A Century of Conductors playlist

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Arturo Toscanini

Manon Lescaut, Act 3: Intermezzo

NBC Symphony Orchestra

R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 1, Frühling

Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 2, September

Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 3, Beim Schlafengehen

Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

R. Strauss: 4 Letzte Lieder, TrV 296: No. 4, Im Abendrot

Gundula Janowitz, Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

Concerto for Orchestra: II. Giuoco delle coppie - Allegretto scherzando

Fritz Reiner & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Concerto for Orchestra: V. Finale

Fritz Reiner & The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Moderato quasi andante - Thema. Moderato semplice

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation II: Tempo della thema

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation III: Andante sostenuto

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation IV: Andante grazioso

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation V: Allegro moderato

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation VI: Andante

Yo-Yo Ma

Variation VII: Coda. Allegro vivo

Yo-Yo Ma

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegretto

Lorin Maazel;Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Harold en Italie, Op. 16, H 68: II. Marche des Pèlerins. Allegretto

Yehudi Menuhin

Boris Godounov - Moussorgsky after Pushkin and Karamazin/Version 1872 - Prologue - Picture 1: People of the Orthodox faith

Vassily Gerello, Mariinsky Orchestra & Valery Gergiev

Boris Godounov - Moussorgsky after Pushkin and Karamazin/Version 1872 - Prologue - Picture 1: Glory to thee, our Lord

Grigory Karassev, Evgeny Nikitin, Mariinsky Chorus, Mariinsky Orchestra & Valery Gergiev

Scheherazade, Op. 35: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Live)

Münchner Philharmoniker & Valery Gergiev

Bernstein: "West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances: IV. Mambo (Live)

Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela & Gustavo Dudamel

Márquez: Danzón No. 2 (Live At Centro de Acción Social por la Música, Sala Simón Bolivar, Caracas / 2008)

Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela & Gustavo Dudamel

39. "Erbarme dich"

Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 68, Chorus. Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir & John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: Ich habe genug, BWV 82: I. Aria. Ich habe genug, ich habe den Heiland (Bass)

Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 1: No. 1, Chorus. Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen (Chorus I/II)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, The London Oratory Junior Choir & John Eliot Gardiner

La Mer, CD 111, L. 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer

Sir Simon Rattle

Bernstein: West Side Story: I. Prologue

Leonard Bernstein Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein: West Side Story: V. Maria

José Carreras, Leonard Bernstein Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein: West Side Story: XII. I Feel Pretty

Kiri Te Kanawa, Louise Edeiken, Angelina Reaux, Stella Zambalis, Leonard Bernstein Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Stravinsky: The Firebird, 1919 Suite, K10: I. Introduction (Live)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Stravinsky: The Firebird, 1919 Suite, K10: IIa. Dance of the Firebird (Live)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Stravinsky: The Firebird, 1919 Suite, K10: IIb. Variation of the Firebird (Live)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Stravinsky: The Firebird, 1919 Suite, K10: III. Round Dance of the Princesses (Live)

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

La forza del destino, Act 1: Sinfonia

New Philharmonia Orchestra & Riccardo Muti

La traviata, Act III: Preludio

Philharmonia Orchestra

Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Riccardo Muti

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. —

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten (The Seasons), Hob. XXI:3: Der Frühling - 1. Einleitung: Largo. Vivace & Rezitativ - "Seht, wie der strenge Winter Flieht"

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise, FP 80: II. Pavane

Orchestre de Paris/Georges Prêtre

Louise (1987 Remastered Version): Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée

Maria Callas/Georges Prêtre

Roméo et Juliette, Act 1: Valse. "Je veux vivre"

Maria Callas

Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major: I. Introduktion. Adagio - Allegro

Karl Böhm

I. Prélude

Pierre Boulez

II. Forlane

Pierre Boulez

III. Menuet

Pierre Boulez

IV. Rigaudon

Pierre Boulez

Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19

Pierre Boulez

Mahler: Symphony No. 9: II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländler. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb (Live From Philharmonie, Berlin)

Berliner Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado

Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 1 in G Minor. Allegro molto (Version for Orchestra)

Claudio Abbado

Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor

Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado