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Pure Classic Moods

Charles Dutoit · Karl Münchinger · Neville Marriner · Vladimir Ashkenazy · Christoph von Dohnányi · Christopher Hogwood · Herbert Blomstedt · Herbert von Karajan · Iona Brown · Iwan Edwards

Decca Classics1996Cat. 452 758-21h 55m25 tracks

Pure Classic Moods (1996), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Charles Dutoit, Karl Münchinger, Neville Marriner, Vladimir Ashkenazy; 25 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Adagio from Piano Concerto no. 5 “The Emperor”

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Cleveland Orchestra

7:47

02

Humming Chorus from “Madama Butterfly”

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa

Herbert von Karajan, Norbert Balatsch, Vienna Philharmonic

3:01

03

Luigi Boccherini - Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:44

04

Pantomime from “Zémire and Azor” (arranged. by Beecham)

André Grétry - Zémire et Azor

3:33

05

Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82

5:33

06

In paradisum from Requiem

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, op. 48

Charles Dutoit, Iwan Edwards, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

3:19

07

Aquarium from “Carnival of the Animals”

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Charles Dutoit, London Sinfonietta, Cristina Ortiz

2:31

08

Adagio from “Concierto de aranjuez” (arranged for harp)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marisa Robles

5:50

09

Sous les tilleuls from “Scenes alsaciennes”

Jules Massenet - Scènes alsaciennes

Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra

4:11

14

Andante from Piano Concerto no. 21, K. 467

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

Uri Segal, English Chamber Orchestra, Radu Lupu

7:18

15

In trutina from “Carmina Burana”

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

Riccardo Chailly, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Sylvia Greenberg

2:26

16

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

5:45

Disc 2

01

Adagio from Concerto for Oboe and Violin, BWV 1060

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

Christopher Hogwood, Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer

5:17

02

Gnossienne no. 5

Erik Satie - Gnossienne no. 5

4:07

03

Adagio from Cello Concerto

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

Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra, Lynn Harrell

4:51

04

Adagio from Clarinet Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Christoph von Dohnányi, Cleveland Orchestra

7:18

05

Andante lento from Harp Concerto

François Adrien Boieldieu - Harp Concerto in C major, op. 77

Iona Brown, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marisa Robles

4:17

06

Solveig's Song from “Peer Gynt”

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55

Herbert Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony

5:39

07

Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto

Vladimir Ashkenazy

3:01

08

Song Without Words, op 40 no. 6

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Chant sans paroles

Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra

3:21

09

Dance of the Blessed Spirits from “Orfeo & Euridice”

Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Melodie)

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:38

10

To a Wild Rose & To a Water Lily

Edward MacDowell - 10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose

4:48

12

Dance of the Girls with Lillies from “Romeo & Juliet”

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act III, Scene III. No. 49. Dance of the girls with the lilies

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

2:28

14

Nocturne in E-flat major, op. 9 no. 2

Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2

5:16

16

Gymnopédie no. 1

Erik Satie - Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

2:54