Jan-Willem van Aalst's video: Essential Summary of Classical Music

This video presents an essential summary of 900 years of classical music in one hour. The summary plays chronologically. The eras are categorized by color. In addition, some major historical events are highlighted. Obviously, any summary is always subjective and omits many other great works. If you want to find out more about classical music, you are invited to visit https://heraldsofpeace.wordpress.com. Track list: 00:16 Von Bingen - O dulcissime Amator 00:44 De Machaut - Messe de nostre Dame 01:11 Obrecht - Missa Caput 01:39 Des Prez - Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie 02:11 Sheppard - Media vita in morte sumus 02:41 Tallis - Spem in Alium 03:12 Du Caurroy - Requiem 03:39 Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus 04:05 Schütz - Psalm 119 Opus ultimum 04:29 Buxtehude - Membra Jesu nostri 04:58 Pachelbel - Canon and gigue 05:25 Charpentier - Te Deum - Prelude 05:53 Bach - Toccata and fugue 565 06:25 Händel - Water music - Alla hornpipe 06:56 Bach - Jesu bleibet meine freude 07:23 Bach - Eine feste burg ist unser Gott 07:53 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons 08:16 Händel - Zadok the priest 08:45 Bach - Wir setzen uns mit tränen nieder 09:15 Bach - Air on the G-string 09:45 Rameau - Les Indes Galantes - Overture 10:14 Pergolesi - Stabat Mater 10:42 Händel - Messiah - Hallelujah chorus 11:13 Albinoni - Adagio for strings and organ 11:40 Händel - Judas Maccabaeus 12:08 Bach - Mass in B minor 12:41 Boccherini - Minuet op.11 no.5 13:15 Mozart - Symphony no.25 KV.183 13:44 Mozart - Piano sonata 11 - Rondo alla Turca 14:13 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 14:38 Mozart - Symphony no.40 KV.550 15:07 Mozart - Clarinet concerto KV.622 15:40 Mozart - Requiem, KV.626 16:11 Haydn - Nelson mass 16:42 Beethoven - Piano sonata 14 "Mondschein" 17:12 Beethoven - Violin concerto - 3. Finale 17:44 Beethoven - Symphony 5 "Fate" 18:11 Beethoven - Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor) 18:43 Beethoven - Symphony 7 - 3. Presto 19:15 Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia 19:50 Schubert - Die forelle, D550 [YT block] 20:25 Paganini - Caprices for violin solo - 24 20:55 Schubert - Unfinished symphony 21:25 Beethoven - Symphony 9 "Choral" - Ode an die freude 21:58 Schubert - Ave Maria D839 22:29 Rossini - William Tell 22:59 Chopin - Nocturne op.9 no.2 23:28 Mendelssohn - Auf flügeln des gesanges 23:57 Mendelssohn - Psalm 42 Wie der Hirsch schreit 24:24 Schumann - Kinderszenen 24:54 Chopin - Marche funèbre 25:26 Verdi - Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew slaves 26:00 Mendelssohn - Wedding march 26:29 Chopin - Polonaise "Héroique" 27:00 Mendelssohn - Violin concerto 27:31 Wagner - Lohengrin - Bridal chorus "Treulich geführt" 28:00 Liszt - Nocturne no.3 - Liebestraum 28:29 Liszt - Hungarian rhapsody no.2 28:58 Verdi - Il Trovatore - Anvil chorus 29:31 Brahms - Ein deutsches requiem 30:01 Bruch - Violin concerto no. 1 30:31 Strauss (J.II) - An der schönen blauen Donau 31:00 Brahms - Hungarian dances - 5. Allegro 31:31 Brahms - Wiegenlied 32:03 Offenbach - Gaité Parisienne - Cancan 32:34 Grieg - Piano concerto 33:03 Wagner - The Valkyrie 33:37 Verdi - Aida - Gloria all'Egitto 34:02 Verdi - Messa da requiem 34:34 Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition 35:02 Bizet - Carmen 35:33 Grieg - Peer Gynt 36:07 Tchaikovsky - Swan lake 36:36 Dvorák - Slavonic dances op.46 37:03 Tchaikovsky - Ouverture solennelle "1812" 37:32 Strauss (J.II) - Der Zigeunerbaron 38:07 Saint-Saens - Organ symphony 38:37 Saint-Saëns - Carnaval des animaux - The swan 39:01 Borodin - Polovtsian dances 39:30 Fauré - Pavane op.50 39:59 Fauré - Requiem - Pie Jesu 40:30 Satie - Gnossienne 1 41:04 Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker - Flower waltz 41:33 Dvorák - Symphony no 9 42:05 Massenet - Thaïs - Méditation 42:41 Strauss (R.) - Alzo sprach Zarathustra 43:11 Sousa - The stars and stripes forever 43:43 Elgar - Enigma variations - Nimrod 44:14 Sibelius - Finlandia 44:44 Rachmaninov - Piano concerto - 2 45:15 Elgar - Land of hope and glory 45:47 Debussy - Clair de lune 46:21 Mahler - Symphony 8 46:53 Rachmaninov - Piano concerto 3 47:22 Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps 47:49 Holst - The Planets - Jupiter 48:20 Elgar - Cello concerto 48:50 Gershwin - Rhapsody in blue 49:19 Puccini - Turandot - Nessun dorma! 49:50 Ravel - Boléro 50:21 Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on Greensleeves 50:49 Barber - Adagio for strings 51:18 Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet 51:43 Orff - Carmina Burana - O Fortuna 52:15 Shostakovich - Waltz no.2 52:49 Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez 53:23 Shostakovich - Ovod - Romance 53:52 Jarre - Doctor Zhivago - Lara's theme 54:27 Morricone - Once upon a time in the west 55:00 Rota - The Godfather 55:30 Górecki - Symphony 3 55:59 Pärt - Spiegel im spiegel [YT block] 56:31 Tavener - The Lamb 57:01 Vangelis - 1492 Conquest of paradise 57:32 Williams - Schindler's list 58:02 Jenkins - Adiemus 58:32 Preisner - Requiem for my friend 59:02 Jenkins - The armed man 59:33 Gjeilo - Ubi Caritas