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50 Best Classics

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Feb 26, 2010

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50 Best Classics

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50 Best Classics

Various Artists

211

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Songwriters (1)

Composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alexander Borodin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Musicians (11)

Instrumentation

Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Henriette Puig-Roget

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Victoria de los Angeles

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bath Festival Orchestra

Christian Ferras

Maurice Handford

Visual (0)

Organizations (1)

Record Label

Warner Classics

Parlophone Records Limited

Producers (4)

Conductor

André Cluytens

Sir Thomas Beecham

Maurice Handford

Hallé Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir John Barbirolli

Engineers (3)

Engineer

Christopher Parker

Neville Boyling

Tim Summerhayes

Assistant Engineer

Richard Langham

Management (1)

Executive

Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe

Others (3)

Editorial

Miscellaneous

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Songwriters (1)

Composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Johann Sebastian Bach

Alexander Borodin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Producers (4)

Conductor

André Cluytens

Sir Thomas Beecham

Maurice Handford

Hallé Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir John Barbirolli

Musicians (11)

Instrumentation

Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Henriette Puig-Roget

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Victoria de los Angeles

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Bath Festival Orchestra

Christian Ferras

Maurice Handford

Engineers (3)

Engineer

Christopher Parker

Neville Boyling

Tim Summerhayes

Assistant Engineer

Richard Langham

Visual (0)

Management (1)

Executive

Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe

Organizations (1)

Record Label

Warner Classics

Parlophone Records Limited

Others (3)

Editorial

Miscellaneous

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1

Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"

Andrew Davis, George Frideric Handel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society

1

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Philharmonia Orchestra, Pietro Mascagni, Riccardo Muti

1

Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia. "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"

George Frideric Handel, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2

Bach, JS: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: No. 1, Chor. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Consortium Musicum, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Suddeutscher Madrigalchor, Johann Sebastian Bach, Consortium Classicum, South German Madrigal Choir

2

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Cecile Ousset, Sir Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in E Major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 "Spring": I. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi, Yehudi Menuhin, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, Alberto Lysy

3

Allegri: Miserere (Excerpt)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Timothy Beasley-Murray, Gregorio Allegri

3

Bach, JS: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565: Toccata

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wayne Marshall

3

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: No. 15, Prelude, Morning Mood

Edvard Grieg, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4

Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Allegro vivace

Barry Tuckwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4

Shostakovich / Arr. Atovmyan: Suite from the Gadfly, Op. 97a: VIII. Romance

Tasmin Little, Piers Lane, Dmitri Shostakovich

4

Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D. 872: No. 5, Zum Sanctus

Karl Forster, Kathedrale Berlin, Chor der St. Hedwigs, Wolfgang Meyer, Franz Schubert, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin, Berliner Symphoniker

5

Franck / Arr. Sandré: Mass, Op. 12, FWV 61: Panis Angelicus

Hallé, César Franck, Maurice Handford, Halle Choir

5

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Eugene Ormandy, Samuel Barber, Philadelphia Orchestra

5

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Kurt Sanderling

6

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 49 (Excerpt)

Mariss Jansons, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

6

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Kalendar Prince (Excerpt)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

6

Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H. 130, Part 2: The Shepherds' Farewell

Hector Berlioz, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, André Cluytens

7

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Ode to Joy) [Excerpt]

Ludwig van Beethoven, James Morris, Philadelphia Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Riccardo Muti

7

Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation

Jules Massenet, Herbert von Karajan, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Berliner Philharmoniker

7

Gounod: St Cecilia Mass: IV. Sanctus

Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Jean-Claude Hartemann, Charles Gounod

8

Borodin: Prince Igor, Act II: Polovtsian Dances (Excerpt)

Sir Thomas Beecham, Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Borodin

8

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato (Excerpt)

Cecile Ousset, Edvard Grieg, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

8

Fauré / Arr. Rutter: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, English Chamber Orchestra, Gabriel Fauré, José-Luis Garcia

9

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: III. Alla marcia

Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli, Jean Sibelius

9

Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No. 2: I. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian, Yuri Temirkanov

9

Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Eugen Jochum, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

10

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture (Excerpt)

Mariss Jansons, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

10

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Excerpt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Gustav Holst

10

Cantique De Jean Racine

Gabriel Fauré, David Lawson, Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe, Monks And Choirboys Of Downside Abbey

11

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: IX. Ingemisco

Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

11

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (Excerpt)

Horacio Gutiérrez, André Previn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, London Symphony Orchestra

11

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto (Excerpt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven, Kurt Sanderling

12

Bach, JS: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

Christian Ferras, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach

12

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

Hallé, Sir John Barbirolli, Jean Sibelius

12

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Cambridge Classical Players, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Stephen Layton, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Roy Goodman, Cambridge

13

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, Elizabeth Harwood

13

Williams: Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")

Tasmin Little, John Williams, Iain Sutherland, The New World Philharmonic

13

Verdi: Aïda, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Chorus) - Triumphal March

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Verdi, Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Riccardo Muti

14

Prokofiev: Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter: I. The Montagues and Capulets (Excerpt)

Sergei Prokofiev, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

14

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12e, Divertissement. Dance of the Reed-Flutes

André Previn, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, London Symphony Orchestra

14

Haydn: The Creation, Hob. XXI:2, Pt. 1: Trio and Chorus. "The Heavens Are Telling" (Chorus, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Robert Tear, David Willcocks, Sir David Willcocks, Joseph Haydn, Heather Harper, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, John Shirley-Quirk

15

Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 : IV. Pie Jesu (Soprano)

Henriette Puig-Roget, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gabriel Fauré, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Victoria de los Ángeles, André Cluytens, Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseurs

15

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

Ludwig van Beethoven, Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

15

Strauss I, J: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228

Willi Boskovsky, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Johann Strauss I

16

Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory

Andrew Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Elgar, Royal Choral Society

16

Mozart / Compl. Beyer: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, London Philharmonic Choir, Franz Welser-Möst

17

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

George Frideric Handel, Robert Tear, Sir Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Janet Baker, Raimund Herincx, Elizabeth Harwood

17

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (Excerpt)

Mariss Jansons, Sergei Rachmaninoff, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

18

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": II. (b) Maestoso - Allegro

Matthias Eisenberg, Michel Plasson, Camille Saint-Saëns, Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse