‎The Greatest Composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach by Various Artists

I. Allegro con brio

Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

4:42

III. Alla turca. Allegretto

Julius Katchen

3:20

I. Allegro molto

Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwängler

5:35

Lacrimosa

Pia Tassinari, Victor de Sabata, Chorus Di Torino Dell eiar, Orchestra Di Torino Dell eiar

3:28

I. Allegro

Berlin Philharmonic, Erich Kleiber

4:12

Ouverture

Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich

4:19

Aria. "Der Hölle Rache" (Die Konigin der Nacht, Pamina, Monostatos, Sarastro)

Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart, Hubert Buchta, Trude Eipperle, Lea Piltti, Joseph Keilberth, Josef von Manowarda

3:58

Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397

Maria Yudina

5:02

II. Allegro

Sten Frykberg, Otto Kyndel

5:20

Kyrie

Ferenc Fricsay, Maria Stader, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Karl Forster, Berlin Chor der Saint Hedwig s-Kathedrale

7:20

IV. Allegro assai

Amadeus Quartet

4:32

III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag, Barry Tuckwell

3:56

II. Andante con moto

Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic

8:23

Gloria

Maria Stader, Josef Greindl, Helmut Krebs, Berlin Philharmonic, Sieglinde Wagner, Igor Markevitch, Berlin Chor der Saint Hedwig s-Kathedrale

4:02

II. Andantino

Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Lily Laskine, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jean-François Paillard

9:23

Ouverture

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Karl Böhm

5:38

IV. Molto allegro

New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

6:40

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Peter White, George Guest, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, James Vivian

3:49

I. Allegro maestoso

Guido Cantelli, Walter Gieseking, New York Philharmonic

14:31

I. Allegro moderato

Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Symphony Orchestra

6:24

II. Adagio

Sir Thomas Beecham, Jack Brymer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8:59

I. Allegro moderato

Berlin Philharmonic, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Wolfgang Scneiderhan

7:11

III. Rondo. Allegro

Jack Brymer, Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8:50

II. Adagio

Vladimir Horowitz

4:26

II. Andante

Guido Cantelli, New York Philharmonic, Walter Gieseking

7:37

I. Allegro con brio (1960)

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:51

Bagatelle No. 25 for Piano in A Minor "Für Elise", WoO 59 (1932)

Artur Schnabel

2:45

II. Allegretto

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowsky

9:51

I. Adagio sostenuto (Recorded in 1950)

Heinrich Neuhaus

5:14

IV. Presto

Jan Peerce, Nan Merriman, Eileen Farrell, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Norman Scott, Arturo Toscanini, Oskar Fried, Lotte Leonard, NBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

23:11

I. Allegro assai (1957)

Friedrich Gulda

8:46

I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

8:29

Overture (1959)

Berlin Philharmonic, Igor Markevitch, L'Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

6:41

II. Adagio (1957)

Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein

9:17

III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto (1957)

Friedrich Gulda

5:17

Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 (1961)

David Oistrakh, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens

8:41

I. Allegro ma non tanto (1930)

Pau Casals, Otto Schulhof

9:32

III. Adagio molto e mesto - Attica (1952)

Végh Quartet, Sandor Zoldy, George Janzer, Paul Szabo, Sándor Végh

11:46

II. Larghetto (1939)

Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra

9:58

II. Andante con moto - Più mosso (1960)

Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra

11:07

II. Allegretto scherzando (1959)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

4:19

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Presto (1958)

Charles Münch, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Chorus, Maureen Forrester, Lorna Cooke de Varon, Leontyne Price, David Poleri, Giorgio Tozzi

10:30

I. Allegro - Più allegro (1958)

Malcolm Sargent, Svyatoslav Knushevitzky, David Oistrakh, Lev Oborin, Philharmonia Orchestra

16:52

IV. Allegro molto (1960)

Budapest String Quartet

5:30

I. Allegro con brio

Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic

15:55

III. Rondo. Allegro

Fritz Kreisler, John Barbirolli, London Philharmonic Orchestra

10:12

II. Adagio cantabile

Artur Schnabel

6:04

II. Adagio

Artur Rother, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Walter Gieseking

