Great Recordings of the Century: A Celebration of Defining Moments in Recording History
Herbert von Karajan · Otto Klemperer · Carlo Maria Giulini · John Barbirolli · Thomas Beecham · André Previn · Bruno Walter · David Oistrakh · Ettore Gracis · Gerhard Schulz
Great Recordings of the Century: A Celebration of Defining Moments in Recording History, CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Maurice Ravel, Giuseppe Verdi, performed by Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Carlo Maria Giulini, John Barbirolli; 28 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni: Atto II. No. 16 Canzonetta “Deh vieni alla finestra” (Don Giovanni)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra, Eberhard Wächter
Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlo: Atto I, scena 1. N°4 “Dio, che nell’alma infondere amor …” (Carlo, Rodrigo)
Niccolò Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85
John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Jacqueline du Pré
Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes
Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes', op. 33a
Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major, op. 19
David Oistrakh, Lovro von Matačić, London Symphony Orchestra
Disc 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 10 Arie and Chor „O Isis und Osiris” (Sarastro, Priester)
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto IV, scena 1. “Miserere d’un’alma già vicina” ... “Quel suon, quelle preci” (Leonora, Manrico, coro)
Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Ludwig van Beethoven - Fidelio, op. 72: Act I, Scene I, no. 3a. Quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino)
Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major
Ettore Gracis, Philharmonia Orchestra, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Richard Strauss - Salome: Vierte Szene. "Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküßt, Jochanaan" (Salome, Herodes)