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by ten_fingers 5047 days ago
In one word, classical.

In two words, classical instrumental.

In more violin, cello, piano, orchestra, and voice not in English, e.g., usually Italian.

Examples:

     Rachmaninoff
     Rapsody on a Theme of Paganini
     Van Cliburn
     Eugene Ormandy
     Philadelphia Orchestra

     Antonin Dvorak,
     Second Movement,
     Adagio, ma non troppo,
     Concerto for Cello and Orchestra,
     Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
     Herbert von Karajan
     Berliner Philharmoniker

     Beethoven
     Piano Concerto 5
     Van Cliburn
     Fritz Reiner
     Chicago Symphony Orchestra

     Adagio un poco mosso

     Rondo Allegro

     Max Bruch
     Scottish Fantasy
     Andante Sostenuto
     Jascha Heifetz
     Malcolm Sargent
     New Symphony Orchestra of London

     Peter Tchaikovsky
     Variations on a Rocco Theme for Cello
     and Orchestra
     Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
     Herbert von Karajan
     Berliner Philharmoniker

     Chopin
     Etude in E
     Van Cliburn

     Puccini
     Gianni Schicchi
     O mio bambino caro
     Kiri Te Kanawa

     Beethoven
     Violin Romance Number 2
     David Oistrakh
     Eugene Goossens
     Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

     Chopin
     Fantaisie-Impromptu
     in C Sharp Minor
     Van Cliburn

     Brahms
     Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor
     Andante
     Heifetz
     Piatagorsky
     Alfred Wallenstein
     NBC Symphony Orchestra

     Beethoven
     Violin Sonata Number 9
     "Kreutzer"
     Variation II, Andante
     Jascha Heifetz
     Brooks Smith

     Beethoven
     Violin Sonata Number 5
     "Spring"
     Scherzo, Allegro molto
     Jascha Heifetz
     Emanual Bay

     Beethoven
     Violin Sonata Number 5
     "Spring"
     Trio
     Jascha Heifetz
     Emanual Bay

     Bach
     Cello Suite 1 in G major
     Prelude
     Rostropovich

     Delibes
     Coppelia
     Richard Bonynge
     National Philharmonic Orchestra
     Act 1
     Prelude et mazurka