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Classical Favourites

André Previn · Carmen Dragon · Christoph Eschenbach · Felix Slatkin · Georges Prêtre · Herbert von Karajan · Jean Laforge · Jerzy Matuszkiewicz · Neville Marriner · Norbert Balatsch

Disky1998Cat. DC 7039021h 9m14 tracks

Classical Favourites (1998), CD, on Disky. Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Carl Orff, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, performed by André Previn, Carmen Dragon, Christoph Eschenbach, Felix Slatkin; 14 tracks.

Composers

Antonio Vivaldi1 Carl Orff1 Edvard Grieg1 Felix Mendelssohn1 Franz Liszt1 Georges Bizet1 Jacques Offenbach1 Johann Sebastian Bach1 Johann Strauss II1 Johannes Brahms1 Jules Massenet1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

01

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

Paavo Berglund, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

4:12

02

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

5:09

03

By The Beautiful Blue Danube

Johann Strauss II - An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester

9:18

04

Toreador's Song

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes)

Georges Prêtre, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

4:49

05

ll: Andante (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major)

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

Christoph Eschenbach

7:45

06

Hungarian Dance No.6

Johannes Brahms - 21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 6 in D major (Vivace)

Carmen Dragon, Leonard Pennario

3:38

07

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle

Herbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:02

08

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Norbert Balatsch, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:40

09

I: Allegro (The Four Seasons No. 1 in E major 'Spring')

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

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Polish Chamber Orchestra

3:18

10

Liebestraum No. 3

Franz Liszt - Liebestraum As-Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”, S. 541 Nr. 3

Carmen Dragon, Leonard Pennario

4:35

11

II: Air (Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D)

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:27

12

Méditation From Thaïs

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

Felix Slatkin, Michael Rabin

5:20

13

I: Allegro (Symphony No. 5 in C minor)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67

André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra

9:11

14

Scene 1, Act 2 Swan Theme (Swan Lake Suite)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, op. 20

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:32