User:Mattes/Favorite files/Sound
... representing a very small portion of music sound files which are my favorite pieces.
This list ist sorted by the rating (highest first) and sorted by composers.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750)     |
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| Alternative names |
Bach; J.S. Bach; J. S. Bach; J S Bach | ||
| Description | German composer and musician | ||
| Date of birth/death |
21 March 1685 (in Julian calendar)  |
28 July 1750 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Eisenach |
Leipzig | |
| Work period | between 1703 and 1749 | ||
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Rating 
7m40s
2m10s
5m47s
1m8s
4m41s
3m32s
6m41s
5m13s
7m18s
7m59s
3m58s
?
(attributed)
2m10s
| Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770–1827) |
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| Description | Austrian-German composer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 17 December 1770 (baptised) |
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| Location of birth/death |
Bonn |
Vienna | |
| Work period | 1782 –1827 | ||
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composed in 1805–1806
14m48s
courtesy www.musopen.com
3m40s
10m23s
17m53s
courtesy www.musopen.com
17m49s
courtesy www.musopen.com
9m54s
courtesy www.musopen.com
8m59s
Musicians: Paul Rosenthal and Edward Auer
17m53s
9m8s
6m50s
8m49s
10m26s
17m53s
10m23s
8m21s
10m60s
12m56s
courtesy www.musopen.com
9m43s
5m27s
49s
5m4s
7m51s
| Johannes Brahms
(1833–1897) |
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| Alternative names |
Marks, G. W. (Pseudonym); Würth, Karl (Pseudonym) | ||
| Description | composer and pianist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
7 May 1833 |
3 April 1897 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Hamburg |
Vienna | |
| Work period | 1843 – | ||
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Info Male and female vocals with orchestra
MIT Concert Choir, director: William C. Cutter
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Comment especially from the middle part on
15:38
John Michel, pianist.
6m43s
1m7s
7m51s
1m28s
8m31s
1m2s
5m54s
48s
?
| Frédéric Chopin
(1810–1849) |
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| Alternative names |
Fryderyk Chopin | ||
| Description | Polish composer, pianist, music educator, virtuoso, musician and pedagogue | ||
| Date of birth/death |
1 March 1810 |
17 October 1849 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Żelazowa Wola |
Paris | |
| Work period | 1817 – | ||
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| Authority file |
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?
courtesy www.musopen.com
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| Antonín Dvořák
(1841–1904) |
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| Alternative names |
Antonín Dvořák / Antonín Leopold Dvořák | ||
| Description | classical composer, organist, professor, conductor, musicologist and violinist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
8 September 1841 |
1 May 1904 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Nelahozeves |
Prague | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Work location |
Austria-Hungary (Česká Kamenice [Ústecký kraj], Prague), England (London; twice), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg), USA (New York City) | ||
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15:08
Rated Top One Hundred Ranked File in the opinion of Mattes out of 112,222,956 Wikimedia Commons files.
courtesy www.musopen.com
10m5s
Rated Top One Hundred Ranked File in the opinion of Mattes out of 112,222,956 Wikimedia Commons files.
courtesy www.musopen.com
11m34s
Vocal music with piano, 1894 
24m14s
5m43s
14m18s
?
?
| Edvard Grieg
(1843–1907) |
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| Alternative names |
Edvard Hagerup Grieg | ||
| Description | Norwegian composer and pianist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
15 June 1843 |
4 September 1907 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Bergen |
Bergen | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Authority file |
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Orchestral music with piano, “full of energy”
12m44s
6m31s
Orchestral music with piano (10m16s)
10m16s
?
| George Frideric Handel
(1685–1759) |
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| Alternative names |
Georg Friedrich Handel | ||
| Description | German-British composer, harpsichordist, organist, violinist, opera composer and composer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 23 February 1685 | 14 April 1759 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Halle |
Westminster | |
| Work period | Baroque | ||
| Authority file |
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?
MOTD 2008-01-14
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?
