The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music

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The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music

The Cleveland Orchestra, Abraham Kaplan (director), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Yefim Bronfman (piano), The Philharmonia Orchestra, Vladimir Horowitz (piano), NBC Symphony Orchestra, Murray Perahia (piano), Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Evgeny Kissin (piano), Sviatoslav Richter...

Release Date: 9th May 2014
Catalogue No: G010003117492X
Label: Sony
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante cantabile

Work length13:09

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Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace - Presto

Work length10:43

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Abraham Kaplan (director)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Work length11:06

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Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Rachmaninoff: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto

Work length17:20

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Yefim Bronfman (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 : Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allergo con spirito

Work length17:31

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Vladimir Horowitz (piano), NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini

Grieg: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

Work length12:36

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Murray Perahia (piano)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Colin Davis

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

Work length8:41

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Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
James Levine

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: II. Intermezzo - Andantino grazioso

Work length5:06

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Murray Perahia (piano), Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Colin Davis

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: I. Allegro non troppo

Work length16:46

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Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III. Allegro vivace

Work length7:35

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Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
Orchestre de Paris
Paavo Järvi

Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26: I. Andante - Allegro

Work length8:58

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Yefim Bronfman (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Excerpt, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Work length6:32

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Jascha Heifetz (violin)
New Symphony Orchestra of London
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Allegro molto appassionato

Work length11:02

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Jascha Heifetz (violin), Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch

Brahms: Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102: III. Vivace non troppo

Work length8:36

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Isaac Stern (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo

Work length9:11

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Isaac Stern (violin)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy

Brahms: Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Work length7:47

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Isaac Stern (violin)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto

Work length8:11

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Midori Gotō (violin)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Elgar: Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61: I. Allegro

Work length17:30

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Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin

Elgar: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

Work length8:45

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Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim

Dvořák: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: II. Adagio, ma non troppo

Work length12:47

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Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Berliner Philharmoniker
Lorin Maazel

Mozart: Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626: I. Introitus

Work length5:27

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Lynne Dawson (soprano), Jard van Nes, Keith Lewis, Simon Estes, The Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: Dies irae: Dies Irae

Work length2:23

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Leontyne Price, Dame Janet Baker, Veriano Luchetti, José van Dam
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Work length4:24

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Keith Lewis, Jard van Ness, David Wilson-Johnson, Roberta Alexander, Ruth Ziesak, Elmar Schloter
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Carlo Maria Giulini

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 "Hohe Messe": Chorus - Kyrie eleison

Track length4:24

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Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich

Work length6:42

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Giuliano Carmignola (violin), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: VII. Selig sind die Toten

Work length10:42

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Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine

Fauré: Requiem: Agnus Dei

Work length5:57

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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Barbara Bonney (soprano), Håkan Hagegård (baritone)
Seiji Ozawa

Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: No. 12 Chorus - For unto Us a Child is Born

Work length4:16

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Eileen Farrell, Gilbert Johnson, Martha Lipton, William Warfield
Philadelphia Orchestra, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Eugene Ormandy

Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI: 2: No. 34 - Singt dem Herren alle Stimmen!

Work length3:23

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New York Philharmonic, Bruce Prince-Joseph (harpsichord), Bernard Altmann (cello), Judith Raskin (soprano), Alexander Young (tenor), John Reardon (baritone), Camerata Singers
Leonard Bernstein

Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna

Work length2:34

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Sylvia McNair (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Håkan Hagegård (baritone)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
Leonard Slatkin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 2. Andante

Work length10:07

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral' - I. Allegro ma non troppo

Work length11:08

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New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: I. Trauermarsch. In gemessenem Schritt - Streng - Wie ein Kondukt

Work length12:30

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James Chambers (french horn)
New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand": I. Hymn - Veni, creator spiritus

Work length24:01

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Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone), Hans Vollenweider (organ), Donald McIntyre (bass), Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Gwenyth Annear (mezzo-soprano), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), John Mitchinson (tenor), Norma Procter (mezzo-soprano), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Orpington Junior Singers, Highgate School Boys Choir, Finchley Children’s Music Group, Leeds Festival Chorus, London Symphony Chorus
Leonard Bernstein

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": V. Im Tempo des Scherzos

Work length33:35

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Juliane Banse (soprano), Anna Larsson (alto)
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Schweizer Kammerchor
David Zinman

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107: I. Allegro moderato

Work length20:08

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Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Kent Nagano

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic": II. Andante quasi allegretto

Work length15:20

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Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, WAB 108: II. Scherzo- Allegro moderato - Trio

Work length16:17

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Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47: I. Moderato

Work length16:16

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New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 "Leningrad": I. Allegretto

Work length27:48

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New York Philharmonic
Leonard Bernstein

Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene'

Work length20:16

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Eileen Farrell (soprano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude

Work length11:43

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Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Mark Elder

Verdi: Aida: Gloria all'Egitto

Work length3:01

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Terry Cook (bass), Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick, James Morris, Samuel Ramey, Hei-Kyung Hong, Charles Anthony
Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera
James Levine

Puccini: Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)

Work length4:29

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Plácido Domingo (tenor), William Mason, Alan Byers, Sherrill Milnes, Vicente Sardinero, Ruggero Raimondi, Franklyn Whiteley, Nico Castel, Judith Blegen, Montserrat Caballé
John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti

Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)

Work length3:33

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Teatro alla Scala, Maria Guleghina (soprano)
Riccardo Muti

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena!

Work length2:34

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Rachel Yakar, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Spatzek, Eric Tappy, Thomas Paulsen, Elizabeth Kales, Fritz Peschke, Karl Terkal, Zdzislawa Donat, Wolfgang Scheider, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gerhard Eder, Markus Huber, Horst Nitsche, Ingrid Mayr, Martti Talvela, José van Dam, Christian Baumgartner, Gerhard Panzenböck, Helge von Bomches, Peter Weber, Horst Hiestermann, Trudeliese Schmidt, Christian Boesch (baritone), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano)
Wiener Staatsoper
James Levine

Mozart: La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

Work length3:13

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Teresa Berganza (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), José van Dam, Kenneth Riegel, Kiri Te Kanawa, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Malcolm King, Orchestra of The Theatre National de L'Opera Paris
Lorin Maazel

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sull'aria... che soave zeffiretto

Work length2:58

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Karita Mattila (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Zubin Mehta

Verdi: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata)

Work length3:09

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Roberto Alagna (tenor), Tiziana Fabbricini (soprano), Nicoletta Curiel (mezzo-soprano), Orazio Mori (baritone), Enzo Capuano (bass), Francesco Musinu (bass), Enrico Cossutta (tenor)
Teatro alla Scala, Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti

Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)

Work length6:55

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Renata Scotto (soprano), National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, John McCarthy (chorus master)
James Levine

Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length5:03

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Renata Scotto (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel

The 50 Absolute Essentials of Classical Music

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