The Sony Essential Classics Collection II
Eugene Ormandy · George Szell · Daniel Barenboim · Lorin Maazel · John Pritchard · Leonard Bernstein · André Charlet · Andrew Davis · E. Power Biggs · Gerard Schwarz
The Sony Essential Classics Collection II (1997), CD, on Sony Classical. Music by Edward Elgar, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel; 33 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
The Lark Ascending. Romance for violin and orchestra. Andante sostenuto
Disc 2
Symphony No. 4 in G major. IV. Sehr behaglich (Soprano solo “Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden”)
Cantata BWV 147: “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’’. VI. Choral "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
Johann Sebastian Bach - Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“
E. Power Biggs, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Samson HWV 57: “Let the Bright Seraphim”
George Frideric Handel - Samson, HWV 57: Act III. Air: Let the bright seraphim (Israelite woman)
Les Nuits d’été Op. 7: III. « Sur les lagunes »
Hector Berlioz - Les Nuits d’été, H. 81, op. 7: Nº 3. Sur les lagunes
Disc 3
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Figaro’s Cavatina ‘’Largo al factotum’’
Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)
Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
John Pritchard, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Renata Scotto
Madama Butterfly: “Un bel dì vedremo”
Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly)