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Music files require an appropriate plug-in to play directly with your browser, such as Apple's QuickTime. For best results, however, a specific MIDI interface and a synthesizer are recommended. However, Macintosh computers render the MIDI files almost as well as my Roland synth... You can play the files listed below, or download them to use with your own system. I am proposing here only a few examples. I have more than 4500 files in stock, but not many have a sufficient quality to be displayed here... So you will find only the 160 best files of my collection.
On a separate page, see files with natural sound. The creator of the MIDI file (or "sequencer") is shown in grey italics. See also the catalogues of Bach's (BWV), Mozart's (KV), and Vivaldi's (RV) works and Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas. |
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ALBINONI, Tomaso (1671-1751) Italian |  |
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The famous Adagio per archi ed organo (76 kB) Roland Probably spurious (a later reconstruction). Some consider it is a cliché... |
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BACH, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788) German
The second son of Johann Sebastian was a crucial composer in the transition between the Baroque and Classical periods. |
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La Caroline (12 kB) Koren |
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Solfeggietto (8 kB) Doyle A short virtuoso piece for piano in C major... |
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BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) German
J.S. Bach has a full page for himself, with 50 MIDI files from 40 different works. |
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THE BEATLES (1960's) British | ||
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Michelle (27 kB) Barnes | ||
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When I'm sixty-four (24 kB) Wallace | ||
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BEETHOVEN, Ludvig van (1770-1827) German | ||
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Mondschein-Sonate (3rd movt) (42 kB) Grant | ||
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Sonate in F# Op.78 (1st movt) (29 kB) Wolfe | ||
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Coriolan Ouverture (72 kB) Kanda | ||
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BIZET, Georges (1838-1875) French | ||
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From "Carmen" (56 kB) Unknown Very popular music, and doesn't sound too bad with QuickTime... |
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Carmen : Entr'acte (13 kB) Eric Marquez Another popular extract. Good Midi sequence. |
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BOISMORTIER, Joseph Bodin de (1689-1755) French | ||
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Sonate en trio Op 37 N°5 (32 kB) Kwasnik Sonata for flute, bassoon and basso continuo (1732) |
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BRUBECK, Dave (1920-) American | ||
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Take Five (44 kB) Unknown A great jazz classic... Unusual (at the time) 5 beat measure. |
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CHAMBONNIÈRES, Jacques Champion de (1602-1672) French | ||
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Canaris en ut (12 kB) Fabbri Singing canaries, by a "petit maître" of the 17th Century. |
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CHARPENTIER, Marc Antoine (1643-1704) French | ||
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Te Deum (21 kB) Tomeg Prélude from the 1698 Te Deum that used to be the theme music of Eurovision many years ago. |
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CHOPIN, Frédéric (1810-1849) Polish / French | ||
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Valse posthume en mi mineur (13 kB) Valérie Tryon | ||
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Valse 3 Op.34 N°2 (28 kB) Moclin (whoever that may be) | ||
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Fantaisie-Impromptu (28 kB) Unknown | ||
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CORELLI, Archangelo (1653-1713) Italian | ||
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Concerto per la notte di Natale (22 kB) Dardel | ||
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Sonata da chiesa (8 kB) Unknown | ||
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COUPERIN, François (1688-1733) French | ||
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Les barricades mystérieuses (8 kB) Cowles | ||
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Les Papillons (8 kB) Keane |
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DAQUIN, Louis-Claude (1694-1772) French | ||
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Le coucou (13 kB) Unknown |
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DARDEL, François de (1945-) Swiss | ||
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Étude en mi mineur (23 kB. New version) Dardel Composed ca 1985, as well as the following piece. Kindly re-instrumented by Pier Franco Fegi. |
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Prélude & fugue en sol mineur (13 kB) Dardel | ||
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DEBUSSY Claude (1862-1918) French | ||
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (80 kB) Unknown
A very elaborate sequence. I regret not to know the name of the sequencer (probably Japanese or Korean). It's really worth listening to this piece. |
