The 50 greatest classical masterpieces.

Format
Audio
Language
  • Multiple languages
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Latin
Published/​Created
[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Classical, [20--?]
Description
1 online resource (1 sound file)

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Available Online

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Subject(s)
Publisher
Series
Naxos Music Library. [More in this series]
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Various performers.
Language note
Vocal works sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Latin.
Contents
  • Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67. Allegro con brio / Beethoven (8:13)
  • Serenade no. 13 in G major, K. 525. Allegro / Mozart (7:29)
  • Pavane pour une infante defunte / Ravel (6:11)
  • Carmina burana. Fortuna imperatrix mundi. O fortuna / Orff (2:35)
  • 1812 festival overture, op. 49 / Tchiakovsky (12:32)
  • Toccata and fugue in D minor, BWV 565 / Bach (8:28)
  • Guillaume Tell. Overture / Rossini (11:58)
  • Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries / Wagner (5:26)
  • An der schonen, blauen Donau Waltz, op. 314 / J. Strauss II (8:23)
  • Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30, TrV 176. Einleitung / R. Strauss (1:50)
  • Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (3:46)
  • Peer Gynt suite no. 1, op. 46. In the hall of the mountain king / Grieg (2:51)
  • Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043. Largo ma non tanto / Bach (7:15)
  • Bolero / Ravel (13:51)
  • Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125. Finale: Presto ; Allegro assai (23:57) ; Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 27, no. 2. Adagio sostenuto (6:32) / Beethoven
  • The nutcracker, op. 71. Act II. Variation 2: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy / Tchaikovsky (1:41)
  • Goldberg variations, BWV 988. Aria / Bach (1:53)
  • Miserere mei, Deus / Allegri (13:10)
  • Overture no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Air / Bach (4:52)
  • Rodeo. Hoe down / Copland (3:06)
  • Carmen. Habanera / Bizet (4:05)
  • Suite bergamasque. Clair de lune / Debussy (5:04)
  • The well-tempered clavier, book 1, BWV 846-869. Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 / Bach (2:22)
  • Lohengrin. Treulich gefuhrt, ziehet dahin / Wagner (4:36)
  • The 4 seasons. Violin concerto in E major, op. 8, no. 1, RV 269. Allegro / Vivaldi (3:37)
  • Gianni Schicchi. O mio babbino caro / Puccini (2:26)
  • Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68. Shepherd's song: Happy and thankful feelings after the storm: Allegretto / Beethoven (8:40)
  • Karelia suite, op. 11. Alla marcia: Moderato / Sibelius (4:27)
  • Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Barber (9:54)
  • Cello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Prelude / Bach (2:40)
  • Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, op. 43. Variation 18: Andante cantabile / Rachmaninoff (3:13)
  • String quartet no. 2 in D major. Nocturne / Borodin (5:44)
  • 24 preludes, op. 28, no. 15 in D-flat major / Chopin (5:50)
  • Turandot. Nessun dorma! / Puccini (3:01)
  • Concierto de Aranjuez. Adagio / Rodrigo (10:38)
  • 3 gymnopedies, no. 1. Lent et douloureux / Satie (3:23)
  • Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Molto allegro / Mozart (8:23)
  • Finlandia, op. 26 / Sibelius (9:00)
  • Jerusalem / Parry (2:24)
  • Il trovatore. Anvil chorus / Verdi (2:38)
  • The planets, op. 32. Mars, the bringer of war / Holst (6:32)
  • Pictures at an exhibition. The great gate of Kiev / Mussorgsky (4:49)
  • St. Matthew Passion. In deepest grief, here sit we weeping / Bach (9:10)
  • Canon and gigue in D major. Canon / Pachelbel (4:45)
  • The planets, op. 32. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity / Holst (8:15)
  • Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. Jesu, joy of man's desiring / Bach (3:21)
  • Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64, no. 1 / Chopin (1:49)
  • Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune / Debussy (9:21)
  • Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo sinfonico / Mascagni (4:03).
Other title(s)
Fifty greatest classical masterpieces
Publisher no.
886444492157
OCLC
961922972
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