The 100 Best Classical Masterworks: Famous Overtures and Adagios

La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) : Overture

L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) : Overture

La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) : Overture

La Cenerentola (Cinderella) : Overture

I Due Foscari (The Two Foscari) : Overture

Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc) : Overture

Les vêpres siciliennes (The sicilian vespers) : Overture

La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture

Pavane pour une infante défunte (excerpt)

Piano Concerto No. 20, in D minor, K. 466: II. Romance

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, in F major, BWV. 1046: II. Adagio

Préludes No. 2, in C sharp minor, Op. 3

Adagio for Strings (arr. from Quartet for Strings), Op. 11

Keyboard Concerto No. 3, in D major, BWV. 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre

Canon for Strings, in D major

Symphony No. 4, in B flat major, Op. 60: II. Adagio

Clarinet Concerto, in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio

Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), L'inverno (Winter): Concerto No. 4 for Violin, Strings and Cembalo, in F minor, Op. 8: II. Largo

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492 : Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) Act I, Rosina's Cavatina Una voce poco fa&

Wilhelm Tell (William Tell) : Overture

Keyboard Concerto No. 1, in D minor, BWV. 1052: II. Adagio

L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 1: III. Adagietto

Symphony No. 5, in C minor, Fate, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto

Cello Concerto, in B minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Piano Concerto No. 2, in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Symphony No. 9, in D minor, Choral, Op. 125: III. Adagio molto e cantabile

Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119: I. Intermezzo, in B minor - Adagio

Symphony No. 2, Op. 27: III. Adagio

Violin Concerto No. 1, in G minor, Op. 26: II. Adagio

Symphony No. 3, in F major, Op. 90: II. Andante

La Traviata : Overture

Die Fledermaus : Overture

Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) : Overture

Eugene Onegin : Overture

The Queen of Spades : Introduction

Keyboard Concerto No. 5, in F minor, BWV. 1056: II. Largo

Piano Concerto, in A minor, Op. 16: II. Adagio

Piano Sonata No. 26, in E flat major, Les Adieux, Op. 81a: II. Die Abwesenheit (L'absence), Andante espressivo (attacca)

Cello Concerto No. 1, in C major: II. Adagio

Xerxes Largo

Overture Coriolan, Op. 62

Tragic Overture for Orchestra, Op. 81

Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor, Op. 37: II. Largo

Symphony No. 92, in G major, Oxford: II. Adagio cantabile

Symphony No. 9 (5) From the New World, in E minor, Op. 95: II. Largo (excerpt)

Andante for Flute and Orchestra, in C major, K. 315

Divertimento No. 15 for 2 Horns and Strings, in B flat major, K. 287: IV. Adagio

Violin Concerto, in E minor, Op. 64: II. Andante

Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), in F major, K. 522: III. Adagio cantabile

Piano Sonata No. 3, in C major, Op. 2, (Dedicated to Joseph Haydn): II. Adagio

Flute Concerto No. 1, in G major, K. 313: II. Adagio non troppo

Serenade, in G major, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romance, Andante

1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49

The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 : Overture

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1, in D major: II. Adagio espressivo

Symphony No. 3, in A minor, Scottish, Op. 56: III. Adagio

Piano Concerto No. 3, in D minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo, Adagio

Piano Sonata No. 8, in C minor, Pathétique, Op. 13: II. Adagio cantabile

Symphony No. 3, in A minor, Op. 44: II. Adagio ma non troppo

Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto (excerpt)

Kinderszenen (Scenes from the Childhood), Op. 15: VII. Träumerei (Dreaming)

Symphony No. 94, in G major, Surprise: II. Andante

Symphony No. 2, in C major, Op. 61: III. Adagio espressivo

Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), L'Autunno (Autumn), Concerto No. 3 for Violin, Strings and Cembalo, in F major, Op. 8: II. Adagio molto

Overture Leonora No.3, Op. 72a

The Nutcracker, Op. 71: Act I. Scene I: Overture

Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat major, Op. 83: III. Andante

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra, in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta - Andante

Symphony No. 44, in E minor, Funeral: III. Adagio

Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat major, The Emperor, Op. 73: II. Adagio un poco mosso

Symphony No. 6, in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74: IV. Finale, Adagio lamentoso - Andante

Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture for Orchestra

Oboe Concerto in C minor II. Adagio

Apollon musagettes (Apollo Musagetes) VIII. Pas de deux. Adagio

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 Act III, No.28 Pas de deux (Aurora and Prince Florimund ) Adagio

Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K. 488 II. Adagio

Symphony No.1 in C Major, Op. 21 : I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Symphony No.100 in G Major, Military : I. Adagio - Allegro

Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

Water Music, Suite No.1 in F Major : No.2, Adagio e staccato

Music for the Royal Fireworks : No.1, Overture, Adagio - Allegro - Lentement

Serenade in D Major, Haffner, K. 250 : VIII. Adagio - Allegro assai

Le Quattro Stagioni, Concertos for Violin, Strings and Cembalo, Op. 8, L'Estate (Summer), Concerto No.2 in G Minor : II. Adagio, Presto

Tristan and Isolde, Introduction and Isolde's Liebestod

The Ring: Ride of the Valkyries

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) : Overtüre

Siegfried Forest Murmurs

Tannhäuser Overture

Symphony No.101 in D Major, The Clock : I. Adagio - Presto

Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op. 36 : I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

Ruslan and Lyudmila Act III, Dances : II. Adagio

Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Pathétique, Op. 74 : I. Adagio, Allegro non troppo

Idomeneo, K. 366 : Overture

The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 : Overture

Don Giovanni (Don Juan), K. 527 : Overture

Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68 : IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo ma con brio

Piano Sonata No.14 in C Sharp Minor, Moonlight, Op. 27 No.2 : I. Adagio sostenuto

Khovanshchina Prelude: Dawn over the Moscow River

The Hebrides Overture, Fingal's cave, Op. 26