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Classic Classics: The Greatest Music From the Greatest Artists

Leonard Bernstein · Eugene Ormandy · Richard Tognetti · Zubin Mehta · Andrew Davis · Arthur Oldham · E. Power Biggs · Esa-Pekka Salonen · George Szell · James Levine

Sony Masterworks1995Cat. 481406 22h 46m29 tracks
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Classic Classics: The Greatest Music From the Greatest Artists (1995), CD, on Sony Masterworks. Music by Antonín Dvořák, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Aaron Copland, performed by Leonard Bernstein, Eugene Ormandy, Richard Tognetti, Zubin Mehta; 29 tracks.

Composers

Antonín Dvořák2Johann Sebastian Bach2Richard Wagner2Aaron Copland1Antonio Vivaldi1Aram Khachaturian1Carl Orff1Edvard Grieg1Franz Liszt1Frédéric Chopin1George Frideric Handel1Georges Bizet1Giuseppe Verdi1Gustav Holst1Gustav Mahler1Jacques Offenbach1Jean Sibelius1Johann Pachelbel1Ludwig van Beethoven1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1Paul Dukas1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1Richard Strauss1Samuel Barber1Sergei Rachmaninoff1Vincenzo Bellini1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Fanfare for the Common Man

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

2:03
02

La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351

Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

3:52
04

Air

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

Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra

4:28
05

Prelude (Carmen)

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

2:33
06

The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Sheherazade)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade, op. 35

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

11:01
08

The Sorceror's Apprentice

Paul Dukas - L’Apprenti sorcier

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

10:40
09

Sabre Dance

Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

2:39
10

Slavonic Dance, op. 46/7

Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 7 in C minor (Skočná)

George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra

3:25
11

Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2

Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody for Orchestra no. 2 in C minor, S. 359/2

Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

10:45
12

Dies Irae (Requiem)

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

Arthur Oldham, Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra

2:14
13

Ride of the Valkyries

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

Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic

5:30

Disc 2

01

Sunrise (Also Sprach Zarathustra)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, David Nadien

2:01
02

Mars, the Bringer of War

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Lorin Maazel, Orchestre National de France

7:54
04

Presto (The Four Seasons, "Summer")

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

Pinchas Zukerman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

2:59
05

Canon

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

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra

6:29
06

Variation XVIII (Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)

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

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Gary Graffman

2:59
07

In the Hall of the Mountain King

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

Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:29
09

Adagietto (Symphony no. 5)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

11:02
10

Waltz of the Flowers

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

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

6:28
11

Can Can

Jacques Offenbach - Gaîté parisienne

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

4:21
13

Toccata

Johann Sebastian Bach - Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565

E. Power Biggs

2:29

Disc 3

01

O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

2:44
02

Prelude (Lohengrin, Act I)

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel

Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

10:58
03

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Richard Tognetti, Australian Chamber Orchestra

9:22
04

Adagio sostenuto ("Moonlight" Sonata)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”

Glenn Gould

4:11
05

Nocturne, op. 9/2

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

Fou Ts'ong

3:39
06

Casta Diva (Norma)

Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)

James Levine, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Renata Scotto

5:29
07

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

7:34
08

Largo ("New World" Symphony)

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

Eugene Ormandy, London Symphony Orchestra

13:21