The 50 Darkest Pieces of Classical Music

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1Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
David Parry (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner3.55:11
2Largo
Antonio Vivaldi3:55
3Fortunae plango vulnera
orchestra:
Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Ilya Stupel (conductor)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix mundi: II. Fortuna plango vulnera
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
Fortune plango vulnera (Poem, CB 16)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:42
4Adagio in G minor, 'Albinoni's Adagio'
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
David Parry (conductor)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
composer:
Remo Giazotto
previously attributed to:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
publisher:
Ricordi London (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music) and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
Remo Giazotto38:37
5Aquarium
orchestra:
Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra
conductor:
Ferdinand Roth
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : VII. Aquarium (The Carnival of the Animals: VII. Aquarium, string quartet (violins, viola, cello), two pianos, flute, and glass harmonica)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Camille Saint‐Saëns2:27
6Nuages Gris (Grey Clouds)
Franz Liszt3:22
7The March to the Scaffold
orchestra:
RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Anton Nanut (conductor)
recording of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: IV. Marche au supplice
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties
Hector Berlioz4:46
8The Swan of Tuonela
cor anglais:
Per‐Olof Gillblad
orchestra:
Stockholm Sinfonietta
conductor:
Jan‐Olav Wedin (conductor)
recording of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22: II. Tuonelan joutsen (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1895)
part of:
Lemminkäis-sarja (Neljä legendaa), op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22)
Jean Sibelius8:09
9L'adoration de la Terre (Adoration of the Earth)
orchestra:
Minnesota Orchestra
conductor:
Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor)
recording of:
Le Sacre du printemps: I. L’Adoration de la terre (The Rite of Spring: Part I: Adoration of the Earth)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (from 1911 until 1913)
part of:
Le Sacre du printemps
Igor Stravinsky15:11
10Lacrimosa dies illa
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
David Parry (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: f. Lacrimosa dies illa (Süßmayr Edition; choir)
orchestrator:
Franz Xaver Süßmayr
additional composer:
Joseph Leopold Eybler (Austrian composer) and Franz Xaver Süßmayr (from 1791 until 1792)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz (Süßmayr Edition)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:49
11Marcia funebre
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1803 until 1804)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in E‐flat major, op. 55 “Eroica”
Ludwig van Beethoven15:16
12Prelude in C sharp minor 'The Bells of Moscow'
piano:
Tomislav Baynov (Bulgarian pianist)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor (The Bells of Moscow)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov4:14
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