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The Ride of the Valkyries is the second of the four opera, "Ring Cycle" by Richard Wagner.  It was written in 1851 and is one of Wagner's best known musical compositions.

Photo:  "In Old Norse mythology, the maiden attendants of Odin, who, at his command, rode over battlefields and bore the souls of the bravest of the slain to Valhalla, Odin's great hall." -Foster, 1921

The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner

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Symphony No. 9 in E Minor 'From the New World', Op. 95 – II. Largo by Antonin Dvořák. Performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Available from Musopen (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Antonin_Dvorak_-_symphony_no._9_in_e_minor_%27from_the_new_world%27%2C_op._95_-_ii._largo.ogg). Sound files on the Musopen repository are licensed as public domain.

Dvořák: II. Largo, from Symphony No. 9 — Music Educators Toolbox (click to download)

Programmed using Vienna Symphonic Library tools

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46 / Morning Mood (performed using Vienna Symphonic Library)

Legacy Broken is a cinematic orchestral concept album that explores the psychological weight of legacy, family, and emotional silence. Blending restrained elegance with hypnotic minimalism, each track unfolds like a room in a haunted memory palace—echoes of conversations, legal inheritances, betrayals, and unresolved grief.

Muted strings, fractured piano motifs, trembling horns, and emotionally conflicted harmonic structures form a sonic language of unspoken tension and decaying tradition. The arrangements resist resolution, allowing silence, repetition, and space to carry as much meaning as melody.

This album is not just a score — it’s a portrait of inheritance, power, and the long shadows of memory. The finale song "Inheritance of Silence" concludes with a vocalized song about empty love, wealth and social responsibility. 

13. Time Gut Punches

"2. Andante" from "Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041" by Johann Sebastian Bach

Melodije za kontrolni iz slušanja muzike - XIII beogradska gimnazija (S. Golubović Škundrić)

The Four Seasons: Spring (Le quattro stagioni: La primavera); E major; Op.8, RV 269 – Antonio Vivaldi

Adagio For Strings - Samuel Barber Classical Original Track

Played on a Yamaha CF3s Grand Piano
Camille Saint-Saens - Le Carnaval Des Animaux(The Carnival of Animals) R.125.10 The Aviary -  Grand Fantasy Zoo (Orchestra)

Camille Saint Saens - Le Carnaval Des Animaux R.125.10 The Aviary -  Grand Fantasie Zoo (Orchestra)

Quintessenz plays an arrangement by Gudrun Hinze of Debussy's "L'après-midi"

our most famous piece!
available on CD at  www.genuin.de 

Claude Debussy: Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune

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Dvořák: II. Largo, from Symphony No. 9 — Music Educators Toolbox (click to download)

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