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1. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #9
2. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
3. Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
4. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
5. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #6
6. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #7
7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5
8. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #5
9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
10. Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
11. Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast: The Moldau
12. Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
13. Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
14. John Williams: Star Wars
15. Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts
16. Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
17. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
18. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
19. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41
20. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2
21. Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organ”
22. Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
23. Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
24. Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
26. Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
27. Yann Tiersen: Amelie
28. Gustav Holst: The Planets: Jupiter
29. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #3 “Eroica”
30. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
31. George Frideric Handel: Messiah
32. Maurice Ravel: Bolero
33. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
34. Jerry Goldsmith: Star Trek
35. Arturo Marquez: Danzón No. 2
36. Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
37. Scott Joplin: Pineapple Rag
38. Ennio Morricone: The Mission: Gabriel’s Oboe
39. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #14 “Moonlight”
40. Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet “Trout”
41. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
42. Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
43. Howard Shore: Lord of the Rings
44. Peter Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1
45. George Frideric Handel: Water Music
46. Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
47. Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fugue in d minor
48. Koji Kondo: Legend of Zelda
49. Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhbition
50. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras #5
51. Peter Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
52. Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto
53. Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
54. Caroline Shaw: To the Hands: Her Beacon Hand
55. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
56. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5: Adagietto
57. Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
58. Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto
59. William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony
60. Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka: Song to the Moon
61. Johannes Brahms: German Requiem
62. Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations
63. Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Hear us in the Heavens
64. Johann Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz
65. Igor Stravinsky: Firebird
66. Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade Waltz
67. Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
68. Leo Delibes: Lakme: Flower Duet
69. Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
70. Ferde Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite
71. Alberto Ginastera: Dance of the Graceful Maiden
72. Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
73. Nobuo Uematsu: Final Fantasy Theme
74. Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
75. Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
76. Manuel Ponce: Estrellita
77. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite #1
78. John Williams: Schindler’s List
79. Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus: Adagio
80. Jules Massenet: Thais: Meditation
81. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute
82. Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco: Va Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
83. Jeremy Soule: Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
84. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
85. Terence Blanchard: Da 5 Bloods – MLK Assassinated
86. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
87. Charles Gounod: Faust: “Ah! je ris de me voir si belle”
88. Carlos Chavez: Symphony 2
89. Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b minor
90. Rachel Portman: Chocolat – Vianne Sets up Shop
91. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40
92. Eric Whitacre: Sing Gently
93. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Spring
94. Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
95. Giacomo Puccini: Turandot: Nessun Dorma
96. Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
97. Peter Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
98. Jessica Curry: All the Earth – Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
99. Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony
100. Claudio Monteverdi : Pur Ti Miro – Coronation of Poppea
101. John Williams: Jaws
102. Yuzo Koshiro: ActRaiser
103. Georges Bizet: Carmen
104. Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt
105. Richard Wagner: Die Valkure: Ride of the Valkyries
106. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Summer
107. Peter Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
108. Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
109. Aaron Copland: Rodeo
110. Gustav Mahler: Symphony #1
111. Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto #1
112. John Williams: Harry Potter
113. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem
114. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Winter
115. Florence Price: Fantasie Negre No 2
116. César Franck: Symphony in d Minor
117. George Gershwin: An American in Paris
118. Greg Edmonson: Uncharted – Drake’s Fortune: Nate’s Theme
119. Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
120. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
121. Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture
122. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto #1
123. Claude Debussy: La Mer
124. Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
125. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze
126. Bernard Hermann: Psycho
127. Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka
128. Johann Sebastian Bach: Air on the G String
129. Antonio Vivaldi: Four Seasons: Autumn
130. Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio in g minor
131. Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto
132. Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso
133. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
134. Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
135. Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
136. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
137. Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto #2
138. Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint Georges: Symphony in G
139. Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D
140. John Barry: Out of Africa
141. Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony #6
142. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
143. Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet No. 12 “The American”
144. Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise
145. Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
146. Inon Zur: Fallout 4
147. Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins
148. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
149. Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished”
150. Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
151. Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
152. Igor Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat
153. Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
154. Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
155. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto #4
156. Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
157. Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme
158. George Gershwin: Concerto in F
159. Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
160. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
161. Luigi Boccherini: Night Music of the Streets of Madrid
162. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
163. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3
164. Peter Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
165. Gabriel Fauré: Pavane
166. Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
167. Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
168. Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
169. Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture
170. Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
171. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 39
172. Gustav Holst: The Planets: Mars
173. Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
174. Leonard Bernstein: Candide: Overture
175. Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
176. Gioachino Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture
177. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca
178. Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
179. George Frideric Handel: Music for Royal Fireworks
180. Bela Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra
181. Alexander Borodin: Nocturne
182. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
183. Domenico Zipoli: Elevazione
184. Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
185. Frederick Delius: Florida Suite: By the River
186. George Frideric Handel: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
187. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata #8 “Pathetique”
188. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
189. Frederic Chopin: Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
190. John Williams: Jurassic Park
191. Howard Hanson: Symphony #2 “Romantic”
192. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
193. Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz Suite: Waltz #2
194. Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
195. Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C
196. Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
197. Gustav Holst: The Planets: Venus
198. John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark
199. Fanny Mendelssohn: May: Spring Song
200. Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
201. Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 “Great”
202. Frederic Chopin: Raindrop Prelude
203. Gioachino Rossini: Thieving Magpie Overture
204. Henryk Gorecki: Symphony #3
205. Jacques Offenbach: Tales of Hoffman: Barcarolle
206. Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture
207. Peter Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
208. Frederic Chopin: Heroic Polonaise
209. Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto
210. George Frideric Handel: Xerxes: Largo
211. Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
212. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
213. Frederic Chopin: Fantaisie Impromptu in c # minor
214. Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances
215. Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
216. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
217. Ludovico Einaudi: Primavera
218. Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4
219. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
220. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25
221. Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
222. Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
223. Antonin Dvorak: Serenade for Strings
224. Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
225. Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2
226. Ludwig van Beethoven: Triple Concerto
227. Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony #5
228. George Frideric Handel: Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
229. Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
230. Erik Satie: Gymnopedie #3
231. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
232. Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
233. Ludovico Einaudi: Two Sunsets
234. Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
235. Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintet #4 “Fandango Quintet”
236. Johann Sebastian Bach: Sleepers Awake
237. Camille Saint-Saëns: Dance Macabre
238. Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
239. Isaac Albeniz: Asturias
240. Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
241. Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite
242. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
243. Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
244. Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Egyptian”
245. Francisco Tárrega: Memories of Alhambra
246. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
247. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #8
248. Chevalier de Saints Georges: Symphonie concertante for 2 Violins in G
249. José Pablo Moncayo: Huapango
250. Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice