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Offer,The Decca Sound (50 tracks)

A specially-compiled 5-CD set of highlights

Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Mario Carlin (tenor), Enzo Guagni (tenor), Michele Cazzato (bass), Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Sylvia Stahlman (soprano), Simon Preston (organ), Julius Katchen (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Peter Pears...

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Contents

Chabrier: España

Work length6:26
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Ataúlfo Argenta
  • Recorded: 1957-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Act 3

Work length6:19
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  • Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Michele Cazzato (bass (vocal)), Enzo Guagni (tenor), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Mario Carlin (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor), Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone)
  • Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
  • Franco Capuana
  • Recorded: 1958-08
  • Recording Venue: Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome

E anche tu lo vorrai

Track length3:43
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Le tue parole sono di Dio

Track length2:36
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Work length9:36
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Peter Maag
  • Recorded: 1960-04-22
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

4. Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai

Track length9:36
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Excerpt, Ibert: Divertissement

Work length4:50
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  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Jean Martinon
  • Recorded: 1960-06-17
  • Recording Venue: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

2. Cortège

Track length4:50
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Excerpt, Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Work length7:39
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Istvan Kertesz
  • Recorded: 1961-03-24
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

3. Scherzo. Molto vivace

Track length7:39
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Excerpt, Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:11 in D minor 'Nelsonmesse'

Work length3:41
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  • Sylvia Stahlman (soprano), Simon Preston (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1962-07
  • Recording Venue: King's College, Cambridge

Credo: Et resurrexit

Track length3:41
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Excerpt, Falla: La vida breve

Work length7:04
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  • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Ernest Ansermet
  • Recorded: 1961-02-17
  • Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Interlude - Spanish Dance No. 1

Track length7:04
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Excerpt, Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Work length7:09
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  • Julius Katchen (piano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Istvan Kertesz
  • Recorded: 1965-11-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

1. Allegretto

Track length7:09
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Excerpt, Holst: The Planets, Op. 32

Work length8:32
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1961-09-22
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

Track length8:32
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57 / Première partie

Work length4:41
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 1959-04-28
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Scène - Danse lente et mystérieuse

Track length4:41
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Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66 / Libera me

Work length5:33
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  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Peter Pears (tenor), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Simon Preston (organ)
  • Highgate School Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Bach Choir, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1963-01-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

6c. Let Us Sleep Now...In Paradisum

Track length5:33
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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Work length14:13
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  • Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Anatole Fistoulari
  • Recorded: 1963-03-19
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

3. Finale (Alla breve)

Track length14:13
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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48

Work length3:34
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  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1968-04-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

2. Walzer: Moderato (Tempo di valse)

Track length3:34
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Magnificat in D major, BWV243

Work length3:17
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  • Wiener Akademie-Chor, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Karl Münchinger
  • Recorded: 1968-05-13
  • Recording Venue: Church of Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart

Chorus "Magnificat"

Track length3:17
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Excerpt, Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Work length4:55
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  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1966-02-03
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Overture

Track length4:55
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Excerpt, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Work length8:41
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  • Kyung Wha Chung (violin)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Rudolf Kempe
  • Recorded: 1972-05-20
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

2. Adagio

Track length8:41
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

Work length6:30
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  • Anton Fietz (violin), Wilhelm Hübner (violin), Rainer Küchl (violin), Alfred Altenburger (violin), Gunter Breitenbach (viola), Josef Staar (viola), Ferenc Mihaly (cello), Adalbert Skocic (cello)
  • Wiener Oktett
  • Recorded: 1972-11
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

IV. Presto

Track length6:30
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Excerpt, Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Work length7:03
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  • Radu Lupu (piano)
  • Recorded: 1972-06-16
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

II. Adagio cantabile

Track length7:03
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Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major "Romantic", WAB 104 (1878 / 80 Version)

Work length11:02
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1973-11-19
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

III. Scherzo. Bewegt - Trio. Nicht zu schnell. Keinesfalls schleppend

Track length11:02
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Varèse: Ionisation

Work length5:01
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  • Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Recorded: 1971-04-21
  • Recording Venue: Royce Hall, University Of California, Los Angeles (U.C.L.A.)

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 3

Work length8:38
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  • Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal))
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1964-11
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!

Track length8:38
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Excerpt, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595

Work length8:44
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  • Clifford Curzon (piano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1970-09-25
  • Recording Venue: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk

3. Allegro

Track length8:44
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Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Work length9:04
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  • San Francisco Symphony
  • Herbert Blomstedt
  • Recorded: 1989-06-01
  • Recording Venue: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

21. Ausklang

Track length6:41
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22. Nacht

Track length2:23
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Excerpt, Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

Work length5:31
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  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Recorded: 1984-10
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

3. Scherzo. Allegro

Track length5:31
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Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op. 17

Work length4:23
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  • Anja Silja (soprano)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Christoph von Dohnányi
  • Recorded: 1979-09-25
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Liebster, Liebster, der Morgen kommt

Track length4:23
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Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

Work length6:28
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Willi Boskovsky
  • Recorded: 1979-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Musikverein Vienna

Excerpt, Respighi: Pines of Rome

Work length4:41
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  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • Lorin Maazel
  • Recorded: 1976-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland

The Pines of the Appian Way (I pini della Via Appia)

Track length4:41
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Granados: Goyescas (Suite)

