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| Composer | Work | Recording | Score edition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 | Ashtar Moïra, Tamburini organ (public domain) | Johannes Ringk manuscript — the earliest surviving source |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 — I. Allegro con brio | Skidmore College Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | Eulenburg miniature full score |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 — I. Allegro | Advent Chamber Orchestra (CC BY-SA 2.0) | Eulenburg study score (original string-ensemble scoring) |
| Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons — “Spring”, RV 269, I. Allegro | John Harrison (violin), Wichita State University Chamber Players (CC BY-SA 3.0) | 1775 Paris print of Rousseau’s flute arrangement |
| Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 94 “Surprise” — II. Andante | Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Serge Koussevitzky (public domain) | Edition Cranz orchestral score |
| Edvard Grieg | In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) | Musopen Symphony Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | C. F. Peters orchestral full score |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Swan Lake, Op. 20 — Scène (the swan theme) | London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. John Barbirolli (1933) (public domain) | Jurgenson orchestral full score |
| Frédéric Chopin | Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 — III. Marche funèbre | Andreas Xenopoulos (piano) (CC0 · Musopen) | Breitkopf & Härtel 1878 edition |
| Richard Wagner | Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre, Act III) | American Symphony Orchestra (Edison recording, 1921) (public domain) | Schott orchestral full score |
| Erik Satie | Gymnopédie No. 1 | Robin Alciatore (piano) (public domain · Musopen) | 1888 first edition |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rondo alla turca (Piano Sonata K. 331) | Alessandro Deljavan (piano, OnClassical) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) | Eugen d’Albert edition, Forberg 1903 (BnF scan) |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 14 “Moonlight” — I. Adagio sostenuto | Paul Pitman (piano) (public domain · Musopen) | Cappi first edition, Vienna 1802 |
| Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” — II. Largo | Musopen Symphony Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | Eulenburg 1903 orchestral study score |
| George Frideric Handel | Messiah — Hallelujah chorus | Oratorio Chorus (Edison Diamond Disc, 1916) (public domain) | G. Schirmer 1912 vocal score |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9 — Finale (Ode to Joy) | Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Albert Coates (HMV, 1923) (public domain) | Schott first-edition full score, Mainz 1826 |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker — March | National Symphony Orchestra of London, cond. Stanford Robinson (Decca 78 rpm) (public domain) | Eulenburg miniature full score |
| Edvard Grieg | Morning Mood (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) | Musopen Symphony Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | C. F. Peters 1888 orchestral full score |
| Johannes Brahms | Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Fulda Symphonic Orchestra, cond. Simon Schindler (EFF OAL 1.0) | Simrock 1876 orchestral full score (Parlow orchestration) |
| Claude Debussy | Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque) | Laurens Goedhart (piano) (CC BY 3.0) | Fromont Paris edition (BnF scan) |
| George Frideric Handel | Water Music — Alla Hornpipe | United States Marine Chamber Orchestra (public domain (US federal)) | Samuel Arnold’s 1788 engraved full score (BnF scan) |
| Franz Schubert | Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III, D. 839) | Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), orchestra cond. Leo Rosenek (HMV, 1934) (public domain) | 19th-century “Gems of German Song” edition |
| Franz Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 | Pandora Records (piano) (CC BY-SA 2.0) | Senff first edition |
| Giuseppe Verdi | La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) | Enrico Caruso (c. 1908 acoustic disc) (public domain) | Ditson libretto-with-airs edition |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) | orchestra, European Archive collection (public domain) | Breitkopf & Härtel orchestral full score |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) | John Michel (cello) (CC BY-SA 3.0) | Durand & Schoenewerk 1887 edition |
| Robert Schumann | Träumerei (Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7) | piano, Musopen recording (public domain · Musopen) | Balmer & Weber “Salon and Concert” edition |
| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Frank Levy (piano) (public domain · Musopen) | Kistner first edition, 1832 |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No. 1 in G major — Prélude | John Michel (cello) (CC BY-SA 3.0) | Grützmacher edition, C. F. Peters |
| Franz Liszt | Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major | Martha Goldstein (piano) (CC BY-SA 2.0) | G. Schirmer 1900 edition |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor — I. | Musopen collection (piano and orchestra) (CC0) | Breitkopf two-piano edition |
| George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Paul Whiteman Orchestra with George Gershwin at the piano (1924) (public domain) | New World Music 1924 piano edition (Gershwin’s own arrangement) |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 40 in G minor — I. Molto allegro | Musopen Symphony Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | Sieber 1803 first-edition orchestral part (Violino I) |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro — Overture | The United States Army Band (public domain (US federal)) | Breitkopf 1879 orchestral full score |
| Franz Schubert | Marche militaire No. 1 | San Francisco Symphony, cond. Alfred Hertz (HMV disc, 1920s) (public domain) | Breitkopf 1888 piano four-hands original |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Air on the G String (Orchestral Suite No. 3) | Air Force Strings of the U.S. Air Force Band (public domain (US federal)) | Bach-Gesellschaft 1885 full score |
| Gustav Holst | The Planets — IV. Jupiter | London Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer himself (1922–24) (public domain) | Goodwin & Tabb 1921 full score |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1812 Overture | “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band, live 2019 (public domain (US federal)) | Jurgenson 1882 orchestral full score |
| Niccolò Paganini | Caprice No. 24 in A minor | Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Adolph Baller (piano), 1948 (public domain) | Schonenberger Paris edition (BnF scan) |
| Giacomo Puccini | Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (La bohème) | Claudia Muzio (soprano), 1911 disc (public domain) | French vocal score (BnF scan) |
| Gustav Mahler | Symphony No. 5 — IV. Adagietto | Peabody Symphony Orchestra (CC0) | Peters 1904 first-edition full score |
| Edvard Grieg | Holberg Suite — I. Praeludium | U.S. Marine Band Chamber Orchestra (public domain (US federal)) | Peters string-orchestra edition (original scoring) |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 | Andreas Arand, Klais organ, Kreuzbergkirche Bonn (1985) (CC BY-SA 4.0) | Bach-Gesellschaft 1867 edition, organ score |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Egmont Overture, Op. 84 | Musopen Symphony Orchestra (public domain · Musopen) | Cranz piano four-hands edition |
| Antonín Dvořák | Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2 | Strolling Strings of the U.S. Air Force Band (public domain (US federal)) | Simrock 1881 orchestral full score |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | Danse macabre, Op. 40 | Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, cond. Louis Fourestier (1953) (public domain (BnF)) | Durand orchestral full score |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 | the composer himself (Edison recording, 1919) (public domain) | Bosworth / B. F. Wood 1896 edition |
| Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” — I. Allegro moderato | Fulda Symphonic Orchestra (EFF OAL 1.0) | Breitkopf 1885 full score — Sir Henry Wood’s marked conducting copy |
| Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons — “Winter”, RV 297, I. | John Harrison (violin), Wichita State University Chamber Players (CC BY-SA 3.0) | 1725 first-edition part book (Violino Principale, BnF scan) |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore) | Singing Sergeants & Concert Band of the U.S. Air Force (public domain (US federal)) | Novello/Ditson 1870 vocal score |