Encores - The Greatest Hits - 2 CD Set

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Modest Mussorgsky (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Franz von Suppe (Composer), Mikhail Glinka (Composer), Carl Orff (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Aram Khachaturian (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Johann I [Senior] Strauss (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, et al.
• Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Reference Gold by Intersound
• ASIN: B000003QX5
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,447 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries

2. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), overture to the operetta (RV 503-1)

3. Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov

4. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers

5. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Overture

6. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ('La Primavera,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269: Sp

7. Carmen, opera: Toréadors

8. Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84: Overture

9. Fra Holbergs tid (From Holberg's Time), for string orchestra ('Holberg Suite'), Op. 40: Prelude

10. Festival Coronation March, for orchestra (or piano) in D major

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. 1812 -- Festival Overture, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 49: Conclusion

2. Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra: Introduction

3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Overture

4. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrations other than Ravel's: Great Gate of Kiev

5. Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Hall of the Mountain King

6. Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

7. Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 3: Sabre Dance

8. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Conclusion

9. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96: Overture

10. Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé): Excerpt

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of excerpts!, June 20, 2000

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Cory (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encores - The Greatest Hits - 2 CD Set (Audio CD)

That's what you are going to get! It's an excellent CD if you want to get into classical music. Lots of the high hitters you hear too much of! But for someone who knows about classical music who just wanted this CD for the Tchaikovsky Coronation March, don't get it. Waste of [money] unless you have a reason to buy it. The music playing and recording is average. Nothing special but not bad.