Classical Album 2011

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name but a few... Also included are legendary performances from some of the greatest artists of all time, including Luciano Pavarotti, Sir Georg Solti, Plácido Domingo and Daniel Barenboim. Introducing the exciting talents of a number of rising stars such as Jonas Kaufmann, Danielle De Niese, Julia Fischer and Sarah Alice Ott. With 40 tracks and over 2½ hours of music this collection is outstanding value for money, providing the foundation for a library of classical music.

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

Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Running Time: 7 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1808

Bellini, Vincenzo : Norma, opera :: Act 1. Casta Diva

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Ensemble: International Chamber Soloists
Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1831

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1843-1850

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic

Puccini, Giacomo : Gianni Schicchi, opera :: O mio babbino caro

Performer: Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1918

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Jazz Suite no 2 :: Waltz no 2

Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Notes: Composition written: 1938.
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1938

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle

Performer: Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor)
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1900

Ferdinand Hérold (1791 - 1833) : La Fille mal gardée :: Act 1. Clog Dance

Conductor: John Lanchbery
Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Ballet
Written: 1828

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212

Performer: Alice Ott (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1

Performers: Alexei Grynyuk (Piano); Nicola Benedetti (Violin)
Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1877

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances for orchestra :: no 1 in G minor

Conductor: Iván Fischer
Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1. Adagio sostenuto

Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1801

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Act 1. Che gelida manina

Performer: Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1896

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Act 2. Chinese Dance

Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1892

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini :: Introduction; Variations 1-6

Performer: Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch
Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1934

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Vesperae solennes de confessore :: Laudate Dominum

Performer: Danielle Niese
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1780

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Act 1. Non piú andrai

Conductor: James Levine
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gnossienne for piano no 1

Performer: Pascal Rogé (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1890

Daquin, Louis-Claude : Premier livre de pièces

Performer: Trevor Pinnock (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: circa 1735

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons, Summer :: 3. Presto

Performers: Alan Loveday (Violin); Simon Preston (Organ); Simon Preston (Harpsichord)
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1725

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: circa 1900

Liszt, Franz : Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420

Performer: Yundi Li (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1851

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Act 2. Un bel di vedremo

Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
Notes: Composition written: 1904.
Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1904

Williams, John : Schindler's List :: Main Theme

Performer: Janine Jansen (Violin)
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Notes: Composition written: 1993.
Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Film Score
Written: 1993

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410

Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Waltz
Written: 1883

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor :: 2. Largo ma non tanto

Performers: Alexander Sitkovetsky (Violin); Julia Fischer (Violin)
Running Time: 6 min. 43 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1730-1731

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109

Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1830-1832

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major :: 3. Allegro

Performer: Håkan Hardenberger (Trumpet)
Conductor: Sir Marriner
Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1796

Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) : Granada

Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor: Marcel Peeters
Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1932

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

Performer: Eduardo Fernández (Guitar)
Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: circa 1880-1905

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Fantasía para un gentilhombre :: Danza de las Hachas

Performer: Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit
Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1954

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Act 3. Ride of the Valkyries

Conductor: Sir Solti
Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1854-1856

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue in D minor :: Toccata

Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1708

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: Ecce gratum

Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Written: 1935-1936

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor" :: 2. Adagio un poco mosso

Performer: Hélène Grimaud (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Running Time: 8 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1809

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Act 2. Voi che sapete

Performer: Magdalena Kozená (Voice)
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 :: Sicilienne

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1898

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15

Performer: Nelson Freire (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1838

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayaneh :: Act 4. Sabre Dance

Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Notes: Composition written: 1943.
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Written: 1943

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 1 :: In the Hall of the Mountain King

Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1874-1875

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