5m48s
22s
3m1s
| Franz Liszt
(1811–1886) |
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| Alternative names |
Franz Ritter von Lisz, Liszt Ferencz, Ritter von Liszt | ||
| Description | Hungarian composer, conductor, educator and pianist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
22 October 1811 |
31 July 1886 | |
| Location of birth/death | Doborján, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Raiding, Burgenland, Austria) |
Bayreuth | |
| Work period | New German School, Romanticism | ||
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6m12s
6m1s
composed in 1849.
→ Dance of death (en.Wikipedia)
15m30s
4m43s
10m44s
10m37s
8m38s
| Felix Mendelssohn
(1809–1847) |
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| Alternative names |
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Felix Mendelssohn | ||
| Description | Saxon- composer, pianist and organist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
3 February 1809 |
4 November 1847 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Hamburg |
Leipzig | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Authority file |
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Rated Top One Hundred Ranked File in the opinion of Mattes out of 112,222,956 Wikimedia Commons files.
13m27s
8m3s
→ en.Wikipedia • de.Wikipedia
3m5s
11m34s
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756–1791) |
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| Alternative names | Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart, Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophil Mozart, Wolfgango Amadeo Mozart, Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Wolfgang Gottlieb Mozart | ||
| Description | composer, music educator, pianist, musician, organist and violinist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
27 January 1756 |
5 December 1791 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Salzburg |
Vienna | |
| Work period | Classical period (First Viennese School) | ||
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Don Giovanni - overture
6m49s
8m13s
courtesy www.musopen.com
2m14s
12m26s
8m51s
5m35s
12m8s
12m8s
| Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
(1839–1881) |
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| Alternative names |
Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, Модест Петрович Мусоргский | ||
| Description | Russian composer, pianist, librettist and military personnel | ||
| Date of birth/death |
9 March 1839 (in Julian calendar) |
16 March 1881 (in Julian calendar) | |
| Location of birth/death | Karevo, Russian Empire | Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire | |
| Work period | 1852 – | ||
| Authority file |
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composed in 1886 (?), performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra, Saratoga Springs, New York.
→ en.Wikipedia
courtesy www.musopen.com
12m13s
Pictures at an Exhibition, 1st movement.
courtesy www.musopen.com
2m42s
| Sergei Rachmaninoff
(1873–1943) |
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| Alternative names |
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов, Sergej Vasil'evič Rahmaninov, Sergej Vasil’evič Raxmaninov, Serge Rachmaninow, Serge Rakhmaninoff | ||
| Description | Russian composer, pianist and conductor | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 April 1873 | 28 March 1943 | |
| Location of birth/death | Staraja Russa |
Beverly Hills | |
| Work period | 1892 – | ||
| Authority file |
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courtesy www.musopen.com
19m12s
7m19s
7m60s
12m53s
| Maurice Ravel
(1875–1937) |
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| Alternative names |
Birth name: Joseph Maurice Ravel; Maurice Joseph Ravel | ||
| Description | French conductor, pianist and composer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
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28 December 1937 | |
| Location of birth/death | Ciboure, Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Paris | |
| Work period | Impressionism | ||
| Authority file |
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| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
(1844–1908) |
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| Description | Russian composer, conductor, musicologist, autobiographer, music educator and music theorist | ||
| Date of birth/death |
6 March 1844 (in Julian calendar) |
21 June 1908 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Tikhvin |
Lyubensk | |
| Authority file |
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arranged for two pianos by Russel Warner.
1m7s
| Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835–1921) |
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| Alternative names |
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns | ||
| Description | French pianist, organist, composer and scholar | ||
| Date of birth/death |
9 October 1835 |
16 December 1921 | |
| Location of birth/death |
11th arrondissement of Paris |
Algiers | |
| Work period | 1853 –1921 | ||
| Authority file |
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composed in 1863
Article in the English language edition of Wikipedia
courtesy www.musopen.com
Rated Top One Hundred Ranked File in the opinion of Mattes out of 112,222,956 Wikimedia Commons files.
9m21s
The Carnival of the Animals (complete)
Rated Top One Hundred Ranked File in the opinion of Mattes out of 112,222,956 Wikimedia Commons files.
?
courtesy www.musopen.com
→ Wikipedia article (English language edition)
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courtesy www.musopen.com
→ Wikipedia article (English language edition).
