Sounds of Excellence: 200 Greatest Classics [Box Set] [Box set]

Carl Maria von Weber (Composer), Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Johann I [Senior] Strauss (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Jean Sibelius (Composer), Max Bruch (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Franz Liszt (Composer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Antonio Vivaldi (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Johann Pachelbel (Composer), Leon Boellmann (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Joaquin Turina (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Carl Maria von Weber, Luigi Boccherini, Johann I [Senior] Strauss, George Gershwin, Jean Sibelius, et al.
• Audio CD (November 4, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 3
• 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: Platinum Disc
• ASIN: B00013D508
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,646 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Oberon, overture to the opera

2. Minuet in A major, arrangement (after String Quintet in E major, Op.11/5 [aka Op. 13/5], G. 275)

3. Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228

4. The Man I Love, song (from Strike Up the Band, 1st version; orig. composed for Lady, Be Good!)

5. Rakastava (The Lover), suite for string orchestra, triangle & timpani, Op. 14

6. Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

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Disc: 2

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

2. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8/2, RV 315

3. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Waltz

4. Canon in D major, instrumental arrangement

5. Prayer to Notre Dame, for organ (Suite Gothique)

6. Lieder-Album für die Jugend (Song Album for the Young) for voice & piano, Op. 79: Riding Piece, Op. 68

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Disc: 3

1. Divertimento for string quartet (or string orchestra) in D major ('Salzburg Symphony No. 1'), K. 136 (K. 125a): I. Allegro

2. Die Csárdásfürstin (The Gypsy Princess), operetta: Overture

3. Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.3/6, HWV 317: I. Vivace - II. Allegro

4. Children's Corner, suite for piano (or orchestra), L. 113: The Little Shepherd

5. Work(s): Divertimento for Orchestra No. 1

6. La bohème, opera: Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen (Che Gelida Manina)

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