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The A to Z of Classical Music (3rd expanded edition)

Ali Rahbari · Antoni Wit · Béla Drahos · Marin Alsop · Michael Halász · Bjarte Engeset · Dmitry Yablonsky · Helmut Müller-Brühl · Jeremy Summerly · Marco Longhini

Naxos2010Cat. 8.558212-131h 54m30 tracks

The A to Z of Classical Music (3rd expanded edition) (2010), CD, on Naxos. Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Antonín Dvořák, Arnold Schoenberg, Béla Bartók, performed by Ali Rahbari, Antoni Wit, Béla Drahos, Marin Alsop; 30 tracks.

Composers

Tracklist

Disc 1

01

Short Ride in a Fast Machine

John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Marin Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

4:11

02

Double Violin Concerto (mvt II)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043

Oliver von Dohnányi, Cappella Istropolitana, Takako Nishizaki

6:48

03

44 Duos for Two Violins (No. 14)

Béla Bartók - 44 Duos for Two Violins: No. 14. Párnás tánc

György Pauk, Kazuki Sawa

0:43

04

Piano Sonata No. 8 ‘Pathétique’ (mvt I)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata for Piano no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Pathétique”

8:28

05

Symphonie fantastique (Marche au supplice)

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Yoav Talmi, San Diego Symphony

4:44

06

Symphony No. 3 (mvt III)

Johannes Brahms - Sinfonie Nr. 3 F-Dur, op. 90

5:49

07

Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, op. 4

Steuart Bedford, Northern Sinfonia

3:01

08

Impromptu No. 1

Frédéric Chopin - Impromptu no. 1 in A‐flat major, op. 29: Allegro assai

4:34

10

Symphony No. 8 (mvt III)

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88

Stephen Gunzenhauser, Slovak Philharmonic

5:46

11

Sea Pictures (Where Corals Lie)

Edward Elgar - Sea Pictures, op. 37

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Sarah Connolly

3:35

12

Piano Concerto (mvt II)

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

Bjarte Engeset, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Håvard Gimse

6:17

14

Trumpet Concerto (Finale)

Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto no. 1 in E-flat major, Hob. VIIe:1

Helmut Müller-Brühl, Cologne Chamber Orchestra

4:39

15

Sinfonietta (mvt IV)

Leoš Janáček - Sinfonietta

2:38

17

Das Lied von der Erde (Von der Jugend)

Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde

Michael Halász, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

3:08

Disc 2

02

Occhi, un tempo mia vita

Claudio Monteverdi - Occhi un tempo mia vita, SV 71

3:10

03

Clarinet Quintet (mvt II)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Quintet for Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola & Cello in A major, K. 581 "Stadler Quintet"

Danubius Quartet, József Balogh

5:59

04

Motet: Hodie Christus natus est

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Hodie Christus natus est

Jeremy Summerly, Schola Cantorum of Oxford

2:54

05

Piano Concerto No. 4 (mvt IV)

Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto no. 4 in B-flat major, op. 53

Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kun-Woo Paik

1:39

06

Gianni Schicchi (O mio babbino caro)

Giacomo Puccini - Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)

Ali Rahbari, Brussels Philharmonic

2:08

07

Prelude in G minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff - 10 Preludes, op. 23: No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia

3:54

09

Six Little Piano Pieces (II. Langsam)

Arnold Schoenberg - Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19

0:54

11

String Quartet No. 2 (mvt I)

Robert Schumann - String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 41 no. 2

Fine Arts Quartet

4:42

12

Jazz Suite No. 1 (Waltz)

Dmitri Shostakovich - Suite for Jazz Orchestra no. 1

Dmitry Yablonsky, Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra

2:29

13

Four Last Songs (No. 1: Frühling)

Richard Strauss - Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

Michael Halász, Ricarda Merbeth

3:45

14

Petrushka (Russian Dance)

Igor Stravinsky - Pétrouchka : Tableau Ic. Danse russe

Robert Craft, Philharmonia Orchestra

2:42

15

Symphony No. 5 (mvt III)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 5 in E minor, op. 64

Antoni Wit, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

5:39

16

Viola Concerto (mvt IV)

Georg Philipp Telemann - Viola Concerto, TWV 51:G9

Richard Edlinger, Cappella Istropolitana

2:53

17

Rigoletto (La donna è mobile)

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)

Ali Rahbari, Yordy Ramiro

2:13

18

Bassoon Concerto ‘La notte’ (mvts III)

Antonio Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, RV 501 "La Notte"

1:46

19

Bassoon Concerto ‘La notte’ (mvts IV)

Antonio Vivaldi - Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, RV 501 "La Notte"

2:49