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Info Kevin MacLeod has transcribed, programmed and recorded this piece
→ Wikipedia article (English language edition)
6:46
| Franz Schubert
(1797–1828) |
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| Alternative names |
Franz Peter Schubert | ||
| Description | Austrian composer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
31 January 1797 |
19 November 1828 | |
| Location of birth/death | Vienna IX. (Alsergrund), Austrian Empire |
Vienna | |
| Work period | Classicism, Romanticism | ||
| Work location |
Vienna, Želiezovce | ||
| Authority file |
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Info Courtesy Musopen
14m56s
courtesy www.musopen.com
3m48s
courtesy www.musopen.com
9m43s
2m33s
(Engl. Wikipedia article)
11m23s
Info Female vocal music with piano
11m23s
courtesy www.musopen.com
6m9s
?
?
| Bedřich Smetana
(1824–1884) |
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| Alternative names |
Bedřich Friedrich Smetana | ||
| Description | Austrian-Austro-Hungarian composer, conductor, teacher, pedagogue, pianist and music educator | ||
| Date of birth/death |
2 March 1824 |
12 May 1884 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Litomyšl |
Prague | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Authority file |
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courtesy www.musopen.com
14m51s
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840–1893) |
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| Alternative names |
Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский (ru), Pëtr Il’ič Čajkovskij (ISO:9), Piotr Ilitsch Tchaikovsky (de), Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski (fr) | ||
| Description | Russian composer, educator and civil servant | ||
| Date of birth/death |
25 April 1840 (in Julian calendar) |
25 October 1893 (in Julian calendar) | |
| Location of birth/death |
Votkinsk | Saint Petersburg | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Work location | |||
| Authority file |
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9m15s
| Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741) |
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| Alternative names |
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, il Prete Rosso | ||
| Description | Italian composer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
4 March 1678 |
28 July 1741 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Venice |
Vienna | |
| Work period | 1685 –1741 | ||
| Authority file |
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part of Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons/Die vier Jahreszeiten) — composed in 1723.
performed by the Wichita State University Chamber Players[1], conducted by Robert Turizziani
John Harrison, 1st violin
3m28s
Wikipedia articles (selection): English language edition German language edition
3m28s
4m18s
| Richard Wagner
(1813–1883) |
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| Alternative names |
Richard Wilhelm Wagner | ||
| Description | Saxon composer and writer | ||
| Date of birth/death |
22 May 1813 |
13 February 1883 | |
| Location of birth/death |
Leipzig |
Venice | |
| Work period | 1832 – | ||
| Authority file |
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11m9s
| Carl Maria von Weber
(1786–1826) |
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| Alternative names |
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber | ||
| Description | composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 November 1786 | 5 June 1826 | |
| Location of birth/death | Eutin, Bishopric of Lübeck |
London | |
| Work period | Romanticism | ||
| Authority file |
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6m23s
Others
[edit]Friedrich Burgmüller
1m19s
?
2m25s
?
2m9s
?
5m24s
Carlos Gardel
2m33s
Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938)
Russian vocal music
1m31s
?
2m52s
Ilse Huizinga (b. 1966, Dutch)
en.Wikipedia
Jazz (female voice)
1m44s
?
1m36s
Daniel van Goens
courtesy www.musopen.com
3m2s
Arcangelo Corelli
3m25s
Antônio Carlos Gomes
7m12s
George Enescu
5m32s
?
3m18s
Edward Elgar
Strings
courtesy www.musopen.com
11m34s
Kleuske & the Bad Boys from the album "Out There"
?
courtesy www.musopen.com
3m52s
Kleuske & the Bad Boys from the album "Out There"
2m41s
Gustav Holst
courtesy www.musopen.com
8m18s,
?
6m2s
?
48s
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48s
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Credits: User:Rozencrantz
5m59s
Kevin MacLeod
Comment Schön schräg, wie die Seeleute wohl damals gespielt haben mögen...
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1m46s
Hector Macneil
2m10s
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wikipedia:Flow My Tears (Lachrimae pavane from 1596) Female voice with guitar
3m33s
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Frédéric Chopin
9m28s
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(same as File:Chopin Etude G-sharp min.ogg)
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Felix Mendelssohn
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Saint-Saens, Camille
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