This week's list centres on the music of the age of Enlightenment, specifically pre-French Revolutionary works. I've selected the following, although there is certainly a wealth of music from which to choose.

George Frederic Handel

Music for the Royal Fireworks, MWV 351

1. Overture
2. Bouree
3. La paix
4. La rejouissance
5. Minuet II

Selected recording: John Constable, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Johann Sebastian Bach

Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D Major

2. Air, "Air on a G String"

Selected recording: Apollo Consort

Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro

Selected recording: Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra

Joseph Haydn

Symphony No. 94 in G Major, "Surprise"

1. Adagio cantabile -- Vivaci assai
2. Andante
3. Minuet (Allegro molto)
4. Allegro Molto

Selected recording: Josef Krips, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Duo for Violin and Viola in G, K.423

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondeau (Allegro)

Selected recording: Gidon Kremer and Kim Kashkashian

Symphony 25 in G minor, K.183 (173d B)

1. Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Menuetto -- Trio
4. Allegro

Selected recording: Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Exsultate Jubilate, K.165

4. (Allegro): Allelujah

Selected recording: Julia Lezhneva, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini