Essential Classics - Highlights From the Series
Eugene Ormandy · George Szell · John Pritchard · John Williams · Alexander Schneider · E. Power Biggs · Helmuth Rilling · Plácido Domingo · Philadelphia Orchestra · Cleveland Orchestra
Essential Classics - Highlights From the Series (1991), CD, on Sony Classical. Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Frédéric Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Orff, performed by Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, John Pritchard, John Williams; 16 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K.550: I. Molto Allegro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550 “Great”
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, op. 66: Allegro agitato
Frédéric Chopin - Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66
Gianni Schicchi "Oh! mio babbino caro"
Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
Overture "Egmont", op.84: Sostenuto, ma non troppo - Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven - Egmont, op. 84: Ouvertüre. Sostenuto, ma non troppo – Allegro
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: Toccata
Matthäus Passion "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (St. Matthew Passion), BWV 244
Johann Sebastian Bach - Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LIV. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei
Grande Valse brilliante in E-flat major, op. 18: Vivo
Frédéric Chopin - Waltz no. 1 in E‐flat major, op. 18 “Grande Valse brillante”
L'Elisir d'amore "Una furtiva lagrima"
Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
John Pritchard, Plácido Domingo, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major: II. Adagio assai
Swan Lake Ballet, op. 20: Dance of the Little Swan, Coda (Act II)