)
ANTONIN DVORAK – SLAVONIC DANCES, OP. 46 No 8 IN G MINOR [PRESTO] (1878)
ANTONIN DVORAK – SLAVONIC DANCES, OP. 72 No 2 IN E MINOR [ALLEGRETTO GRAZIOSO] (1886)
GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL – SOLOMON: THE ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (1749)
FRANZ SCHUBERT – STRING QUINTET IN C MAJOR, D. 956 – I. ALLEGTO MA NON TROPPO (1828)
CLAUDE DEBUSSY – SUITE BERGAMASQUE 3. CLAIR DE LUNE (1905)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA – SUITE ESPANOLA, OP. 47 – V. ASTURIAS [LEYENDA] [ISAAC ALBENIZ] [1988]
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – SWAN LAKE, OP. 20, 25. ACT 2: No 13 DANCES OF THE SWANS IV. DANCE OF THE LITTLE SWANS [ALLEGRO MODERATO (1895)

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – SWAN LAKE, OP. 20, 19. ACT 2: No 10 SCENE [MODERATO] (1895)
LEO DELIBES – SYLVIA: ACT III – PIZZICATI (1879)
JULES MASSENET – THAIS, ACT II: MEDITATION (1894)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS – THE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS No 13 – THE SWAN (1886)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS – THE LARK ASCENDING (1914)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART – THE MAGIC FLUTE, K. 620: OVERTURE (1791)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY – THE NUTCRACKER, OP. 71, 03 ACT 1: No 2 MARCH (1892)
GUSTAV HOLST – THE PLANETS, OP. 32: IV. JUPITER, THE BRINGER OF JOLLITY (1916)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR, BWV 565 (1833)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – TRIPLE CONCERTO IN C MAJOR, OP. 56: 1. ALLEGRO (1803)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN – TRUMPET CONCERTO IN E-FLAT MAJOR, HOB. VIIE:1 III. FINALE. ALLEGRO (1796)
EDWARD ELGAR – VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME OP. 36 “ENIGMA”: 9. NIMROD. ADAGIO (1899)
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN – VIOLA CONCERTO IN G MAJOR, TWV 51:G9: I. LARGO (1721)
ANTONIO VIVALDI – VIOLA D’AMORE CONCERTO IN A MINOR, RV. 397: I. VIVACE (1735)
ANTONIO VIVALDI – VIOLA D’AMORE CONCERTO IN D MINOR, RV. 395: I. ALLEGRO (1735)
FREDERIC CHOPIN – WALTZ No 6, OP. 64 No 1 IN D-FLAT MAJOR “MINUTE” (1847)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI – WILHELM TELL OVERTURE: FINALE (1829)