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Classic FM: Hall of Fame: The Great Composers

Lorin Maazel · Gerard Schwarz · Leonard Slatkin · Carl Davis · Colin Davis · Eugene Ormandy · Alexander Gibson · Anthony Marwood · Barry Wordsworth · Christopher Robinson

Classic FM2004Cat. CFMCD404h 39m45 tracks
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Classic FM: Hall of Fame: The Great Composers (2004), CD, on Classic FM. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Antonio Vivaldi, performed by Lorin Maazel, Gerard Schwarz, Leonard Slatkin, Carl Davis; 45 tracks.

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach2Alexander Borodin1Antonín Dvořák1Antonio Vivaldi1Benjamin Britten1Camille Saint-Saëns1Carl Orff1Dmitri Shostakovich1Edvard Grieg1Edward Elgar1Felix Mendelssohn1Franz Liszt1Franz Schubert1Frédéric Chopin1George Frideric Handel1George Gershwin1Georges Bizet1Giacomo Puccini1Gioachino Rossini1Giuseppe Verdi1Gustav Holst1Gustav Mahler1Hector Berlioz1Igor Stravinsky1Jacques Offenbach1Jean Sibelius1Johann Strauss I1Johann Strauss II1Johannes Brahms1John Rutter1John Tavener1Joseph Haydn1Ludovico Einaudi1Ludwig van Beethoven1Maurice Ravel1Michael Nyman1Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1Richard Strauss1Richard Wagner1Sergei Prokofiev1Sergei Rachmaninoff1Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

The Barber of Seville: Overture

Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia

Yehudi Menuhin, Sinfonia Varsovia

6:57
02

Four Seasons "Summer": 3rd movement

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

Anthony Marwood, Nicholas McGegan, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

2:44
03

Ave Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Ingrid Kertesi

2:43
04

Piano Concerto no. 2: 1st movement

Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Michael Houstoun

7:20
05

A Night on the Bare Mountain

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - A Night on the Bare Mountain

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

12:04
06

Waltz in D-flat major, op. 42 no. 1 "Minute"

Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 6 in D‐flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”

İdil Biret

1:48
07

O soave fanciulla (from La Boheme)

Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 9. “O soave fanciulla” (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì)

Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé

4:01
08

Carnival of the Animals: Finale

Camille Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des animaux

Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra

1:52
09

Symphony no. 5: 1st movement

Franz Schubert - Symphony no. 5 in B‐flat major, D. 485

Colin Davis, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

6:54
10

The Planets: Mars

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra

7:18
11

Toreador Song (from the Carmen Suite)

Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite no. 1

Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

2:12
13

The Firebird: Finale

Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite

Neeme Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra

3:03
14

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances

Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra

12:11

Disc 2

01

Zadok the Priest

George Frideric Handel - The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

5:43
02

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, op. 26

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Ulster Orchestra

7:57
03

Due Tramonti (Two Sunsets)

Ludovico Einaudi - Due tramonti

Ludovico Einaudi

4:55
04

Symphony no. 2: 3rd movement

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27

Yuri Temirkanov, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

13:21
05

Flight of the Bumblebee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Barry Wordsworth, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie

1:21
06

Symphonie Fantastique: 4th movement

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Junichi Hirokami, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

6:00
08

Symphony no. 4: 4th movement

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 4 in F minor, op. 36

Paavo Berglund

8:29
09

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3

Richard Wagner - Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III. Vorspiel

Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic

3:00
10

Piano Concerto no. 1: 3rd Movement

Johannes Brahms - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15

Colin Davis, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gerhard Oppitz

12:07

Disc 3

01

Symphony no. 5: 1st movement

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

Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

7:26
02

Brandenburg Concerto no. 2: 1st movement

Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

5:23
03

Leibenstraum no. 3

Franz Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As‐Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”

Jorge Bolet

4:55
05

Symphony no. 9: 1st movement

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

Libor Pešek, Prague Symphony Orchestra

11:03
06

Clarinet Concerto: 3rd movement

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K. 622

Nicholas Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia

8:25
07

Also Sprach Zarathustra: Sunrise

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Lorin Maazel, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

2:07
08

Song for Athene

John Tavener - Song for Athene

Christopher Robinson, Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

5:39
09

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Todd Levy

17:27
10

The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Theme

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

2:00
11

Pomp and Circumstance March no. 4

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 4 in G major

Alexander Gibson, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

5:03
12

Radetzky March

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic

3:33

Disc 4

01

Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

2:34
02

By the Beautiful Blue Danube - Waltz

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

Gerard Schwarz, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

9:31
03

In the Hall of the Mountain King

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

Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

2:27
04

The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

3:45
05

Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre

Claus Peter Flor, Bamberg Symphony

12:31
06

Symphony no. 94 "Surprise": 4th movement

Joseph Haydn - Symphony no. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 “Surprise”

Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:43
07

Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore)

Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)

Carl Davis, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

3:02
08

Symphony no. 1: 2nd movement

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1 in D major “Titan”

Erich Leinsdorf, Boston Symphony Orchestra

7:54
09

A Gaelic Blessing

John Rutter - Gaelic Blessing

Stephen Layton, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Polyphony

1:52
10

Bolero

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Lorin Maazel, Vienna Philharmonic

14:42
11

The Can-Can (from Orpheus in the the Underworld)

Jacques Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal

Johannes Wildner, State Philharmonic Košice

5:22
12

The Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)

Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter

Daniele Gatti, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

5:47

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