The Essential Gift Pack (Box Set) (includes book: The A to Z of Classical Music) [Box set]

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Enrique Granados (Composer), Guillaume de Machaut (Composer), Johan Helmich Roman (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Kenneth Jean (Conductor), Will Humberg (Conductor), Michael Halász (Conductor), Antoni Wit (Conductor), Peter Breiner (Conductor), Bela Drahos (Conductor), Jeremy Summerly (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: Kenneth Jean, Will Humberg, Michael Halász, Antoni Wit, Peter Breiner, et al.
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Giacomo Puccini, Antonin Dvorak, et al.
• Audio CD (July 20, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000013HE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #743,783 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #97 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds > Piccolo

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor ('Appassionata'), Op. 57: Allegro ma non troppo - Presto - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia (Budapest)

2. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Allegro molto vivace - Balazs Szokolay

3. String Quartet No. 62 in C major ('Emperor'), Op. 76/3, H. 3/77 - Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia (Budapest)

4. La bohème, opera: Si, mi chiamano Mimi - Jeno Jando

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: Allegro con brio - Bernd Glemser

2. Bagatelle for piano in A minor ('Für Elise'), WoO 59 - Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

3. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Scherzo: Allegro vivace - Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)

4. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ('Pathétique'), Op. 13: Adagio cantabile - Maria Kliegel

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: Allegro con fuoco - Takako Nishizaki

2. Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64: Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima - Jeno Jando

3. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise - Capella Istropolitana

4. Nocturne, for cello & small orchestra (or piano) in D minor, Op. 19/4

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ('Eine kleine Nachtmusik'), K. 525: Allegro - M. Meekes

2. German dance for orchestra in C major ('Die Schlittenfahrt'), K. 605/3 - M. Meekes

3. Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (K. 173dB): Allegro - M. Meekes

4. String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major ('Hunt'), K. 458: Minuetto - Takako Nishizaki

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

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

2. Double Mandolin Concerto, for 2 mandolins, strings & continuo in G major, RV 532: Andante - Frantisek Hermann

3. Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in D major ('Il gardellino'), Op. 10/3, RV 428: Allegro

4. Flute Concerto, for flute, strings & continuo in D major ('Il gardellino'), Op. 10/3, RV 428: Cantabile

See all 25 tracks on this disc