| Description |
6 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4. |
| System Details |
Compact discs. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Note |
Program notes on insert. |
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Selections previously released. |
| Contents |
CD1. Spectacular classics. Carmen. Act 1. Prelude / Bizet (2:10) -- Die walküre. The ride of the Valkyries / Wagner (4:45) -- Carmina Burana. O fortuna / Orff (2:44) -- The tale of Tsar Saltan. The flight of the bumble bee / Rimsky-Korsakov (1:22) -- Pictures at an exhibition. The hut on fowl's legs (3:26) ; The great gate at Kiev (5:22) / Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel) -- Ruslan & Ludmila. Overture / Glinka (5:19) -- Jazz suite no. 2. Waltz no. 2 / Shostakovich (3:44) -- Bolero conclusion / Ravel (5:15) -- Il trovatore. Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie (anvil chorus) / Verdi (2:53) -- The planets. Mars, the bringer of war / Holst (7:10) -- Symphonie fantastique. IV: Marche au supplice / Berlioz (4:51) -- William Tell. Overture conclusion / Rossini (3:09) -- Gayaneh. Sabre dance / Khachaturian (2:20) -- Rhapsody in blue (jazz band version) / Gershwin (arr. Grofé) (4:37) -- A night on the bare mountain / Mussorgsky (arr. Bates) (7:16) -- The right of spring = Le sacre du printemps. Danse sacrale = L'élue / Stravinsky (4:59). |
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CD2. Eternal classics. Brandenburg concerto no. 2 in F BWV1047. III: allegro assai / J.S. Bach (2:49) -- The four seasons. No. 4 Winter. II: Largo / Vivaldi (2:00) -- Water music suite no. 2 in D. Alla hornpipe / Handel (3:15) -- Keyboard concerto no. 5 in F minor BWV1056. II: Largo / J.S. Bach (3:24) -- Music for the royal fireworks. La Réjouissance: allegro / Handel (2:21) -- Serenata notturna in D K239. I: Marcia: Maestoso / Mozart (4:32) -- Für Elise / Beethoven (3:19) -- Le nozze di Figaro. Voi che sapete / Mozart (2:53) -- Piano concerto no. 5 in E-flat Op. 73 "Emperor." II: Adagio un poco mosso extract / Beethoven (5:19) -- Songs without words = Lieder ohne worte. Frühlingslied / Mendelssohn (2:38) -- Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor op. 13 "Pathétique." II: Adagio cantabile / Beethoven (5:47) -- Serenade for strings in C. Op. 48. II: valse: moderato / Tchaikovsky (3:40) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (3:26) -- Prelude in C-sharp minor op. 3, no. 2 / Rachmaninoff (4:34) -- Wiener blut op. 354 extract / Johann Strauss II (5:37) -- Four last songs = Vier letzte lieder. Beim Schlafengehen conclusion / Richard Strauss (4:21) -- Ma vlast. Vltava extract / Smetana (4:59) -- Symphony no. 4 in F minor op. 36. IV: Finale: allegro con fuoco / Tchaikovsky (8:43). |
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CD3. Romantic classics. Serenade in G. K525 "Eine kleine nachtmusik." II: Romanze: andante / Mozart (5:46) -- Lohengrin. Treulich geführt = Bridal chorus / Wagner (5:16) -- Carmen. Entr'acte Act III / Bizet (2:31) -- Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat op. 9 no. 2 / Chopin (5:15) -- Les contes d'Hoffmann. Barcarolle / Offenbach (3:04) -- Vocalise / Rachmaninov (5:18) -- Liebestraum no. 3 in A-flat / Liszt (5:31) -- The planets. Venus, the bringer of peace / Holst (8:07) -- Pavane op. 50 / Fauré (6:47) -- Martha. Ach so fromm / Flotow (2:49) -- A midsummer night's dream (incidental music). Wedding march / Mendelssohn (5:34) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime / Gershwin (2:40) -- Dolly suite op. 56. Berceuse / Fauré (2:38) -- Tristan und Isolde. Mild und leise (liebestod) / Wagner (6:31) -- The firebird = L'oiseau de feu conclusion / Stravinsky (3:05). |
