50 greatest classics.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Decca Record Company, publisher.

Series:

Naxos Music Library.

Language:

English

German

Latin

Subjects (All):

Instrumental music.

Vocal music.

Genre:

Vocal music.

Streaming audio.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Other Title:

Fifty greatest classics

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Decca, [2012?]

Language Note:

Vocal selections sung in English, German and Latin.

System Details:

digital

audio file

Contents:

Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30, TrV 176. Einleitung / Richard Strauss (Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor)

Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630 / Antonio Vivaldi (Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; Harry Christophers, conductor)

Recuerdos de la Alhambra / Francisco Tárrega (Eduardo Fernandez, guitar)

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64, MWV O14. Allegro molto appasionato / Felix Mendelssohn (Joshua Bell, violin ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)

Brandenburg concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047. Allegro / Johann Sebastian Bach (Henryk Szeryng, violin ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)

Carmen suite no. 2. Habanera / Georges Bizet (Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)

Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Molto allegro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Dresden Staatskapelle ; Colin Davis, conductor)

Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43. Variation 18 / Sergey Rachmaninov (Bella Davidovich, piano ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Neeme Järvi, conductor)

Peer Gynt, op. 23. In the hall of the mountain king (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra ; Kurt Masur, conductor)

Spartacus suite no. 2. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Aram Khachaturian (Kirov Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor).

Romeo and Juliet, op. 64. Dance of the knights / Sergey Prokofiev (Kirov Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor)

Water music suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349. Alla hornpipe / George Frideric Handel (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Eduard van Beinum, conductor)

Carnival of the animals. The swan / Camille Saint-Saëns (Nelson Freire, Martha Argerich, piano ; Eduard Brunner, clarinet ; Isabelle van Keulen, Gidon Kremer, violins ; Tabea Zimmermann, viola ; Mischa Maisky, cello ; Georg Hortnagel, double bass ; Markus Steckeler, xylophone ; Edith Salmen-Weber, glockenspiel)

Canon in D major / Johann Pachelbel (I Musici)

Piano sonata no. 11 in A major, K. 331. Alla turca / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Claudio Arrau, piano)

Nocturne no. 2 in E-flat major, op. 9, no. 2 / Fryderyk Chopin (Claudio Arrau, piano)

The Liberty Bell / John Philip Sousa (Eastman Wind Ensemble ; Frederick Fennell, conductor)

Overture no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Air / Johann Sebastian Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra ; Peter Schreier, conductor)

Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13, "Pathétique." Adagio cantabile / Ludwig van Beethoven (Alfred Brendel, piano)

Pictures at an exhibition. The great gate of Kiev / Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ; arranged by Maurice Ravel (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; André Previn, conductor).

Radetzky march, op. 228 / Johann Strauss I (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Willi Boskovsky, conductor)

Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64, no. 1, "Minute" / Fryderyk Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano)

Adagio in G minor / Remo Giazotto (Maria Teresa Garatti, organ ; I Musici)

Gymnopédie no. 1 / Erik Satie (Pascal Rogé, piano)

Violin concerto in E major, op. 8, no. 1, RV 269, "La primavera." Allegro / Antonio Vivaldi (Christopher Hirons, violin ; Nigel North, guitar ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor)

La damnation de Faust, op. 24. Hungarian march, "Rakoczy March" / Hector Berlioz (Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra ; Igor Markevitch, conductor)

Overture no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067. Badinerie / Johann Sebastian Bach (Aurèle Nicolet, flute ; Munich Bach Orchestra ; Karl Richter, conductor)

Piano concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan." Andante / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Alfred Brendel, piano ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)

Pavane, op. 50 / Gabriel Fauré (Montreal Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)

Kinderszenen. Träumerei / Robert Schumann (Radu Lupu, piano).

An der schönen, blauen Donau / Johann Strauss II (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor)

Swan Lake, op. 20. Allegro / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra ; Valery Gergiev, conductor)

Samson et Dalila, op. 47. Bacchanale / Camille Saint-Saëns (Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)

Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune / Claude Debussy (Tamás Vásáry, piano)

Slavonic dances, series 1, op. 46, B. 83. No. 8 in G minor / Antonín Dvořák (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Antal Dorati, conductor)

Lohengrin. Treulich geführt / Richard Wagner (Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor)

Symphony no. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World." Largo / Antonín Dvořák (Cleveland Orchestra ; Christoph von Dohn?nyi, conductor)

Concierto de Aranjuez. Allegro con spirito / Joaquín Rodrigo (Carlos Bonell, guitar ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)

The nutcracker suite, op. 71a. Waltz of the flowers / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Finchley Children's Music Group ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor)

Violin concerto in D major, op. 61. Rondo / Ludwig van Beethoven (Kyung-Wha Chung, violin ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Kirill Kondrashin, conductor).

Ma vlast. Vltava / Bedrich Smetana (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Rafael Kubelik, conductor)

Piano sonata no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35, "Funeral march." Marche funebre / Fryderyk Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano)

Gloria in D major, RV 589. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Antonio Vivaldi (Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, sopranos ; Carolyn Watkinson, contralto ; Oxford Christ Church Cathedral Choir ; Academy of Ancient Music ; Simon Preston, conductor)

Serenade no. 13 in G major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik." Rondo / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)

Polonaise no. 3 in A major, op. 40, no. 1, "Military" / Fryderyk Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano)

The planets, op. 32. Jupiter / Gustav Holst (Le Choeur des Femmes de L'Orchestre de Montreal ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor)

The stars and stripes forever / John Philip Sousa (Eastman Wind Ensemble ; Frederick Fennell, conductor)

Messiah, HWV 56. Hallelujah / George Frideric Handel (London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Colin Davis, conductor)

Gayane. Sabre dance / Aram Khachaturian (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Aram Khachaturian, conductor)

Il trovatore. Vedi, le fosche notturne / Giuseppe Verdi (Rome Santa Cecilia Academy Chorus & Orchestra ; Carlo Franci, conductor).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

"Classic FM."

OCLC:

982960205

Publisher Number:

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00028948064304 Decca

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