The Incredible Story of Classical Music
Recently, an increasing number of parents and grandparents have asked us to create something to help them teach their children more about classical music.
So, we've come up with The Incredible Story of Classical Music, a brand new fully illustrated book that's packed full of stories about classical music.
The really good news is when you buy this book, you'll be helping other children too. All of Classic FM's and the author's royalties are being donated to The Prince's Foundation for Children & The Arts , to fund live classical music to children across the UK.
We're very honoured that HRH The Prince of Wales , the President of The Prince's Foundation for Children & The Arts, has written the Foreword to our new book.
Together we can create a new generation of classical music listeners!
Darren Henley
Managing Director - Classic FM
SAMPLE AND BUY TRACKS FROM THE BOOK
It's interesting to read about classical music, but it's far more fun to actually listen to it. To accompany the book, we've got together with iTunes to create a special playlist of some of the music included in our Incredible Story. Clicking on the 'Download' link accompanying each piece in the list below will open iTunes, from where you can listen to excerpts of the pieces by clicking on the name of the piece, or buy the piece in full*. We have also included links to buy the pieces from Amazon if you prefer to buy on CD.
* Please note that whilst all royalties from sales of the book are being donated to The Prince's Foundation for Children & The Arts, the sales of iTunes downloads are a regular commercial transaction.
1. Anonymous - Proper of the Mass: Introitus - Adorate Deum
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2. Hildegard of Bingen - O ignis spiritus
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3. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli
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4. Claudio Monteverdi - 'Ecco pir ch'a voi' from L'Orfeo
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5. Jean-Baptiste Lully - 'Entree' from Ballet des Plaisirs
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6. Henry Purcell - 'Dido's Lament' from Dido and Aeneas
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7. Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D
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8. Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
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9. George Frideric Handel - Alla hornpipe from Water Music
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10. Antonio Vivaldi - 'Spring' from The Four Seasons
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11. Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.94 The Surprise
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12. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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13. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.5
14. Niccolo Paganini - Caprice No.24 in A minor
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15. Gioachino Rossini - Overture to William Tell
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16. Frederic Chopin - Prelude in D flat 'Raindrop'
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17. Felix Mendelssohn - 'Wedding March' from A Midsummer Night's Dream
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18. Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture
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19. Richard Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries
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20. Giuseppe Verdi - 'Anvil Chorus' from Il Trovatore
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21. Jacques Offenbach - Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld
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22. Johann Strauss II - By The Beautiful Blue Danube
23. Camille Saint-Saens - The Carnival of the Animals
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24. Leo Delibes - Coppelia
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25. Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
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26. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
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27. Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No.9 'From the New World'
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28. Maurice Ravel - Bolero
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29. Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
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30. Giacomo Puccini - 'Nessun Dorma' from Turandot
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31. Paul Dukas - The Sorceror's Apprentice
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32. Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1
33. Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra
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34. Jean Sibelius - Finlandia
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35. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
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36. Gustav Holst - 'Jupiter' from The Planets Suite
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37. Sergei Rachaninov - Piano Concerto No.2
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38. Sergei Prokofiev - 'Dance of the Knights' from Romeo and Juliet
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39. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
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40. Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
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41. Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
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42. Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story Suite
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43. William Walton - Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
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44. Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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45. Philip Glass - Violin Concerto
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46. Karl Jenkins - 'Benedictus' from The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)
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47. Howard Goodall - The Lord's My Shepherd
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48. John Williams - 'Hedwig's Theme' from Harry Potter
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49. Howard Shore - 'The Fellowship of the Ring' from Lord of the Rings
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50. Hans Zimmer - Gladiator Suite