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CD4. Instrumental classics. Te Deum opening / Charpentier (arr. Defaye) (1:59) -- Brandenburg concerto no. 5 in D BWV 1050. III: Allegro / J.S. Bach (5:13) -- Italian concerto BWV971. I: Allegro / J.S. Bach (4:13) -- Guitar concerto in D. II: Largo / Vivaldi (arr. Pujol ; ed. Isbin) (6:05) -- Cello suite no. 1 in G BWV 1007. I: Prélude / J.S. Bach (2:30) -- Flute concerto no. 2 in D K314. III: Rondeua: Allegro / Mozart (5:31) -- Carnival of the animals = Le carnaval des animaux. The swan = Le cygne / Saint-Saëns (2:37) -- Sevilla / Albéniz (arr. Byzantine) (5:19) -- Liebesfreud / Kreisler (3:28) -- Trumpet concerto in E-flat. III: Rondo: Allegro molto / Hummel (ed. Obradous) (3:38) -- The four seasons. No. 2 Summer. III: Presto / Vivaldi (2:43) -- Cello concerto in E minor op. 85. I: Adagio-moderato / Elgar (8:00) -- Arabesque no. 1 / Debussy (transcr. Renié) (4:02) -- Zigeunerweisen op. 20 / Sarasate (7:46) -- Horn concerto no. 4 in E-flat K495. II: Romanze: andante cantabile / Mozart (4:43) -- Violin concerto in D op. 35. I: Allegro moderato conclusion / Tchaikovsky (5:55). |
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CD5. Nostalgic classics. Clarinet quintet in A K581. II: Larghetto / Mozart (6:28) -- Kinderzenen op. 15. Trämerei / Schumann (2:37) -- Requiem. Pie Jesu / Lloyd Webber (2:48) -- Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor K466. II: Romanza extract / Mozart (6:14) -- Berceuse in D-flat op. 57 / Chopin (4:26) -- A midsummer night's dream (incidental music). Nocturne / Mendelssohn (5:49) -- Salut d'amour / Elgar (3:51) -- Étude in E op. 10 no. 3 "Tristesse" / Chopin (4:12) -- Serenade no. 10 for 13 wind instruments in B-flat "gran partita" K361. III: Adagio / Mozart (5:24) -- Peer Gynt (incidental music). Solveig's song / Grieg (5:45) -- Carnival of the animals = Le carnaval des animaux. Aquarium / Saint-Saëns (2:06) -- The girl with the flaxen hair = La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy (2:35) -- Prélude no. 15 in D-flat op. 28 "Raindrop" / Chopin (5:51) -- Ständchen D957 no. 4 / Schubert (3:42) -- Gymnopédie no. 1 / Satie (3:08) -- Pavane pour une infante défunte / Ravel (6:22). |
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CD6. Favorite encores. Candide. Overture / Bernstein (4:10) -- German dance K605 no. 3 "Sleigh ride" / Mozart (3:06) -- Waltz no. 15 in A-flat / Brahms (1:37) -- Heidenröslein D257 / Schubert (1:44) -- Minuet in G / Beethoven (2:51) -- Liebesleid / Kreisler (3:39) -- Piano sonata no. 11 in A K331. III: Rondo alla turca / Mozart (3:25) -- Carmen. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (habanerna) / Bizet (4:19) -- Humoresque op. 107 no. 7 / Dvořák (3:02) -- La rondine. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta / Puccini (3:03) -- Waltz in C-sharp minor Op. 64 no. 2 / Chopin (4:12) -- Memories of the Alhambra = Recuerdos de la Alhambra / Tárrega (3:54) -- Polonaise no. 6 in A-flat "Heroic" op. 53 / Chopin (6:34) -- Tritsch-tratsch polka op. 214 / Johann Strauss II (2:35) -- Pines of Rome = Pini di Roma. The pines of the Villa Borghese / Respighi (2:50) -- Peter and the wolf extract / Prokofiev (2:43) -- Orphée aux enfers = Orpheus in the underworld. Overture / Offenbach (9:35) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Act I. Prelude / Wagner (9:35). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Music -- 17th century.
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Music -- 19th century.
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Music -- 18th century.
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| Added Title |
100 best classics. Volume 2 |
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One hundred best classics. Volume 2 |
| Standard No. |
094637087220 |
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00094637087220 gtin |
| Music No. |
3 70872 2 EMI Classics |
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