Classical: Romantic Period
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A time for bad hair, baggy shirts, and drug abuse, the Romantic period (1820-1910) saw composition become increasingly introspective and self-indulgent. Berlioz kicked off with a prodigious opium habit, and Wagner soon followed with scandalous adultery and some very long operas. Verdi grew a very impressive moustache and put the "Grand" in "Grand Opera" with the help of a small herd of elephants.
$25.65 The Basics
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Artists of the Romantic period didn't invent the bold gesture, but they did turn it into an art form. Orchestras more than doubled in size; compositions got longer, louder, and more emotional.
$24.36 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo (Massig Schnell) Anton Bruckner, Eugen Jochum & Staatskapelle Dresden 6:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16: 2. Adagio André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Radu Lupu 6:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor: Allegro - Vivace Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Lucia Di Lammermoor: "Tu Che a Dio Spiegasti L'ali" Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Richard Bonynge 5:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op.129: 2. Langsam Leonard Bernstein, Mischa Maisky & Wiener Philharmoniker 4:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Dì Vedremo London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renée Fleming & Sir Charles Mackerras 4:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Symphony No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 88: III. Allegrato grazioso London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis 6:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 : IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin In the Fields 2:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Lohengrin: Prelude, Act III Barry Tuckwell & London Symphony Orchestra 3:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Joshua Bell & Sir Neville Marriner 6:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: Quasi Adagio Martha Argerich 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55: II. Allegro molto London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis 7:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra & Martha Argerich 5:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Tosca, Act 3: E Lucevan le Stelle (Cavaradossi) Antonio Pappano, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Roberto Alagna 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento David Shifrin & Emerson String Quartet 4:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A: I. Allegretto Ben Moderato Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Joshua Bell 6:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Piano Concerto N. 3: Rondò (Allegro) Filarmonica Scaligera, Paolo Giacometti 9:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 The Flight of the Bumble-Bee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan Sergei Rachmaninoff 1:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture London Symphony Orchestra & Yuri Ahronovitch 5:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: II. Scherzando (Allegro Molto) Charles Dutoit, Joshua Bell & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Lieder Ohne Worte, Op. 67, No. 4 Murray Perahia 1:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade Valery Gergiev & Wiener Philharmoniker 1:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Cantabile, Op. 17 Joshua Bell & Samuel Sanders 4:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General Isidore Godfrey, John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
The trials of a romantic composer's life became intimately connected with his music. Where love was once an interruption to the musician's work, it now became a source of inspiration.
$26.25 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 6 Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: 3. La Campanella Yundi Li 4:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 La Bohème: "O Soave Fanciulla" Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni & Rolando Panerai 4:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado & Maurizio Pollini 5:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte - Orchestral Version Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 6:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo Hélène Grimaud 6:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ging heut' morgen übers Feld Pierre Boulez, Thomas Quasthoff & Wiener Philharmoniker 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Swan Lake - Ballet Suite Op. 20: Waltz In A Major (Act 1) Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Il Trovatore: "Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie" (Anvil Chorus) Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 9:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances: Introduzione. Andantino Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Images - Book 1: 2. Hommage À Rameau Pascal Rogé 6:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64: III. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & The Philadelphia Orchestra 6:30 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Rhapsody On a Theme By Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre & Valery Gergiev 2:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Carnival of the Animals: XIV. Finale Barry Wordsworth & London Symphony Orchestra 2:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo Sviatoslav Richter, Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan & Mstislav Rostropovich 5:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Klavier Trio G-Moll, Op. 17: II. Scherzo. Tempo di Minuetto Oliver Kipp, Katharina Troe & Hagen Schwarzrock 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: I. Moderato London Philharmonic Orchestra & John Barbirolli 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 String Quartet In No. 12 In F Major, Op. 96 "American": II. Lento Guarneri Quartet 7:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 El Sombrero De Tres Picos: Part Two: Final Dance Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Victoria De Los Angeles 6:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno: Andante The Lark Quartet 8:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22: III. Allegro confuoco Cleveland Orchestra, Joshua Bell & Vladimir Ashkenazy 6:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46: 2. Aase's Death Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 4:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth: II. September (Hesse) Otto Ackermann, Philharmonia Orchestra & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Variations and Fugue On a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132 : Molto Sostenuto Dresden Staatskapelle & Herbert Blomstedt 6:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 Symphonie Fantastique for orchestra, Op. 14: II. Un Bal The Philadelphia Orchestra 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
While the Romantic period had little to do with the modern idea of romance, the era saw composers elevated to the status of artists in a way that had never happened before.
