50 Best Classical Composers
Libor Pešek · Paavo Järvi · Roger Norrington · Daniel Harding · Marcello Viotti · Riccardo Muti · Willi Boskovsky · Alain Lombard · Alexander Briger · André Previn
50 Best Classical Composers (2012), CD, on Parlophone. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Alexander Borodin, Anton Bruckner, Antonín Dvořák, performed by Libor Pešek, Paavo Järvi, Roger Norrington, Daniel Harding; 49 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”
Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air
Johann Sebastian Bach - Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Keyboard Suite no. 4 in D minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande
George Frideric Handel - Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol. 2 no. 4, HWV 437
Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
24 Caprices, op. 1: No. 24 in A minor
Niccolò Paganini - 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
L'elisir d'amore: Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)
Gaetano Donizetti - L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino)
Vincenzo Bellini - Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
Tullio Serafin, Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14, H 48: II. Un bal. Valse. Allegro non troppo
A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1. Scherzo
Felix Mendelssohn - Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
John Nelson, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Disc 2
Nabucco: Act 3: "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Chorus)
Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro)
Die Walküre: Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner - Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
Jacques Offenbach - Les Contes d’Hoffmann : Acte IV. No. 17 Barcarolle « Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour » (Nicklausse, Giulietta, les invités)
Prélude, fugue et variation, op. 18, FWV 30: Prélude
Symphonie espagnole, op. 21: III. Intermezzo (Allegretto non troppo)
Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major "Romantic": IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
Anton Bruckner - Symphony no. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 “Romantische”
Prince Igor: Act 2: Polovtsian Dances: Pt. 4
Alexander Borodin - Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”
Symphony no. 3 in F major, op. 90: III. Poco allegretto
Lakmé: Act 1: Scene 4: No. 2. Duetto, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
Léo Delibes - Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Disc 3
Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 15. The Knight's Gate in the Old Capital of Kiev
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: No. 10 "The Great Gate at Kiev"
Le lac des cygnes, op. 20: Act II: No. 10. Scène. Moderato
8 Slavonic Dances, op. 72, B. 147: No. 10 in E minor
Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor. Allegretto grazioso
Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, op. 20
Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National de France, Anne-Sophie Mutter
Dornröschen, EHWV 121: Vorspiel (Mässig langsam - Ein wenig lebhafter)
5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39: No. 1 in D major
Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
Tosca: Act 3: Scene 2: "E lucevan le stelle" (Cavaradossi)
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)
Suite española no. 1, op. 47: V. Asturias "Leyenda"
Isaac Albéniz - Suite española No. 1, B 7, Op. 47 No. 5 "Asturias": Leyenda in G minor
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (excerpt)