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100 Best tunes. CD 1-5 / by Samuel Barber et al.

Format Electronic, Audio (Streaming), and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2007]
Description1 online resource.
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Subject(s)
Other author/creatorAdam, Adolphe, 1803-1856 composer.
Other author/creatorAlbinoni, Tomaso, 1671-1750 composer.
Other author/creatorBach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 composer.
Other author/creatorBarber, Samuel, 1910-1981 composer.
Other author/creatorBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 composer.
Other author/creatorBellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835 composer.
Other author/creatorBerlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, composer.
Other author/creatorBizet, Georges, 1838-1875 composer.
Other author/creatorBorodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887, composer.
Other author/creatorBruch, Max, 1838-1920 composer.
Other author/creatorChopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849 composer.
Other author/creatorClarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707, composer.
Other author/creatorDebussy, Claude, 1862-1918 composer.
Other author/creatorDelibes, Léo, 1836-1891, composer.
Other author/creatorDvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904, composer.
Other author/creatorElgar, Edward, 1857-1934 composer.
Other author/creatorFauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924 composer.
Other author/creatorFranck, César, 1822-1890 composer.
Other author/creatorGluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 composer.
Other author/creatorGounod, Charles, 1818-1893 composer.
Other author/creatorGrieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 composer.
Other author/creatorHandel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
Other author/creatorHaydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 composer.
Other author/creatorHolst, Gustav, 1874-1934 composer.
Other author/creatorHorner, James composer.
Other author/creatorKhachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978, composer.
Other author/creatorLehár, Franz, 1870-1948 composer.
Other author/creatorMahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, composer.
Other author/creatorMascagni, Pietro, 1863-1943, composer.
Other author/creatorMassenet, Jules, 1842-1912, composer.
Other author/creatorMendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 composer.
Other author/creatorMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 composer.
Other author/creatorMyers, Stanley, composer.
Other author/creatorPachelbel, Johann, 1653-1706 composer.
Other author/creatorProkofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953, composer.
Other author/creatorPuccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924 composer.
Other author/creatorQuarantotto, Lucio, composer.
Other author/creatorRachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 composer.
Other author/creatorRimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908, composer.
Other author/creatorRodrigo, Joaquín composer.
Other author/creatorRossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer.
Other author/creatorSartori, Francesco, composer.
Other author/creatorSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828, composer.
Other author/creatorShostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.
Other author/creatorSibelius, Jean, 1865-1957, composer.
Other author/creatorStrauss, Johann, 1825-1899 composer.
Other author/creatorStrauss, Josef, 1827-1870 composer.
Other author/creatorTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 composer.
Other author/creatorVaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer.
Other author/creatorVerdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, composer.
Other author/creatorVivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741 composer.
Contents 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.
Contents 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.
Contents 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.
Contents 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.
Contents 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.
General notePreviously released as a compact disc.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
Performer Composers include: Samuel Barber ; Claude Debussy ; Edward Elgar ; Edvard Grieg ; Gustav Holst ; James Horner; Aram Khachaturian.
LanguageSung in French, Italian, German, Czech, English, and Latin.
Genre/formSound recordings.

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