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
Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini
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”
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík
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
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”
Isaac Stern, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
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
The Bolshoi Theatre Violinists Ensemble, Julij Rejentowitsch, Irina Saizewa
Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, MS 5563–5, MS 48, Op. 7 · “La campanella (The Little Bell)”
Salvatore Accardo, Charles Dutoit, London Philharmonic Orchestra
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
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 pastoral
Odon Alonso, Orquesta Sinfonica R.T.V. Espanola, Narciso Yepes
Georges Bizet
Carmen, GB 9, WD 31
The Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Teresa Berganza, Claudio Abbado
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto
Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, Vienna Philharmonic, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Piero Cappuccilli
Jacques Offenbach
Barcarolle
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Johannes Brahms
5 Lieder, Op. 49
Bengt Forsberg, Anne Sofie von Otter
Jules Massenet
Thaïs
Christer Thorvaldsson, Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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”
Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
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”
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, KV 626
Friedemann Winklhofer, Christian Thielemann, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Philharmonic
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Carlo Maria Giulini, Berlin Philharmonic, Ernst Senff Chor
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87, L. 86 · “Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'”
Michael Tilson Thomas, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 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
Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, Kathleen Battle, Timothy Farrell
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot, SC 91
Sándor Kónya, Antonino Votto, Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 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, 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”
Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic
Ludwig van Beethoven
Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 · “Für Elise”
Anatol Ugorski
George Frideric Handel
Serse, HWV 40 · “Xerxes”
Randall Wolfgang, Edward Brewer, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
George Frideric Handel
Messiah, HWV 56
Karl Richter, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
Johann Pachelbel
Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37
Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel, Henk Bouman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 · “Choral Symphony”
Vienna Philharmonic, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Karl Ridderbusch, Jess Thomas, Karl Böhm

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

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