CREDITS
Recordings
The musical fragments on Classical Beatz come from freely licensed recordings. Some are in the public domain, some carry a Creative Commons licence, and some are historical recordings old enough to be free to use. Every recording below links to its source page, where you can find the performers and the exact licence.Licences
Fragments taken from a recording under CC BY-SA are shared under the same licence. The fragments of the pieces added before this page existed come from various sources and are not listed here.Albéniz
- Asturias (Leyenda): Michael Laucke, Public domain
Beethoven
- Piano Concerto No 5: Clifford Curzon, piano, London Philharmonic Orchestra (1949), http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique": Daniel Veesey, CC0
- Symphony No 3 "Eroica": Internet Archive, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Brahms
- Hungarian Dance No 5: Arthur Nikisch, Public domain
- Lullaby (Wiegenlied): Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Public domain
Charpentier
- Te Deum Prelude: Ian Dollins, CC0
Chopin
- Fantaisie-Impromptu: Frank Levy, Public domain
- Funeral March: Paul Pitman, Public Domain
- Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 28, No 15 "Raindrop": Giorgi Latsabidze, Public domain
- Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz": Olga Gurevich, Public domain
Elgar
- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: Anthony Pini (cello), The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum (1950), historical recording
- Enigma Variations: Variation IX "Nimrod": John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, Public domain
- Pomp and Circumstance March No 1: United States Marine Band, Public domain
Gershwin
- Rhapsody in Blue: Paul Whiteman Orchestra with George Gershwin, piano, Public domain
Grieg
- Peer Gynt Suite No 1: Musopen Symphony, Public domain
- Piano Concerto in A Minor: Edvard Grieg, Public domain
Händel
- Sarabande: Constantin Stephan (harpsichord), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Water Music: George Frideric Handel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Haydn
- Symphony No 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": Boston Symphony Orchestra Serge Koussevitzky, Public domain
Holst
- The Planets: United States Air Force Band, Public domain
Johann Strauss I
- Radetzky March: United States Marine Band, Public domain
Johann Strauss II
- The Blue Danube: Pracchia-78, Public domain
Liszt
- La campanella: Greiss, Public domain
- Liebestraum No 3: Wilhelm Backhaus, Public domain
Mascagni
- Cavalleria rusticana Intermezzo: Deutsche Oper Berlin, Public domain
Massenet
- Meditation from Thais: David Hernando Vitores, Kayoko Morimoto (Wasei Duo), CC BY-SA 4.0
Mendelssohn
- Wedding March: European Archive (via Musopen), Public domain
Mussorgsky
- Night on Bald Mountain: Musopen (performer not named), Public domain
- Pictures at an Exhibition: Musopen (performer not named), Public domain
Offenbach
- Barcarolle: Emma Luart, Germaine Cernay (1930), http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld): Gnissah, Public domain
Paganini
- Caprice No 24: Steinaco, Public domain
Puccini
- Nessun dorma: Aureliano Pertile, Public domain
- O mio babbino caro: Lupita Pérez Arias, CC BY 3.0
Rachmaninoff
- Piano Concerto No 2: Sviatoslav Richter, Stanisław Wisłocki, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra (1959), Public domain
Ravel
- Pavane pour une infante défunte: Thérèse Dussaut (piano, 1976), CC BY-SA 2.0
Rimsky-Korsakov
- Flight of the Bumblebee: US Army Band, Public domain
- Scheherazade: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, CC0
Rossini
- The Barber of Seville Overture: Arturo Toscanini & The BBC Symphony Orchestra (1816), historical recording
- William Tell Overture: military band (unknown), Public domain
Saint-Saëns
- Danse macabre: Louis Fourestier, Public domain
Satie
- Gnossienne No 1: La Pianista, Public domain
Schubert
- Ave Maria: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Adolph Baller (piano), Public domain
- Serenade (Ständchen): Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Ignace Strasfogel (piano) (1942), https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Schumann
- Träumerei: Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (see Musopen for performance author information), Public domain
Smetana
- The Moldau: Musopen Symphony, Public domain
Tchaikovsky
- 1812 Overture: Skidmore College Orchestra, Public domain
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz: Marek Weber, Public domain
Verdi
- La donna è mobile: Enrico Caruso (1906), https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Va, pensiero: Istituto centrale per i beni sonori ed audiovisivi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vivaldi
- Summer (Four Seasons): The Modena Chamber Orchestra, PDM-owner
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297, "Winter" (The Four Seasons): The Modena Chamber Orchestra, PDM-owner
Wagner
- Bridal Chorus: Richard Wagner, CC0
- Ride of the Valkyries: American Symphony Orchestra, Public domain