Dan's Classical Music Page
Dan's Classical Music Page
Although the music from Disney is not exactly classical, it can be argued that the beauty of much of their music belongs in a classical collection. So I have added some selections below!
A photograph of probably the most famous violin maker of all time. Antonio Stradivarius built his world famous violins in Cremona, Italy.
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Violin Concerto in A Minor - Jean Batiste Accolay (Ayrton Pisco)
Anderson, Leroy
Sleigh Ride
Syncopated Clock (George Pollen)
Adagio in G Minor - Tomaso Albinoni (Toru Yaskawa)
Johann Sebastian Bach
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - BWV80 (Martin Luther) (Bob Sorem)
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - BWV80 (Martin Luther) (Dan Sheppard)
Air on G String (Orchestral Suite No. 3) BWV1068
Aria - Cantata No. 14 (M.J. Starke)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Concerto in A for keyboard and orchestra - BWV1055 (Daniel Reyes)
Concerto in E for keyboard and orchestra - BWV1053 (Daniel Reyes)
Concerto for 2 harpsichords - BWV1060 (G.W. VanCleef/M. Weimer)
Toccata in D Minor - BWV565
Fugue in D Minor - BWV565
Fugue in D Minor for brass - BWV565 (M.A. Hernandez)
Fugue in G Major - BWV542
Fugue in G Minor (the Lesser)
Fugue for Lute in G - BWV1000
Gavotte (Luteworks) - BWV995 (Gonzalo Noqué)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - from Cantata No. 147
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - for Recorder and Harpsichord
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - (G. Pollen)
Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Gigue BWV1004
Partita No. 3 in E Major - Prelude BWV1006
Sheep May Safely Graze - No. 208 (M.J. Starke)
Two Concertos for the Harpsicord - BWV1060 G.W. VanCleef, M.Weimer)
Violin Concerto in A Minor BWV1041 (arr. D. Gewissler)
Zion Hort die Wachter Singen BWV140 (Bob Sorem) Bob's webpage
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber (Richard Brearley)
Beethoven
Minuet in G (Faren Raborn)
Moonlight Sonata
Overture Op. 84 "Egmont" (Petr Cvikl)
Rondo Allegro, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C, (Op. 15) (Andrew Bermudez)
5th Symphony, 1st Movement
7th Symphony, 2nd Movement Op. 92 (allegretto) (Petr Cvikl)
7th Symphony, 3rd Movement Op. 92 (presto) (Petr Cvikl)
8th Symphony in F, 1st Movement Op. 93 (Allegro vivace e con brio) (Jeremy Dimmick)
8th Symphony in F, 1st Movement Op. 93 (Allegro vivace e con brio) (Petr Cvikl)
9th Symphony, 1st Movement, "Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso" (Petr Cvikl)
9th Symphony, 2nd Movement, "Molto Vivace" (Petr Cvikl)
9th Symphony, 3rd Movement, "Adagio molto e cantabile" (Petr Cvikl)
9th Symphony, 4th Movement, "Finale (Ode an die Freude)" (Petr Cvikl)
Turkish March (Ruins of Athens) Op. 113
Georges Bizet
March of the Toreadors (Joshua Kaufman)
Carmen Fantasy (M.Monitto)
Luigi Boccherini
Celebrated Minuet (F.Burrai)
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb (David Siu MD)
Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana
Frederic Chopin Funeral March (Piano Sonata 2 Op 35-3) Prelude in C Minor
Aaron Copland
Appalachian Spring
Fanfare for the Common Man
Simple Gifts
Trumpet Voluntare - Clarke (also known as "the Prince of Denmark's March") - good Wedding piece
Pizzicati from Sylvia - Delibes (often heard in television commercials over the years)
John Dowland
Aloe (Archil Ridgeland)
Galliard (Archil Ridgeland)
King of Denmark's Galliard (Archil Ridgeland)
the New World - Dvorak
In the South (Alassio) Concert Overture, Op. 50 - Elgar (32 channel version) (Edward Gold)
Pavane for Orchestra and Chorus, Op.50 - FAURÉ, Gabriel (David Juna)
George Gershwin
An American in Paris (Frankie Ho)
Porgy and Bess (Kostas Lialiambis)
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue (Eric Halstead)
Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod (D. Rothschild)
Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite Op. 40 # 1
Morningside (Peer Gynt)
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)
Georg Friedrich Handel
Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah" - (Solstice Prod.)
Judas Maccabaeus (Ken Whitcomb)
Sarabande in D Minor Georg F. Handel
Sonata No. 1 in G minor for alto recorder & continuo
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for alto recorder & continuo - Larghetto
Sonata No. 2 in A minor for alto recorder & continuo - Allegro
Alla Hornpipe from "Water Music"
Franz Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata No. 52 in Eb Major
Quartet No. 76 in E Major (also known as the German National Anthem)
Symphony No. 7 in C, 1st movement
Symphony No. 77 in Bb, 4th movement
Symphony No. 101 in D, 2nd movement (Paul Dickie)
Symphony No. 101 in D, 2nd movement (S.E. Edwards)
Comedians Suite - Dmitri, Kabalevsky (David Siu, MD)
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Liebestraume No. 3 (arr. Robert Finley)
Lutheran Music
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - BWV80 (Martin Luther) (Dan Sheppard)
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (4-part choral) - BWV80 (Martin Luther) (Dan Sheppard)
Angels From the Realm of Glory - Henry T. Smart (Dan Sheppard)
Angels We Have Heard on High - French (Dan Sheppard)
Beautiful Savior - Silesian melody; words - Muenster Gesangbuch, 1677 (Dan Sheppard)
Be Still My Soul: the Lord Is on Your Side - Sibelius (Dan Sheppard)
Children of the Heavenly Father (Tryggare Kan Ingen Vara) Swedish - Caroline V. Sandell-Berg (Dan Sheppard)
Christ Be My Leader - Dudley-Smith (Dan Sheppard)
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come - George J. Elvey (Dan Sheppard)
Create In Me - from Service Book and Hymnal (1958) (Dan Sheppard)
For All the Saints - Ralph Vaughn Williams (Dan Sheppard)
Good Christian Men, Rejoice - German Melody (Dan Sheppard)
Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer - John Hughes (Dan Sheppard)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Felix Mendelssohn (Dan Sheppard)
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Beethoven (Dan Sheppard)
Long Ago and Far Away - German Melody (Dan Sheppard)
Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing - Henry T. Smart (Dan Sheppard)
My Faith Looks Up to Thee - Lowell Mason (Dan Sheppard)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - French 15th Cent. (Dan Sheppard)
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Lewis H. Redner(Dan Sheppard)
The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Peter C. Lutkin (Dan Sheppard)
My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - a Scottish Psalter (1615) (Dan Sheppard)
Moon River - Henry Mancini (George Pollen)
Meditation de Thais - Massenet (Michele Tornatore)
Felix Mendelssohn
Scherzo in E Minor, Op. 16 No. 2 (Gary D. Lloyd)
Song of Spring, Op. 62 No. 2 (Katsuhiro Oguri)
Spring Song, Op. 62 No. 6 (C.Meesangnin)
Violin Concerto Op. 64 -
Allegro Molto Appasionado
Andante
Allegro Molto Vivace
Mendelssohn's Wedding March (Faren Raborn)
Le Prophete - Coronation - Meyerbeer
Rondeau (theme from Masterpiece Theater) - Mouret (Shane Ellis)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in D, K. 136 (George Pollen)
Divertimento in F, K. 138
Divertimento in F for 2 oboes, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, K. 213 (Damian H. Zanette)
Don Giovanni Overture (Bill King)
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
The Magic Flute
Die Zauberflöte - "Ach Ich Füls" (Fred Nachbaur)
The Marriage of Figaro
Requiem
Rondo Alla Turca (Sonata in A, K. 331)
Serenade No. 13 in G for Strings (K. 525) "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Allegro (Petr Cvikl)
Romance (Petr Cvikl)
Menuett (Petr Cvikl)
Rondo-Allegro (Petr Cvikl)
String Quartet No 15 in D Min K421, "Menuetto ", 3rd Movement (G.Bailey)
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Symphony No. 41 in C , K. 551
Concerto in Bb for Bassoon, K. 191 (Randy Reid)
Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314
Violin Concerto No. 4 - K. 218
Violin Concerto No. 5 - K. 219
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F - K. 459 Bob Fisher
Piano Concerto No. 21 - K. 467
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A - K. 488 Bob Fisher
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Min. - K. 491 Bob Fisher
Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky (arr. Marty Weimer)
Can-Can from "Orpheus in the Underworld" - Jacques Offenbach
"O Fortuna" Carmen Burana - Carl Orff (arr. Stan Tracy)
Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel Canon in D for Guitar - Johann Pachelbel
Dance of the Hours - Amilcare Ponchielli (M.Knezevic)
Peter and the Wolf - Sergei Prokofiev (Dianne Lewandowski)
Henry Purcell
Air
Rigadoon
Sarabande
"Strike the Viol" for Two Alto Recorders
Rachmaninov
18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini
Prelude in C# Minor, Op.3 No.2 (Gary D. Lloyd)
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3 No.2
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
(made famous in the movie "10" with Bo Derek, in the music world, this piece is known
as one long crescendo)
Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 48 (John Wilson McCoy)
Flight of the Bumblebee (Gary D. Lloyd)
Procession of the Nobles - (from Mlada) (Jeff Adams)
Rosas, Juventino
Over the Waves
Gioacchino Rossini
Barber of Seville
An Italian in Algiers
William Tell Overture
Overture to William Tell (complete)
Camille Saint-Saens
Aquarium from le Carnaval des Animaux Note: Aquarium inspired the background music Disney
used for their ride Space Mountain!
