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Essential Classical

Herbert von Karajan · Zubin Mehta · Antal Doráti · Edo de Waart · Gianandrea Gavazzeni · John Alldis · Julian Rachlin · Lamberto Gardelli · Neville Marriner · Vladimir Ashkenazy

Decca Classics201350m12 tracks

Essential Classical (2013), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by Giacomo Puccini, Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, performed by Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta, Antal Doráti, Edo de Waart; 12 tracks.

Composers

Giacomo Puccini2 Antonio Vivaldi1 Claude Debussy1 Edvard Grieg1 Frédéric Chopin1 Gustav Holst1 Jacques Offenbach1 Pietro Mascagni1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Richard Wagner1 Samuel Barber1

Tracklist

01

Die Walküre - Concert version - Dritter Aufzug - The Ride Of The Walkyres

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

Antal Doráti, National Symphony Orchestra

5:07

02

Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

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

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

1:38

03

Peer Gynt, Op.23 - In The Hall Of The Mountain King

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 2. akt: I Dovregubbens hall

Edo de Waart, San Francisco Symphony

2:29

04

The Planets, op.32 - Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic

7:51

05

Suite bergamasque, L. 75 - Clair de Lune

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

5:52

06

12 Violin Concertos, Op.8 "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell' invenzione" / Concerto No. 2 in G minor for solo violin, "L'Estate" - 3. Presto

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in G minor, op. 8 no. 2, RV 315 “L’estate”

Julian Rachlin, Candida Thompson, Henk Rubingh

2:48

07

Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo

Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Gianandrea Gavazzeni, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:15

08

Gianni Schicchi - "Oh! mio babbino caro"

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Lamberto Gardelli, Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina, Renata Tebaldi

2:11

09

Gaîté parisienne - Arranged by M. Rosenthal - Barcarolle

Jacques Offenbach - Gaîté parisienne

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

3:36

10

Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy

4:03

11

Adagio For Strings, Op.11

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

8:43

12

Turandot / Act 3 - Nessun dorma!

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

John Alldis, Zubin Mehta, John Alldis Choir

3:00