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DESPREZ, Josquin (ca.1450-1521) Flemish | ||
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Mille regretz (13 kB) TJ Miller Josken Van De Velde, better known as Josquin des Prez, alias Josquinus Pratensis (I love the way you could translate your name from Dutch into French or Latin). A short composition that had a huge success in the early XVth Century, and was heavily copied and adapted at a time there was no copyright or "intellectual property". |
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DOWLAND, John (1562-1626) English | ||
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Flow my tears (44 kB) Unknown This piece is one of the many compositions that travelled through Europe in the Renaissance, and were picked up by musicians of different countries who made their "own version". There was no copyright at the time, and no one seemed to object that the same piece was published by different composers. This is a somewhat lengthy version for viole and lute. |
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Farewell (12 kB) Unknown (a fancy) |
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HÄNDEL, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759) German | ||
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Réjouissance from Music for Royal Fireworks HWV 351 (36 kB) Unknown Together with Water Music, the Fireworks Music is very typical of Händel's compositions. Here a spectacular sequence to be played with a Sound Canvas sythesizer, but also acceptable on your local Quicktime system. |
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Hornpipe from Water Music HWV 348 in F major (24 kB) Breed | ||
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Andante from Water Music (24 kB) Roland corp. This is a better file, supplied by Roland with one of their Sound Canvas synthesizers. |
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Concerto grosso op.6 N°8 HWV 326 (1st movement, 52 kB) K Whitcomb A concerto in Italian style, similar to Vivaldi's. |
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HAYDN, Josef (1732-1809) Austrian | ||
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Symphonie N°44 (72 kB) Dickie/Dardel Trauer-Symphonie. 1st movement. |
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London Trio N° 3 (20 kB) Sakata/Dardel 3rd movement of a trio for two flutes and violoncello |
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Quartett für Gitarre und Streicher (45 kB) Allan Cronin |
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KUHNAU, Johann (1660-1722) German | ||
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Tristis est anima mea, (32 kB) Unknown Kuhnau was considered one of the best German composers before J.S. Bach. Here a motet for five voices, rendered with a brass quintet. |
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JANEQUIN, Clément (1485-1558) French | ||
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La guerre, (32 kB) Dardel Also known as "La bataille de Marignan". There are several versions of this piece. I selected the most popular version for four voices, but used a brass quartett for the Midi file. |
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JOPLIN, Scott (1867-1917) American | ||
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Maple Leaf Rag, (24 kB) Simonetto Scott Joplin is synonymous of ragtime music. Here a very lively example, and a good Midi sequence. |
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LASSUS, Roland de (1532-1594) Flamish | ||
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Mon cœur se recommande à vous, (8 kB) Unknown Lassus is also known as Orlando di Lasso. It was fashionable to "italianise" one's name in the Renaissance period. |
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LE JEUNE, Claude (1530-1600) French | ||
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Qu'est devenu ce bel œil, (4 kB) Dardel Interesting small piece for three voices, with lots of chromatism. |
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LISZT, Franz (Ferenc) (1811-1886) Hungarian | ||
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Auf dem Wasser zu singen, (36 kB) Halstead I do not like Liszt very much (too virtuoso) but this is a transcription of a lovely lied by Franz Schubert |
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LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687) French | ||
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Ouverture d'Armide, (29 kB) Lam Bien dans le style de Versailles... |
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MANCINI, Henry (1924-1994) American | ||
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The pink panther (43 kB) (1963) Unknown |
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MARAIS, Marin (1656-1728) French | ||
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Les Folies d'Espagne (36 kB) Takahata/Dardel Another of those compositions – also called "La Follia" – that travelled throughout Europe. Marais made here a nice series of variations. A whole Internet site is dedicated to this tune. |
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MENKEN, Alan (1949-) American | ||
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Steel band (56 kB) Unknown Again, a file found on the web. Sounds vaguely familiar to my untrained ears, and deliciously Caribbean... A visitor to this web page suggested it is "Under The Sea" from the Disney film "The Little Mermaid". Another visitor confirmed this, gave me the composer's name and added: lyrics by Howard Ashman. |
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MONTEVERDI, Claudio (1567-1643) Italian | ||
