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Classical Top 20...ever evolving.

A collection of some of my favourite smooth classics; and haunting choral and operatic works.

1. LEROY ANDERSON, Plink, Plank, Plunk (For starters)



2. Carissimi - Jephte - Plorate filii Israel.This oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi is from around 1650 and is about a father telling his daughter he’s got to sacrifice her for God.



3. Madame Butterfly. Coro a boca cerrada.(Humming Chorus) G. Puccini



4. Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - BBC Proms 1994



5. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - I-(Allegro)



6. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - II-(Andente)



7. Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concerto, Opus 14 - III-(Presto)



8. Hilary Hahn - Bruch: 1. Violinkonzert ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Hilary Hahn ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada



9. Sol Gabetta - Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor op.85



10. Sol Gabetta - adagio con variazioni respighi



11. The Sixteen - Miserere Mei Deus - This piece is Psalm 51, first set to music by Gregorio Allegri around 1630.



12. Patrick Cassidy and Hans Zimmer - vide cor meum - based on Dante's La Vita Nuova, specifically on the sonnet "A ciascun'alma presa", in chapter 3.



13. John Williams - 7 years in Tibet - Yo-Yo My Cello Soloist



14. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5



15. Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Oundjian · Toronto Symphony Orchestra



16. Thao Nguyen Xanh - Sad Romance



17. Vivaldi - Four Seasons



18. Hilary Hahn - Vaughan Williams "The Lark Ascending



19. Hilary Hahn - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E Minor OP.64



20. Gustavo Dudamel ~ Danzón No. 2 (Marquez) ~ Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar



21. Concierto de Aranjuez ( Joaquin Rodrigo), Recuerdos de la Alhambra ( Francisco Tarrega)



22. Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber LIVE



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