All of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies (Box Set) [BOX SET]

Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Edward Cockram Purcell (Composer), Giacomo Puccini (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Leo Delibes (Composer), Franz Schubert (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Arthur Sullivan (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Haydn Wood (Composer), Dermot MacMurrough (Composer), Max Bruch (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Stephen Adams (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Charles Marshall (Composer), Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Friedrich von Flotow (Composer), Gaetano Donizetti (Composer), Johann II Strauss (Performer), James Lyman Molloy (Performer), Gabriel Faure (Performer), Canteloube, Joseph Marie (Conductor)

Product Details

• Performer: Johann II Strauss, James Lyman Molloy, Gabriel Faure
• Conductor: Canteloube, Joseph Marie
• Composer: Antonin Dvorak, Charles Gounod, Johannes Brahms, Edward Cockram Purcell, Giacomo Puccini, et al.
• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• 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: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000A7Q
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #459,170 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4)

2. Meditation on Prelude No. 1 of Bach, for violin or cello & piano with organ or cello ad lib. (or other instrumental arrangement)

3. Wiegenlied ('Guten Abend, gut Nacht'), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4

4. Passing By

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. La bohème, opera: Your Tiny Hand is Frozen (Che gelida manina)

2. Aida, opera: Celeste Aida

3. Over the Sea to Skye (a.k.a. 'The Skye Boat Song')

4. A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano

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Disc: 3

1. Casanova, musical comedy (Strauss works arr. by Benatzky): Nuns' Chorus

2. Love's Old Sweet Song

3. Roses of Picardy for voice & piano

4. Après un rêve ('Dans un sommeil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Torna a Surriento, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

2. Count Your Blessings

3. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass

4. Song of the Seashore

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Disc: 5

1. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')

2. Salut d'amour, for violin & piano, Op. 12

3. Suo Gân (Lullaby), song

4. Beau soir ('Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses'), song for voice & piano, L. 6

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hope you like the "Golden Cornet" and organ..., March 19, 2000

By A Customer

This CD set has all the greatest melodies... only they are performed by some guy and his "golden cornet" (a horn). There is accompaniment by an organ. This set WOULD have been great, IF it was performed by a piano. Huge disappointment. Would have been nice to know what instrument was used to begin with.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The other reviews only PARTLY right, August 14, 2002

By A Customer

I agree with both other reviewers re the duo coronet/organ arrangements on SOME of the bands of Disk #2 I have, but McCann plays them very well and the organ is fine if you like the organ (which I don't). BUT, the OTHER BANDS include orchestra and on ALL bands McCann really plays beautifully. However, I will not buy another disk of these because of the duo performance bands and - WHAT A SHAME as ALMOST ALL THE PIECES REALLY ARE AMONG WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL and MANY are very difficult, if not impossible, to find ANY arrangement of (though at least half on each cd readily avail other perfs arrangements).

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading CD title!, December 15, 2000

By	Mary Ann Kristan "andysgram" (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Thought I was purchasing a nice compendium of beautiful songs to listen to on long trips. You'd better love the golden cornet if you buy this CD - or, rather, 5 CDs!