| Description |
6 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4. |
| Note |
EMI Classics: 0946 3 70853 2 5 ; 0946 3 70854 2 4 ; 0946 3 70855 2 3 ; 0946 3 70856 2 2 ; 0946 3 70857 2 1 ; 0946 3 70853 2 5 (on container: 0946 3 70853 2 5). |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Selections previously released. |
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Compact discs. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Uplifting classics. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel -- Le quattro stagioni. 1: Allegro / Vivaldi -- Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 / Bach -- Horn concerto no. 4 in E flat, K. 495. Rondo (Allegro vivace) / Mozart -- Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67. Allegro con brio / Beethoven -- 1812 overture (conclusion) / Tchaikovsky -- Ode to joy (Symphony no. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), op. 125 / Beethoven -- Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16. Allegro molto moderato (opening) / Grieg -- Karelia suite, op. 11. Alla marcia / Sibelius -- The planets. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity (conclusion) / Holst -- Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso / Tchaikovsky -- Finandia / Sibelius -- Aida. Gloria all'egito / Verdi -- Romeo and Juliet. Montagues and Capulets / Prokofiev -- Radetzky march / J. Strauss I -- Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 / Elgar -- Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor. Allegro ma non tanto (opening) / Rachmaninoff -- Symphony no. 3 ("Organ"), op. 78. (Conclusion): Maestoso - Allegro / Saint-Saëns. |
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Disc 2: Relaxing classics. Air "On the G String" / Bach -- Dance of the blessed spirits / Gluck -- Canon in D / Pachelbel -- Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622. Adagio / Mozart -- Goldberg variations, BWV 988. Aria / Bach -- Adagio in G minor (extract) / Albinoni -- Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight"). Adagio sostenuto (extract) / Beethoven -- Flute & harp concerto in C, K. 299. Andantino (extract) / Mozart -- Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64. Andante (extract) / Mendelssohn -- Piano concerto no. 21 in C ("Elvira Madigan"), K. 467. Andante / Mozart -- Symphony no. 9 ("From the New World"). Largo (opening) / Dvorak -- Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26. Adagio (opening) / Bruch -- Enigma variations. Nimrod / Elgar -- Concierto de Aranjuez. Adagio (opening) / Rodrigo -- The lark ascending (conclusion) / Vaughan Williams -- Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor. Adagietto (conclusion) / Mahler -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Variation 18 / Rachmaninoff. |
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Disc 3. Vocal classics. Au fond du Temple Saint / Bizet -- Song to the moon / Dvorak -- Dome epais / Delibes -- La fleur que tu m'avais jetéee / Bizet -- Che farò senza Euridice? / Gluck -- Casta diva / Bellini -- Che gelida manina / Puccini -- O mio babbino caro / Puccini -- Bailero / trad. -- Vogliatemi bene / Puccini -- Va, pensiero / Verdi -- Es lebt' eine Vilja / Lehár -- Ombra mai fu / Handel -- Ave Maria / Schubert -- Minuit, chrétiens / Adam -- Nessun dorma / Puccini. |
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Disc 4: Golden classics. Le nozze di Figaro. Overture / Mozart -- Jesus Bleibet meine Freude / Bach -- Piano concerto no. 5 in E flat ("Emperor"). Allegro (extract) / Beethoven -- Trumpet voluntary / Clarke -- Judex / Gounod -- La scata di seta. Overture / Rossini -- Sarabande / Handel -- Waltz of the flowers / Tchaikovsky -- Troika / Prokofiev -- Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Vaughan Williams -- Clair de lune / Debussy -- Cavatina / Myers -- Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) / Chopin -- My heart will go on / Horner -- Time to say goodbye / Quarantotto -- An der schönen blauen Donau (extract) / J. Strauss II. |
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Disc 5: Favorite classics. Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni -- Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18. Adagio sostenuto (opening) / Rachmaninoff -- Peer Gynt incidental music, op. 23. Morning / Grieg -- Romance / Shostakovich -- Adagio for strings / Barber -- Scheherazade. The story of the Kalender Prince (opening) / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Thais. Meditation / Massenet -- Polovtsian dances / Borodin -- Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Khachaturian -- Romeo and Juliet. Fantasy-Overture (excerpt) / Tchaikovsky -- Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92. Allegretto (extract) / Beethoven -- Double violin concerto in D minor, BWV 1043. Largo ma non tanto / Bach -- Schindler's list theme / Williams -- Dance of the reed flutes / Tchaikovsky -- Symphony no. 6 in f ("Pastoral"), op. 68. Allegretto / Beethoven. |
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Disc 6: Spiritual classics. Zadok the Priest / Handel -- Zion Hört die Wächter / Bach -- Miserere mei, Deus / Allegri -- Deutsche Messe, D872. Sanctus / Schubert -- Panis angelicus / Franck -- L'adieu des bergers / Berlioz -- St. Celicia Mass. Sanctus / Gounod -- Requiem. In paradisum / Fauré -- Laudate dominum / Mozart -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré -- Requiem. Ingemisco / Verdi -- Ave verum corpus / Mozart -- Messiah. I know that my redeemer liveth / Handel -- The heavens are telling / Haydn -- Requiem. Pie Jesu / Fauré -- Requiem. Lacrimosa / Mozart -- Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Music -- 17th century.
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Music -- 18th century.
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Music -- 19th century.
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| Added Title |
One hundred best classics |
| Standard No. |
094637085325 |
| Music No. |
0946 3 70854 2 4 EMI Classics |
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0946 3 70855 2 3 EMI Classics |
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0946 3 70856 2 2 EMI Classics |
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0946 3 70857 2 1 EMI Classics |
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0946 3 70858 2 0 EMI Classics |
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0946 3 70853 2 5 EMI Classics |
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