Moonlight Classics / Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Vivaldi

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Performers

• Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
• Bruno Campanella (Piano)
• Sonia Maurer (Mandolin)
• Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)
• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Christian Zacharias (Piano)

Conductors

• Beecham, Thomas, Sir
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Dervaux, Pierre
• Gelmetti, Gianluigi
• Kurtz, Efrem
• Matacic, Lovro von
• Paavo, Jarvi
• Plasson, Michel
• Soltesz, Stefan
• Vonk, Hans

Ensemble

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Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)

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Works Details

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

• Performer: Mikhail Pletnev (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Grieg, Edvard : Piano Concerto, Op. 16 :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
• Conductor: Lovro Matacic
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Bruch, Max : Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47

• Performer: Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Notes: Composition written: Jewish.
• Running Time: 11 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Ravel, Maurice : Concerto for Piano in G :: 2. Adagio assai

• Performer: Bruno Campanella (Piano)
• Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti
• Running Time: 9 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1929-1931

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for two mandolins and strings, RV 532 :: 2. Andante

• Performers: Sonia Maurer (Mandolin); Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1742

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: Dance of the Swans

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Efrem Kurtz
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Duet. Viens, Mallika... - Dôme épais le jasmin à la rose s'assemble

• Performers: Delphine Haidan (Mezzo Soprano); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Massenet, Jules : Cendrillon :: Waltz

• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers, opera :: Au fond du temple saint

• Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Tenor)
• Conductor: Pierre Dervaux
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Rusalka :: Song to the Moon

• Performer: Lucia Popp (Soprano)
• Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

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

• Performer: Christian Zacharias (Piano)
• Conductor: Hans Vonk
• Running Time: 6 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809