The Best of 25 Classical Favorites

Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Carl Orff (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Georg Philipp Telemann (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Alexander von Pitamic (Conductor), Henry Adolph (Conductor), Curt Kremer (Conductor), Oliver von Dohnanyi (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Alexander von Pitamic, Henry Adolph, Curt Kremer, Oliver von Dohnanyi
• Composer: Luigi Boccherini, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, et al.
• Audio CD (May 29, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Madacy Records
• ASIN: B00005KB85
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #500,131 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in A major, G. 281 (Op. 13/5): Menuet

2. Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ('Trout'), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): IV. Andante, (excerpt)

3. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

4. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie

5. Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50

6. Music for the Royal Fireworks, for orchestra, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance

7. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ('Eine kleine Nachtmusik'), K. 525: IV. Rondo. Allegro

8. Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a: Dance of the Reed Flutes

9. Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Anitra's Dance

10. The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

11. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah

12. Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80): Prelude in C major

13. Aida, opera: Triumphant March

14. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Oh fortuna

15. Divertimento No. 17 for 2 horns & strings in D major, K. 334 (K.320b): Oh fortuna

16. String Quartet No. 62 in C major ('Emperor'), Op. 76/3, H. 3/77: II. Poco Adagio cantabile

17. Ellens Gesang III ('Ave Maria'), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)

18. Capriccio Italien, for orchestra (or piano, 4 hands), Op. 45: [Excerpt]

19. Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7): I. (Tempo ordinario)

20. The Swan Lake, suite, Op. 20a: Dance of the Swans

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