Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Peter Weihe (Guitar)
• Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Xue Yang (Guitar)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Michael Ball (Voice)
• John Lenehan (Piano)
• Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Jonathan Feldman (Piano)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Myleene Klass (Piano)
• Merlin Harrison (Recorder)
• Joan Rodgers (Soprano)
• David Daniels (Countertenor)
• Peter Bronder (Tenor)
• Pamela Thorby (Recorder)
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Gabriela Montero (Piano)
• Paul Robeson (Bass)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Osian Ellis (Harp)
• Kate Royal (Voice)
• Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Natalie Clein (Cello)
• José Carreras
• Ingrid Fliter (Piano)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Manuel Barrueco (Guitar)
• Nancy Hadden (Piccolo)
• Nelson Goerner (Piano)
• Natalie Marsh (Tenor)
• Alfie Bo
• Francesco Meli (Tenor)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Natasha Marsh (Soprano)
• Alison Balsom (Trumpet)
• Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Fernando Lima (Countertenor)
• Carsten Heusmann (Keyboards)
• Carsten Heusmann (Programming)

Conductors

• Armstrong, Richard
• Bicket, Harry
• Cleobury, Stephen
• Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la
• Darlington, Stephen
• David, Carl
• Finck, Herman
• Gardner, Edward
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Haim, Emmanuelle
• Handley, Vernon
• Jenkins, Karl [Composer]
• Jojic, Boris
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kaspszyk, Jacek
• Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
• Leon, Craig
• Levine, James
• Lombard, Alain
• Mackerras, Charles, Sir
• Mann, Paul
• Nemcova, Miriam
• Pavlov, Deyan
• Pido, Evelino
• Pintev, Stefan
• Prizeman, Robert
• Rattle, Simon, Sir
• Reed, Michael

Ensembles

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• Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
• EMO Ensemble
• G-String
• German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen
• London Musici
• The English Concert
• Le Concert d'Astree

Composers

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948 - )
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Karl Jenkins (Composer) (1944 - )
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Narciso Yepes (Guitar) (1927 - 1997)
• Howard Goodall (1958 - )
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Nicholas Brodszky (1905 - 1958)
• Jerome Kern (1885 - 1945)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• English Traditional
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Jorge Avendaño Lührs
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Francesco Sartori
• Gregorian Chant
• Ennio Morricone (Composer/Conductor) (1928 - )
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Gabriela Montero (1970 - )
• Robert Prizeman (1952 - )
• Paul McCartney (1942 - )
• Jon Lord (Composer/Piano) (1941 - 2012)

Notes & Reviews:

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and Herbert von Karajan join contemporary stars like Gabriela Montero, Alison Balsom, and Rolando Villazón on the 40-track collection. The musical selections run the gamut from Gregorian chant to Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, while contributions from pop-classical straddlers Sarah Brightman, Michael Ball, and Karl Jenkins complete this wide-angle portrait of the wonderful world of classical music.

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Works Details

Sartori, Francesco : Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song

• Performer: Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michael Reed
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Nigel Kennedy
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Brodszky, Nicholas : Be my love

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Boris Jojic
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1949

Morricone, Ennio : Il mercenario

• Performer: Myleene Klass (Piano)
• Conductor: Miriam Nemcová
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1972

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Ode to Joy (An die Freude) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee) :: Extract

• Performers: Joan Rodgers (Soprano); Peter Bronder (Tenor)
• Conductor: Charles Mackerras
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Un bel dì vedremo

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Montero, Gabriela : Presto, for piano (after Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971)

• Performer: Gabriela Montero (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mascagni, Pietro : L'Amico Fritz :: Ed anche Beppe amo

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: In trutina

• Performer: Kate Royal (Voice)
• Conductor: Edward Gardner
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Prizeman, Robert : Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony no 3)

• Conductor: Robert Prizeman
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Elgar, Edward : Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2

• Performer: Natalie Clein (Cello)
• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879-1899

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213

• Performer: Ingrid Fliter (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

McCartney, Paul : Liverpool Oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra :: The world you're coming into

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Carl David
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1991

Jenkins, Karl [Composer] : Stabat Mater, for chorus & orchestra :: Virgo virginum

• Conductor: Karl Jenkins
• Ensemble: EMO Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Traditional, English : Scarborough Fair

• Performers: Manuel Barrueco (Guitar); Nancy Hadden (Piccolo)
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: by 1673

Lord, Jon : Boom of the Tingling Strings :: 2. L'Istesso tempo

• Performer: Nelson Goerner (Piano)
• Conductor: Paul Mann
• Running Time: 6 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Brindisi

• Performers: Natalie Marsh (Tenor); Alfie Bo
• Conductor: Craig Leon
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Bellini, Vincenzo : La sonnambula, opera :: Ah! non credea mirarti

• Performers: Francesco Meli (Tenor); Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1831

Purcell, Henry : Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium) :: Thou knowest, Lord

• Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
• Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1695

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition :: Great Gate o

• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1922

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Der Hölle Rache

• Performer: Natasha Marsh (Soprano)
• Conductor: Deyan Pavlov
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: E lucevan le stelle

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Hummel, Johann Nepomuk : Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, S 49/WoO 1 :: 3. Rondo

• Performer: Alison Balsom (Trumpet)
• Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 12/08/1803

Gounod, Charles : Roméo et Juliette :: L'amour, l'amour...Ah! lève-toi, soleil

• Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1865-1871

Jorge Avendaño Lührs : Pasión ("Sueñas con un amor"), song

• Performers: Fernando Lima (Countertenor); Carsten Heusmann (Keyboards); Carsten Heusmann (Programming); Sarah Brightman (Soprano); Peter Weihe (Guitar)
• Conductor: Stefan Pintev
• Ensemble: G-String
• Running Time: 5 min. 16 sec.

Handel, George Frideric : Arianna in Creta :: Qui ti sfido, o mostro infame!

• Performer: Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée
• Notes: Composition written: 1733.
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1733

Yepes, Narciso [Guitar] : Romance de amor

• Performer: Xue Yang (Guitar)
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957

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

• Performers: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano); Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

Webber, Andrew Lloyd : Unexpected Song, song (for the musical Tell Me on a Sunday)

• Performers: Michael Ball (Voice); John Lenehan (Piano); Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1979

Goodall, Howard : Eternal Light :: A Requiem, for soloists, chorus & ensemble

• Performer: Alfie Bo
• Conductor: Stephen Darlington
• Ensemble: London Musici
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

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

• Performers: Jonathan Feldman (Piano); Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208 :: Schafe können sicher weiden

• Performers: Merlin Harrison (Recorder); David Daniels (Countertenor); Pamela Thorby (Recorder)
• Conductor: Harry Bicket
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Chant, Gregorian : Veni creator spiritus

• Conductor: Ismael Cu
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

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

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Kern, Jerome : Show Boat

• Performer: Paul Robeson (Bass)
• Conductor: Herman Finck
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

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

• Performer: Osian Ellis (Harp)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: 3. Sevilla

• Performer: Andrés Segovia (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma

• Performer: José Carreras
• Conductor: Alain Lombard
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926