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

Ode An Die Freude ( Ode To Joy ) Beethoven Symphony No.9 Classical Music

An arrangement of Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights in EWQLSO

Prokofiev - Dance of the Knights EWQL Orchestration

This is the finale of Rossini's William Tell Overture. This section is also known as "March of the Swiss Soldiers." The popular rhythmic pattern is commonly associated with galloping horses both in cartoons and in real life.

This digital arrangement was based on the original score. Instrumentation consists of a piccolo, a flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four french horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, a triangle, cymbals, and section strings.

All parts were recorded using EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra.

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Rossini - William Tell Overture (Finale)

Excerpted from a complete performance in collaboration with the Amherst College Choral Society, the exciting second movement of the Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi as performed by the Amherst Symphony Orchestra.

Verdi Requiem: "Dies Irae"

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full With Cannons)

The Russian Souvenir

Waltz of The Flowers

Tchaikovsky  Overture 1812 - The Final - ending (V for Vendetta)

Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King

The Pueri Cantores di Vicenza Choir in Concert with the Orchestra of the "Teatro Olimpico" held in Vicenza, 2009

Pueri Cantores di VIcenza - Dies Irae (Verdi, Messa da Requiem)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano
Mario Zeffiri, tenor
Ildar Abdrazakov, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director

Verdi Messa da Requiem: Dies irae, dies illa (January 2009)

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Edvard Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King

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