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The Best Classical Album In The World...Ever!

Jacek Kaspszyk · John McGlinn · Simon Rattle · Tullio Serafin · Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra · Philharmonia Orchestra · Maria Meneghini Callas · Cécile Ousset · John Ogdon · Kiri Te Kanawa

EMI1995Cat. 72435658082421m6 tracks
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The Best Classical Album In The World...Ever! (1995), CD, on EMI. Music by Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Henryk Górecki, performed by Jacek Kaspszyk, John McGlinn, Simon Rattle, Tullio Serafin; 6 tracks.

Composers

Frédéric Chopin1George Gershwin1Georges Bizet1Henryk Górecki1Sergei Rachmaninoff1Umberto Giordano1

Tracklist

Disc 1

11

Giordano: La Mamma Morta

Umberto Giordano - Andrea Chénier: Atto III. “La mamma morta” (Maddalena, Gérard)

Tullio Serafin, Philharmonia Orchestra, Maria Meneghini Callas

4:53
12

Chopin: Minute Waltz

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

John Ogdon

2:04
14

Bizet: Habanbera

Georges Bizet - Carmen : Acte I. No. 5 Habanera « L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen, chœur)

Maria Meneghini Callas

4:04

Disc 2

02

Górecki: Third Symphony (II)

Henryk Górecki - Symphony no. 3, op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"

Jacek Kaspszyk, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Zofia Kilanowicz

4:34
06

Gershwin: Summertime (Porgy And Bess)

George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene I. “Summertime” (Bess)

John McGlinn, Kiri Te Kanawa

2:42
11

Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody (Var. 18)

Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII

Simon Rattle, Cécile Ousset

3:23

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