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Essential Classics

Herbert von Karajan · Leonard Bernstein · Trevor Pinnock · Carlo Maria Giulini · Giuseppe Sinopoli · Lorin Maazel · Luis Antonio García Navarro · Neeme Järvi · Alfred Wallenstein · Eugen Jochum

Deutsche Grammophon1990Cat. 431 541-22h 24m32 tracks

Essential Classics (1990), CD, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by Edward Elgar, George Frideric Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, performed by Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Trevor Pinnock, Carlo Maria Giulini; 32 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Also sprach Zarathustra

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic, Rainer Küchl

2:00

02

Water Music: Alla Hornpipe

George Frideric Handel - Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe

Simon Standage, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

4:16

03

Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50

Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus

2:37

04

The Four Seasons: "Spring"

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”

Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman

3:27

05

Concerto for Piano No. 21 in C major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467

Camerata Salzburg, Géza Anda

7:15

06

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel

Giuseppe Sinopoli, New York Philharmonic

3:16

07

The Tales of Hoffman

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

4:35

08

The Planets: Jupiter

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

William Steinberg, Boston Symphony Orchestra

8:01

09

Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Luis Antonio García Navarro, Philharmonia Orchestra, Narciso Yepes

5:47

10

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, The English Concert

4:00

12

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo

Antonín Dvořák - Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic

4:47

13

Johann Strauss II - Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:22

14

Cello Concerto, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Alfred Wallenstein, Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Fournier

3:08

15

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major: II. Air

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068

Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester

5:45

16

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Presto

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”

Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Gwyneth Jones

7:37

Disc 2

01

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Eugen Jochum, Walter Hagen-Groll, Deutsche Oper Berlin

2:36

02

Thias: Meditation

Jules Massenet - Thaïs: Acte II. Entr’acte “Méditation”

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Michel Schwalbé

3:08

03

Ride of the Varkyries

Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

6:13

04

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46

Neeme Järvi, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

4:14

05

Carmen: Prelude

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Prélude

Leonard Bernstein

2:40

06

Cannon And Gigue

Johann Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337

Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert

5:50

07

Nabaccu: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)

Giuseppe Sinopoli, Deutsche Oper Berlin

4:58

08

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Variation 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII

Yuri Ahronovitch, London Symphony Orchestra, Tamás Vásáry

3:22

09

El Amour Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

Manuel de Falla - El amor brujo

Luis Antonio García Navarro, London Symphony Orchestra

4:06

10

Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade

Carlo Maria Giulini, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1:50

11

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:31

12

Karelia Suite, Op. 11: Intermezzo

Jean Sibelius - Karelia-sarja, op. 11

Okko Kamu, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

4:04

13

The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a

Mstislav Rostropovich, Berlin Philharmonic

5:47

14

Symphony No. 3: IV. Fanfare For The Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

2:19

15

Symphony No.5: IV. Adagietto

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Rafael Kubelík, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

9:46

16

Requium: Dies Irae

Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)

Carlo Maria Giulini, Berlin Philharmonic

2:43

17

Pomp and Circumstance: March no. 1 in D major

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Leonard Bernstein, BBC Symphony Orchestra

6:42