50 Classical Masterworks

50 Classical Masterworks

Various Artists
2014

Timeless and soothing classics from some of music’s most illustrious performers.

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176
Vienna Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt, Op. 23
Neeme Järvi, Göteborgs Symfoniker
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, KV525 · “Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)”
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
Carlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Jacques Offenbach
Orphée aux enfers, “Orpheus in the Underworld”
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op.  15 · “Scenes from Childhood”
Daniel Barenboim
Smetana: Má Vlast, JB1:112
Rafael Kubelík, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, B 178, Op.  95 · “From the New World”
Rafael Kubelík, Berlin Philharmonic
Johannes Brahms
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO  1
John Eliot Gardiner, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Luigi Boccherini
6 String Quintets, Op. 11
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, Op.  8/1 · “Spring from The Four Seasons”
Isaac Stern, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.  90
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C‑Sharp Minor, Op.  27/2 · “Moonlight Sonata”
Wilhelm Kempff
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Julij Rejentowitsch, Irina Saizewa, The Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 7, MS 5563–5, MS 48 · “La campanella (The Little Bell)”
Charles Dutoit, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Salvatore Accardo
Emmanuel Chabrier
España
John Eliot Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B‑Flat Minor, Op.  35, B.  114 · “Funeral March Sonata”
Martha Argerich
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Ravel
Boléro, M.  81
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.  67 · “Fate Symphony”
Berlin Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel
Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez
Orquesta Sinfonica R.T.V. Espanola, Narciso Yepes, Odon Alonso
Georges Bizet
Carmen, WD 31, GB9
Claudio Abbado, London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Teresa Berganza
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Vienna Philharmonic, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli
Jacques Offenbach
Gaîté parisienne
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op.  49
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Jules Massenet
Thaïs
Göteborgs Symfoniker, Christer Thorvaldsson, Neeme Järvi
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
London Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Prey, Claudio Abbado, Plácido Domingo, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust, H111, Op. 24 · “The Damnation of Faust”
Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
Johann Strauss I
Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 · “Radetzky March”
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
George Frideric Handel
Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 · “Water Music No. 2”
Berlin Philharmonic, Wolfgang Meyer, Rafael Kubelík
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op.  71a, TH 35
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, KV626
Munich Philharmonic, Friedemann Winklhofer, Christian Thielemann, Bavarian Radio Chorus
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Carlo Maria Giulini, Berlin Philharmonic, Ernst Senff Chor
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, John Oliver
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune, L.  86, CD 87 · “Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'”
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Michael Tilson Thomas
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 · “The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1”
Wilhelm Kempff
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kathleen Battle, Timothy Farrell
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC91
Antonino Votto, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Sándor Kónya, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Helmut Walcha
Johann Sebastian Bach
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 · “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”
Solistengemeinschaft Der Bachwoche Ansbach, Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter
Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque, L.  75, CD 82
Tamás Vásáry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, KV467 · “Elvira Madigan”
Géza Anda, Camerata Salzburg
Johann Strauss II
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 · “The Blue Danube”
Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO  59 · “Für Elise”
Anatol Ugorski
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 · “Xerxes”
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Randall Wolfgang, Edward Brewer
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Richter, John Alldis Choir
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37
Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln, Henk Bouman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op.  125 · “Choral Symphony”
Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Jess Thomas, Karl Böhm, Tatiana Troyanos, Karl Ridderbusch

December 1, 2014 50 tracks, 3 hours 20 minutes ℗ This Compilation 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

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