111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

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Performers

• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
• Jian Wang (Cello)
• Alice Ott (Piano)
• Yuja Wang (Piano)
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
• Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Gerald Moore (Piano)
• Ivo Pogorelich (Piano)
• Hubert Giesen (Piano)
• Pierre Fournier (Cello)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
• Maria-Joao Pires (Piano)
• Helmut Walcha (Organ)
• Nigel Robson (Tenor)
• Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Narciso Yepes (Guitar)
• Emil Gilels (Piano)
• Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
• Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp)
• Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Friedrich Gulda (Piano)
• Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
• Hilary Hahn (Violin)
• Simon Standage (Violin)
• Sebastian Knauer (Piano)
• Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
• Daniel Hope (Violin)
• Hermann Prey
• Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Emanuel Bay (Piano)
• Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
• Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
• Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano)
• Michael Raucheisen (Piano)
• Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
• Sebastian Peschko (Piano)
• Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
• Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
• Heinrich Schlusnus (Baritone)
• Jean Soldan (Flute)
• Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)
• Carl Seemann (Piano)
• Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Wolfgang Schneiderhan (Violin)
• Arturo Michelangeli (Piano)
• Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Irmgard Seefried (Soprano)
• Teresa Berganza
• Lang Lang (Piano)
• Erik Werba (Piano)
• Justus Zeyen (Piano)
• Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
• Measha Brueggergosman (Piano)
• Mischa Maisky (Cello)
• Maria Stader (Soprano)
• Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Georges Pludermacher (Piano)
• Giuliano Carmignola (Violin)
• Nathan Milstein (Violin)
• Rita Streich (Soprano)
• Clifford Benson (Piano)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
• Shlomo Mintz (Violin)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Walter Gullino (Tenor)
• Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
• Dawn Upshaw
• Rosalind Plowright (Soprano)
• David Oistrakh (Violin)
• André Bielecki (Voice)
• José Carreras (Tenor)
• Hélène Grimaud (Piano)
• Magdalena Kozená (Voice)
• Eduard Müller (Organ)
• Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
• Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Rolando Villazón (Tenor)

Conductors

• Abbado, Claudio
• Barenboim, Daniel
• Baumgartner, Rudolf
• Bernstein, Leonard
• Bohm, Karl
• Boulez, Pierre
• Bychkov, Semyon
• Callegari, Daniele
• Chung, Myung-Whun
• Dudamel, Gustavo
• Fricsay, Ferenc
• Furtwangler, Wilhelm
• Gardiner, John Eliot
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Goebel, Reinhard
• Harding, Daniel
• Jaroff, Serge
• Jarvi, Neeme
• Jochum, Eugen
• Kahane, Jeffrey
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kleiber, Carlos
• Kubelik, Rafael
• Leitner, Ferdinand
• Levine, James
• Maazel, Lorin
• Marcon, Andrea
• Marin, Ion
• Markevitch, Igor
• McCreesh, Paul
• Meneses, Antonio
• Minkowski, Marc
• Mravinsky, Yevgeny
• Ozawa, Seiji
• Pinnock, Trevor
• Previn, Andre
• Richter, Karl
• Rosbaud, Hans
• Sinopoli, Giuseppe
• Strauss, Richard
• Thielemann, Christian
• Vero, Paolo
• Wenzinger, August

Ensembles

• 
• Andalucian Dogs
• English Baroque Soloists
• English Consort
• Gabrieli Consort
• His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
• Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra
• Concerto Koln
• Musica Antiqua Koln

Composers

• Morton Gould (Composer/Conductor) (1913 - 1996)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)
• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Osvaldo Golijov (1960 - )
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961)
• Jascha Heifetz (1901 - 1987)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Russian Traditional
• Alexander Glazunov (1865 - 1936)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Stanley Myers (1933 - 1993)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835 - 1880)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006)

Notes & Reviews:

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a host of products designed to celebrate its rich history from the perspectives of both artistry and technology. Since its founding in 1898, Deutsche Grammophon has strived to be the leader in the classical music recording industry offering the most technologically advanced, highest quality recordings of the newest, brightest stars, as well as prominent, well-established artists. DG's 111 celebration commemorates the label's history and forward-thinking ideology (DG introduced the first commercial classical CD in 1983). This 6 CD set brings together 111 tracks from the 55 CD set, all for less than the price of 2 CDs!

