The Essential Classics Collection
Neeme Järvi · Giuseppe Sinopoli · Rafael Kubelík · Carlo Maria Giulini · Plácido Domingo · Seiji Ozawa · Claudio Abbado · Daniel Barenboim · Ferenc Fricsay · Trevor Pinnock
The Essential Classics Collection (1999), CD, on Deutsche Grammophon. Music by Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, performed by Neeme Järvi, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Rafael Kubelík, Carlo Maria Giulini; 68 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Gabriel Fauré - Pavane in F-sharp minor, op. 50
Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Disc 2
Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Tableaux d’une exposition: Promenade
Romeo and Juliet - The Knights’ Dance
Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights
Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Disc 3
Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 - 21 - No. 1 in G minor, No. 3 in F and No. 6 in D flat
The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy / Waltz of the Flowers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
The Bartered Bride - Polka, Furiant and Dance of the Comedians
Disc 4
Piano Concerto No.21 - Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Piano Sonata No.14 - Moonlight - Adagio
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Raindrop Prelude in D flat major
Frédéric Chopin - Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
Prelude No.12 in G sharp minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff - 13 Preludes, op. 32: No. 12 in G-sharp minor. Allegro
Disc 5
Disc 6
L'Elisir d'amore - Una Furtiva Lagrima
Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto III, scena 2. “Di quella pira l’orrendo foco” (Manrico, Leonora, Ruiz, armed men)
Rafael Kubelík, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Carmen - La Fleur Que tu m'avais Jetee
Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte II. No. 17 Duo : « La Fleur que tu m’avais jetée » (Carmen, Don José)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Plácido Domingo, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)
János Kulka, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Grace Bumbry
Giacomo Puccini - La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
Antonino Votto, Stabile Orchestrale Fiorentina, Sándor Kónya
Giuseppe Verdi - Il trovatore: Atto II, scena 1. “Vedi! Le fosche notturne” (zingari)
Rafael Kubelík, Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
Carlos Kleiber, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Margaret Price
Madama Butterfly - One Fine Day
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)
The Magic Flute - O Isis und Osiris
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Zauberflöte: Akt II. No. 18 Chor der Priester „O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!” (Priester)
Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
Claudio Abbado, Plácido Domingo, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan