Why is CPR Classical essential to you?


Last month, CPR Classical celebrated Labor Day with 60 hours of Essential Classics - our choices of the most important pieces from all musical eras.
We've prepared a complete list of the music played -- all 60 hours! Use it to learn more about the music CPR thinks is essential. A more detailed list - with artist and record information - is here.
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Here is the list of Essential Classics, sorted by era. Again, click here to download the full list.
Composer Last | Title, Catalog No., Opus | Record Co. | Label# |
PRE-BAROQUE | |||
Allegri, Gregorio | Miserere | Decca | 2260102 |
Byrd, William | Mass for 5 voices | Harmonia Mundi | 906102 |
Byrd, William | Mass for 5 voices | Harmonia Mundi | 906102 |
BAROQUE | |||
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Toccata & Fugue, BWV 565 | EMI | 95424 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Mein Jesu, BWV 487 | Naxos | 572050 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Orchestral Suite #3, BWV 1068 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 | Sony | 38479 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Little Fugue, BWV 578 | DG | 1903202 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sleepers Awake, BWV 645 | Decca | 466465 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue, BWV 846 | London | 414388 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata #140 "Sleepers Awake", BWV 140 | LOiseau | 417616 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Cantata #140 "Sleepers Awake", BWV 140 | LOiseau | 417616 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Orchestral Suite #3, BWV 1068 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 | Sony | 38479 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Lute Suite #4: Prelude, BWV 1006a | EMI | 54905 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 | Sony | 60680 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Mein Jesu, BWV 487 | Naxos | 572050 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV 1043 | Decca | 12490 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 | Sony | 93927 |
Bach, Johann Sebastian | Brandenburg Concerto #6, BWV 1051 | DG | 423116 |
Biber, Heinrich | Sonata #4 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Biber, Heinrich | Sonata #4 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Corelli, Arcangelo | Trio Sonata #1, Op 4/1 | Harmonia Mundi | 901342 |
Corelli, Arcangelo | Trio Sonata #1, Op 4/1 | Harmonia Mundi | 901342 |
Handel, George Frideric | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, HWV 67 | DG | 429390 |
Handel, George Frideric | Saul: Symphony (Harp Solo), HWV 53 | ATMA | 2541 |
Handel, George Frideric | Xerxes: Largo, HWV 40 | OUR | 220602 |
Handel, George Frideric | Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus, HWV 56 | Harmonia Mundi | 901928 |
Handel, George Frideric | Keyboard Suite #5: Air, HWV 430/4 | Decca | 472572 |
Handel, George Frideric | Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 | Sony | 63073 |
Handel, George Frideric | Xerxes: Largo, HWV 40 | OUR | 220602 |
Handel, George Frideric | Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus, HWV 56 | Harmonia Mundi | 901928 |
Handel, George Frideric | Saul: Symphony (Harp Solo), HWV 53 | ATMA | 2541 |
Handel, George Frideric | Harp Concerto, HWV 294, Op 4/6 | VirginClss | 61304 |
Handel, George Frideric | Concerto grosso #2, HWV 320, Op 6/2 | Harmonia Mundi | 907228 |
Pachelbel, Johann | Canon & Gigue | Alia Vox | 9820 |
Pachelbel, Johann | Canon & Gigue | Alia Vox | 9820 |
Scarlatti, Domenico | Keyboard Sonata, K 380 | Analekta | 3163 |
Scarlatti, Domenico | Keyboard Sonata, K 380 | Analekta | 3163 |
Telemann, Georg Philipp | Viola Concerto, TWV 51:G9 | Chandos | 593 |
Telemann, Georg Philipp | Viola Concerto, TWV 51:G9 | Chandos | 593 |