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Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Bach, Johann Sebastian : The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 :: Contrapunctus 9, a 4, alla Duodecima

• Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Quartet for Strings in C sharp minor, Op. 131 :: 2. Allegro molto vivace

• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1826

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K. 467 :: 2. Andante

• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169

• Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 :: Voi che sapete

• Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Prelude for piano no 3 in G major, Op. 28/3, CT. 168

• Performer: Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838-1839

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2, BWV 1067 :: Badinerie

• Performer: Jean Soldan (Flute)
• Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem :: Pie Jesu

• Performer: Kathleen Battle (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1887-1900

Debussy, Claude : Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest, prelude for piano, L. 117/7

• Performer: Arturo Michelangeli (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1907-1910

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Havanaise. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

• Performer: Teresa Berganza
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Bernstein, Leonard : Candide :: Overture

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem, K. 626 :: Lacrimosa

• Conductor: Karl Böhm
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Strauss, Richard : Lieder (6), Op. 17

• Performers: Justus Zeyen (Piano); Measha Brueggergosman (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1885-1887

Stravinsky, Igor : Le Sacre du printemps :: Danse sacrale (L'Élue)

• Conductor: Pierre Boulez
• Running Time: 4 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1913

Falla, Manuel de : El amor brujo :: Canción del amor dolido

• Performer: Grace Bumbry (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1916-1917

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : L'Africaine :: O paradiso dall'onde uscito

• Performer: Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1864

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in G minor, RV 325 :: 2. Largo

• Performer: Giuliano Carmignola (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrea Marcon
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1742

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

• Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2 :: Les Toréadors

• Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
• Notes: Composition written: 1875.
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Gould, Morton : Boogie Woogie Etude

• Performer: Shura Cherkassky (Piano)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il trovatore :: Di quella pira

• Performers: Walter Gullino (Tenor); Rosalind Plowright (Soprano); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Traditional, Russian : Abendglocken (Evening Bells)

• Performer: André Bielecki (Voice)
• Conductor: Serge Jaroff
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.

Ginastera, Alberto : Estancia :: Danza del trigo

• Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1941
• Studio/Live: Live

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Quartet for Strings no 1 :: 4. Allegretto pizzicato

• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89

• Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Gerald Moore (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1827

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007 :: 1. Prélude

• Performer: Pierre Fournier (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Verdi, Giuseppe : Requiem Mass :: Sanctus

• Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 88 in G major, Hob. 1 :: 88

• Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
• Notes: Composition written: 1787.
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1787

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucrezia Borgia :: Il segreto per esser felici

• Performer: Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Paolo Vero
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1833

Monteverdi, Claudio : Vespro della Beata Vergine :: 1. Deus in adiutorium / Domine ad adiuvandum

• Performer: Nigel Robson (Tenor)
• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1610

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major 'Les Adieux', Op. 81a :: 3. Das Wiedersehn

• Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1809-1810

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: The Old Castle

• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1922

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) :: Prelude

• Performer: Hélène Grimaud (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
• Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano no 16 in B flat major, K. 570 :: 3. Allegretto

• Performer: Friedrich Gulda (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1789

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K. 421 :: 3. Minuetto. Allegretto

• Notes: Composition written: 1783.
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042 :: 3. Allegro assai

• Performer: Hilary Hahn (Violin)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1730

Mendelssohn, Felix : On Wings of Song

• Performers: Sebastian Knauer (Piano); Daniel Hope (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 10/01/1835

Scriabin, Alexander : Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2

• Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886-1889
• Studio/Live: Live

Heifetz, Jascha : It Ain't Necessarily So, arrangement for violin & piano (after Gershwin's Porgy & Bess)

• Performers: Emanuel Bay (Piano); Jascha Heifetz (Violin)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1944

Schubert, Franz : Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89

• Performers: Michael Raucheisen (Piano); Hans Hotter (Bass Baritone)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1827

Strauss, Richard : Frühling ("In dämmrigen Grüften träumte ich lang"), song for soprano & orchestra, o.Op. 150/1 (TrV 2

• Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1948

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt, Op. 23 :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: O Fortuna

• Conductor: Eugen Jochum
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 9 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1807

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Handel, George Frideric : Joshua, HWV 64 :: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre

• Performer: Magdalena Kozená (Voice)
• Conductor: Andrea Marcon
• Notes: Composition written: 1747.
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1747

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88 :: 3. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace

• Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin in G major, Op. 30/3 :: 3. Allegro vivace

• Performers: Martha Argerich (Piano); Gidon Kremer (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: 1801-02.
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801-1802

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
• Running Time: 7 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15

• Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838
• Studio/Live: Live

Mendelssohn, Felix : Quartet for Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 :: 2. Canzonetta. Allegretto

• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 09/14/1829

Bernstein, Leonard : Candide :: I am easily assimilated

• Performer: Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

• Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Prokofiev, Sergei : Symphony no 1 in D major 'Classical' :: 4. Finale. Molto vivace

• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 4 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1916-1917

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the animals

• Performer: Mischa Maisky (Cello)
• Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 5 in D minor 'Reformation', Op. 107 :: 2. Allegro vivace

• Conductor: Lorin Maazel
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 05/12/1830

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double" :: 2. Andante

• Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
• Conductor: Antonio Meneses
• Running Time: 7 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1887

