Listen to music in the Romantic Era category from the 2025 Music Listening Contest playlist.
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: “Bella Figlia Dell’amore” (Duca, Maddalena, Gilda, Rigoletto)
From the album Verdi: Rigoletto
Performed by Carlo Bergonzi, Rafael Kubelik, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Scotto & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: 3. Allegro scherzando
From the album Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Performed by Krystian Zimerman, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa
Gustav Mahler - Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
From the album Barber’s Adagio and other Romantic Favorites for Strings
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance of King Kashchei
From the album Stravinsky: Firebird Suite - Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Remastered)
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
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