Cello Concerto No. 1 (Op 33) (David Siu, MD)
Danse Macabre
Havanaise Op. 83 (George Pollen)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (piano) (W. Pepperdine)
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (violin and orchestra) (George Pollen)
Schubert Marche Militaire
Shostakovich - the Gadfly, Op97a
Barrel Waltz
Contradance
Folk Festival
Galop
Romance
Finlandia - Sibelius
the Moldau - Smetana arr. by Nobuo Sugimura
Johann Strauss
On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Kaiser Waltz
Radetzky's March - J. Stauss I
Tales from the Vienna Woods (DL Viens)
Voices of Spring (DL Viens)
Wiener Blut (DL Viens)
Wine, Women and Song (DL Viens)
Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture
Capriccio Italien
Marche Slave
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
Swan Lake - Danse of the Swans
Swan Lake - Spanish Dance
Swan Lake Ballet
Nutcracker Suite
Overture
March
March (Jack Sirulnikoff)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Russian Dance - Trepak (George Pollen)
Arabian Dance
Arabian Dance (Jack Sirulnikoff)
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Reed Pipes
Dance of the Reed Flutes (Jack Sirulnikoff)
Waltz of the Flowers (George Pollen)
Georg Philip Telemann
Aria
Recorder Sonatas
Sonata in F for Recorder
Sonata in A Minor for Recorder
Violin Concerto in G
Presto
Andante
Vaughan-Williams, Ralph
A Sussex Carol (George Pollen)
Greensleeves (George Pollen)
VERDI, Giuseppe
Rigolette - La donna e mobile (Bill King)
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in C for mandolin, strings and continuo
Concerto in C Major
Concerto in F Major
"Autumn" from the Four Seasons - Concerto in F, Op.8 Daniel Reyes
"Spring" from the Four Seasons
"Summer" from the Four Seasons (Kostas Lialiambis)
"Winter" from the Four Seasons (Kostas Lialiambis)
"Autumn" from the Four Seasons - Concerto in F, Op.8 (George Pollen)
"Spring" from the Four Seasons (George Pollen)
"Summer" from the Four Seasons (George Pollen)
"Winter" from the Four Seasons (George Pollen)
Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore - Giuseppe Verdi (C.Ikenoue)
Richard Wagner
Bridal March from "Lohengrin"
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Overture from the Flying Dutchman
Prelude to Act 3 from "Lohengrin"(Stan Tracy)
Siegfried's Funeral Music from "Götterdämmerung" (Bob Losin)
(music used in the movie, "Excalibur")
Ride of the Valkyries (Kill Da Wabbit)
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...and some not-so-classical ones:
Thanksgiving music
For the Beauty of the Earth - Author: Folliot S. Pierpoint
We Gather Together - Edward Kremser (Dutch melody, sixteenth century)
Walt Disney
Bare Necessities Beauty and the Beast "If it's not Baroque, don't fix it!" - Cogsworth Fantasmic Fantasia 2000 Pomp and Circumstance - Sir Edward Elgar (John G. Mayer) Rhapsody in Blue - Gershwin the Sorcerer's Apprentice - Paul Dukas
5th Symphony, 1st Movement Haunted Mansion Theme Heigh-Ho The Main Street Electrical Parade The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room Under the Sea When You Wish Upon a Star
Scott Joplin
A Breeze From Alabama
The Easy Winners
The Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
Palm Leaf Rag
Pineapple Rag
Ragtime Dance
Reflection Rag (Bob Sorem)
Solace
Sugar Cane Rag
Weeping Willow Rag
John Philip Sousa
High School Cadets March
Liberty March
Semper Fidelis
The Stars and Stripes Forever
The Thunderer March
The Washington Post
Play Baseball!
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
Star Spangled Banner (Dan Sheppard)
Star Spangled Banner
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A note left for a pianist from his wife: "Gone Chopin, have Liszt, be Bach in a Minuet."
God created music, so that one might pray without words.
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