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50 Best Classics

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Cocker (harpsichord), Wayne Marshall (organ), Barry Tuckwell (horn), James Morris (baritone), Cécile Ousset (piano), Horacio Gutierrez (piano), Mikhail Rudy (piano), Matthias Eisenberg (organ), Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter/Alexis Weissenberg,...

Release Date: 1st Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 4575172
Label: Warner Classics
Series: 50 Best
Length: 3 hours 44 minutes

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

Work length2:48

$1.30

$1.70

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1983-06-28
Recording Venue: 27 & 28 June 1983, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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

Work length3:44

$1.30

$1.70

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Cocker (harpsichord)
Camerata Lysy Gstaad
Alberto Lysy
Recorded: 1979-12-30
Recording Venue: 29 & 30 December 1979, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Bach, J S: Toccata in D minor (BWV 565)

Work length3:22

$1.30

$1.70

Wayne Marshall (organ)
Recorded: 1989-01-20

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

Work length3:37

$1.30

$1.70

Barry Tuckwell (french horn)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1971-05-21
Recording Venue: 17-21 May 1971, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio

Work length6:35

$1.30

$1.70

Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling
Recorded: 1981-01-07
Recording Venue: 4-7 January 1981, Walthamstow Town Hall

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

Work length3:35

$1.30

$1.70

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1987-04-30
Recording Venue: 27-30 April 1987, Konserthus, Oslo

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

Work length3:22

$1.30

$1.70

James Morris (bass-baritone)
Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1988-04-26
Recording Venue: 23, 25 & 26 April 1988, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro moderato

Work length4:27

$1.30

$1.70

Cécile Ousset (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1984-07-20
Recording Venue: 18 & 20 July 1984, Abbey Road Studios, London

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11: Alla marcia

Work length4:41

$1.30

$1.70

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
Recorded: 1966-01-23
Recording Venue: 23 January 1966, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets)

Work length4:48

$1.30

$1.70

Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 1980-12-30
Recording Venue: 29 & 30 December 1980, Kingsway Hall, London

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

Work length3:24

$1.30

$1.70

Horacio Gutiérrez (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 1975-12-13
Recording Venue: 11-13.XII.1975. Abbey Road Studios, London.

Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

Work length8:28

$1.30

$1.70

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
Recorded: 1966-01-23
Recording Venue: 23 January 1966, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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

Work length4:35

$1.30

$1.70

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1986-01-01
Recording Venue: 2-9 & 11 July 1974, Walthamstow Assembly Hall

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

Work length1:53

$1.30

$1.70

Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1981-02-18
Recording Venue: 18 February 1981, The Old Met, Philadelphia

Strauss, J, I: Radetzky March, Op. 228

Work length2:52

$1.30

$1.70

Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester
Willi Boskovsky
Recorded: 1971-05-08
Recording Venue: 5-8 May 1971, Redoutensaal, Vienna

Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory

Work length2:37

$1.30

$1.70

Royal Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
Recorded: 1996-01-01
Recording Venue: 4 & 5 January 1972, Royal Albert Hall, London

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

Work length2:52

$1.30

$1.70

Mikhail Rudy (piano)
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1992-09-30
Recording Venue: 12-30 Sep 1992, Philharmonic Hall, St.Petersburg

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

Work length8:08

$1.30

$1.70

Matthias Eisenberg (organ)
Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson
Recorded: 1995-07-07
Recording Venue: Basilique Notre-Dame la Daurade,Toulouse

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Work length3:43

$1.30

$1.70

Philharmonia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1987-01-01
Recording Venue: 2-7 August 1979. Watford Town Hall

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

Work length4:32

$1.30

$1.70

Cécile Ousset (piano)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
Recorded: 1984-05-04
Recording Venue: 3 & 4 May 1984, Arts Centre, Warwick University

Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 13, Prelude. Morning Mood

Work length4:17

$1.30

$1.70

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded: 1982-07-30
Recording Venue: 28-30 July 1982, EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London

Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Suite Op. 97a: No. 8 Romance (Arr. Atovmian for Violin & Piano)

Work length3:15

$1.30

$1.70

Piers Lane (piano), Tasmin Little (violin)
Recorded: 1991-07-31
Recording Venue: 30 & 31 July 1991, St. Michael's Church, Highgate, London London

Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Work length6:21

$1.30

$1.70

Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Recorded: 1978-02-20
Recording Venue: 20 February 1978, The Old Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia

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

Work length3:53

$1.30

$1.70

Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1982-02-08
Recording Venue: 8 February 1982, "The Old Met", Philadelphia

Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)

Work length6:47

$1.30

$1.70

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 1981-01-03
Recording Venue: 16 & 17 Nov 1980 and 1-3 Jan 1981, Philharmonie, Berlin

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

Work length3:52

$1.30

$1.70

Beecham Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham
Recorded: 1987-01-01
Recording Venue: 10 November 1956, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road

Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus & Phrygia (from Spartacus)

Work length4:45

$1.30

$1.70

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov
Recorded: 1985-02-01
Recording Venue: 10/11 November 1983 & 1 February 1985, Abbey Road Studio No.1

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture (Excerpt)

Work length5:04

$1.30

$1.70

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Mariss Jansons
Recorded: 1987-04-30
Recording Venue: 27-30 April 1987, Konserthus, Oslo

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

Work length3:57

$1.30

$1.70

Philharmonia Orchestra
Kurt Sanderling
Recorded: 1981-01-01
Recording Venue: 8-10 & 12-17 January 1981, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043: Largo ma non tanto

Work length7:43

$1.30

$1.70

Christian Ferras (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-08
Recording Venue: 8 July 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

Williams, John: Schindler's List: Theme

Work length5:06

$1.30

$1.70

Tasmin Little (violin)
New World Philharmonic
Iain Sutherland
Recorded: 1994-07-29
Recording Venue: 29th July 1994, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road

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

Work length2:19

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London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn
Recorded: 1972-05-04
Recording Venue: 1-4 May 1972. Kingsway Hall, London.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral' - V. Allegretto

Work length6:41

$1.30

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Philadelphia Orchestra
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1987-09-28
Recording Venue: 28 September 1987, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'

Work length6:04

$1.30

$1.70

Royal Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
Recorded: 1996-01-01
Recording Venue: 4 & 5 January 1972, Royal Albert Hall, London

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

Work length4:49

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$1.70

Consortium Musicum, South German Madrigal Choir
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Consortium Classicum
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Recorded: 1967-07-20
Recording Venue: 15-20 July 1967, Marbach Stadthalle

Allegri: Miserere (Excerpt)

Work length5:48

$1.30

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Timothy Beasley-Murray (soprano)
Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
Recorded: 1983-07-20
Recording Venue: 18-20 July 1983, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

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

Work length3:47

$1.30

$1.70

Chor der St. Hedwigs, Kathedrale Berlin, Wolfgang Meyer
Berliner Symphoniker, Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin
Karl Forster
Recorded: 1959-06-18
Recording Venue: 18. & 20. Juni 1959, Berlin, Grunewaldkirche

Franck, C: Mass, Op. 12, FWV 61: Panis Angelicus (Arr. Sandré)

Work length4:54

$1.30

$1.70

Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra
Maurice Handford
Recorded: 1988-05-31
Recording Venue: May 1980, Free Trade Hall, Manchester

Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - L'Adieu des bergers

Work length3:50

$1.30

$1.70

Choeurs Rene Duclos, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Recorded: 1994-01-01
Recording Venue: 10 November & 2/3/6/7 December 1965 & 13-15 September 1966, Salle Wagram, Paris

Gounod: St Cecilia Mass: IV. Sanctus

Work length5:20

$1.30

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Rene Duclos Chorus
Jean-Claude Hartemann
Recorded: 1963-06-08
Recording Venue: 3-8 June 1963. St.Roch, Paris.

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

Work length3:28

$1.30

$1.70

José-Luis Garcia, Peter Barley
English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
Recorded: 1988-12-19
Recording Venue: 16/18/19 December 1988, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum

Work length5:04

$1.30

$1.70

Edda Moser (soprano)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Recorded: 1976-07-09
Recording Venue: 7-9 July 1976 / Herkulessaal of the Residenz, Munich

Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11

Work length5:12

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Monks And Choir Boys Of Downside Abbey, Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe (director), David Lawson (director), Dom Cyprian Stockford (organ), Peter Matthews (organ), Tim Summerhayes (recorder)
Monks And Choirboys Of Downside Abbey, Voices & The Monks Of Downside Abbey
Dom Dunstan O'Keeffe, David Lawson
Recorded: 1997-01-01
Recording Venue: Downside Abbey

Verdi: Messa da Requiem: IX. Ingemisco

Work length3:44

$1.30

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Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
Teatro alla Scala
Riccardo Muti
Recorded: 1987-06-29
Recording Venue: 26 & 29 June 1987, live at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618

Work length3:03

$1.30

$1.70

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Roy Goodman, Stephen Layton
Cambridge Classical Players, Choir of King's College Cambridge
Stephen Cleobury
Recorded: 1987-12-13
Recording Venue: 11 & 13 December 1987, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

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

Work length6:39

$1.30

$1.70

Ambrosian Singers, Dame Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx, Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 1997-01-01
Recording Venue: 29 & 30 June, 13, 15 & 16 July and 5, 6, 8 & 9 August 1966, Kingsway Hall, London

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

Work length4:47

$1.30

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Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Robert Tear (tenor)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir David Willcocks
Recorded: 1973-07-18
Recording Venue: 13-14 December 1972 & 15-18 July 1973, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

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

Work length3:19

$1.30

$1.70

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseurs, Henriette Puig-Roget, Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
André Cluytens
Recorded: 1962-05-31
Recording Venue: 14-15 February & 25-26 May 1962, L'Église Saint-Roch, Paris Paris

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

Work length2:57

$1.30

$1.70

London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst
Recorded: 1989-04-12
Recording Venue: 10-12 April 1989, St Augustine's, Kilburn

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

Work length4:02

$1.30

$1.70

Elizabeth Harwood, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx, Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded: 1997-01-01
Recording Venue: 29 & 30 June, 13, 15 & 16 July and 5, 6, 8 & 9 August 1966, Kingsway Hall, London

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