The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era

01	Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction "Sunrise"	Leonard Slatkin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	01:41
	Composers: Richard Strauss
02	Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major	Peter Schmalfuss	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:41
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
03	Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo	Alun Francis	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:00
	Composers: Antonín Dvořák
04	14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise. Lentamente	Markus Stocker	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	06:28
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
05	Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a: I. Scène. Moderato	Marko Munih	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:49
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
06	21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5, Allegro	Christian Ehwald	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:44
	Composers: Johannes Brahms
07	Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia	Ivan Marinov	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:31
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian
08	Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3, O lieb so lang' du lieben kannst	Jerome Rose	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:18
	Composers: Franz Liszt
09	Turandot, Act III: Nessun dorma	Lorin Maazel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:21
	Composers: Giacomo Puccini
10	Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo	Vyatcheslav Ovtchinikov	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	20:16
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
11	Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II. The Last Spring	Heribert Beissel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:39
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
12	Suite Bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune	Peter Schmalfuss	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:12
	Composers: Claude Debussy
13	Carmina Burana, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: No. 1, O Fortuna	David Parry	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:42
	Composers: Carl Orff
14	Ave Maria, D. 839	Calvin Wiersma	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:58
	Composers: Franz Schubert
15	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King	Maurice Abravanel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:20
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
16	Pavane, Op. 50	A. Robert Johnson	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:10
	Composers: Gabriel Fauré
17	Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "The Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato	Anton Nanut	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:41
	Composers: Franz Schubert
18	An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (Excerpt)	John Pritchard	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	06:35
	Composers: Johann Strauss II
19	Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa "Humming Chorus"	Peter Falk	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:14
	Composers: Giacomo Puccini
20	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato	Louis de Froment	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	17:08
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
21	La Mer, L. 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer	Milan Horvat	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:01
	Composers: Claude Debussy
22	Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a	Andrew Schenck	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:03
	Composers: Samuel Barber
23	Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio	Igor Golovchin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	15:13
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
24	Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato	Jaime Laredo	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:06
	Composers: Felix Mendelssohn
25	Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei	Walter Klien	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:33
	Composers: Robert Schumann
26	Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: March No. 1 in D Major "Land of Hope and Glory"	Norman Del Mar	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:51
	Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
27	Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto	Leonard Slatkin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:37
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
28	String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": II. Andante con moto	Tokyo String Quartet	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:46
	Composers: Franz Schubert
29	The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: XIII. Waltz of the Flowers	Heribert Beissel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:21
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
30	Messe à trois voix in A Major, Op. 12: V. Panis Angelicus. Poco lento	Ilmar Lapinsch	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:24
	Composers: César Franck
31	Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux": I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro	Sylvia Capova	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:13
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
32	String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante	Lucerne String Quartet	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	08:11
	Composers: Alexander Borodin
33	Thaïs, Act II: Meditation	Cafè Concerto	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:50
	Composers: Jules Massenet
34	The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57, Act III: Flight of the Bumblebee	Hanspeter Gmur	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	01:42
	Composers: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
35	Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Pt. 3: IV. Adagietto	Harold Farberman	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	12:04
	Composers: Gustav Mahler
36	Requiem: II. Sequence No. 1, Dies irae - Tuba mirum	Oliver von Dohnanyi	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:10
	Composers: Giuseppe Verdi
37	Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47	Michael Boder	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:49
	Composers: Max Bruch
38	Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86	Bertrand Loic	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:14
	Composers: Claude Debussy
39	Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne	Stockholm Chamber Duo	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:53
	Composers: Camille Saint-Saëns
40	Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio	John Lubbock	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:53
	Composers: Joaquín Rodrigo
41	Tristan and Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude to Act I	Robert Wagner	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:28
	Composers: Richard Wagner
42	The Planets, Op. 32: No. 4, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity	Sir Charles Groves	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	08:16
	Composers: Gustav Holst
43	Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"	Leonard Hokanson	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:46
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
44	Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: V. Songe d'une nuit du sabbat	Gennady Rozhdestvensky	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:22
	Composers: Hector Berlioz
45	Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244	Dieter Goldmann	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:23
	Composers: Franz Liszt
46	Festival Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49 "The Year 1812"	Maurice Abravanel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	15:43
	Composers: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
47	Cantabile in D Major, Op. 17	Daniela Rusoova	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:14
	Composers: Niccolò Paganini
48	Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato	Bystrik Rezucha	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:05
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
49	The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance	Ivan Marinov	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:13
