An engaging introduction to classical music, with familiar melodies to hum along to and modern classics to discover.
‘Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH’: the start of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is really famous. See if you recognise it! It’s just one of many popular pieces here. There are some animals, too—an elephant and a swan. And right at the end, guess which boy wizard joins the party…come and join it too!
Rossini, Gioachino
1. Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture: Finale 00:03:31
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
2. Swan Lake: Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No.2. Valse 00:05:49
Vivaldi, Antonio
3. The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro 00:03:34
Adams, John
4. Short Ride in a Fast Machine 00:04:04
Fauré, Gabriel
5. Berceuse, Op. 16 00:03:31
Bach, Johann Sebastian
6. Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie 00:01:23
Beethoven, Ludwig van
7. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio 00:05:48
Grieg, Edvard
8. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King 00:02:23
Bartók, Béla; Román népi táncok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68 (excerpts)
9. No. 2. Braul 00:00:34
10. No. 3. Pe loc 00:00:51
Haydn, Franz Joseph
11. Trumpet Concerto in E - Flat Major, Hob.VIIe:1: III. Finale: Allegro 00:04:38
Brahms, Johannes
12. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (orch. Schmeling) 00:02:16
Saint-Saëns, Camille
13. Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan 00:03:09
Chopin, Fryderyk
14. Etude No. 21 in G - Flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings" 00:01:11
Dukas, Paul
16. L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (excerpt) 00:04:08
Dvořák, Antonín
17. Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8 00:04:36
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Schikaneder, Emanuel, lyricist
18. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act I: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja 00:02:56
Prokofiev, Sergey
19. Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat 00:01:43
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
20. Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto 00:02:00
Stravinsky, Igor
21. Petrushka (1947 version): Tableau I: Russian Dance 00:02:50
Saint-Saëns, Camille
22. Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant 00:01:36
Schumann, Robert
23. Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People) 00:01:34
Shostakovich, Dmitry
24. The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: Polka 00:01:54
Williams, John
25. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Harry's Wondrous World 00:04:41