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100 Greatest Classics

Neville Marriner · Claudio Abbado · Edward Downes · Georg Solti · George Szell · Giuseppe Patanè · Herbert Menges · Herbert von Karajan · László Heltay · Pierre Monteux

JCI1987Cat. END-52051h 13m14 tracks

100 Greatest Classics (1987), CD, on JCI. Music by George Frideric Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Amilcare Ponchielli, performed by Neville Marriner, Claudio Abbado, Edward Downes, Georg Solti; 14 tracks.

Composers

George Frideric Handel2 Giacomo Puccini2 Johann Sebastian Bach2 Amilcare Ponchielli1 Antonín Dvořák1 Arthur Sullivan1 Carl Maria von Weber1 Claude Debussy1 Edvard Grieg1 Giuseppe Verdi1 Ludwig van Beethoven1

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

09

Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Solomon)

George Frideric Handel - Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:12

Disc 3

09

Turandot: “Nessun dorma” (None Shall Sleep)

Giacomo Puccini - Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)

Edward Downes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Bruno Prevedi

2:53

Disc 4

03

Madama Butterfly: “One Fine Day”

Giacomo Puccini - Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Che tua madre dovrà” (Butterfly)

Tullio Serafin, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Renata Tebaldi

4:53

08

Johann Sebastian Bach - Ave Maria

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic

2:39

Disc 5

08

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Claude Debussy - Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87

Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra

9:25

12

Piano Concerto in A Minor op. 16: Last Movement

Edvard Grieg - Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 16

Herbert Menges, Philharmonia Orchestra, Solomon Cutner

4:35

Disc 7

13

Hallelujah Chorus ('Messiah')

George Frideric Handel - Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”

László Heltay, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:41

Disc 8

02

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours

Amilcare Ponchielli - La Gioconda: Atto III, scena 2. Danza delle ore

Georg Solti, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

1:42

04

Piano Concerto no. 5 in E-flat major op. 73 'Emperor': Third Movement (Rondo)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”

George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra, Emil Gilels

10:35