The Yellow Guide: Classical Music
Claudio Abbado · Herbert von Karajan · James Levine · Pierre Boulez · Carlo Maria Giulini · Giuseppe Sinopoli · Seiji Ozawa · Christoph von Dohnányi · Eugen Jochum · Gidon Kremer
The Yellow Guide: Classical Music (1997), CD, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by Alban Berg, Anton Bruckner, Antonín Dvořák, Antonio Vivaldi, performed by Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Pierre Boulez; 41 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
L’Orfeo: Act I. “In questo lieto e fortunato giorno”
Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Vieni, Imeneo, deh, vieni (Coro)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
“The Four Seasons”, op. 8: Concerto no. 4 in F minor, RV 297, “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in F minor, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 “L’inverno”
Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
String Quartet no. 62 in C major “Emperor”, op. 76 no. 3: II. Poco adagio. Cantabile
Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 Hob. III:77 “Kaiser”
Franz Xaver Süssmayr - Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Helmuth Froschauer, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Niccolò Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “The Trout”: IV. Andantino - Allegretto
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: IX. Wedding March
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace
Disc 2
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 6 in D-flat major
Franz Liszt - 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 6 in D-flat major, S. 244 no. 6: Tempo giusto - Presto - Andante - Allegro - Presto
Die Walkure: "Ride of the Valkyries" (Act III)
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Nabucco: "Va Pensiero, Sull'Ali Dorate" (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (Act III)
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Symphony no. 3 in F major op. 90: 3rd Movement (Poco allegretto)
Pictures at an Exhibition: "The Grand Gate of Kiev"
Symphony no. 5 in E minor op. 64: 3rd Movement (Valse)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64
Disc 3
Madama Butterfly: "Un Bel di Vedremo" (Act II)
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43: Variation no. 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII