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Ultimate Classical Dreams: The Essential Masterpieces
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- Release Date: 04/21/2009
- 5 Disc Set
- Sales Rank: 73,310
- Label: DECCA
- UPC: 028947814849
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Ultimate Classical Dreams: The Essential Masterpieces | ||
| 1. | Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 4:33 | |
| Composed by Claude Debussy | ||
| Performed by Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Frederick Fennell | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for Orchestration | ||
| 2. | Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11 8:44 | |
| Composed by Samuel Barber | ||
| Performed by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by David Zinman | ||
| 3. | Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio [Excerpt] 5:49 | |
| Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo | ||
| Performed by Marisa Robles and Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for harp & strings | ||
| 4. | Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo 3:13 | |
| Composed by Pietro Mascagni | ||
| Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni | ||
| Performed by Nation Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| 5. | Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: 2. Romance: Andante 6:08 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ||
| 6. | Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50 6:39 | |
| Composed by Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus | ||
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Ultimate Classical Dreams: The Essential Masterpieces | ||
| 1. | Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 4:33 | |
| Composed by Claude Debussy | ||
| Performed by Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Frederick Fennell | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for Orchestration | ||
| 2. | Adagio for strings (or string quartet; arr. from 2nd mvt. of String Quartet), Op. 11 8:44 | |
| Composed by Samuel Barber | ||
| Performed by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by David Zinman | ||
| 3. | Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio [Excerpt] 5:49 | |
| Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo | ||
| Performed by Marisa Robles and Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for harp & strings | ||
| 4. | Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Intermezzo 3:13 | |
| Composed by Pietro Mascagni | ||
| Conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni | ||
| Performed by Nation Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| 5. | Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: 2. Romance: Andante 6:08 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ||
| 6. | Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50 6:39 | |
| Composed by Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus | ||
| 7. | Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109 4:03 | |
| Composed by Frédéric Chopin | ||
| Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| 8. | The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements 2:35 | |
| Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||
| Performed by Samuel Sanders and Heinrich Schiff | ||
| 9. | Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): 2. Adagio [Excerpt] 5:17 | |
| Composed by Franz Schubert | ||
| Performed by Weller Quartet and Dietfried Gürtler | ||
| 10. | Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: 2. Air ("Air on the G String") 3:43 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Performed by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Karl Münchinger | ||
| 11. | Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4) 2:10 | |
| Composed by Antonin Dvorák | ||
| Performed by Arthur Grumiaux and Istvan Hajdu | ||
| 12. | Jeux Interdits ("Spanish Romance"), for guitar 1:49 | |
| Composed by Anonymous | ||
| Performed by Pepe Romero | ||
| 13. | Nocturne for piano No. 1 in E flat Minor, Op. 33/1 7:45 | |
| Composed by Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Performed by Pascal Rogé | ||
| 14. | Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major ("Gran Partita"), K. 361 (K. 370a): 3. Adagio 5:43 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Members of the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ||
| 15. | Sospiri, adagio for strings, harp & organ, Op. 70 4:53 | |
| Composed by Edward Elgar | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ||
| 16. | Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2) 6:42 | |
| Composed by Joseph Canteloube | ||
| Performed by English Chamber Orchestra and Kiri Te Kanawa | ||
| Conducted by Jeffrey Tate | ||
| 17. | Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2: 1. Adagio sostenuto 6:11 | |
| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| 18. | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: 2. Adagio 7:20 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Conducted by Colin Davis | ||
| Performed by Jack Brymer and London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 19. | A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Nocturne 6:40 | |
| Composed by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 20. | Impromptu for piano in G flat major, D. 899/3 (Op. 90/3) 6:34 | |
| Composed by Franz Schubert | ||
| Performed by Radu Lupu | ||
| 21. | String Quartet No. 2 in D major: 3. Notturno: Allegro 8:14 | |
| Composed by Alexander Borodin | ||
| Performed by Borodin Quartet | ||
| 22. | Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor): 2. Adagio 4:26 | |
| Composed by Alessandro Marcello | ||
| Performed by Heinz Holliger and I Musici | ||
| 23. | Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in A major ("Trout"), D. 667 (Op. posth. 114): 2. Andantino [Excerpt] 3:48 | |
| Composed by Franz Schubert | ||
| Performed by Willi Boskovsky, Clifford Curzon, Gunther Breitenbach, Nikolaus Hubner and Johann Krump | ||
| 24. | Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c): 2. Adagio [Excerpt] 8:35 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Maria Graf and Irena Grafenauer | ||
| 25. | Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93: 2. Largo 5:11 | |
| Composed by Antonio Vivaldi | ||
| Performed by English Chamber Orchestra and Eduardo Fernandez | ||
| Conducted by George Malcolm | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for guitar & orchestra | ||
| 26. | String Quartet in F major ("Serenade"), Op. 3/5, H. 3/17 (spurious, possibly by Hoffstetter): Andante cantabile 4:49 | |
| Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn | ||
| Performed by I Musici | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for string orchestra | ||
| 27. | The Gadfly, suite from the film score, Op. 97a (assembled by Atovmyan): Romance 3:50 | |
| Composed by Dmitry Shostakovich | ||
| Conducted by Riccardo Chailly | ||
| Performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and Alexander Kerr | ||
| 28. | Suite for 2 violins, cello & piano left hand, Op. 23: 4. Lied 3:44 | |
| Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold | ||
| Performed by Bengt Forsberg, Ulf Forsberg, Mats Lidstrom and Kjell Lysell | ||
| 29. | Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: 2. Largo, ma non tanto 6:31 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Maurice Hasson and Henryk Szeryng | ||
| 30. | Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento (Trio) 2:39 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Performed by Brigitte Fassbaender, Tom Krause, Lucia Popp and Vienna Haydn Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by István Kertész | ||
| 31. | Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring 3:07 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Performed by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Karl Münchinger | ||
