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The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music

The Cleveland Orchestra, Abraham Kaplan (director), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Yefim Bronfman (piano), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Horowitz (piano), NBC Symphony Orchestra, Murray Perahia (piano), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Evgeny Kissin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter...

  • Release Date: 9th May 2014
  • Catalogue No: G010003117492X
  • Label: Sony
  • Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

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Contents

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile

Work length13:09
Album only
Album only
  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • George Szell

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace - Presto

Work length10:43
Album only
Album only
  • Abraham Kaplan (director)
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Work length11:06
Album only
Album only
  • Yefim Bronfman (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen

Rachmaninoff: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto

Work length17:20
Album only
Album only
  • Yefim Bronfman (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 : Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allergo con spirito

Work length17:31
Album only
Album only
  • Vladimir Horowitz (piano), NBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Arturo Toscanini

Grieg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

Work length12:36
Album only
Album only
  • Murray Perahia (piano)
  • Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Sir Colin Davis

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

Work length8:41
$1.30
$1.70
  • Evgeny Kissin (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • James Levine

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso

Work length5:06
$1.30
$1.70
  • Murray Perahia (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Sir Colin Davis

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo

Work length16:46
Album only
Album only
  • Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace

Work length7:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
  • Orchestre de Paris
  • Paavo Järvi

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26: I. Andante - Allegro

Work length8:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Yefim Bronfman (piano)
  • Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta

Excerpt, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Work length6:32
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin)
  • New Symphony Orchestra of London
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Allegro molto appassionato

Work length11:02
Album only
Album only
  • Jascha Heifetz (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch

Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo

Work length8:36
$1.30
$1.70
  • Isaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Claudio Abbado

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo

Work length9:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Isaac Stern (violin)
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy

Brahms: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Work length7:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Isaac Stern (violin)
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto

Work length8:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Midori Gotō (violin)
  • Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro

Work length17:30
Album only
Album only
  • Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
  • Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Leonard Slatkin

Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Work length8:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Daniel Barenboim

Dvořák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio, ma non troppo

Work length12:47
Album only
Album only
  • Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Lorin Maazel

Mozart: Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626: I. Introitus

Work length5:27
$1.30
$1.70
  • Lynne Dawson (soprano), Jard van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes, The Philharmonia Chorus
  • Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Carlo Maria Giulini

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: Dies irae: Dies Irae

Work length2:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam
  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Work length4:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Keith Lewis, Jard van Ness, David Wilson-Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Ruth Ziesak, Elmar Schloter
  • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Carlo Maria Giulini

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 "Hohe Messe": Chorus - Kyrie eleison

Track length4:24
$1.30
$1.70

Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich

Work length6:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
  • Venice Baroque Orchestra
  • Andrea Marcon

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: VII. Selig sind die Toten

Work length10:42
Album only
Album only
  • Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • James Levine

Fauré: Requiem: Agnus Dei

Work length5:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Barbara Bonney (soprano), Håkan Hagegård (baritone)
  • Seiji Ozawa

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: No. 12 Chorus - For unto Us a Child is Born

Work length4:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Eileen Farrell, Gilbert Johnson, Martha Lipton, William Warfield
  • Philadelphia Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
  • Eugene Ormandy

Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI: 2: No. 34 - Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • New York Philharmonic, Bruce Prince-Joseph (harpsichord), Bernard Altmann (cello), Judith Raskin (soprano), Alexander Young (tenor), John Reardon (baritone), Camerata Singers
  • Leonard Bernstein

Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Work length2:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sylvia McNair (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Håkan Hagegård (baritone)
  • Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
  • Leonard Slatkin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 2. Andante

Work length10:07
Album only
Album only
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Fritz Reiner

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral' - I. Allegro ma non troppo

Work length11:08
Album only
Album only
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: I. Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt - Streng - Wie ein Kondukt

Work length12:30
Album only
Album only
  • James Chambers (french horn)
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": I. Hymn - Veni, creator spiritus

Work length24:01
Album only
Album only
  • Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Norma Procter (mezzo-soprano), John Mitchinson (tenor), Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Gwenyth Annear (mezzo-soprano), Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Donald McIntyre (bass), Hans Vollenweider (organ)
  • London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Leeds Festival Chorus, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Highgate School Boys Choir, Orpington Junior Singers
  • Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzos

Work length33:35
Album only
Album only
  • Juliane Banse (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto)
  • Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Schweizer Kammerchor
  • David Zinman

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107: I. Allegro moderato

Work length20:08
Album only
Album only
  • Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  • Kent Nagano

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": II. Andante quasi allegretto

Work length15:20
Album only
Album only
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Eugene Ormandy

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: II. Scherzo- Allegro moderato - Trio

Work length16:17
Album only
Album only
  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • George Szell

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: I. Moderato

Work length16:16
Album only
Album only
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 "Leningrad": I. Allegretto

Work length27:48
Album only
Album only
  • New York Philharmonic
  • Leonard Bernstein

Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene'

Work length20:16
Album only
Album only
  • Eileen Farrell (soprano)
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Munch

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude

Work length11:43
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Mark Elder

Verdi: Aida: Gloria all'Egitto

Work length3:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Terry Cook (bass), Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Hei-Kyung Hong, Charles Anthony
  • Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera
  • James Levine

Puccini: Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Work length4:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Plácido Domingo (tenor), Montserrat Caballé, Judith Blegen, Nico Castel, Franklyn Whiteley, Ruggero Raimondi, Vicente Sardinero, Sherrill Milnes, Alan Byers, William Mason
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
  • Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Teatro alla Scala, Maria Guleghina (soprano)
  • Riccardo Muti

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!

Work length2:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Wiener Philharmoniker, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Christian Boesch (baritone), Trudeliese Schmidt, Horst Hiestermann, Peter Weber, Helge von Bomches, Gerhard Panzenböck, Christian Baumgartner, José van Dam, Martti Talvela, Ingrid Mayr, Horst Nitsche, Markus Huber, Gerhard Eder, Wolfgang Scheider, Rachel Yakar, Zdzislawa Donat, Karl Terkal, Fritz Peschke, Elizabeth Kales, Thomas Paulsen, Eric Tappy, Christian Spatzek, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
  • Wiener Staatsoper
  • James Levine

Mozart: La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Teresa Berganza (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), José van Dam, Kenneth Riegel, Kiri Te Kanawa, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Malcolm King, Orchestra of The Theatre National de L'Opera Paris
  • Lorin Maazel

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sull'aria... che soave zeffiretto

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Karita Mattila (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Zubin Mehta

Verdi: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata)

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Roberto Alagna (tenor), Tiziana Fabbricini (soprano), Nicoletta Curiel (mezzo-soprano), Orazio Mori (baritone), Enzo Capuano (bass), Francesco Musinu (bass), Enrico Cossutta (tenor)
  • Teatro alla Scala, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
  • Riccardo Muti

Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)

Work length6:55
$1.30
$1.70
  • Renata Scotto (soprano), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy (chorus master)
  • James Levine

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length5:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • Renata Scotto (soprano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Lorin Maazel

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