Famous Classics
Charles Mackerras · James Loughran · Maurice Handford · Riccardo Muti · André Cluytens · Andrew Litton · Anthony Halstead · Bryden Thomson · Eric Ericson · Georges Prêtre
Famous Classics, CD, on Music for Pleasure. Music by Edward Elgar, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles-Marie Widor, Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Charles Mackerras, James Loughran, Maurice Handford, Riccardo Muti; 24 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68, Pastoral: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Tosca Act 3: E lucevan le stelle
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
Georges Prêtre, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Carlo Bergonzi
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
Hungarian Dance no. 5 in G minor
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dances: No. 5 in F-sharp minor [trans. G minor]
Disc 3
Va pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) from “Nabucco” (Solera) Act III
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman Act 3
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Acte III. Entracte (Orchestre) - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Barcarolle) (une voix, Giulietta, Chœur)
André Cluytens, Jean Laforge, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 (Elvira Madigan): II.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467