$76.26 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 1:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor, Part III: 4. Adagietto: Sehr langsam Maurice Abravanel & Utah Symphony Orchestra 8:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Sinfonico Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan & Wolfgang Meyer 3:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Turandot: Nessun dorma! John Alldis, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Russell Burgess, Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Zubin Mehta 2:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries Sir Georg Solti & Wiener Philharmoniker 3:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Nimrod (From Enigma Variations) London Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Monteux 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Meditation (Thais) Abbey Road Ensemble, Itzhak Perlman & Lawrence Foster 4:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 1:39 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Martha Argerich 1:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Suite Bergamasque: 3. Clair De Lune Alexis Weissenberg 5:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Finlandia London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult 7:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Serenade for Strings in E, Op.22: 1. Moderato Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 4:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise) John Mauceri, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & The Manhattan Opera Chorus 4:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Salut D'Amour, 'Liebesgrüss' Op. 12 Itzhak Perlman 2:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Nabucco: Act III - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate" London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox 5:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Concerto No. 1 In G Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 26: II. Adagio Isaac Stern, The Philadelphia Orchestra & Eugene Ormandy 8:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major Budapest Festival Orchestra & Iván Fischer 2:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 España - Rhapsody for Orchestra John Eliot Gardiner & Wiener Philharmoniker 6:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation No. 18 Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell & Leon Fleisher 2:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat Major, WAB 104 'Romantic': III. Scherzo, Bewegt - Trio: Nicht Zu Schnell Guennadi Rozhdestvensky & USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra 7:50 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 La Fille Du Régiment: Pour Ce Contrat Fatal...Salut À La France Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dame Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge 4:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Nocturne No. 4 in F, Op. 15, No. 1 Martha Argerich 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98: III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I Carlos Kleiber & Wiener Philharmoniker 6:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, ... Dôme Épais (Flower Duet) Dame Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, Orchestre national de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo & Richard Bonynge 6:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 Koanga - Lyric Drama In 3 Acts: La Calinda (Choral Dance) Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 26 Symphony No. 2: III. Scherzo (Massig Schnell) Anton Bruckner, Eugen Jochum & Staatskapelle Dresden 6:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16: 2. Adagio André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra & Radu Lupu 6:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 3:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor: Allegro - Vivace Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 Lucia Di Lammermoor: "Tu Che a Dio Spiegasti L'ali" Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Richard Bonynge 5:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op.129: 2. Langsam Leonard Bernstein, Mischa Maisky & Wiener Philharmoniker 4:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 32 Madama Butterfly: Un Bel Dì Vedremo London Philharmonic Orchestra, Renée Fleming & Sir Charles Mackerras 4:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 33 Symphony No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 88: III. Allegrato grazioso London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis 6:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 : IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin In the Fields 2:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 Lohengrin: Prelude, Act III Barry Tuckwell & London Symphony Orchestra 3:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 36 Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Allegro non troppo - Allegro molto vivace Academy of St. Martin In the Fields, Joshua Bell & Sir Neville Marriner 6:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Piano Sonata in B Minor, S.178: Quasi Adagio Martha Argerich 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 Symphony No. 1 in A flat, Op. 55: II. Allegro molto London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis 7:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 39 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra & Martha Argerich 5:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 40 Tosca, Act 3: E Lucevan le Stelle (Cavaradossi) Antonio Pappano, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Roberto Alagna 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115: III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento David Shifrin & Emerson String Quartet 4:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A: I. Allegretto Ben Moderato Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Joshua Bell 6:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 Piano Concerto N. 3: Rondò (Allegro) Filarmonica Scaligera, Paolo Giacometti 9:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 44 The Flight of the Bumble-Bee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan Sergei Rachmaninoff 1:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 45 Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture London Symphony Orchestra & Yuri Ahronovitch 5:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 46 Symphonie Espagnole in D Minor, Op. 21: II. Scherzando (Allegro Molto) Charles Dutoit, Joshua Bell & Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 47 Lieder Ohne Worte, Op. 67, No. 4 Murray Perahia 1:43 $0.99 View In iTunes 48 Pictures at an Exhibition: I. Promenade Valery Gergiev & Wiener Philharmoniker 1:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 49 Cantabile, Op. 17 Joshua Bell & Samuel Sanders 4:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 50 The Pirates of Penzance or the Slave of Duty: I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General Isidore Godfrey, John Reed, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus & The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 51 6 Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140: 3. La Campanella Yundi Li 4:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 52 La Bohème: "O Soave Fanciulla" Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni & Rolando Panerai 4:55 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo (Andantino grazioso) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado & Maurizio Pollini 5:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 54 Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte - Orchestral Version Academy of St. Martin In the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 6:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 55 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35: II. Scherzo Hélène Grimaud 6:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 56 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ging heut' morgen übers Feld Pierre Boulez, Thomas Quasthoff & Wiener Philharmoniker 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 Swan Lake - Ballet Suite Op. 20: Waltz In A Major (Act 1) Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra 5:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 58 Il Trovatore: "Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie" (Anvil Chorus) Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Sir Georg Solti 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 59 Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Charles Mackerras 9:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 60 Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances: Introduzione. Andantino Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 61 Images - Book 1: 2. Hommage À Rameau Pascal Rogé 6:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 62 Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64: III. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Molto Vivace Eugene Ormandy, Isaac Stern & The Philadelphia Orchestra 6:30 $0.99 View In iTunes 63 Rhapsody On a Theme By Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 Lang Lang, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre & Valery Gergiev 2:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 64 Carnival of the Animals: XIV. Finale Barry Wordsworth & London Symphony Orchestra 2:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 65 Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major, Op. 56: II. Largo Sviatoslav Richter, Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh, Herbert von Karajan & Mstislav Rostropovich 5:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 66 Klavier Trio G-Moll, Op. 17: II. Scherzo. Tempo di Minuetto Oliver Kipp, Katharina Troe & Hagen Schwarzrock 4:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 67 Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82: I. Moderato London Philharmonic Orchestra & John Barbirolli 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 68 String Quartet In No. 12 In F Major, Op. 96 "American": II. Lento Guarneri Quartet 7:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 69 El Sombrero De Tres Picos: Part Two: Final Dance Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos & Victoria De Los Angeles 6:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno: Andante The Lark Quartet 8:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 71 Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22: III. Allegro confuoco Cleveland Orchestra, Joshua Bell & Vladimir Ashkenazy 6:16 $0.99 View In iTunes 72 Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46: 2. Aase's Death Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan 4:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 73 Vier letzte Lieder, Op. posth: II. September (Hesse) Otto Ackermann, Philharmonia Orchestra & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 74 Variations and Fugue On a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132 : Molto Sostenuto Dresden Staatskapelle & Herbert Blomstedt 6:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 75 Symphonie Fantastique for orchestra, Op. 14: II. Un Bal The Philadelphia Orchestra 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
