Essential Classical Bangers

Streaming Statistics

• 70,024,456 total streams
• 63 tracks
• Released: Jun 29, 2026

Tracklist

1. Rossini: William Tell: Overture (Excerpt) — 85,485 streams
2. Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries — 2,605,125 streams
3. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak, Russian Dance — 19,703 streams
4. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2, RV 315 "Summer": III. Presto — 1,003,184 streams
5. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: The Flight of the Bumblebee — 1,138,829 streams
6. Khachaturian: Gayaneh, Op. 50: Sabre Dance — 436,911 streams
7. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture — 361,338 streams
8. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto — 266,350 streams
9. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio — 4,840 streams
10. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionary" — 9,844 streams
11. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor — 128,911 streams
12. Liszt: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: No. 10, Appassionata — 4,983 streams
13. Gershwin: 3 Preludes: No. 1, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso — 12,799 streams
14. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act 1: Dance of the Knights — 54,062,955 streams
15. Orff: Carmina Burana, Introduction "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi": O Fortuna — 359,038 streams
16. Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps, Tableau II "Le sacrifice": Danse sacrale — 4,754 streams
17. Verdi: La forza del destino: Overture — 4,776 streams
18. Villa-Lobos: A prole do bebê, Suite No. 1, W. 140: VII. O polichinelo — 1,972 streams
19. Bernstein: Candide, Act 1: Overture — 5,055 streams
20. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: III. Tuileries — 17,119 streams
21. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: X. The Hut on Fowl's Legs "Baba Yaga" — 9,671 streams
22. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto — 5,229 streams
23. Brahms: Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 6 in D Major (Orch. Parlow) — 5,471 streams
24. Verdi: Aida, Act 2: Triumphal March — 1,901,475 streams
25. Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 3: Prelude — 52,706 streams
26. Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture — 28,525 streams
27. Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in G Minor (Arr. Parhamovsky for Violin and Ensemble) — 130,544 streams
28. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio — 1,295,264 streams
29. Bach, JS: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie — 2,323,784 streams
30. Bach, JS: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata — 230,910 streams
31. Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia. "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" — 121,758 streams
32. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro — 117,872 streams
33. Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King — 734,209 streams
34. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks — 18,662 streams
35. Stravinsky: Suite from the Firebird: IV. Infernal Dance of King Kashchei (1919 Version) — 35,262 streams
36. Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1: VI. Les toréadors — 86,136 streams
37. Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3, La campanella — 54,018 streams
38. Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 11 in A Minor "Winter Wind" — 140,048 streams
39. Dvořák: 8 Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, B. 83: No. 8 in G Minor — 24,302 streams
40. Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician — 49,419 streams
41. Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107: III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell - Trio. Etwas langsamer — 34,000 streams
42. Offenbach: Gaîté parisienne: IV. Cancan (Arr. Griguoli for Three Pianos) — 39,326 streams
43. Verdi: I vespri siciliani, Act 3: Ballabile. L'inverno — 32,379 streams
44. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93: II. Allegro — 19,539 streams
45. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49 (Excerpt) — 1,678,034 streams
46. Falla: El amor brujo: No. 8, Danza ritual del fuego — 45,372 streams
47. Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War — 143,834 streams
48. Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146: I. Prélude — 20,515 streams
49. Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio — 31,327 streams
50. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato — 80,894 streams

50 of 63 tracks are listed.

Recorded Count Changes

• 7-day recorded count change: +231.6K (+0.3%)

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