	Composers: Dmitri Shostakovich
50	Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2, Lento sostenuto	Abbey Simon	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:36
	Composers: Frédéric Chopin
51	Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood. Allegretto pastorale	Maurice Abravanel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:51
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
52	Finlandia, Op. 26	Erich Kunzel	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:30
	Composers: Jean Sibelius
53	Plaisir d'Amour	Frank Morelli	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:36
	Composers: Jean Paul Egide Martini
54	Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 64: I. Montagues and Capulets	Stanislaw Skrowaczewski	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:22
	Composers: Sergei Prokofiev
55	Má Vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava "The Moldau River"	Gunnar Staern	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:37
	Composers: Bedřich Smetana
56	Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act III: No. 13, Solveigs Sang	Eduardo Marturet	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:49
	Composers: Edvard Grieg
57	Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale (Excerpt: Ode to Joy)	Josef Krips	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:01
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
58	24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: No. 24, Caprice in A Minor, Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto	Ruggiero Ricci	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:49
	Composers: Niccolò Paganini
59	Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81	Arpad Joo	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	13:26
	Composers: Johannes Brahms
60	Syrinx, L. 129	Jadwiga Kotnowska	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:31
	Composers: Claude Debussy
61	Die Walkürie, WWV 86b, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries	David Parry	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:11
	Composers: Richard Wagner
62	Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo	Othmar Mága	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:38
	Composers: Antonín Dvořák
63	Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, D. 929: II. Andante con moto	Benedikt Köhlen	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:26
	Composers: Franz Schubert
64	Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances	Siegfried Kühler	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	15:26
	Composers: Alexander Borodin
65	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo	Derrick Inouye	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	20:54
	Composers: Johannes Brahms
66	Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19	Arpad Joo	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	06:38
	Composers: Maurice Ravel
67	La Bohème, Act I: No. 6, Che gelida manina	Wilfrid Pelletier	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:43
	Composers: Giacomo Puccini
68	2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44: I. Valse Triste	Eduardo Marturet	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:28
	Composers: Jean Sibelius
69	Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": I. Allegro	Gennady Rozhdestvensky	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	18:53
	Composers: Anton Bruckner
70	Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio (attacca)	Igor Golovchin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	08:48
	Composers: Max Bruch
71	Scheherazade, Op. 35: III. The Young Prince and the Young Princess	Bystrik Rezucha	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:00
	Composers: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
72	Boléro, M. 81	Arpad Joo	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	15:33
	Composers: Maurice Ravel
73	Salut d'amour, Op. 12	Ilmar Lapinsch	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:08
	Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
74	Gayane, Act IV: Sabre Dance	Christian Ehwald	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:13
	Composers: Aram Khachaturian
75	Carmen Suite No. 2: II. Habanera	Gerard Oskamp	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:32
	Composers: Georges Bizet
76	Pictures at an Exhibition: II. The Gnome	Gerhard Eckle	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	02:49
	Composers: Modest Mussorgsky
77	String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo	Fine Arts Quartet	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:11
	Composers: Ludwig van Beethoven
78	Der Freischütz, Op. 77: Overture	Anton Nanut	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:30
	Composers: Carl Maria von Weber
79	Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro moderato	Paul Olevsky	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	08:37
	Composers: Franz Schubert
80	Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: I. Allegro	Jiri Malat	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	08:47
	Composers: Carl Maria von Weber
81	Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 48: III. Andante - Allegro	Vladimir Fedoseyev	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	12:53
	Composers: Alexander Glazunov
82	Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Var. IX. Nimrod	Eduardo Mata	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:24
	Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
83	Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "The Trout": II. Andante	Rochester Chamber Players	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	07:02
	Composers: Franz Schubert
84	Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affetuoso	Gerard Oskamp	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	16:47
	Composers: Robert Schumann
85	5 Morceaux de fantasie, Op. 3: No. 2, Prélude in C-Sharp Minor "The Bells of Moscow"	Dubravka Tomsic	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:23
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
86	Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43	Anton Nanut	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	24:59
	Composers: Sergei Rachmaninoff
87	Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo	Sir Charles Mackerras	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:23
	Composers: Giacomo Puccini
88	Le damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Pt 1: No. 3, Marche Hongroise	Frank Shipway	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:21
	Composers: Hector Berlioz
89	Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato	Igor Golovchin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	16:05
	Composers: Jean Sibelius
90	Nocturnes, L. 91: III. Sirènes	Bernhard Güller	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:37
	Composers: Claude Debussy
91	Noches en los Jardines de España: II. Danza lejana	Louis de Froment	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	04:17
	Composers: Manuel de Falla
92	Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: IV. Larghetto	Bohdan Warchal	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	05:24
	Composers: Antonín Dvořák
93	Melodies for Piano, Op. 3: I. Moderato assai	Michael Ponti	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:39
	Composers: Anton Rubinstein
94	Night on Bald Mountain	Leonard Slatkin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	11:09
	Composers: Modest Mussorgsky
95	Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela	Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	09:49
	Composers: Jean Sibelius
96	Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai	Anton Nanut	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	10:36
	Composers: Maurice Ravel
97	Totentanz, S. 126	Michael Gielen	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	17:04
	Composers: Franz Liszt
98	Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro	Konrad Leitner	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	03:02
	Composers: Giacomo Puccini
99	Rhapsody in Blue	Leonard Slatkin	The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era	17:57
	Composers: George Gershwin

01

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: I. Introduction "Sunrise"

Leonard Slatkin

The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era

01:41

02

Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Peter Schmalfuss

The 99 Most Essential Pieces of the Romantic Era

04:41

03

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo