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Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony," No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.

The work is in four movements, in the usual arrangement for a classical-style symphony (fast movement, slow movement, minuet, fast movement):

Molto allegro, 2/2
Andante in E-flat major, 6/8
Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio, 3/4
Finale. Allegro assai, 2/2

Every movement but the third is in sonata form; the minuet and trio are in the usual ternary form.

The first movement begins darkly, not with its first theme but with accompaniment, played by the lower strings with divided violas. The technique of beginning a work with an accompaniment figure was later used by Mozart in his last piano concerto (KV. 595) and later became a favourite of the Romantics.

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Orchestral samples included in this recording from the Vienna Symphonic Library.

Mozart - Symphonies, Sonatas, Serenades, Concertos & Overtures

Symphony No.40 in G-Minor, K. 550: ‘Great’ I. Molto Allegro

Napster

George Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Nocturnes, Barcarolle & Scherzo

Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

For You - The World's Best Loved Classical Piano Pieces

Gnossienne No. 1

Sarabande

Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale)

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

Officium

Parce Mihi Domine

Strauss, J.: An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube)

J. Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Waltz, Op. 314 (Recorded 1980)

Best of Wiener Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Now We Are Free

Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor Op.18 
II. Adagio sostenuto
By Dacorum Youth Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor Op.18 - II. Adagio sostenuto by DYO

Relaxing Classics

Canon and Gigue for Three Violins and Continuo in D Major: Canon (Orchestral Version)

Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, 3. Clair de lune

III. Clair de lune

Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Solo Pieces

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: XX. Variation 18: Andante cantabile

Beethoven: Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Beethoven: Für Elise, Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude

J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier I, Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846: I. Prelude

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 - I. Andante - Allegro

Danse Macabre, Op. 40, Camille Saint-Saëns

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