Telemann, Georg Philipp | Concerto for Four Violins, TWV 40:201 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Vivaldi, Antonio | 4 Seasons: Summer, RV 315, Op 8/2 | Sony | 711013 |
Vivaldi, Antonio | Concerto "La Notte", RV 439, Op 10/2 | Harmonia Mundi | 902190 |
Vivaldi, Antonio | 4 Seasons: Summer, RV 315, Op 8/2 | Sony | 711013 |
CLASSICAL | |||
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Fur Elise, WoO 59 | Philips | 412227 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony #2: II Larghetto, Op 36 | Sony | 754254 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Leonore Overture #3, Op 72a | DG | 435617 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Concerto #4, Op 58 | Sony | 37762 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony #8: II Allegretto scherzando, Op 93 | EMI | 95445 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata #14 "Moonlight", Op 27/2 | Arabesque | 6677 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | String Quartet #13: V Cavatina, Op 130 | Valley Entertainment | 15244 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Piano Sonata #8 "Pathetique": II Adagio, Op 13 | RCA | 60356 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony #5, Op 67 | DG | 447400 |
Beethoven, Ludwig van | Symphony #3 "Eroica", Op 55 | Bis | 1516 |
Boccherini, Luigi | String Quintet #5: Minuet, G 275, Op 11/5 | EMI | 57555 |
Gluck, Christoph | Orfeo & Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits | EMI | 95429 |
Haydn, Joseph | Trumpet Concerto, HOB 7e:1 | Sony | 37846 |
Haydn, Joseph | String Quartet "Largo", HOB 3:79, Op 76/5 | London | 425467 |
Haydn, Joseph | The Creation: The Heavens are Telling, HOB 21:2 | Telarc | 80397 |
Haydn, Joseph | Symphony #93: II Largo cantabile, HOB 1:93 | Nimbus | 5200 |
Haydn, Joseph | Symphony #94 "Surprise", HOB 1:94 | London | 448531 |
Haydn, Joseph | Symphony #104 "London": IV Finale: Spiritoso, HOB 1:104 | Philharmonia Baroque | 2 |
Hummel, Johann | Trumpet Concerto, S 49 | EMI | 16213 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Piano Sonata #16, K 545 | RCA | 60709 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Clarinet Concerto: II Adagio, K 622 | EMI | 88576 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony #41 "Jupiter", K 551 | Telarc | 80139 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Piano Concerto #21, K 467 | DG | 439941 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Symphony #40, K 550 | DG | 429731 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem: Lacrimosa, K 626 | Decca | 4757486 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K 626 | Telarc | 80128 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Requiem, K 626 | Telarc | 80128 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Clarinet Concerto: II Adagio, K 622 | EMI | 88576 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Ave verum corpus, K 618 | EMI | 70853 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Eine kleine nachtmusik, K 525 | Decca | 4758052 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Serenade "Gran Partita", K 361 | Decca | 4780316 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Clarinet Concerto, K 622 | Bis | 1893 |
ROMANTIC | |||
Barber, Samuel | Adagio for Strings, Op 11 | Chandos | 7039 |
Bartok, Bela | String Quartet #5: I Allegro, Sz 102 | Decca | 455297 |
Bellini, Vincenzo | Norma: Casta Diva | EMI | 67830 |
Berlioz, Hector | Rob Roy Overture, H54 | London | 421193 |
Berlioz, Hector | Symphonie fantastique: IV March to the Scaffold, Op 14 | Telarc | 80271 |
Bizet, Georges | Carmen: Habanera | EMI | 65579 |
Bizet, Georges | Carmen: Intermezzo | Telarc | 80224 |
Bizet, Georges | Symphony | Teldec | 77309 |
Bizet, Georges | Carmen: Intermezzo | Telarc | 80224 |
Bizet, Georges | L'Arlesienne: Suite #1 | Naive | 5130 |
Bizet, Georges | Carmen: Seguidilla | Telarc | 80703 |
Borodin, Alexander | String Quartet #2: Nocturne | DG | 435757 |
Borodin, Alexander | In the Steppes of Central Asia | Sony | 63076 |
Borodin, Alexander | String Quartet #2: Nocturne | DG | 435757 |
Brahms, Johannes | Symphony #1, Op 68 | Naxos | 557428 |
Brahms, Johannes | Academic Festival Overture, Op 80 | Naxos | 557428 |
Brahms, Johannes | Wiegenlied, Op 49/4 | Decca | 2032902 |
Brahms, Johannes | Symphony #3: III Poco Allegretto, Op 90 | DG | 427602 |
Brahms, Johannes | Symphony #4, Op 98 | DG | 457706 |
Brahms, Johannes | Intermezzo, Op 119/2 | Philips | 411137 |
Brahms, Johannes | Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op 56a | Pentatone | 5186307 |
Brahms, Johannes | Violin Concerto: III Allegro giocoso, Op 77 | Pentatone | 5186066 |
Bruch, Max | Violin Concerto #1, Op 26 | EMI | 64922 |
Bruckner, Anton | Symphony #4 "Romantic": III Scherzo, WAB 104 | Philips | 442040 |
Chopin, Frederic | Piano Sonata #2 "Funeral March", B 128, Op 35 | Decca | 4410 |
Chopin, Frederic | Nocturne #8, B 96, Op 27/2 | Vanguard | 1551 |
Chopin, Frederic | Fantaisie-Impromptu, B 87, Op 66 | DG | 4776555 |
Chopin, Frederic | Nocturne #2, B 54/2, Op 9/2 | Hyperion | 67831 |
Chopin, Frederic | Etude #1, Op 10/1 | Harmonia Mundi | 907505 |
Chopin, Frederic | Prelude #15 "Raindrop", B 107, Op 28/15 | EMI | 17626 |
Chopin, Frederic | Etude #5 "Black keys", B 57/1, Op 10/5 | Sony | 61885 |
Chopin, Frederic | Waltz "Valse Brillante" #1, B 94, Op 34/1 | EMI | 58513 |
Delibes, Leo | Lakme: Flower Duet | EMI | 57555 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony #9 "From the New World": IV Allegro, B 178, Op 95 | Naxos | 570714 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony #7: II Poco adagio, B 141, Op 70 | Channel | 30010 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Cello Concerto, Op 104 | Sony | 67173 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Romance, Op 11 | RCA | 63591 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony #8, B 163, Op 88 | Naxos | 572112 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Humoresque #7, Op 101/7 | DG | 1531202 |
Dvorak, Antonin | Symphony #9 "From the New World", B 178, Op 95 | Seattle Symphony | 1006 |
Elgar, Edward | Enigma Variations, Op 36 | EMI | 55001 |
Elgar, Edward | Violin Concerto: II Andante, Op 61 | Canary | 6 |
Elgar, Edward | Chanson de matin, Op 15/2 | Chandos | 24135 |
Elgar, Edward | Pomp & Circumstance March #1 "Land of Hope and Glory", Op 39/1 | London | 417719 |
Faure, Gabriel | Pelleas & Melisande: Sicilienne, Op 78/80 | Vanguard | 1239 |
Faure, Gabriel | Berceuse, Op 16 | EMI | 54882 |
Franck, Cesar | Violin Sonata, M 8 | EMI | 56815 |
Franck, Cesar | Panis angelicus | Decca | 5193 |
Franck, Cesar | Panis angelicus | Decca | 5193 |
Glazunov, Alexander | The Seasons: Petit Adagio, Op 67 | Ondine | 938 |
Glazunov, Alexander | The Seasons: Petit Adagio, Op 67 | CPR | 10 |
Glinka, Mikhail | Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture | Philips | 442011 |
Granados, Enrique | Danza Espanola #5 "Andaluza", H142, Op 37/5 | APM | 65642 |
Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite #2: Arabian Dance, Op 55/2 | Intersound | 2802 |
Grieg, Edvard | Piano Concerto, Op 16 | Decca | 1079202 |
Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt: Morning Mood, Op 46/1 | X5 | 105 |
Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song, Op 55/4 | Reference | 99 |
Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite #2: Arabian Dance, Op 55/2 | Intersound | 2802 |
Grieg, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite #2, Op 55 | London | 425857 |
Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesleid | DG | 449923 |
Kreisler, Fritz | Liebesleid | DG | 449923 |
Liszt, Franz | Piano Concerto #1, S 124 | DG | 415061 |
Liszt, Franz | Les Preludes, S 97 | Sony | 66834 |
Mahler, Gustav | Symphony #5: IV Adagietto | DG | 445486 |
Massenet, Jules | Thais: Meditation | RCA | 61700 |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op 26 | Decca | 4781525 |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Symphony #3 "Scottish": III Adagio, Op 56 | Warner Classics | 62769 |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Symphony #4 "Italian", Op 90 | Sony | 61843 |
Mendelssohn, Felix | Violin Concerto, Op 64 | Decca | 460976 |
Mussorgsky, Modest | Night on Bald Mountain | DG | 7182 |
Mussorgsky, Modest | Pictures at an Exhibition | DG | 2588502 |
Ponchielli, Amilcare | La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours | Decca | 4780096 |
Puccini, Giacomo | Madame Butterfly: Un bel di | Telarc | 80260 |
Puccini, Giacomo | Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo | DG | 429494 |
Puccini, Giacomo | Turandot: Nessun Dorma | Sony | 509248 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Piano Concerto #2: I Moderato, Op 18 | Decca | 1811702 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18, Op 43 | Sony | 46715 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Piano Concerto #2, Op 18 | Sony | 36722 |
Rachmaninoff, Sergei | Piano Concerto #3, Op 30 | Sony | 64384 |
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay | Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee | London | 417301 |
Rossini, Gioachino | Barber of Seville: Overture | DG | 439515 |
Rossini, Gioachino | Thieving Magpie: Overture | EMI | 54091 |
Rossini, Gioachino | Semiramide: Overture | London | 414407 |
Rossini, Gioachino | William Tell: Overture | RCA | 65844 |
Saint-Saens, Camille | Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium | EMI | 70872 |
Saint-Saens, Camille | Carnival of the Animals: The Swan | EMI | 57052 |
Schubert, Franz | Piano Trio "Notturno", D 897, Op 148 | Analekta | 9770 |
Schubert, Franz | Ave Maria, D 839, Op 52/6 | London | 460400 |
Schubert, Franz | Piano Quintet "Trout", D 667 | London | 460034 |
Schubert, Franz | Impromptu, D 935/3, Op 142/3 | Avie | 2157 |
Schumann, Robert | Three Romances, Op 94 | Delos | 3235 |
Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia, Op 26 | Sony | 61698 |
Smetana, Bedrich | The Moldau | Philips | 416382 |
Strauss, Johann II | Blue Danube Waltz, Op 314 | EMI | 17626 |
Strauss, Johann II | Emperor Waltz, Op 437 | Seraphim | 69095 |
Strauss, Johann II | Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op 325 | Telarc | 80504 |
Strauss, Richard | Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op 28 | VirginClss | 61460 |
Tarrega, Francisco | Memories of the Alhambra | EMI | 70872 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Swan Lake Ballet Suite, Op 20a | Decca | 7341 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture: Love Theme | Decca | 473596 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Sleeping Beauty: Suite, Op 66a | Decca | 466379 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | 1812 Overture, Op 49 | Mariinsky | 503 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Romeo & Juliet Fantasy-Overture: Love Theme | Decca | 473596 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Andante Cantabile, Op 11 | DG | 437952 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter | Piano Concerto #1, Op 23 | Colorado Spotlight | Colorado Spotlight |
Wagner, Richard | Siegfried Idyll | London | 410111 |
Wagner, Richard | Tannhauser: Overture | Accentus | 102 |
Wagner, Richard | Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod | DG | 4778773 |
Wagner, Richard | Siegfried Idyll | London | 410111 |
Wagner, Richard | The Valkyries: Ride of the Valkyries | Erato | 26388 |
IMPRESSIONISTIC | |||
Debussy, Claude | Pelleas et Melisande: Suite, L 65 | DG | 471332 |
Debussy, Claude | String Quartet, L 85, Op 10 | Hyperion | 68061 |
Debussy, Claude | Prelude #2: Voiles, L 117 | Cd Baby | 129839 |
Debussy, Claude | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L 86 | DG | 435766 |
Debussy, Claude | Prelude #8: La fille aux cheveux de lin, L 117 | Onyx | 4057 |
Enescu, George | Roumanian Rhapsody #1, Op 11 | RCA | 6213 |
Ravel, Maurice | Pavane for a Dead Princess | EMI | 8501 |
Satie, Erik | Gymnopedies #s 3 & 1 | Decca | 466710 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on "Greensleeves" | DG | 419191 |
CONTEMPORARY | |||
Adams, John | Short Ride in a Fast Machine | Nonesuch | 79144 |
Adams, John | Violin Concerto | Signum | 468 |
Adams, John | The Chairman Dances | Nonesuch | 79144 |
Adams, John | Lollapalooza | Nonesuch | 79607 |
Albeniz, Isaac | Suite Espanola: Sevilla, Op 47/3 | EMI | 56730 |
Albeniz, Isaac | Suite Espanola: Granada, Op 47/1 | Decca | 470477 |
Anonymous | Oh, Shenandoah | ACC | 122 |
Barber, Samuel | Adagio for Strings, Op 11 | Decca | 468506 |
Bates, Mason | Mothership | BMOP | 1045 |
Bernstein, Leonard | Candide: Overture | DG | 459552 |
Bernstein, Leonard | On the Town: II Lonely town | Sony | 60559 |
Bernstein, Leonard | Candide: Overture | Sony | 63085 |
Boulanger, Nadia | Three pieces for Organ | Naxos | 8573524 |
Brittelle, William | Future Shock | New Amsterdam | 38 |
Britten, Benjamin | Simple Symphony, Op 4 | DG | 423624 |
Britten, Benjamin | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op 34 | EMI | 55394 |
Canteloube, Joseph | Songs of the Auvergne: Bailero | EMI | 64249 |
Copland, Aaron | Rodeo | Bis | 2164 |
Copland, Aaron | El Salon Mexico | Bis | 2164 |
Copland, Aaron | Appalachian Spring | DG | 427335 |
Delius, Frederick | On hearing the 1st Cuckoo In Spring, RT VI/19/1 | Naxos | 570364 |
Dukas, Paul | Sorcerer's Apprentice | Decca | 2562702 |
Durufle, Maurice | Requiem: Sanctus, Op 9 | DG | 459365 |
Falla, Manuel de | La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance #1 | London | 417891 |
Falla, Manuel de | Seven Popular Spanish Songs: Cancion | EMI | 164712 |
Gershwin, George | Prelude for Piano: Gershwin Melody #17 | Musicole | 4 |
Gershwin, George | An American in Paris | RCA | 68931 |
Gershwin, George | Porgy & Bess: Summertime | London | 460567 |
Glass, Philip | Glassworks: Closing | Sony | 90394 |
Glass, Philip | Koyaanisqatsi: Koyaanisqatsi, Organic, Cloudscape, Resource | Nonesuch | 79506 |
Glass, Philip | Glassworks: Facades | EMI | 64249 |
Greenstein, Judd | Four on the Floor | Sono Luminus | 92212 |
Grofe, Ferde | Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail | Delos | 3104 |
Holst, Gustav | The Planets: Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, Op 32 | Denver Brass | 8837 |
Khachaturian, Aram | Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia | Philips | 442011 |
Lauridsen, Morten | O magnum mysterium | RCM | 19605 |
Lauridsen, Morten | Dirait-on | Reference | 110 |
Lauridsen, Morten | O Magnum Mysterium | Kantorei | 2000 |
Lauridsen, Morten | O Magnum Mysterium | Kantorei | 2000 |
Pann, Carter | The Mechanics: Six from the Shop Floor: Flywheel | Blue Griffin | 367 |
Part, Arvo | Magnificat | ACC | 121 |
Part, Arvo | Spiegel im spiegel | Koch | 7762 |
Piazzolla, Astor | Libertango | Sony | 63122 |
Prokofiev, Sergei | The Love for 3 Oranges: March, Op 33 | Newport | 85551 |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Peter & the Wolf, Op 67 | Sony | 60175 |
Ravel, Maurice | Une barque sur l'ocean | Denon | 71798 |
Ravel, Maurice | Kaddish | Centaur | 2537 |
Ravel, Maurice | Une barque sur l'ocean | Denon | 71798 |
Ravel, Maurice | Bolero | DG | 427644 |
Rodrigo, Joaquin | Concierto de Aranjuez: II Adagio | Sony | 33208 |
Rodrigo, Joaquin | Concierto de Aranjuez: II Adagio | DG | 2003902 |
Shaw, Caroline | Partita for 8 Voices: Allemande | New Amsterdam | 41 |
Shostakovich, Dmitri | Gadfly: Romance, Op 97 | RCA | 6603 |
Sibelius, Jean | Swan of Tuonela, Op 22 | Ondine | 930 |
Stravinsky, Igor | Violin Concerto | Sony | 89649 |
Thompson, Randall | Alleluia | Cygnus | 4 |
Turina, Joaquin | Serenata, Op 87 | Claves | 9215 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Sony | 62645 |
Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | Sony | 62645 |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Bachianas Brasileiras #5: Aria | EMI | 74249 |
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