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Bitter Sweet Symphony

It's not the Verve, it's better! Get your fix of Upbeat Classical!

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17 (Little Russian) III. Scherzo

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Charles Gounod

    Valse from Faust arr for orchestra

    Conductor: Richard Hayman. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory')

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy, Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Lise Berthaud. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Iolanthe (Overture)

    Conductor: John Pryce‐Jones. Orchestra: D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Performer: William Gilbert.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: 4th mvt - Allegro assai

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas (overture) Op 95

    Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

    Conductor: Geoffrey Simon. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. I/49 La Passione: Mvt 2 Allegro di molto

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra.