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- Creator
- by Samuel Barber and others
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Languages
- Multiple languages, French, Italian, English, German, Czech, Latin
- Contributors
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- Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856, composer
- Albinoni, Tomaso, 1671-1750, composer
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, composer
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, composer
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer
- Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835, composer
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, composer
- Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875, composer
- Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887, composer
- Bruch, Max, 1838-1920, composer
- Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, composer
- Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707, composer
- Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918, composer
- Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891, composer
- Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, composer
- Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934, composer
- Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924, composer
- Franck, César, 1822-1890, composer
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, composer
- Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893, composer
- Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907, composer
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer
- Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, composer
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934, composer
- Horner, James, composer
- Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978, composer
- Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948, composer
- Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, composer
- Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945, composer
- Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, composer
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, composer
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer
- Myers, Stanley, composer
- Pachelbel, Johann, 1653-1706, composer
- Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953, composer
- Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, composer
- Quarantotto, Lucio, composer
- Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, composer
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, composer
- Rodrigo, Joaquín, composer
- Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer
- Sartori, Francesco, composer
- Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, composer
- Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer
- Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957, composer
- Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899, composer
- Strauss, Josef, 1827-1870, composer
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer
- Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer
- Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741, composer
- Publication
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- [Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2007]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- OCLC
- ocn815762321
- Credits
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- Composers include: Samuel Barber ; Claude Debussy ; Edward Elgar ; Edvard Grieg ; Gustav Holst ; James Horner; Aram Khachaturian
- Previously released as a compact disc.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Classical music library). Available via World Wide Web.
- Sung in French, Italian, German, Czech, English, and Latin.
- Part 1. Uplifting classics. The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel -- Le quattro stagioni. 1: Allegro / Vivaldi -- Toccata in D minor, BWV 565 / Bach -- Horn concerto no. 4 in E flat, K. 495. Rondo (Allegro vivace) / Mozart -- Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67. Allegro con brio / Beethoven -- 1812 overture (conclusion) / Tchaikovsky -- Ode to joy from Symphony no. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), op. 125 / Beethoven -- Piano concerto in A minor, op. 16. Allegro molto moderato (opening) / Grieg -- Karelia suite, op. 11. Alla marcia / Sibelius -- The planets. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity (conclusion) / Holst -- Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso / Tchaikovsky -- Finandia / Sibelius -- Aida. Gloria all'egito / Verdi -- Romeo and Juliet. Montagues and Capulets / Prokofiev -- Radetzky march / J. Strauss I -- Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 / Elgar -- Piano concerto no. 3 in D minor. Allegro ma non tanto (opening) / Rachmaninoff -- Symphony no. 3 ("Organ"), op. 78. (Conclusion): Maestoso - Allegro / Saint-Saëns
- Part 2. Relaxing classics. Air "On the G String" / Bach -- Dance of the blessed spirits / Gluck -- Canon in D / Pachelbel -- Clarinet concerto in A, K. 622. Adagio / Mozart -- Goldberg variations, BWV 988. Aria / Bach -- Adagio in G minor (extract) / Albinoni -- Piano sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight"). Adagio sostenuto (extract) / Beethoven -- Flute & harp concerto in C, K. 299. Andantino (extract) / Mozart -- Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64. Andante (extract) / Mendelssohn -- Piano concerto no. 21 in C ("Elvira Madigan"), K. 467. Andante / Mozart -- Symphony no. 9 ("From the New World"). Largo (opening) / Dvorak -- Violin concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26. Adagio (opening) / Bruch -- Enigma variations. Nimrod / Elgar -- Concierto de Aranjuez. Adagio (opening) / Rodrigo -- The lark ascending (conclusion) / Vaughan Williams -- Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor. Adagietto (conclusion) / Mahler -- Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini. Variation 18 / Rachmaninoff
- Part 3. Vocal classics. Au fond du Temple Saint / Bizet -- Song to the moon / Dvorak -- Dome epais / Delibes -- La fleur que tu m'avais jetéee / Bizet -- Che farò senza Euridice? / Gluck -- Casta diva / Bellini -- Che gelida manina / Puccini -- O mio babbino caro / Puccini -- Bailero / trad. -- Vogliatemi bene / Puccini -- Va, pensiero / Verdi -- Es lebt' eine Vilja / Lehar -- Ombra mai fu / Handel -- Ave Maria / Schubert -- Minuit, chretiens / Adam -- Nessun dorma / Puccini
- Part 4. Golden classics. Le nozze di Figaro. Overture / Mozart -- Jesus Bleibet meine Freude / Bach -- Piano concerto no. 5 in E flat ("Emperor"). Allegro (extract) / Beethoven -- Trumpet voluntary / Clarke -- Judex / Gounod -- La scata di seta. Overture / Rossini -- Sarabande / Handel -- Waltz of the flowers / Tchaikovsky -- Troika / Prokofiev -- Fantasia on "Greensleeves" / Vaughan Williams -- Clair de lune / Debussy -- Cavatina / Myers -- Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor. Romance (Larghetto) (opening) / Chopin -- My heart will go on / Horner -- Time to say goodbye / Quarantotto -- An der schönen blauen Donau (extract) / J. Strauss II
- Part 5. Favorite classics. Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo / Mascagni -- Piano concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18. Adagio sostenuto (opening) / Rachmaninoff -- Peer Gynt incidental music, op. 23. Morning / Grieg -- Romance / Shostakovich -- Adagio for strings / Barber -- Scheherazade. The story of the Kalender Prince (opening) / Rimsky-Korsakov -- Thais. Meditation / Massenet -- Polovtsian dances / Borodin -- Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia / Khachaturian -- Romeo and Juliet. Fantasy-Overture (excerpt) / Tchaikovsky -- Symphony no. 7 in A, op. 92. Allegretto (extract) / Beethoven -- Double violin concerto in D minor, BWV 1043. Largo ma non tanto / Bach -- Schindler's list theme / Williams -- Dance of the reed flutes / Tchaikovsky -- Symphony no. 6 in f ("Pastoral"), op. 68. Allegretto / Beethoven
- Part 6. Spiritual classics. Zadok the Priest / Handel -- Zion Hört die Wächter / Bach -- Miserere mei, Deus / Allegri -- Deutsche Messe, D872. Sanctus / Schubert -- Panis angelicus / Franck -- L'adieu des bergers / Berlioz -- St. Celicia Mass. Sanctus / Gounod -- Requiem. In paradisum / Fauré -- Laudate dominum / Mozart -- Cantique de Jean Racine / Fauré -- Requiem. Ingemisco / Verdi -- Ave verum corpus / Mozart -- Messiah. I know that my redeemer liveth / Handel -- The heavens are telling / Haydn -- Requiem. Pie Jesu / Fauré -- Requiem. Lacrimosa / Mozart -- Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel
Subjects
- Concertos (Flute and harp) -- Excerpts.
- Concertos (Horn with orchestra)
- Concertos (Piano) -- Excerpts.
- Concertos (Violin with string orchestra) -- Excerpts.
- Concertos (Violin) -- Excerpts.
- Concertos (Violins (2)) -- Excerpts.
- Marches.
- Masses -- Excerpts.
- Motion picture music -- Excerpts.
- Operas -- Excerpts.
- Orchestral music.
- Piano music.
- Requiems -- Excerpts.
- Romances (Music)
- Sonatas (Piano) -- Excerpts.
- Suites (Orchestra)
- Symphonies -- Excerpts.
- Variations (Piano) -- Excerpts.
- Vocal music.
- Waltzes.