| 32. | Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thäis") 5:42 | |
| Composed by Jules Massenet | ||
| Conducted by Richard Bonynge | ||
| Performed by Nigel Kennedy and Nation Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| 33. | Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Paradisum 3:19 | |
| Composed by Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Iwan Edwards, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus | ||
| 34. | Gymnopedie for piano No. 1 2:55 | |
| Composed by Erik Satie | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 35. | Lakmé, opera: Dôme épais le jasmin (Flower Duet) 5:04 | |
| Composed by Léo Delibes | ||
| Performed by Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié and Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Richard Bonynge | ||
| 36. | The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements 3:19 | |
| Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||
| Performed by Marie Goossens and Jascha Silberstein | ||
| 37. | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale No. 1), BWV 645 (BC K22) 5:33 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Conducted by Raymond Agoult | ||
| Performed by New Symphony Orchestra of London | ||
| 38. | Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Humming Chorus 2:59 | |
| Composed by Giacomo Puccini | ||
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera Chorus | ||
| Conducted by Herbert von Karajan | ||
| 39. | Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Nimrod 3:17 | |
| Composed by Edward Elgar | ||
| Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Georg Solti | ||
| 40. | A Village Romeo & Juliet, lyric drama, RT i/6: Walk to the Paradise Garden 10:15 | |
| Composed by Frederick Delius | ||
| Conducted by Charles Mackerras | ||
| Performed by Welsh National Opera Orchestra | ||
| 41. | Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50 6:43 | |
| Composed by Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Iwan Edwards, Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra Chorus | ||
| 42. | Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass 4:26 | |
| Composed by César Franck | ||
| Conducted by James Judd | ||
| Performed by Julian Lloyd Webber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for cello & orchestra | ||
| 43. | Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu (Largo) 2:39 | |
| Composed by George Frideric Handel | ||
| Performed by English Sinfonia, Daniel Phillips, Anthony Way and Choir of Uppingham School | ||
| Conducted by Neil Page | ||
| 44. | The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra 16:09 | |
| Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Iona Brown | ||
| 45. | Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: 2. Air (Air on the G string) 5:23 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Conducted by Neville Marriner | ||
| Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Henryk Szeryng | ||
| 46. | Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: 2. Adagio 7:06 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Performed by Clifford Curzon and London Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by István Kertész | ||
| 47. | Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: 3. Adagio 14:19 | |
| Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov | ||
| Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| Performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | ||
| 48. | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op. 13: 2. Adagio cantabile 5:02 | |
| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| 49. | Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums), elegy for string quartet 7:11 | |
| Composed by Giacomo Puccini | ||
| Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Riccardo Chailly | ||
| Additional Notes: arranged for orchestra | ||
| 50. | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: 2. Adagio 9:13 | |
| Composed by Johannes Brahms | ||
| Performed by Joshua Bell and Cleveland Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi | ||
| 51. | L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: Adagietto 3:13 | |
| Composed by Georges Bizet | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra | ||
| 52. | Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 1 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Intermezzo 2:37 | |
| Composed by Georges Bizet | ||
| Conducted by Charles Dutoit | ||
| Performed by Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Robert Langevin and Dorothy Weldon Masella | ||
| 53. | Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15: 2. Largo 11:10 | |
| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Performed by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Radu Lupu | ||
| Conducted by Zubin Mehta | ||
| 54. | Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495: 2. Romanza (Andante) 4:58 | |
| Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Performed by English Chamber Orchestra and Barry Tuckwell | ||
| Conducted by Barry Tuckwell | ||
| 55. | Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 4:25 | |
| Composed by Frédéric Chopin | ||
| Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| 56. | Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions): Love Theme [Excerpt] 3:14 | |
| Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | ||
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Herbert von Karajan | ||
| 57. | Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, for orchestra 10:37 | |
| Composed by Richard Wagner | ||
| Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Georg Solti | ||
| 58. | The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a: Rose Adagio 6:37 | |
| Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | ||
| Conducted by Richard Bonynge | ||
| Performed by Nation Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| 59. | Romance for violin & orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 50 7:53 | |
| Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Performed by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and Arthur Grumiaux | ||
| Conducted by Bernard Haitink | ||
| 60. | Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043: 2. Largo ma non tanto 6:45 | |
| Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hirons and Jaap Schroder | ||
| Conducted by Christopher Hogwood | ||
| 61. | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 3. Adagio 5:19 | |
| Composed by Edward Elgar | ||
| Performed by Julian Lloyd Webber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Yehudi Menuhin | ||
| 62. | Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3) 3:59 | |
| Composed by Franz Liszt | ||
| Performed by Misha Dichter | ||
| 63. | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 10:07 | |
| Composed by Claude Debussy | ||
| Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy | ||
| Performed by Cleveland Orchestra and Jeffrey Khaner | ||
| 64. | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio 6:43 | |
| Composed by Edvard Grieg | ||
| Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jorge Bolet | ||
| Conducted by Riccardo Chailly | ||
| 65. | Vocalise, instrumental arrangement, Op. 34/14 6:58 | |
| Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov | ||
| Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lynn Harrell | ||
| 66. | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras 14:34 | |
| Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams | ||
| Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Conducted by Roger Norrington | ||
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- Format: CD
- Release Date: 04/21/2009
- Label: DECCA
- Catalog No.: 001280302
- UPC: 028947814849
- Sales Rank: 73,310
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