7:30

III. Presto agitato (1950)

Heinrich Neuhaus

7:21

II. Adagio molto espressivo (1957)

Arthur Grumiaux, Clara Haskil

5:29

No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Andante

Arthur Rubinstein

4:32

III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Vladimir Horowitz

6:54

No. 12 in C Minor "Revolutionnary"

Shura Cherkassky

2:29

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

Géza Anda

9:15

No. 1 in F Major, Andante cantabile

Arthur Rubinstein

4:10

Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. 68 No. 2

Ignaz Friedman, Arthur Rubinstein

2:49

Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53 "Heroic"

Van Cliburn

6:58

No. 1 in A-Flat Major

Nikita Magaloff

5:00

Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1

Arthur Rubinstein

4:06

No. 1 in G Major

Arthur Rubinstein

2:16

No. 15 in D-Flat Major

Ignaz Friedman

3:55

Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18

Dinu Lipatti

4:34

No. 1 in B-Flat Minor

Arthur Rubinstein

5:16

No. 9 in B Major

Arthur Rubinstein

4:44

No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Van Cliburn

3:18

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

Friedrich Gulda

8:34

No. 1 in A Major "Military"

Josef Hofmann

3:02

No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly's Wings"

Frédéric Chopin, Claudio Arrau

1:02

No. 28 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

Friedrich Gulda

5:11

Fantaisie-impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

Benno Moiseiwitsch

4:30

No. 1 in D-Flat Major "Minute Waltz"

Ignaz Friedman

4:20

No. 4 in A Minor, Moderato animato

Arthur Rubinstein, Ignaz Friedman

1:58

No. 1 in D-Flat Major "Minute Waltz"

Dinu Lipatti

1:43

No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

Shura Cherkassky

4:26

Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

Zbigniew Drzewiecki

3:17

Allemande (1961)

Pierre Fournier

4:18

Ave Maria

Constantine Callinicos, Mario Lanza, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

2:38

I. Vivace

Pau Casals, Joseph Szigeti, Prades Festival Orchestra

4:20

Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Walter Gieseking

3:18

Ouverture

Václav Talich, Orchestre de la Philharmonie Slovaque

4:51

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (1947)

Helmut Walcha

9:16

Badinerie

Orchestre du Festival de Prades, Alexander Schneider, Pau Casals

1:34

Aria

Glenn Gould

1:53

X. Chorale. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" (1961)

Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter, Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach

3:31

II. Largo (1954)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Szigeti, George Szell

3:47

Chorus. Magnificat anima mea

St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig, Kurt Thomas, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

3:27

VIII. Recitative. "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand" (1961)

Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach, Karl Richter, Hertha Töpper, Kieth Engen

2:35

No. 10, Sinfonia (1956)

Berlin Philharmonic, Fritz Lehmann

6:49

Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 851

Walter Gieseking

2:44

I. — (1959)

Yehudi Menuhin, Christian Ferras, Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra

4:14

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 1000 (1958)

Andrés Segovia

5:05

Rondeau (1954)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

1:27

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (1954)

Andrés Segovia

1:18

Chorale. "Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein" (1955)

Gérard Souzay, Fritz Lehmann, Uta Graf, Wiener Singakademie, Walter Berry, Vienna Philharmonic, Julius Patzak

2:33

III. Allegro assai (1953)

Alfred Wallenstein, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Jascha Heifetz

2:42

Et resurrexit

Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Kieth Engen, Maria Stader, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger

4:27

III. Aria. "Schäme dich, o Seele nicht" (1961)

Karl Richter, Hertha Töpper, Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach

4:07

Menuet

Alexander Schneider, Pau Casals, Orchestre du Festival de Prades

1:27

No. 11, Recitative. "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend" (1956)

Helmut Krebs, Oskar Rothensteiner, Peter Steiner, Wolfgang Meyer, Fritz Lehmann

0:45

Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E Minor, BWV 855

Walter Gieseking

2:55

Bruno Walter

Conductor
Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Julius Katchen

Piano
Vienna Philharmonic

Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Conductor

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