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 Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, KV 525 · “Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music)”
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Giuseppe Verdi
Il Trovatore, “The Troubadour”
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini, 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
Bedřich Smetana
Má Vlast, JB 1:112, T 110, T 111, T 113, T 114, T 120, T 121 · “My Homeland”
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
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, John Eliot Gardiner
Luigi Boccherini
String Quintet No. 5 in E Major, G. 275, Op. 11/5
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8/1, RV 269 · “Spring from The Four Seasons”
Zubin Mehta, Isaac Stern, 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
Irina Saizewa, Julij Rejentowitsch, The Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, MS 5563–5, MS 48, Op. 7 · “La campanella (The Little Bell)”
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Salvatore Accardo
Emmanuel Chabrier
España
John Eliot Gardiner, Vienna Philharmonic
Frédéric Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, B. 114, Op. 35 · “Funeral March Sonata”
Martha Argerich
George Gershwin
An American in Paris
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
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
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto pastoral
Odon Alonso, Narciso Yepes, Orquesta Sinfonica R.T.V. Espanola
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
The Ambrosian Singers, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Plácido Domingo, Vienna Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Jacques Offenbach
Barcarolle
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op. 49
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg
Jules Massenet
Thaïs
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Christer Thorvaldsson, Neeme Järvi
Gioachino Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia, “The Barber of Seville”
London Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Prey, Claudio Abbado, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Plácido Domingo
Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust, H 111, Op. 24 · “The Damnation of Faust”
Igor Markevitch, Orchestre Lamoureux
Johann Strauss I
Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 · “Radetzky March”
Ferenc Fricsay, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
George Frideric Handel
Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349 · “Water Music No. 2”
Rafael Kubelík, Wolfgang Meyer, Berlin Philharmonic
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, TH 35
Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626, KV 626
Christian Thielemann, Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Friedemann Winklhofer
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Carlo Maria Giulini, Berlin Philharmonic, Ernst Senff Chor
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa, John Oliver
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87, L. 86 · “Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'”
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Doriot Anthony Dwyer
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
Timothy Farrell, Kathleen Battle, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Antonino Votto, Sándor Kónya
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, CD 82, L. 75
Tamás Vásáry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, KV 467 · “Elvira Madigan”
Géza Anda, Camerata Salzburg
Johann Strauss
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 · “The Blue Danube”
Vienna Philharmonic, Karl Böhm
Ludwig van Beethoven
11 Bagatelles, Op. 119
Anatol Ugorski
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 · “Xerxes”
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Edward Brewer, Randall Wolfgang
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
John Alldis Choir, Karl Richter, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37
Musica Antiqua Köln, Henk Bouman, Reinhard Goebel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 · “Choral Symphony”
Jess Thomas, Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Tatiana Troyanos, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Karl Ridderbusch, Karl Böhm

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

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