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

I. Allegro con brio

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

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, Orchestra Di Torino Dell eiar, Chorus 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)

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

3:58

Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397

Maria Yudina

5:02

II. Allegro

Otto Kyndel, Sten Frykberg

5:20

Kyrie

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

7:20

IV. Allegro assai

Amadeus Quartet

4:32

III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Peter Maag, Barry Tuckwell, London Symphony Orchestra

3:56

II. Andante con moto

New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

8:23

Gloria

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

4:02

II. Andantino

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

9:23

Ouverture

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Karl Böhm

5:38

IV. Molto allegro

Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic

6:40

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

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

3:49

I. Allegro maestoso

Walter Gieseking, Guido Cantelli, New York Philharmonic

14:31

I. Allegro moderato

Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Symphony Orchestra

6:24

II. Adagio

Jack Brymer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

8:59

I. Allegro moderato

Berlin Philharmonic, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Wolfgang Scneiderhan

7:11

III. Rondo. Allegro

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jack Brymer, Sir Thomas Beecham

8:50

II. Adagio

Vladimir Horowitz

4:26

II. Andante

New York Philharmonic, Walter Gieseking, Guido Cantelli

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

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

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, Leonard Bernstein, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

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)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, David Oistrakh, 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, George Janzer, Paul Szabo, Sándor Végh, Sandor Zoldy

11:46

II. Larghetto (1939)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

9:58

II. Andante con moto - Più mosso (1960)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

11:07

II. Allegretto scherzando (1959)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter

4:19

II. Scherzo. Molto vivace - Presto (1958)

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

10:30

I. Allegro - Più allegro (1958)

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

London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, Fritz Kreisler

10:12

II. Adagio cantabile

Artur Schnabel

6:04

II. Adagio

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Walter Gieseking, Artur Rother

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

Mario Lanza, Constantine Callinicos, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

2:38

I. Vivace

Prades Festival Orchestra, Joseph Szigeti, Pau Casals, Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider

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, Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach, Karl Richter

3:31

II. Largo (1954)

Columbia Symphony Orchestra, George Szell, Joseph Szigeti

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)

Karl Richter, Hertha Töpper, Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach, 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)

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

2:33

III. Allegro assai (1953)

Jascha Heifetz, Alfred Wallenstein, Los Angeles Philharmonic

2:42

Et resurrexit

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

4:27

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

Karl Richter, Hertha Töpper, Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach

4:07

Menuet

Orchestre du Festival de Prades, Alexander Schneider, Pau Casals

1:27

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

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

0:45

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

Walter Gieseking

2:55

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Bruno Walter

Conductor
Julius Katchen

Piano
Vienna Philharmonic

Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler

Conductor

The Greatest Composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bach

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