Listening Links for Young Players
Classical Music for Kids (2 hours of fun classical music)
Classical Kids (1 hour of fun classical music)
Ode to Joy by Beethoven (Romantic)
Largo from the New World Symphony by A. Dvorak (Romantic)
March from the Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky (Romantic)
Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore by Verdi (Romantic)
La Stravaganza by Vivaldi (Baroque)
Sleeping Beauty Suite by Tchaikovsky (Romantic)
Rococo Variations for cello and orchestra by Tchaikovsky (Romantic) Ma playing
Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 by Corelli (Baroque)
Symphony No. 5 by Beethoven (Romantic)
Finlandia by Sibelius (20th Century)
Holberg Suite by Grieg (Romantic)
Concerto No. 2 for Double Bass by Bottesini (Romantic)
Radetsky March by J. Strauss, Jr. (Romantic)
Gloria in D Major by Vivaldi (Baroque)
Navarra by Sarasate (Romantic)
Cello Concerto in C Major by Haydn (Classical)
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky, arranged by Ravel (Romantic)
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel (Baroque)
Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 by Handel (Baroque)
The Bee by Schubert (Romantic) Szigeti playing
Double Violin Concerto in d minor by Bach (Baroque) Stern and Shaham playing
Ashokan Farewell by Ungar (20th Century)
Brandenburg Concertos by Bach (Baroque)
Psalm 19 by Marcello (Baroque)
The Royal Fireworks Music by Handel (Baroque)
Water Music by Handel (Baroque)
Trumpet Voluntary by Clarke or Purcell (Baroque)
Pizzicato Polka by J and J Strauss (Romantic)
Hungarian Dances by Brahms (Romantic)
Minuet by Boccherini (Classical)
Complete Vivaldi Viola D'Amore Concertos (Baroque)
Complete Vivaldi Cello Concertos (Baroque)
Complete Vivaldi Violin Concertos (Baroque)
Songs of Deliverance--Three Psalms for Choir and Orchestra by Dwight Gustafson
What God Ordains is Always Good by Josh Bauder
Morning Trumpet, sung by Hale and Wilder
The Messiah by Handel (Baroque)
Thanks be to God, from Mendelssohn's Elijah (Romantic)
"Hallelujah" from Beethoven's Mount of Olives (Romantic)
Molly on the Shore by P. Grainger (20th Century)
Concerto in d minor for two violins by Vivaldi (Baroque)
Rodeo by Copland (20th Century)
50 Most Famous Classical Pieces
Farewell Symphony by Haydn (Classical)
Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev (20th Century)
Finiculi, Finicula by Denza (Romantic)
Happy Mozart (1 1/2 hours of Mozart music) (Classical)
Happy Classical Music (2 hours of fun Classical music)
Lullaby by J. Brahms (Romantic)
Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell (Baroque)
Academic Festival Overture by J. Brahms (Romantic)
William Tell Overture by Rossini (Romantic)
Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland (20th Century)
A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Britten (20th Century)
Can Can by Offenbach (Romantic)
Surprise Symphony by Haydn (Classical)
Chester by William Billings (American Patriotic)
American Patrol (20th Century)
In the Bleak MidWinter by Gustav Holst (20th Century)
Faust--Soldiers' Chorus--by Charles Gounod (Romantic)
Hunter's Chorus by von Weber (Romantic)
Minuet by Boccherini (Classical)
The Royal Fireworks by Handel (Baroque)
Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky (Romantic)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach (Baroque)
The Carnival of the Animals by St. Saens (Romantic)--version 1