Silver Screen Classics: Great Classical Music from Great Movies [Box set, Soundtrack]

Richard Strauss (Artist), Samuel Barber (Artist), Alfredo Catalani (Artist), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Artist), Gustav Mahler (Artist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Artist), Gaetano Donizetti (Artist), Franz Liszt (Artist), Antonio Vivaldi (Artist), Johann Pachelbel (Artist), Georges Bizet (Artist), Gioachino Rossini (Artist), Johann Sebastian Bach (Artist), Richard Wagner (Artist), Franz Schubert (Artist), Maurice Ravel (Artist), Aram Il'yich Khachaturian (Artist), Pietro Mascagni (Artist), Felix Mendelssohn (Artist), Giacomo Puccini (Artist), Edward Elgar (Artist), Matthieu-Frederic Blasius (Artist), Ludwig van Beethoven (Artist), Camille Saint-Saëns (Artist), Johann Strauss II (Artist), Giuseppe Verdi (Artist), Claude Debussy (Artist), Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (Artist), George Gershwin (Artist), Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Artist), Canhoto Da Paraiba (Artist), George Frideric Handel (Artist), Amilcare Ponchielli (Artist), Umberto Giordano (Artist), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Artist), Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Artist), Estevao Lopes Morago (Artist), Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Artist), London Philharmonia Orchestra (Artist), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Artist), Budapest Radio Symphony Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 10
• Format: Box set, Soundtrack
• 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: Delta
• ASIN: B000001VV0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,988 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten cd's for one incredible price., August 25, 2001

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irmita "irmita" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silver Screen Classics: Great Classical Music from Great Movies (Audio CD)

Not only do you receive an entire collection of ten cds for a phenomenal value, but you get the best classical music ever composed. These are songs that have been featured in widely popular films, including Apocalypse Now, which brought fame to Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. This will make a priceless gift for any lover of the cinema or of classical music. All of the songs that are included range from a variety of eras. In addition, famous composers from Mozart to Strauss make an appearance in this musical collection. These songs will remind you of the great movies that you've seen.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent sampler to get into classical music, July 2, 2002

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J. J. Kwashnak "voracious reader" (Monroe, LA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silver Screen Classics: Great Classical Music from Great Movies (Audio CD)

So often we hear classical music in the movies and wonder "What is that called?" Well now it's here - a chance to find it and listen again to something that caught your ear and your heart. While normally I'm not a big fan of sampler complication albums, I love this set because of the breadth of works represented here. While not explicitly instructional (the liner notes are non-existent, and there is no real explanation of the works beyond their appearance in a specific movie), it lets you experience many famous, and lesser known pieces of classical music. Besides just giving you a nice album to put on and relax to, it also lets you find someone that you may not have heard before, listen to a piece and maybe go off in search of more by the same composer.

The bottom line is that for this price, you have a bargain of CD's of fine quality, and extraordinary breadth, with an anchor to the movies to help put them in a place. Besides, where else can you look for a specific film to try and find out what was that piece that is stuck in your head?