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The Greatest Classical Show on Earth

Karl Münchinger · Herbert von Karajan · Neville Marriner · Riccardo Chailly · Vladimir Ashkenazy · Willi Boskovsky · Charles Dutoit · Georg Solti · Richard Bonynge · Zubin Mehta

Decca Classics1998Cat. 460 250-22h 22m35 tracks
MusicBrainz

Composers

Johann Sebastian Bach3Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2Antonín Dvořák1Antonio Vivaldi1Carl Orff1Dmitri Shostakovich1Eduardo Di Capua1Edvard Grieg1Franz Lehár1Frédéric Chopin1George Frideric Handel1Giacomo Puccini1Gioachino Rossini1Jacques Offenbach1Jeremiah Clarke1Joaquín Rodrigo1Johann Pachelbel1Johann Strauss I1Johannes Brahms1Josef Strauss1Jules Massenet1Ludwig van Beethoven1Maurice Ravel1Max Bruch1Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1Ralph Benatzky1Ralph Vaughan Williams1Richard Addinsell1Richard Strauss1Samuel Barber1

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Also sprach Zarathustra (opening)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Georg Solti, Berlin Philharmonic

1:41
02

William Tell Overture (finale)

Gioachino Rossini - William Tell Overture: Finale, March of the Swiss Soldiers (allegro vivace)

Riccardo Chailly, Filarmonica della Scala

3:14
03

Peer Gynt (Morning)

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

4:02
04

O sole mio

Eduardo Di Capua - ’O sole mio

Giancarlo Chiaramello, National Philharmonic Orchestra

3:24
05

Air Suite No. 3

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

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:42
06

Badinerie Suite No. 2

Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:32
07

Piano Concerto No. 21 ('Elvira Madigan') (ll Andante)

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

András Schiff, Sándor Végh, Camerata Salzburg

6:43
08

Radetzky March

Johann Strauss I - Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228

Willi Boskovsky, Vienna Philharmonic

2:57
09

Violin Concerto No. 1 (ll Adagio)

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26

Rudolf Kempe, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyung-wha Chung

8:42
10

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (l Allegro)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“

Willi Boskovsky

5:38
12

Minute Waltz

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy

1:52
13

Sheep may safely graze Cantata No. 208

Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:33
14

The Flight Of The Bumblebee

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Полёт шмеля

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra

1:20
15

Boléro (finale)

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

5:24
16

Barcarolle Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)

Richard Bonynge, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

4:02
18

Pizzicato Polka

Josef Strauss - Pizzicato-Polka

Willi Boskovsky, Vienna Philharmonic

2:37
19

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

Franz Lehár - Das Land des Lächelns: Akt II. Nr. 11 „Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” (Sou-Chong)

Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina

3:36

Disc 2

01

O Fortuna

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Riccardo Chailly, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

2:36
02

Jazz Suite No. 2 Waltz II

Dmitri Shostakovich - Suite for Variety Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

3:44
03

Adagio For Strings, Op.11

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

8:45
04

Fantasia On Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

4:20
05

Spring (I Allegro) The Four Seasons

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

Neville Marriner, Simon Preston, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:12
06

Trumpet Voluntary

Jeremiah Clarke - The Prince of Denmark’s March

Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

2:47
07

Kanon

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

Karl Münchinger, Martin Haselböck, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:33
08

Nuns' Chorus Casannova

Ralph Benatzky - Casanova: Nuns’ Chorus & Laura’s Song

Jerold Ottley, Julius Rudel, Utah Symphony

3:35
09

Piano Sonata No.14 ''Moonlight'' (I Adagio Sostenuto)

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy

5:25
10

Romeo And Juliet (love theme)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

3:14
11

Warsaw Concerto

Richard Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto

Moshe Atzmon, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

9:01
12

'New World' Symphony (II Largo - excerpt)

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

Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5:37
13

Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14c. Па-де-де: Вариация II: Танец Феи Драже

Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic

1:37
14

Concierto De Aranjuez (II Adagio - excerpt)

Joaquín Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra

5:31
15

The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba Solomon

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:12
16

Hungarian Dance No.5

Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances

Walter Weller, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:11
17

Méditation Thaïs

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

Nigel Kennedy, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra

5:42
18

Nessun dorma! Turandot

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

John Alldis, Zubin Mehta

3:00