Classical Music You Know But Can’t Name

Classical Music You Know But Can’t Name We've all been there, struggling to identify a piece of classical music we're certain we've heard before, but don't know the name of. We hope that this playlist with some of the most iconic pieces of classical music will help those who are just discovering this amazing world 💪 featuring: the Figaro song (Figaro qua, Figaro là), Beethoven's "tan tan tan taaaan" Symphony, Vivaldi's Summer Storm, and many more! 

 

Tracklist: 0:00:00 Strauss II - Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), Op. 410 Vilnius Orchestra, Silvano Frontalini 0:07:37 Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314 Donetsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Silvano Frontalini 0:19:01 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro Opole Philharmonic Orchestra, Werner Stiefel 0:25:04 Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K 331: III. Alla Turca Giovanni Umberto Battel 0:28:43 Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia: "Cavatina di Figaro" Mauro Bonfanti, Filippo Neri 0:33:39 Boccherini - String Quintet in E Major, G. 275: III. Minuetto 0:37:39 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1 in E major, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro * 0:40:55 Grieg (arr. Naughtin) - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood 0:44:16 Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37: I. Canon 0:48:51 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String 0:54:40 Brahms - 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied (Brahms' Lullaby) Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov * Violin: Yuliya Lebedenko 0:56:48 Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major 1:01:32 Chopin - 24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, "Raindrop" 1:08:06 Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight Sonata": I. Adagio sostenuto Vadim Chaimovich 1:14:11 Satie - Trois gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloreux Luke Faulkner 1:17:27 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: 2b, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Giovanni Umberto Battel 1:19:15 Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium (Live) Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Giuseppe Lanzetta 1:21:34 Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scene by a Lake Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov 1:24:06 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71a: Waltz of the Flowers (Arr. for Two Cellos) 1:26:34 Shostakovich - Suite for Variety Orchestra: VII. Waltz No. 2 (Arr. for Two Cellos) Mr & Mrs Cello 1:29:29 Händel - Suite No. 11 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande 1:32:18 Barber - Adagio for Strings Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov 1:37:56 Giazotto - Adagio in G Minor "Albinoni's Adagio" (Arr. for Piano by F. Pott) Vadim Chaimovich Mozart - Requiem, K. 626 (Live): 1:45:23 Introitus. Requiem 1:50:47 Sequentia. Dies Irae 1:52:29 Sequentia. Confutatis & Lacrimosa Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Harmonia Cantata, Giuseppe Lanzetta 1:58:05 Prokofiev - Ten Pieces for Piano from the Ballet “Romeo and Juliet”: No. 6, Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) Luke Faulkner 2:02:06 Orff/Killmayer - Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (Live) Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Coro Amici Musicae, Igor Tantos 2:04:45 Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain (Live) 2:16:01 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 2 in G minor, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto * Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 "Winter": 2:18:42 I. Allegro non molto * 2:21:58 III. Allegro * 2:25:03 Jenkins - Concerto Grosso for Strings "Palladio": I. Allegretto Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov * Violin: Yuliya Lebedenko 2:27:36 Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro (Live) 2:35:47 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Live) Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Giuseppe Lanzetta 2:43:24 Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco (Live) Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Ricardo Casero Artwork: Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur (left) and Self-portrait, entitled The Surprise (right), by Joseph Ducreux