Sounds of Excellence: 200 Greatest Classics, Vol. 13

Edward Elgar (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Johann II [Junior] Strauss (Composer), Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Felix [1] Mendelssohn (Composer), Robert Schumann (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Kenneth (F. J. Ricketts) Alford (Composer), Malcolm Sargent (Conductor), Rudolf Kempe (Conductor), Rudolf Krauss (Conductor), Kurt Graunke (Conductor), Clifford Bunford (Conductor), Richard Kauss (Conductor), H. Glenn Osttovsky (Conductor), Spitfields Sinfonietta of London (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Spitfields Sinfonietta of London
• Conductor: Malcolm Sargent, Rudolf Kempe, Rudolf Krauss, Kurt Graunke, Clifford Bunford, et al.
• Composer: Edward Elgar, Edvard Grieg, Georges Bizet, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, et al.
• Audio CD (July 21, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Platinum Disc
• ASIN: B00003XADZ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,474 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pomp and Circumstance March No.4, for orchestra in G major, Op. 39/4

2. Våren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2

3. L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: Carillon

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

5. Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ('Akademische Festouvertüre'), Op. 80

6. Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180

7. Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 333 (RV 333)

8. String Quartet in F major ('Serenade'), Op. 3/5, H. 3/17 (spurious, possibly by Hoffstetter): Serenade

9. Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22

10. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)

11. Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) for piano, Op. 15: Traumerai 'Dreaming'

12. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437)

13. Divertimento No. 17 for 2 horns & strings in D major, K. 334 (K.320b): Minuet

14. Colonel Bogey March, for band (or orchestra)