Howells, Herbert : Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Debussy, Claude : Quartet for Strings in G minor, p. 10 :: 2. Scherzo. Assez vif et bien rythmé

• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1893

Berlioz, Hector : Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 :: Marche au supplice

• Conductor: Igor Markevitch
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 04/1830

Mussorgsky, Modest : Sorochintsy Fair :: Hopak

• Performers: Georges Pludermacher (Piano); Nathan Milstein (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1874-1880

Rameau, Jean-Philippe : Dardanus :: Tambourins I & II

• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1739
• Studio/Live: Live

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesfreud

• Performers: Clifford Benson (Piano); Shlomo Mintz (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64 :: 3. Valse. Allegro moderato

• Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1888

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: E strano ... Sempre libera

• Performer: Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 8 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Henryk Wieniawski : Etude-caprice for 2 violins in E major, Op. 18/5

• Performers: David Oistrakh (Violin); Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862

Liszt, Franz : Fusées, etude for piano in A minor (Transcendental Etude no 2), S. 139/2 (LW A172/2)

• Performer: Alice Ott (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1851

Monteverdi, Claudio : Madrigals, Book 7

• Performer: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
• Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: circa 1619

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake, Op. 20 :: no 10. Scene

• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 135/L 224

• Performer: Ivo Pogorelich (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Una furtiva lagrima

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15/2, CT. 112

• Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Violin in E minor, K. 304 :: 2. Tempo di minuetto

• Performers: Daniel Barenboim (Piano); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: 1778.
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1778

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 :: Deh vieni, non tardar

• Performer: Patricia Petibon (Soprano)
• Conductor: Daniel Harding
• Ensemble: Concerto Köln
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Liszt, Franz : Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1863

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major 'Spring', RV 269 (from 'Le quattro stagioni') :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Simon Standage (Violin)
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: English Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Polonaise for piano no 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155

• Performer: Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1842-1843

Strauss, Richard : Capriccio, Op. 85 :: Mondscheinmusik

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Notes: Composition written: 1940-41.
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1940-1941

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Largo al factotum

• Performer: Hermann Prey
• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Widor, Charles-Marie : Organ Symphony no 5, Op. 42/1 :: Toccata

• Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Wagner, Richard : Tannhäuser :: Wie Todesahnung ... O du, mein holder Abendstern

• Performer: Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1843-1865

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor, BWV 232 :: Dona nobis pacem

• Conductor: Karl Richter
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748-1749

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32

• Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Sibelius, Jean : Karelia Suite, Op. 11 :: no 1. Intermezzo

• Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1893

Glazunov, Alexander : Chant du ménestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71

• Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900

Schumann, Robert : Frühlingsfahrt ("Es zogen zwei rüst'ge Gesellen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 45/2

• Performers: Sebastian Peschko (Piano); Heinrich Schlusnus (Baritone)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1840

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin in F major 'Spring', Op. 24 :: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto

• Performers: Carl Seemann (Piano); Wolfgang Schneiderhan (Violin)
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800-1801

Schubert, Franz : Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2

• Performers: Irmgard Seefried (Soprano); Erik Werba (Piano)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1823
• Studio/Live: Live

Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909) : Recuerdos de la Alhambra

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1880-1905

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a) :: Alleluia

• Performer: Maria Stader (Soprano)
• Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1773

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate

• Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Gounod, Charles : Ave Maria

• Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Ion Marin
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1852

Myers, Stanley : The Deer Hunter

• Performer: Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550 :: 4. Finale. Allegro assai

• Conductor: Richard Strauss
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1788

Verdi, Giuseppe : Lo spazzacamino, song for voice & piano

• Performer: Rita Streich (Soprano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1845

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Vagabond ("Give to me the life I love"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Songs of Travel

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1904

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Act 3. Prelude

• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Golijov, Osvaldo : Ayre :: Nanni

• Performer: Dawn Upshaw
• Ensemble: Andalucian Dogs
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: Questa o quella

• Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Conductor: Daniele Callegari
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 :: 3. Courante

• Performer: Jian Wang (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006) : Etudes, Book 2 no 10 ("Der Zauberlehrling"), for piano

• Performer: Yuja Wang (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1988-1994

Handel, George Frideric : Organ Concerto no 4 in F major, HWV 292 :: 1. Allegro

• Performer: Eduard Müller (Organ)
• Conductor: August Wenzinger
• Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1735

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Ich liebe dich, WoO 123

• Performers: Hubert Giesen (Piano); Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: circa 1795

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K22

• Performer: Helmut Walcha (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1749

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Chôro no 1 for Guitar

• Performer: Narciso Yepes (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 1940.
• Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Carlos Salzédo (1885 - 1961) : Song in the Night

• Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp)
• Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1921-1953

Brahms, Johannes : Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"

• Performers: Pinchas Zukerman (Violin); Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1853

Schubert, Franz : Impromptu no 4 in A flat major, D899, Op. 90, no 4

• Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: ?1827