Artist	Song
James Levine & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra	Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries
from Wagner: Orchestral Music (1997)
London Philharmonic Orchestra	William Tell Overture
from Three Centuries of the Greatest Hits (2006)
Kathleen Battle, Riccardo Muti & Wiener Philharmoniker	Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture
from Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro - Highlights (2000)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & John Eliot Gardiner	Symphony No.5 in C Minor: I. Allegro con brio
from Beethoven: Symhonies Nos. 5 & 6 (1995)
Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh, Jan Jansen, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Liz Kenny, Maarten Jansen & Stacey Watton	The Four Seasons: Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293, "Autumn": III. Allegro
from Vivaldi: the Four Seasons Etc (2005)
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Candide: Overture
from Bernstein Conducts Bernstein (1987)
Wiener Philharmoniker & James Levine	Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a: Russian Dance (Trepak)
from Tchaikovsky Ballet Suites: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty & The Nutcracker (1994)
Daniel Barenboim	Piano Sonata No. 11 in A K331/K300i: III. Rondo alla turca
from Mozart: Piano Sonatas (1991)
Steve Reich	Music for 18 Musicians: Section II
from Phases (2010)
Eugene Ormandy, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Richard P. Condie & The Philadelphia Orchestra	Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
from 20 Great Bach & Handel Choruses (1992)
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Marche Slave, Op. 31
from Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Marche Slave, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien, Hamlet (Expanded Edition) (2004)
London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox	Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna
from Orff: Carmina Burana (2005)
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade - Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Russico - Senza Allegrezza, Ma Poco Sostenuto
from Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain (Expanded Edition) (2004)
Antal Doráti & Detroit Symphony Orchestra	Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down
from Copland: Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait, Fanfare, Rodeo, Etc. (1996)
Sir Georg Solti & Wiener Philharmoniker	Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries
from Wagner: Favourite Overtures (2011)
Barry Wordsworth & London Symphony Orchestra	Carnival of the Animals: I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
from Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Bizet: Jeux d'enfants; Ravel: Mother Goose (2005)
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra & Vladimir Ashkenazy	Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48: IV. Finale (Tema Russo): Andante - Allegro con spirito
from Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1998)
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic	Appalachian Spring: II. Allegro
from Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man (1997)
London Symphony Orchestra & Yuri Ahronovitch	Gayane: "Sabre Dance"
from Russian Spectacular (2005)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Edward Brewer	Solomon HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
from Albinoni: Adagio (1990)
Orchestre Du Theatre National De L'opera De Paris & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos	Carmen: Prelude
from Bizet: Carmen (2006)
Earl Wild, Eric Hammerstein & London Promenade Orchestra	Concerto for Piano in A Minor: I. Theme
from Classical Music Library Vol. 5: Power Classics (2009)
Leonard Bernstein & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	Symphony No.4 In A, Op.90 - "Italian": 4. Saltarello (Presto)
from Leonard Bernstein - Complete Schubert, Mendelssohn & Schumann on Deutsche Grammphon (2005)
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä & Raimo Laukka	Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla Marcia
from Sibelius: Karelia Suite - Kung Kristian Ii - Pelleas Och Melisande (2009)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Pierre Boulez	Symphony No. 1 in D: II. Kräftig bewegt
from Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (1999)

Comment:

Whether dropping napalm on Vietnam (as Marlon Brando did with Wagner's "Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries") or leading "the fight for law and order in the early West" (as The Lone Ranger did with Rossini's "Finale from William Tell Overture"), one needs [i]tunes[/i] to stir the senses while performing bold and daring acts. Imagine how much faster you'd get through your inbox if Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" were playing in your office. And if you want to hear the most powerful eight notes in history, look no further than Beethoven's "Symphony No.5 in C Minor: I. Allegro con brio."

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