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The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The German title means "a little serenade", though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music". The work is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras.

Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Vivaldi– four Seasons

Album: Tokyo Opera City Live!
Performed by: Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble
Conductor/Director: Dr. Rik Hansen

Track recorded live at Tokyo Opera City Hall on 7/13/12

Samson et Delilah: Danse Bacchanale - Camille Saint-Saëns

Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra & Ashot Tigranyan performing Vivaldi's emblematic Four Seasons.

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Spring (La Primavera), 1st Movement

Swan Lake - Tchaikovsky

Album of the year by great artists. I love this music. 

Egmont Overture

Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken
Karel Mark Cichon
- LIVE - in Seoul, Korea – SEPT 2014

Handel/Goossens: "Hallelujah" from "Messiah" HWV 56

This extract features as part of a music article in the Royal Opera House Digital Programme for Guillaume Tell. Visit www.roh.org.uk/publications/guillaume-tell-digital-programme to find out more.

Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Rossini's Guillaume Tell, featuring Gerald Finley, John Osborn, Malin Byström and Marie-Nicole Lemieux. Recording appears on SoundCloud by kind permission of  of Warner Classics and is available to buy in full from their collection, online or at the Royal Opera House Shop.

Guillaume Tell Overture (finale)

“Tenu par un fil” is a dynamic and expressive string quartet piece, weaving tension and release with precision and energy. Each instrument pulls at the edges of fragility, as if held by a single thread, creating a soundscape that is both delicate and powerful.

Perfect for listeners who enjoy contemporary classical music, vibrant textures, and the raw intensity of strings.

Tenu par un fil

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Witold Rowicki
DECCA 478 2302 
Audio kindly supplied by Silver Partner Universal Music


DVORÁK Symphony No.9, New World:  4th movement – Allegro con fuoco

Antonín Dvořák - New World Symphony, 4th Movement

The bustling overture to CARMEN bursts out of the gate with lively music from the bullfighting scene of Act 4, interrupted by the well-known tune of Escamillo’s “Toreador Song.” Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera.
Image: Miki De Goodaboom

CARMEN: Overture

Beethoven's 9th Symphony 4th Movement "Ode to Joy"

"Winter" is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain

Antonio Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Winter - Allegro non molto

Jacques Offenbach [ Galop Infernal ] Twitter: @mclassica

Offenbach - [ Orphée aux enfers - Galop Infernal ] \m/

The Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden is home to The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet.

Guillaume Tell Overture (finale)

The Royal Ballet and Opera

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