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Baci soavi (12 kB) Unknown/Dardel A madrigal for five voices, rendered here with different flutes. Baci soavi means sweet kisses. |
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Crudel! Perché mi fuggi? (12 kB) Unknown/Dardel You heartless! Why are you fleeing from me? From the "Secondo libro di madrigali" (1590). A capella, 5 voices. |
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Zefiro torna (36 kB) Unknown On a rythm of ciaccona, a madrigal for two tenors from "scherzi musicali", dated 1632. The piece is quite dramatic, although the Midi rendering does not do justice to it. I have used an oboe and an English horn for the two voices. You can download the file and change that for something sounding better on your equipment. |
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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Austrian | ||
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Divertimento für Bläser KV138 , 1st movt (18 kB) Unknown | ||
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Concerto for bassoon KV191 (108 kB) R & Y Reid Complete (3 movements). |
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Symphonie N° 25 KV183 (72 kB) J.M. Stone First movement. |
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Concerto for French horn KV495 (32 kB) J.E. Taylor Third movement. |
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Sonate G dur KV357 zu vier Händen, 1st movt (54 kB) Raborn | ||
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Variations KV265 sur "Ah vous dirais-je maman" (72 kB) Raborn For piano. |
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Adagio in B minor KV540 (32 kB) T.L. Hubeart For piano. |
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Die Königin der Nacht (17 kB) M. Weimer
First aria of the Queen of the Night, from the "Magic Flute" KV620. |
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I have compiled the whole "Köchelverzeichnis" (catalogue of all Mozart's works) for you. | ||
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Fantasía que contrahace el harpa de Ludovico (16 kB) Unknown In English: fantasy (for guitar) in imitation of the harp. |
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| NARVAEZ, Luis de (16th Cent.) Spanish | |||
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Diferencias para guitarra sobre "Guárdame las vacas" (8 kB) Unknown Another composer of the Spanish Golden age. In English: Variations for guitar on "Keep the cows for me". |
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PLATTI, Giovanni Benedetto (1697-1763) Italian | ||
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Sonata 14 (10 k2) Unknown |
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PONCE, Manuel (1882-1948) Mexican | ||
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Scherzino Mexicano (16 kB) Unknown I didn't know the details (there are several Ponce, from Spain and Latin America) until a visitor to this site kindly supplied first name, nationality and title of the piece. |
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PRAETORIUS, Michael (1571-1621) German | ||
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Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Choral) (7 kB) Weimer Base of a famous Christmas Carol |
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PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695) English | ||
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Strike the Viol (12 kB) Michael Starke From the Ode for the birthday of Queen Mary, 1694. |
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Dido and Aeneas Overture (36 kB) Unknown | ||
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King Arthur: The Genie of the Cold (26 kB) Redman/Dardel
Movements 16 and 17: freezing cold... |
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Music for a while (16 kB) J. Holligum/Dardel | ||
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RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764) French | ||
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Les Sauvages (28 kB) Fabbri From "Les Indes galantes", here a version for harpsichord. |
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Nouvelles Suites de Clavecin, N°2 (15 kB) Collinelli | ||
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La Boîteuse (4 kB)Unknown The title means "The limping woman". A short piece, here rendered with the guitar. |
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REICHA, Anton (1770-1836) Bohemian, then French | ||
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Quartett for flutes (36 kB) Dardel 1st movement only |
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Trio for French horns (N°5) (12 kB) Unknown | ||
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Trio for French horns (N°6) (16 kB) Unknown/Dardel I love these trios, full of grace and nostalgia... |
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ROSSINI, Gioachino (1792-1868) Italian | ||
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L'Italiana in Algeri (102 kB) Zammarrelli Overture |
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SCARLATTI, Domenico (1685-1757) Italian | ||
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Sonata Kirkpatrick 2 (10 kB) Segor | ||
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Sonata Kirkpatrick 159 (10 kB) Unknown/Dardel | ||
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Here is the catalogue of all sonatas with the Kirkpatrick, Longo and Pestelli reference numbers | ||
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SCHUBERT, Franz (1797-1828) Austrian | ||
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Moment musical Nr.4 (12 kB) Krüger | ||
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Moment musical Nr.3 (12 kB) Krüger
A good version (with "natural sound") |
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Moment musical Nr.3 (10 kB) Fennimore
Here with the sound of electric piano |
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Impromptu Op.90 Nr.4 (46 kB) Krüger | ||
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Impromptu Op.142 Nr.2 (32 kB) Krüger | ||
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SCHUMANN, Robert (1810-1856) German | ||
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Op 15 N° 1 Von fremden Ländern und Menschen (8 kB) Bernd Krueger | ||
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Op 15 N° 8 Am Kamin (8 kB) Bernd Krueger | ||
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Op 15 N° 11 Fürchtenmachen (9 kB) Bernd Krueger All three short piano pieces from Opus 15 "Kinderszenen" |
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SCHÜTZ, Heinrich (1585-1672) German | ||
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Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock (24 kB) Unknown / Dardel Motet for 6 voices SWV 589, here rendered with a brass and woodwinds sextet. |
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SMETANA, Bedřich (1824-1884) Bohemian | ||
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Die Moldau (248 kB) Sugimura Smetana's best known work. |
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SOLER, Padre Antonio (1729-1783) Spanish | ||
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Gran Sonata en Fa# mayor (Rubio 90) (23 kB) Izumi | ||
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Gran Fandango (56 kB) Izumi An "ostinato" piece for the harpsichord with a repetitive character similar to a chaconne or bolero |
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STRAUSS, Johann (1825-1899) der Jüngere Austrian | ||
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Kaiser-Waltzer (116 kB) Unknown, but Japanese One of the most famous waltzes of Vienna. Full orchestrated version. |
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STRAUSS, Richard (1864-1949) German | ||
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Also sprach Zarathustra (4 kB) Unknown / Dardel Only the first 20 bars... reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey. |
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Tárrega, Francisco (1856-1909) Spanish | ||
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Capricho árabe (36 kB) Tchiang For guitar. |
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TCHAIKOVSKI, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893) Russian | ||
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Swan lake (24 kB) Ho Prelude to Act 2. |
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TELEMANN, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) German | ||
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A-moll Suite (72 kB) Hunkins Suite for flute and harpsichord. |
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Konzert für Block-und Querflöte (20 kB) Ludwig Concerto for recorder and flute. |
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VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (1885-1959) Brazilian | ||
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Choros (13 kB) Unknown One of the most famous guitar tunes. |
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VINCENT, Gene (1935-1971) American and The Blue Caps | ||
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Be-Bop a lula (30 kB) Unknown A be-bop of 1956, written by a "rockabilly". |
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VIVALDI, Antonio (1678-1741) Italian | ||
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Sonata RV 106 per flauto, oboe e fagotto (30 kB) Langenburg
In G minor, without basso continuo |
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Sonata RV 107 per oboe, flauto, violino e basso continuo (12 kB) Unknown
In G minor, with basso continuo |
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L'inverno, from Le quattro stagione (RV 297) (52 kB) Lialiambis Excellent version of the "Winter" |
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Concerto RV 356 (N°176) (32 kB) Unknown This is an arrangement for banjo, with drums, quite entertaining. |
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Concerto RV 362 "La caccia" (48 kB) Reyes Concerto op.8 N°10 for violin, strings, and basso continuo in B flat major. |
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Concerto RV 433 "La tempesta di mare" (60 kB) Unknown Concerto op.10 N°1 for flute, strings, and basso continuo in D major. |
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Concerto RV 443 (96 kB) Reid Concerto per flautino (piccolo recorder), strings, and basso continuo in C major. |
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Duo for guitars in G major, originally concerto for two mandolines RV 532 Knezevic First movement, Allegro (24 kB) . Second movement, Andante (16 kB). |
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Here is the catalogue of all Antonio Vivaldi's works (Ryom Verzeichnis) | ||
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ZACH, Jan (1699-1773) Bohemian | ||
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Praeludium und Fuge C-moll (12 kB) Heldstab |
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I couldn't find pictures of three composers: Mudarra, Narvaez and Soler (the shown picture is a modern representation). Can anybody oblige? |
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