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Epic Classical

Dive into the sweeping landscapes and towering emotions of classical music with the "Epic Classical" playlist, a collection that spans the full spectrum of the genre's power and beauty. From the haunting opening notes of Mussorgsky's "Night on Bare Mountain" to the emphatic conclusion of Hanson's "Symphony No. 6: VI. Allegro," this playlist is a tour de force of orchestral magnificence. It encapsulates moments of sheer intensity with pieces like Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" and Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," while also embracing moments of delicate beauty, as found in Dvořák's "Cello Concerto in B Minor" and Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor." With contributions from legends like Beethoven, Brahms, and Holst, to the nuanced strokes of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Edward Elgar, this selection is curated to showcase the epic breadth of classical music through its most impactful compositions.

Listeners will find themselves on a journey through storms of passion, battles waged on ice, and flights into fantasy with the likes of "Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78" and "L'Apprenti Sorcier." It's a playlist that doesn't shy away from the darker, more mysterious corners of the classical realm, expertly weaving between the dramatic flair of "Danse macabre" and the robust, triumphant echoes of "Carmina Burana: O Fortuna." Ideal for those moments when you need a backdrop for epic thinking or just want to be swept away on the tides of history's most powerful music, "Epic Classical" stands as a towering testament to the enduring legacy and emotional depth of classical compositions. Whether you're a seasoned aficionado or a curious newcomer, there's something within this ensemble of tracks that will resonate, captivate, and ultimately transport you.

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Aaron Copland 1 track
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 1 track
Adrian Leaper 1 track
Alexander Litvinovsky 1 track
Alice Sara Ott 1 track
Alxander Timchenko 1 track
André Previn 1 track
Anton Bruckner 1 track
Antonio Vivaldi 1 track
Antonín Dvořák 3 tracks
Arthur Bliss 1 track
Bavarian State Orchestra 1 track
Bedřich Smetana 1 track
Berliner Philharmoniker 2 tracks
Bernard Haitink 1 track
Camilla Pay 1 track
Camille Saint-Saëns 1 track
Carl Orff 1 track
Carlo Colombara 1 track
Carlos Kleiber 2 tracks
Carlos Miguel Prieto 1 track
Carmen Giannattasio 1 track
Carmine Lauri 1 track
Chicago Symphony Chorus 1 track
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1 track
Chineke! Orchestra 1 track
Christianne Stotijn 1 track
Claudio Abbado 3 tracks
Columbia Symphony Orchestra 1 track
Daniel Harding 1 track
David Alberman 1 track
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen 1 track
Dmitri Shostakovich 1 track
Edvard Grieg 1 track
Edward Elgar 1 track
English Baroque Soloists 1 track
Esa-Pekka Salonen 1 track
Felix Mendelssohn 2 tracks
Flanders Symphony Orchestra 1 track
Franz Schubert 1 track
Freiburger Barockorchester 1 track
George Gershwin 1 track
Georges Bizet 1 track
GewandhausChor 1 track
GewandhausKinderchor 1 track
Gewandhausorchester 1 track
Gioachino Rossini 1 track
Giuseppe Verdi 1 track
Grant Llewellyn 1 track
Gustav Holst 1 track
Gustav Mahler 2 tracks
Gustavo Dudamel 1 track
Hania Rani 1 track
Hanno Müller-Brachmann 1 track
Hector Berlioz 1 track
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1 track
Her Ensemble 1 track
Herbert von Karajan 4 tracks
Howard Hanson 1 track
James Gaffigan 1 track
Jean Sibelius 1 track
Jean-Guihen Queyras 1 track
Jerzy Semkow 1 track
Jessica Cottis 1 track
Jiří Bělohlávek 1 track
Joby Burgess 1 track
Joel Sunny 1 track
Johann Sebastian Bach 1 track
Johann Strauss II 1 track
Johannes Brahms 1 track
John Eliot Gardiner 1 track
Jonathan Stockhammer 1 track
Joshua Bell 1 track
Julie Cooper 1 track
Julien Quentin 1 track
Kalena Bovell 1 track
Karl Jenkins 1 track
Katerina Beranova 1 track
Kent Nagano 2 tracks
Kristiina Poska 1 track
Lahti Symphony Orchestra 1 track
Leif Segerstam 1 track
Leonard Bernstein 1 track
Lilli Paasikivi 1 track
London Symphony Chorus 1 track
London Symphony Orchestra 7 tracks
Lorne Balfe 1 track
Los Angeles Philharmonic 1 track
Ludwig van Beethoven 3 tracks
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester 1 track
MDR Rundfunkchor 1 track
Manuel de Falla 1 track
Mari Samuelsen 1 track
Metamorphose String Orchestra 1 track
Miah Persson 1 track
Michael Gielen 2 tracks
Michael Tilson Thomas 2 tracks
Modest Mussorgsky 1 track
Oculus Ensemble 1 track
Orchestra Mozart 1 track
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal 2 tracks
Osmo Vänskä 1 track
Pablo Heras-Casado 1 track
Paul Dukas 1 track
Pavel Lyubomudrov 1 track
Peter Maag 1 track
Philip Ellis 1 track
Prague Philharmonia 1 track
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2 tracks
Riccardo Chailly 1 track
Richard Wagner 2 tracks
Robert Dean Smith 1 track
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 2 tracks
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2 tracks
SWR Symphony Orchestra 2 tracks
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 2 tracks
San Francisco Symphony 1 track
Scoring Berlin 1 track
Sergei Prokofiev 2 tracks
Sergei Rachmaninoff 2 tracks
Sheku Kanneh-Mason 1 track
Simon Preston 1 track
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra Of Venezuela 1 track
Sir Simon Rattle 1 track
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra 1 track
St. Louis Symphony 1 track
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra 1 track
Sviatoslav Richter 1 track
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra 1 track
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 1 track
Tarmo Peltokoski 1 track
The Cleveland Orchestra 1 track
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus 1 track
The Monteverdi Choir 1 track
The Orchestra of the Americas 1 track
Uwe Mund 1 track
Vasily Petrenko 1 track
Veronica Simeoni 1 track
Wiener Philharmoniker 4 tracks
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3 tracks
Yevgeny Sudbin 1 track
Yuja Wang 1 track
Yuri Temirkanov 1 track
Zubin Mehta 1 track