Work length6:40
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  • Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
  • Recorded: 1976-12-13
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall/Decca Studios, West Hampstead

4. Quejas ó la maja y el ruiseñor

Track length6:40
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Excerpt, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Work length5:22
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  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Recorded: 1983-05-23
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

II. Allegretto

Track length5:22
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Excerpt, Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Work length5:52
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  • Pascal Rogé (piano)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1978-07-07
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

2. Allegro scherzando

Track length5:52
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 1

Work length6:20
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  • Heather Harper (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martti Talvela (bass (vocal))
  • Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsoper, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1971-09-02
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

VII. Veni, creator... Da gaudiorum praemia

Track length3:52
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VIII. Gloria sit Patri Domino

Track length2:28
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Excerpt, Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

Work length5:14
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  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Recorded: 1983-05-14
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

Track length5:14
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Puccini: Turandot / Act 1

Work length4:58
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  • Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Recorded: 1972-08-25
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Signore, ascolta"

Track length2:40
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"Non piangere Liù"

Track length2:18
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Puccini: Turandot / Act 3

Work length11:16
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Recorded: 1972-08-25
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Che è mai di me?"

Track length2:44
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"Del primo pianto...Più grande vittoria non voler"

Track length3:58
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"So il tuo nome!"

Track length2:11
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"Diecimile anni al nostro Imperatore...Padre augusto"

Track length2:23
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Excerpt, Janáček: Sinfonietta

Work length5:20
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  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Recorded: 1980-03-26
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

3. Moderato - Con moto - Prestissimo - Tempo I - Moderato

Track length5:20
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Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133

Work length3:21
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), András Schiff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1992-08-08
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)

Mozart: Ridente la calma, K. 152 (After J. Mysliveček)

Work length3:52
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), András Schiff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1992-08-08
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)

Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied, D767

Work length3:06
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  • Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), András Schiff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1992-08-08
  • Recording Venue: Mozart Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna (Wien)

Susato: Dansereye (1551)

Work length4:32
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  • New London Consort
  • Philip Pickett
  • Recorded: 1991-10-03
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Pavane 'La Battaille'

Track length4:32
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Holländer: Eine kleine Sehnsucht

Work length4:03
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  • Jeff Cohen (piano), Ute Lemper (soprano)
  • Matrix Ensemble
  • Robert Ziegler
  • Recorded: 1996-01

Excerpt, Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Work length11:21
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  • Nelson Freire (piano)
  • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Recorded: 2006-02-18
  • Recording Venue: Gewandhaus, Leipzig

3. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

Track length11:21
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Verdi: Ernani / Part 4

Work length7:02
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  • Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • New York City Opera Orchestra
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Recorded: 1981-03-23
  • Recording Venue: Avery Fisher Hall, New York

"Solingo, errante misero"

Track length7:02
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Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Pt 2: Le Sacrifice

Work length4:39
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  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Antal Dorati
  • Recorded: 1981-05-13
  • Recording Venue: United Artists Auditorium, Detroit

6. Sacrificial Dance

Track length4:39
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Parry: I was glad

Work length7:27
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  • Timothy Byram-Wigfield (organ)
  • Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • David Hill
  • Recorded: 1990-06
  • Recording Venue: Winchester Cathedral

Excerpt, Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

Work length8:47
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  • Joshua Bell (violin)
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
  • David Zinman
  • Recorded: 1996-01-29
  • Recording Venue: Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore

2. Andante

Track length8:47
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Eduardo Di Capua, Alfredo Mazzucchi: 'O sole mio

Work length2:55
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  • José Carreras (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
  • Teatro dell'Opera, Roma, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Recorded: 1990-07-07
  • Recording Venue: Terme di Caracalla, Rome

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Work length13:55
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  • András Schiff (piano)
  • Recorded: 1982-12
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Var. 26 a 2 Clav.

Track length2:05
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Var. 27 Canone alla Nona

Track length1:44
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Var. 28 a 2 Clav.

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Var. 29 a 1 ovvero 2 Clav.

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Var. 30 Quodlibet a 1 Clav.

Track length1:44
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Aria da Capo

Track length3:51
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Excerpt, Strauss, R: Daphne

Work length11:20
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  • Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (instrumental ensemble)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1996-12-21
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

"Ich komme, ich komme"

Track length11:20
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Excerpt, Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

Work length5:06
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  • Barbara Bonney (soprano), Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Christophe Rousset (director)
  • Les Talens Lyriques
  • Recorded: 1999-02
  • Recording Venue: L'Eglise de Notre Dame du Liban, Paris

9. Sancta Mater

Track length5:06
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Excerpt, Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'

Work length4:53
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  • Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola), András Fejér (cello)
  • Takács Quartet
  • Recorded: 2003-11-20
  • Recording Venue: St. George's, Bristol

4. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato

Track length4:53
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3

Work length8:23
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  • Catherine Bott (soprano)
  • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Recorded: 1992-09
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

"Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth"

Track length4:07
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"With drooping wings"

Track length4:16
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Excerpt, Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15

Work length9:31
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  • Janine Jansen (violin)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Paavo Järvi
  • Recorded: 2009-07-19
  • Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London

1. Moderato con moto

Track length9:31
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Excerpt, Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

Work length6:19
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  • Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martenot)
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Recorded: 1992-03
  • Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam

5. Joie de sang des étoiles

Track length6:19
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