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1 hour of the most romantic melodies

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The greatest composers are able to distill the earth-shaking emotion of great love stories into music, using rhythm, intensity, and melody to capture a feeling that makes our hearts skip a beat. This one-hour compilation features some of our favorite passionate moments in classical music, including solo piano works by Liszt, Chopin, and Debussy; symphonic outpourings by Mahler, Sibelius, Brahms, and Rimsky-Korsakov; memorable ballet themes by Tchaikovsky; exquisite songs by Schubert and Canteloube; and a beloved Piano Concerto by Rachmaninov with a melody so instantly and iconically romantic it was made into a chart-topping pop hit…

A closer look: featured composers

Gustav Mahler

Ludwig van Beethoven

Claude Debussy

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Johannes Brahms

Ástor Piazzolla

Frédéric Chopin

Richard Wagner

Sergei Rachmaninov

Franz Liszt

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Franz Schubert

Claudio Monteverdi

Jean Sibelius

Further listening: featured works

Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Gustav Mahler (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Suite bergamasque

Claude Debussy (Composer)

Scheherazade, Op. 35

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer)

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

Johannes Brahms (Composer)

Oblivion

Ástor Piazzolla (Composer)

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod (Orchestral version)

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

Sergei Rachmaninov (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Sergei Rachmaninov (Composer)

Liebestraum in A flat, S. 541 No. 3 "Love Dream"

Franz Liszt (Composer)

Sleeping Beauty

Marius Petipa (Choreographer) · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60

Frédéric Chopin (Composer)

Four impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899

Franz Schubert (Composer)

L'Incoronazione di Poppea

Claudio Monteverdi (Composer)