Classics for Lovers

Rudolf Knoll (Performer), Jose Ostrac (Performer), Adolphe Adam (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Alexander Borodin (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Gustav Holst (Composer), Ruggero Leoncavallo (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Jacques Offenbach (Composer), Carl Orff (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer)

Product Details

• Performer: Rudolf Knoll, Jose Ostrac
• Composer: Adolphe Adam, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Alexander Borodin, et al.
• Audio CD (October 18, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 4
• Label: Compendia
• ASIN: B000003QWF
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,451 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Canon in D Major - Collegium Aureum

2. Piano Concerto No. 21 ("Elvira Madigan") - Andante - Martha Bergerich, Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum

3. Vesti la Giubba from "Pagliacci" - Nüremberg Symphony Orchestra,

4. Madame Butterfly - Un Bel Dí - Vanda Gerlovic, Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra

5. "Romeo and Juliet" Fantasy Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra,

See all 8 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Air for the "G" String - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2. Moonlight Sonata - Adagio Sostenuto - Dubravka Tomsic

3. "Swan Lake" Suite - Scene: Enchanted Lake - London Festival Orchestra

4. Piano Concerto No. 2 - Adagio Sostenuto - Garrison Kent, London Symphony Orchestra

5. Clair de Lune - Anna Lelkes

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. "Peer Gynt" Suite - Morning Song - Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra

2. Largo from "Xerxes" - London Festival Orchestra

3. Piano Concerto No. 20 - Romance - Mozart Festival Orchestra, Svetlana Stanceva

4. "The Nutcracker" Suite - Arabian Dance

5. Pavan - London Festival Orchestra

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. "The Sleeping Beauty" Suite - Pas d'Action: Andante - London Philharmonic Orchestra,

2. Scheherazade - The Young Prince and Young Princess - Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra

3. Clarinet Concerto in a Major - Adagio - Mozart Festival Orchestra,

4. On the Beautiful, Blue Danube - Vienna Folk Opera Orchestra, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

5. Mer - From Dawn Until Noon on the Sea - London Festival Orchestra

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not a good digital recording, July 26, 1999

By	[e-mail] (california) - See all my reviews

There is a 'record player' hum in the background when you try to listen to various tracks on these CDs. The compilation is wonderful. The Quality of the recording is very disappointing. The outside of the album cover reads DDD which I thought to mean clean and clear all digital recording. Don't be deceived by the cover.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Well..., February 19, 2008

By	E. Bryant (MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The item is fine, except for the fact that I THOUGHT I was supposed to be getting 4 CDs. I don't like how there's this chance of a fine print where you don't get the whole product. I bought it through a seller, and even though its not technically "Amazon", this is the 2nd time I've had problems with this site in the last 2 months. Needless to say I won't be buying anything for awhile.

If you want to know how it is, I listened to the 1st cd, (which is the only one I got) and its decent.

That's my rant.

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Collection of Classical I have., December 13, 2006

By	E. Elkins (Provo, UT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't care much for compilation CDs. Usually they are someone else's favorite set of songs from that genre or composer. I usually like the songs, but when I get into listening to the other songs in the genre or by the same composer I find songs that I'm more fond of.

This collection is different.

I try not to be too generous with my top ratings in iTunes for songs, I don't give out a four or five stars to just anything, but many of the songs from this collection make up a good chunk of my top rated songs. I just love this collection.