Gil Zilkha, singer/collector/music enthusiast
In this installment of Essential Classical Music, I cover the best recordings of the major orchestral works, meaning all the major orchestral works outside of those covered in my previous videos on symphonies and concertos. This video covers orchestral works by Bach, Barber, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Dvorak, Elgar, Grieg, Handel, Hindemith, Holst, Janacek, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Prokofiev, Ravel, Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner.
0:00 Introduction
3:25 Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
9:44 Bach, Orchestral Suites
12:08 Bach, The Art of the Fugue, A Musical Offering
13:34 Barber, Adagio for Strings
15:43 Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
23:27 Beethoven, Overtures
32:14 Brahms, Hungarian Dances
33:17 Copland, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo, Billy the Kid
35:12 Corelli, Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
36:37 Debussy, La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
45:54 Dvořák, Slavonic Dances
47:57 Elgar, Enigma Variations
50:39 Elgar, Serenade for Strings, Introduction and Allegro for Strings
52:18 Grieg, Peer Gynt
56:25 Handel, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks
1:02:43 Handel, Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
1:05:01 Hindemith, Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber
1:07:48 Holst, The Planets
1:12:02 Janček, Sinfonietta
1:14:06 Liszt, Les préludes
1:16:50 Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hebrides Overture
1:18:21 Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Gran Partita Serenade
1:22:00 Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, A Night on the Bare Mountain
1:26:40 Pachelbel, Canon/Albinoni, Adagio/Baroque miniatures
1:28:38 Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet
1:30:48 Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
1:33:20 Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé
1:37:20 Ravel, Boléro, Pavane pour une infante défunte
1:42:07 Respighi, Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals
1:44:17 Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
1:54:28 Rossini, Overtures
1:56:27 Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre
1:58:49 Sibelius, Finlandia, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuonela
2:00:09 Sibelius, Tapiola
2:04:22 Smetana, Má vlast
2:09:54 Strauss II, J., Waltzes and Polkas
2:11:56 Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie (An Alpine Symphony)
2:18:42 Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)
2:24:55 Strauss, Don Quixote
2:29:57 Strauss, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life)
2:36:10 Strauss, Metamorphosen
2:43:52 Strauss, Don Juan, Til Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Til Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks)
2:49:03 Strauss, Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
2:52:38 Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), Petrushka
3:03:31 Stravinsky, L'Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
3:05:32 Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
3:06:57 Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake
3:13:42 Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet
3:16:21 Vaughan Williams, Fantasias, The Lark Ascending
3:19:52 Wagner, Orchestral Music