Classical Repertoire: Timeless Elegance in Every Note

Essential works from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras—performed with poise and intention.

A polished choice for ceremonies and receptions where elegance speaks softly and lasts.

Classical Repertoire

Song Composer
Air from Orchestral Suite in D Major Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 Bach
Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor Bach
Gavotte and Rondeau from Orchestral Suite No. 5 Bach
Ave Maria (Gounod version) Bach / Gounod
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Bach
Sleepers Awake Chorale Bach
Sheep May Safely Graze Bach
Bouree Bach
Arioso Bach
Adagio for Strings Barber
Cavatina, Op. 130 Beethoven
Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9) Beethoven
Adagio from Pathetique Sonata Beethoven
String Quartets (Op. 18) Beethoven
Habanera from Carmen Bizet
Hungarian Dance No. 5 Brahms
Theme from 1st Symphony Brahms
Minuet Boccherini
String Quartet No 2. in D Major Borodin
Rigaudon Campra
Trumpet Prelude Charpentier
Trumpet Voluntary Clarke
Christmas Concerto Corelli
Clair de Lune Debussy
Flower Duet from Lakmé Delibes
American String Quartet Dvorak
Salut d’Amour Elgar
Panis Angelicus Franck
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Handel
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Handel
Largo from Xerxes Handel
Royal Fireworks Music Handel
Water Music  - Hornpipe Handel
Aria  Handel
Passacaille Handel
Serenade Haydn
Jupiter from The Planets Holst
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni
Meditation from Thaïs Massenet
Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mendelssohn
Gabriel’s Oboe Morricone
Rondeau Mouret
Ave Verum Corpus Mozart
Divertimenti Nos. 1, 2 & 3 Mozart
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Mozart
Exultate Jubilate Mozart
10 Celebrated String Quartets Mozart
Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute Mozart
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman Offenbach
Canon in D Pachelbel
Trumpet Tune Purcell
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals Saint-Saëns
Ave Maria Schubert
Traumerei from Kinderszenen Schumann
Tales from the Vienna Woods Strauss
Waltz from Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky
Bridal March from Lohengrin Wagner
The Four Seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) Vivaldi
Concerto Grosso in D Minor Vivaldi

 

Romantic, Opera & Traditional

Song Composer
Adagio Cantabile from Pathetique Sonata Beethoven
Adagio for Strings Barber
Allegretto after Boccherini Kreisler
American String Quartet in F Major Dvorak
Che Gelida Manina from La Bohème Puccini
Clair de Lune Debussy
Czardas from Die Fledermaus J. Strauss Jr.
Entracte to Act III of Carmen Bizet
Entracte to Act IV of Carmen Bizet
Flower Duet Delibes
Flower Song from Carmen Bizet
The Girl with the Flaxen Hair Debussy
Golden Earrings Traditional
Golliwog’s Cakewalk Debussy
Three Gymnopédies Satie
Gypsy Life Herbert
Habanera from Carmen Bizet
Hoe-down from Rodeo Copland
Hungarian Dances Nos. 1–7, 10, 11, 21 Brahms
Largo from New World Symphony Dvorak
Liebestraum Liszt
Meditation from Thaïs Massenet
Menuet from Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel
Morning Mood from Peer Gynt Suite Grieg
Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème Puccini
The Old Refrain Kreisler
O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini
Pavane Fauré
Pavane pour une Infante Défunte Ravel
Prelude No. 2 Gershwin
Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 18 Rachmaninoff
Romance Shostakovich
Romanza Andaluza Sarasate
Romanian Folk Dances Bartók
Sabbath Prayer Bock / Harnick
Salut d’Amour Elgar
Son of the Puzta Kálmán
The Swan Saint-Saëns
Tambourin Chinois Kreisler
Villa from The Merry Widow Lehár
Vocalise Rachmaninoff
Moldovanke Traditional
Appalachia Waltz Mark O’Connor
Belle of the Ball Leroy Anderson
Blue Danube J. Strauss Jr.
Caprice Viennois Kreisler
Chopin Waltzes (Op. 18, Op. 64 Nos. 1 & 2) Chopin
Danube Waves Anniversary Waltz Ivanovici
Die Fledermaus J. Strauss Jr.
Liebesfreud Kreisler
The Merry Widow Lehár
Midnight Bells Kreisler
Musetta’s Waltz from La Bohème Puccini
Der Rosenkavalier R. Strauss
Saturday Night Waltz from Rodeo Copland
Schön Rosmarin Kreisler
Sleeping Beauty Waltz Tchaikovsky
Tales from the Vienna Woods J. Strauss Jr.
Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time Stolz
Waltz from Symphony No. 8 Dvorak
Wiener Blut J. Strauss Jr.

 

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