Genres
Classical music
Edvard Grieg's famous piece from Peer Gynt (1876). You know this piece. Starts quiet - ends loud. This is a "cinematic mix" that is a little sharper than most recordings and less dynamic. Source recordings placed into the Public Domain by the MusOpen project.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
02:32
Tchaikovsky's famous dance from the Nutcracker Suite.
01:46
The best intro possible, when you can't steal the Universal intro.
00:28
Beautiful, thoughtful piece worthy of character reflection.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
This piece of music is available in an uncompressed format here.
01:40
Interesting 3/4 feel with an accelerando near the end. 5-note groupings pass from the winds to the strings for a while, and the winds come back at the end in a nifty way.
01:24
Impromptu in C Major. Development takes its time.
09:23
J. S. Bach's most famous organ piece. BWV 565. (Beckerath German baroque pipe organ)
08:41
This piece features repetitive triplet arpeggi and a lydian scale to invoke a dreamy feel. Staccato instruments add to the piece's mystery. The pattern is a continuous loop between two arpeggiated chords.
02:06
Written by Beethoven. The original source recordings for this come from MusOpen (and are available for free!). This mix is slightly augmented, and highly produced in a cinematic style.
09:06
While not quite a sonatina - it is closer than anything else. Forte violin with nice double stops.
01:18
A slow waltz with a beautiful and haunting melody played mostly in the higher registers. A few notes were added to Satie?s composition to keep things interesting and give the music a more full sound, the music ends with a very dark chord. This music is sad and tragic, and could be used as accompaniment to a slow dance or an art house film. Composed by Erik Satie.
02:25
Delibes. I am astounded that there are so few recordings of this piece on the net... for a few reasons. 1. Everyone knows this piece (but nearly no one knows what it is called). 2. It is very easy to record (Pizzicato strings have been one of the few samples that have sounded "real" for a long time). 3. The composer is long dead and his stuff is in the Public Domain (Léo Delibes; 1891). And for some background... Sylvia is a 3-Act ballet first produced in 1876. I'm pretty certain this particular piece has nothing to do with the plot - or it wouldn't be called a "divertissement".
01:35
Methodical and depressing short piece. Written as a quick composition study with only strings.
01:34
More action and more intensity! Remember "Legends of the Hidden Temple"? Seriously? It only lasted 3 seasons. It must have been more difficult than it looked. Okay, I wasn't on the show, but I think I could have assembled a silver monkey statue with only 3 pieces.
03:42
Piano and a solo viola! Slower, optimistic and simple duet. Great as light background to cheerful content!
03:19
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