| Description |
2 audio discs (approximately 156 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
011815 011752 |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Various artists. |
| Event |
All works previously recorded, 1959-1996 (p1960-1997). |
| Contents |
(Disc 1) Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (opening) / R. Strauss (Berlin Philharmonic) -- William Tell overture (finale) / Rossini (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano) -- Morning mood, Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Grieg (Vienna Philharmonic) -- 'O sole mio / Di Capua (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orcheatra) -- Air, Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 ; Badinerie, Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 / J.S. Bach (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) -- Piano concerto No. 21 in C major, K467, Andante / Mozart (András Schiff, piano ; Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg) -- Radetzky march, Op. 28 / Johann Strauss (Vienna Philharmonic) -- Violin concert No. 1 in G minor, Adagio / Bruch (Kyung Wha Chung, violin ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Eine kleine nachtmusik, Allegro / Mozart (Vienna Philharmonic) -- Baïlèro, Chants d'Auvergne / Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra) -- Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute" / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) -- Sheep may safely graze, Cantata No. 208 / J.S. Bach (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) -- The flight of the bumblebee / Rimsky-Korsakov (Philharmonia Orchestra) -- Bolero (finale) / Ravel (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal) -- Barcarolle, Les contes d'Hoffman / Offenbach (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) -- Adagio in G minor / Albinoni (Martin Haselböck, organ ; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) -- Pizzicato polka / J. Strauss & Josef Strauss (Vienna Philharmonic,) -- Dein ist mein ganzes herz, Das land des Lachelns / Lehar (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma). |
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(Disc 2) O fortuna, Carmina Burana / Orff (Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin und Chor) -- Jazz suite no. 2 (Waltz II) / Shostakovich (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,) -- Adagio for strings / Barber (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) -- Fantasia on greensleeves / Vaughan Williams (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields) -- Spring (I Allegro) The four seasons / Vivaldi (Alan Loveday, violin ; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields) -- Trumpet voluntary / Clarke (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble) -- Canon / Pachelbel (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) -- Nuns' chorus, Casanova / J. Strauss II (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; Utah Symphony Orchestra,) -- Piano sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (I Adagio sostenuto) / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) -- Romeo & Juliet fantasy (love theme) / Tchaikovsky (Vienna Philharmonic) -- Warsaw concerto / Addinsel (Cristina Ortiz, piano ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Symphony No. 9 "From the new world" (II Largo - excerpt) / Dvorak (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) -- Dance of the sugar plum fairy, The nutcracker / Tchaikovsky (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Concierto de Aranjuez (II Adagio - excerpt) / Rodrigo (Carlos Bonell, guitar ; Orchestre Symphonique de Montreál) -- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon / Handel (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields) -- Hungarian dance no. 5 in G minor / Brahms (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Meditation, Thais / Massenet (Nigel Kennedy, violin ; National Philharmonic Orchestra) -- Nessun dorma, Turandot / Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; John Alldis Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Orchestral music -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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| Added Title |
Number 1 classical album |
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Number one classical album |
| ISBN |
9786307035020 |
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6307035021 |
| Standard No. |
028947093329 |
| Music No. |
289 470 933-2 Decca |
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