100 Chefs d'Oeuvre de la Musique Classique

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100 Chefs d'Oeuvre de la Musique Classique

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  • Release Date: 2006

Performances

Composer Title Time
Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176) (Introduction) 2:04
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Aria) 5:48
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525 (Allegro) 3:40
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 (Au Matin) 3:00
Antonin Dvorák Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World"), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5) (Allegro Con Fuoco) 2:10
Robert Schumann Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Träumerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7 2:46
Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor ("La campanella"), Op. 7, MS 48 (Rondo (La Campanella)) 1:38
Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore, opera (Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spoglie) 2:56
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of the Bumble Bee, musical picture for orchestra (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan) 1:20
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2 (Adagio Sostenuto) 6:07
Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ("La Primavera," The Four Seasons; "Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 (Allegro) 3:33
Jacques Offenbach Orphée aux enfers, operetta (Ouverture / Cancan / Final) 2:10
Luigi Boccherini String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in E major, G. 275 (Op. 11/5) (Menuet) 3:32
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5 2:36
Bedrich Smetana Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast No. 2), JB 1:112/2 ([Excerpt]) 3:57
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 (Allegretto Grazioso) 5:57
Emmanuel Chabrier España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos 6:06
Frédéric Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, CT. 202 (Marche Funebre) 8:42
George Gershwin An American in Paris, tone poem for orchestra ([Excerpt]) 5:45
Maurice Ravel Boléro, ballet for orchestra ([Excerpt]) 5:16
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate"), Op. 67 (Allegro Con Brio) 3:11
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Nutcracker, suite from the ballet, Op. 71a (Valse Des Fleurs) 7:08
Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto, opera (La Donna E Mobile) 3:10
Jules Massenet Thaïs, opera in 3 acts (Meditation) 4:51
Sergey Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64 (Danse Des Chevaliers) 5:22
Johann Strauss I Radetzky-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 228 2:25
Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra (Adagio) 3:08
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626 (Lacrymosa) 3:19
Gabriel Fauré Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50 ([Excerpt]) 2:39
Johannes Brahms Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut Nacht"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/4 1:54
Jacques Offenbach Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts (Barcarolle) 3:57
Georges Bizet Carmen, opera (L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle) 4:27
Giacomo Puccini Turandot, opera (Nessun Dorma) 3:28
Giuseppe Verdi Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem) (Dies Irae) 2:43
Hector Berlioz La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, ("légende dramatique") H. 111 (Op. 24) (Marche Hongroise) 4:29
Gioachino Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera (Largo Al Factotum) 4:51
George Frederick Handel Water Music Suite No. 2 for orchestra in D major, HWV 349 (Alla Hornpipe) 4:27
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue, for keyboard No. 1 in C major (WTC I/1), BWV 846 (BC L80) (Prelude) 1:26
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48 (Pie Jesu) 4:07
Claude Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86 9:33
Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue, for organ in D minor, BWV 565 (BC J37) (Toccata) 2:46
George Frederick Handel Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 (Alleluia) 4:05
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467 (Andante) 7:17
Johann Strauss II Le Beau Danube (The Blue/Beautiful Danube), ballet (Strauss works arr. by Desormière) ([Excerpt]) 3:23
Frédéric Chopin Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 4:10
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) (Choral "Jesus Que Ma Joie Demeure") 3:36
Felix Mendelssohn Song Without Words for piano No. 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6 2:10
Giuseppe Verdi Aida, opera (Marche Triomphale) 5:12
Manuel de Falla Ritual Fire Dance, for orchestra (from "El Amor brujo") 2:04
Claude Debussy Clair de lune, for piano (Suite Bergamasque No. 3), L. 75/3 5:23
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (Badinerie) 1:32
Franz Liszt Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3) 4:43
Camille Saint-Saëns The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements 2:54
George Frederick Handel Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40 (Largo) 2:59
Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59 4:04
Louis-Claude Daquin Le Coucou, rondeau for harpsichord in E minor (Pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 3) 2:07
Niccolò Paganini Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1/24, MS 25/24 4:29
Giacomo Puccini Gianni Schicchi, opera (O Mio Babbino Caro) 2:14
Sergey Rachmaninov Vocalise, transcription for orchestra, Op. 34/14 5:32
Robert Schumann Waldszenen No. 7 ("Vogel als Prophet"), for piano, Op. 82/7 3:27
Camille Saint-Saëns Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 (Mon Coeur S'Ouvre à Ta Voix) 5:27
Carl Orff Carmina Burana, scenic cantata for soloists, choruses & orchestra (O Fortuna) 2:43
Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Moderato) 2:34
Johann Pachelbel Canon and gigue, for 3 violins & continuo in D major, T. 337 (Canon) 3:17
Frédéric Chopin Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109 4:01
Tomaso Albinoni Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni) ([Excerpt]) 4:22
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty, suite for orchestra, Op. 66a (Valse) 4:15
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (Molto Allegro) 3:33
Anonymous Romance 2:36
Charles Gounod Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) 2:46
Aram Khachaturian Gayane, ballet in 4 acts (Danse Du Sabre) 2:22
Jean Sibelius Valse triste, for orchestra (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1 6:20
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46 (Dans Le Hall Du Roi De La Montagne) 2:14
Claude Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin, prelude for piano, L. 117/8 3:00
Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626 (Thy Hand, Belinda) 4:30
George Frederick Handel Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67 (Arrivée De La Reine De Saba) 3:15
Johann Strauss II Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214) 2:58
Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H. 7e/1 (Allegro) 4:37
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé) ([Excerpt]) 3:05
Johann Sebastian Bach Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude) 2:54
Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra) 6:19
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 (Mort D'Isolde) 6:15
Georges Bizet Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 1 (assembled by Ernest Guirard) (Les Toréadors) 2:11
Giuseppe Verdi Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) (Choeur Des Esclaves) 4:58
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 3:47
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (Adagietto [Excerpt]) 2:26
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i) (Marche Turque) 3:40
Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1 6:01
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 (Air De La Reine De La Nuit. Der Hölle Rache) 3:08
Isaac Albéniz Asturias, prélude espagnol ([Excerpt]) 2:37
Erik Satie Gymnopedie for piano No. 1 3:58
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Prélude pour le Te Deum à 8, for strings, H. 145a 1:22
Frédéric Chopin Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212 1:41
Georges Bizet L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music (Prelude) 3:02
Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b (Chevauchée Des Walkyries) 5:01
Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra 11:34
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera "Sir John in Love") 3:40
Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera (Un Bel Di Vedremo) 5:06
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c) (Andantino) 7:48
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op. 125 (Final: Ode A La Joie) 3:00

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