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The Essentials: Greatest Classics, Vol. 1

The Essentials: Greatest Classics, Vol. 1

Various Artists
2016
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, KV 525 · “Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)”
I. Allegro
Capella Istropolitana, Wolfgang Sobotka
5:52
Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme of Haydn in B-Flat Major, Op. 56a · “St. Anthony Variations”
Theme. Andante
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Marin Alsop
2:08
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, KV 467 · “Elvira Madigan”
II. Andante
Peter Lang, Christoph Eberle, Capella Istropolitana
6:18
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell, “William Tell”
Overture
Christian Benda, Prague Sinfonia
11:35
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 · “Fate Symphony”
I. Allegro con brio
Richard Edlinger, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
6:56
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49, TH 49
1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
15:32
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Oboe, Strings & Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1059a
I. (Allegro)
Andrés Gabetta, Niklas Eklund, Swiss Baroque Soloists, Diego Nadra, Luis Beduschi
4:49
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
6:07
II. Andante
Andrés Gabetta, Swiss Baroque Soloists, Niklas Eklund
3:26
III. Allegro assai
Swiss Baroque Soloists, Niklas Eklund, Andrés Gabetta, Luis Beduschi, Diego Nadra
2:40
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 · “Italian Symphony”
I. Allegro vivace
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Anthony Bramall
8:04
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, K. 300i, KV 331, KV 300i · “Alla Turca”
III. Rondo "Alla turca". Allegretto (Arr. for Orchestra)
Konrad Leitner, Vienna Mozart Orchestra
3:02
Johannes Brahms
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Hungarian Dance in G Minor, WoO 1 No. 5 (Orch. M. Schmeling)
Kenneth Jean, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
3:00
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
I. Allegro molto moderato
Jenő Jandó, András Ligeti, Budapest Symphony Orchestra
12:00
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14
No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd
6:53
Erik Satie
Gymnopédies
Gymnopédies No. 1
Klára Körmendi
2:39
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana
No. 1, O Fortuna
Prague Festival Orchestra, Prague Festival Chorus, Pavel Urbanek, Prague Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Pavel Urbanek
2:28
Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, B. 54/2, Op. 9/2 · “Murmures de la Seine 2”
Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
İdil Biret
4:30
Johann Sebastian Bach
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 · “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”
No. 10, Jesus bleibet meine Freude
Harry Christophers, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, The Sixteen
2:47
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8/1, RV 269 · “Spring from The Four Seasons”
I. Allegro
Onix Chamber Orchestra, Attila Falvay
3:32
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176
No. 1, Prelude
Zdenek Kosler, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
1:54
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Hannes Kästner
9:23
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
No. 8, In the Hall of the Mountain King
Stephen Gunzenhauser, Cssr State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice)
2:24
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
Jenő Jandó, András Ligeti, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy Of St. Christopher Orchestra
9:00
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12
No. 2, Waltz
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hans Vonk
6:54
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27/2 · “Moonlight Sonata”
I. Adagio sostenuto
Alessio Bax
5:03
Franz Liszt
Liebesträume, S. 541
No. 3, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst
Jenő Jandó
4:21
Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, CD 82, L. 75
III. Clair de lune
François-Joël Thiollier
5:12
Samuel Barber
Cello Sonata, Op. 6
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
7:46
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
No. 44, Hallelujah
Academy of Ancient Music, Edward Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford
4:03
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Nessun dorma! (Live)
Orchestra dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Donato Renzetti, Mario Malagnini, Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova
2:40
Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 · “Tristan and Isolde”
Prelude
Royal Court Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, Swedish Opera Orchestra
11:47
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Flight of the Bumblebee
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
1:30
Richard Wagner
Die Walküre, WWV 86B · “The Ring Cycle”
Ride of the Valkyries (Arr. L. Stokowski)
José Serebrier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
5:38
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Rhapsody in Blue
SWR Symphonieorchester, Cécile Ousset, Neville Marriner
17:38
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 · “Choral Symphony”
IV. Finale. Presto
Michael Pabst, Robert Holzer, Zagreb Philharmonic Chorus, Diane Elias, Gabriele Lechner, Richard Edlinger, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic
23:45
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
Sinfonia No. 2 "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Harry Christophers, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, The Sixteen
3:01
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48
Introit et Kyrie
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
5:19
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
III. Poco allegretto
Hans Knappertsbusch, SWR Symphonieorchester
7:56
Benjamin Britten
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27
Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27
Ben Parry, Bethany Partridge, National Youth Choir of Great Britain
9:49
Jules Massenet
Thaïs
Meditation (Arr. for Violin & Piano)
Amy Schwartz Moretti, Elizabeth Pridgen
5:15
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Fantasia on Greensleeves (Arr. R. Greaves for Orchestra)
Margaret Campbell, Colin Lilley, William Boughton, Audrey Douglas, English String Orchestra
4:18
Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra
No. 6, Waltz No. 2
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Dmitry Yablonsky
3:13
Jeremiah Clarke
Suite
The Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"
Berliner Barock-Compagney, Reinhold Friedrich
1:15
Gustav Holst
The Planets, H 125, Op. 32
No. 1, Mars, the Bringer of War
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Leaper
7:45
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 · “Organ Symphony”
IIb. Maestoso - Allegro
Orchestre National de Lyon, Vincent Warnier, Leonard Slatkin
8:13
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
No. 13, Dance of the Knights
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
6:06
Sir Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Var. 9, Nimrod
Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra
4:01
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection Symphony”
I. Allegro maestoso
Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
25:00
Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E Major, B 52, Op. 22
II. Tempo di valse
Volker Hartung, European New Philharmonic Orchestra
6:37
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Dies Irae
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, Semyon Bychkov, Olga Borodina, Turin Radio Chorus, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Violeta Urmana, NDR Choir, Cologne West German Radio Chorus, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ramón Vargas
2:22

June 17, 2016 50 tracks, 5 hours 27 minutes ℗ 2016 Unclassified

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