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The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works

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Experience the profound joy of landmark creations by Haydn, Beethoven, and others in this survey of orchestral works considered the greatest in Western history.

Syllabus

  • 01: Game Plan and Preliminaries
  • 02: Vivaldi-The Four Seasons
  • 03: Bach-Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
  • 04: Bach-Violin Concerto in E Major
  • 05: Haydn-Symphony No. 104
  • 06: Mozart-Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor
  • 07: Mozart-Symphony in C Major, “Jupiter”
  • 08: Beethoven-Symphony No. 3
  • 09: Beethoven-Piano Concerto No. 4
  • 10: Beethoven-Symphony No. 9
  • 11: Schubert-Symphony No. 9
  • 12: Mendelssohn- “Italian” Symphony
  • 13: Schumann-Symphony No. 3
  • 14: Brahms-Symphony No. 4
  • 15: Brahms-Violin Concerto
  • 16: Tchaikovsky-Symphony No. 4
  • 17: Tchaikovsky-Violin Concerto
  • 18: Bedrich Smetana-Ma Vlast
  • 19: Dvorak-Symphony No. 8
  • 20: Dvorak-Concerto for 'Cello
  • 21: Rimsky-Korsakov-Scheherazade
  • 22: Richard Strauss-Thus Spoke Zarathustra
  • 23: Mahler-Symphony No. 5
  • 24: Rachmaninoff-Symphony No. 2
  • 25: Debussy-La Mer
  • 26: Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring
  • 27: Saint-Saens-Symphony No. 3
  • 28: Holst-The Planets
  • 29: Copland-Appalachian Spring
  • 30: Shostakovich-Symphony No. 5
  • 31: Shostakovich-Symphony No. 10
  • 32: The Ones That Got Away
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Robert Greenberg

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