Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

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Album Summary

Performers

• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• José Carreras
• Maurice Gendron (Cello)
• Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
• Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Emma Johnson (Clarinet)
• Nicola Benedetti (Violin)
• Simon Standage (Violin)
• Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Ludovico Einaudi (Piano)
• Craig Ogden (Oboe)
• Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)

Conductors

• Abbado, Claudio
• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Boskovsky, Willi
• Christophers, Harry
• Davis, Colin
• Dohnanyi, Christoph von
• Dorati, Antal
• Fischer, Ivan
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Jarvi, Neeme
• Kempe, Rudolf
• Khachaturian, Aram
• Leppard, Raymond
• Litton, Andrew
• Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Magiera, Leone
• Malone, Gareth
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Pinnock, Trevor
• Previn, Andre
• Raine, Nic
• Semkov, Jerzy
• Thielemann, Christian
• Wordsworth, Barry

Ensembles

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• The English Concert

Composers

• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Karl Jenkins (Composer) (1944 - )
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Ennio Morricone (Composer/Conductor) (1928 - )
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Howard Shore (Composer) (1946 - )
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Ludovico Einaudi (1955 - )
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Paul Mealor (1975 - )
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

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Works Details

Handel, George Frideric : Coronation Anthem

• Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1727

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: 2nd movement

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 11 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 :: 3rd movement

• Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Running Time: 7 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma!

• Performer: José Carreras
• Conductor: Jesús López-Cobos
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Running Time: 9 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 1 :: Prelude

• Performer: Maurice Gendron (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Khachaturian, Aram : Spartacus :: Adagio of and Phrygia

• Conductor: Aram Khachaturian
• Notes: Composition written: 1955.
• Running Time: 9 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers :: Duet

• Performers: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone); Andrea Bocelli (Tenor)
• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture, Op. 49

• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 14 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Mealor, Paul : Wherever You Are, song

• Conductor: Gareth Malone
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: 1st movement

• Performer: Emma Johnson (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Raymond Leppard
• Running Time: 12 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Shore, Howard [Composer] : Lord of the Rings :: Fellowship of the Ring

• Conductor: Nic Raine
• Running Time: 5 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 2001

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending

• Performer: Nicola Benedetti (Violin)
• Conductor: Andrew Litton
• Running Time: 15 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Jenkins, Karl [Composer] : The Armed Man :: Benedictus

• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 6 'Pastoral' :: 1st movement

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 12 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Summer

• Performer: Simon Standage (Violin)
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11 :: 3rd movement

• Performer: Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
• Conductor: Jerzy Semkov
• Running Time: 10 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1830

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 101 'Clock' :: 2nd movement

• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1793-1794

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Drinking Song

• Performers: Mirella Freni (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Leone Magiera
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello :: 1st movement

• Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 8 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello :: 2nd movement

• Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia, Op. 26

• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Running Time: 8 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1900

Allegri, Gregorio : Miserere

• Conductor: Harry Christophers
• Running Time: 11 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 16th Century

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"

• Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
• Notes: Composition written: 12/11/1830.
• Running Time: 10 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 12/11/1830

Einaudi, Ludovico : Le Onde (The Wave), for piano

• Performer: Ludovico Einaudi (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 'From the New World' :: 2nd movement

• Conductor: Iván Fischer
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 11 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Morricone, Ennio : The Mission

• Performer: Craig Ogden (Oboe)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Grieg, Edvard : Piano Concerto :: 2nd movement

• Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 6 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: The Montagues and Capulets

• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Notes: Composition written: 1936.
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: O fortuna

• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936