111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

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>     Act 4. Prelude
>     2. Allegro
>     1
>     Slepicka in B flat major
>     3. Presto
>     2. Adagio cantabile
>     Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen
>     Nana
>     Ging heut' morgen übers Feld
>     Solveig's Song
>     3. Scherzo. Allegretto
>     3. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto
>     In trutina
>     Fêtes
>     Recondita armonia
>     2. Largo
>     Proshchay, moy syn (Boris's Death)
>     2. Adagio
>     3. Allegro giocoso
>     Mambo
>     Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
>     1. Allegretto ben moderato
>     2. Ballett. Allegro moderato
>     Aria
>     2
>     In paradisum
>     Una madre comió asado
>     5. Très vivement
>     2. Allegretto
>     Cujus animam
>     2. Mouvement de menuet
>     3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
>     3. Allegro ma non tanto
>     2. Adagio
>     Roi du Ciel
>     Theme - Var. 1-4
>     Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
>     Walkürenritt
>     Act 3. Prelude
>     Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti
>     Libiamo ne' liete calici
>     Non so più
>     1. Quarter note = 104 - Quarter note = 120
>     Variation 18
>     Air
>     Oh, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
>     Danza ritual del fuego
>     Laudamus te
>     2. Menuetto
>     1. Preludio
>     3. Scherzo
>     Cállate, corazón!
>     Italiana
>     Le veau d'or
>     3. Allegro assai
>     Das Wandern
>     Part 4 (excerpt)
>     3. Presto
>     Aufschwung
>     4. Presto
>     Dance of the Reed-Pipes
>     1. Vivace
>     O soave fanciulla
>     Quando men vo
>     Was gleicht wohl auf Erden
>     Laudate Dominum
>     Lippen schweigen
>     Deh, vieni alla finestra
>     4. Finale
>     1. Villano y ricercare
>     2. Adagio

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Notes & Reviews:

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's recordings from the beginnings to the present day, compiler par excellence Alan Newcombe has brought together 111 artists who have made their mark on the label, in music of an extraordinary variety, from Machaut to Gershwin to Goilijov - not forgetting the great names of the Classical and Romantic eras. It's helter-skelter through the artist alphabet from Abbado to Zimerman, and through time from 1911 to 2009. Look out for tracks from Blechacz and Chaliapin, De Sabata and Garança, Hope and Horowitz, Karajan and Knappertsbusch, Netrebko/Villazón and Steve Reich, Sting and Yuja Wang on the way!



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>Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: Act 4. Prelude
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1873-1874

>Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93 :: 2. Allegro
  • Conductor: Karel Ancerl
  • Notes: Composition written: 1953.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1953

>Liszt, Franz : Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145
  • Performer: Géza Anda (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1862-1863

>Haydn, Franz Joseph : Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, Hob. 7e :: 1
  • Performer: Maurice Andre (Trumpet)
  • Conductor: Hans Stadlmair
  • Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1796

>Smetana, Bedrich : Czech Dances :: Slepicka in B flat major
  • Performer: Stefan Askenase (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1879

>Ravel, Maurice : Concerto for Piano in G major :: 3. Presto
  • Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
  • Conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1929-1931

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" :: 2. Adagio cantabile
  • Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1797-1798

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 202 :: Wenn die Frühlingslüfte streichen
  • Performers: Kathleen Battle (Soprano); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
  • Conductor: John Nelson
  • Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: by 1730

>Falla, Manuel de : Siete canciones popolares :: Nana
  • Performers: Kathleen Battle (Soprano); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
  • Conductor: John Nelson
  • Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1914

>Mahler, Gustav : Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen :: Ging heut' morgen übers Feld
  • Performer: Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
  • Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1883-1885

>Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Solveig's Song
  • Performer: Erna Berger (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Leo Blech
  • Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1874-1875

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no 2 :: 3. Scherzo. Allegretto
  • Performer: Rafal Blechacz (Piano)
  • Notes: Composition written: 1794-95.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1794-1795

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e) :: 3. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto
  • Performer: Dietmar Zeman (Bassoon)
  • Conductor: Karl Böhm
  • Notes: Composition written: 1774.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1774

>Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: In trutina
  • Performer: Barbara Bonney (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Andre Previn
  • Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1935-1936

>Debussy, Claude : Nocturnes :: Fêtes
  • Conductor: Pierre Boulez
  • Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1897-1899

>Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Recondita armonia
  • Performer: José Carreras (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Herbert Karajan
  • Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1900

>Vivaldi, Antonio : Double Concerto in A minor, RV 523 :: 2. Largo
  • Performers: Viktoria Mullova (Violin); Giuliano Carmignola (Violin)
  • Conductor: Andrea Marcon
  • Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: by 1742

>Mussorgsky, Modest : Boris Godunov :: Proshchay, moy syn (Boris's Death)
  • Performer: Feodor Chaliapin (Bass)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1868-1869

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622 :: 2. Adagio
  • Performer: Michael Collins (Clarinet)
  • Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
  • Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1791

>Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98 :: 3. Allegro giocoso
  • Conductor: Victor De Sabata
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1884-1885

>Quiroga, Manuel : Te lo juro yo (I Swear it to You) ("Mira que te llevo dentro"), song
  • Performers: Jose Del Rey (Guitar); Placido Domingo (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Miguel Roa
  • Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern

>Jaroff, Serge : Green Grass / Kalinka, medley for 3 soloists & chorus
  • Conductor: Serge Jaroff
  • Running Time: 4 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern

>Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story :: Mambo
  • Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
  • Notes: Composition written: 1955-57.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1955-1957

>Shostakovich, Dmitri : Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet
  • Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1931

>Dinicu, Grigoras : Hora staccato, for violin & piano (or orchestra)
  • Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1906

>Loewe, Carl : Das Pfarrjüngferchen, for voice & piano, Op. 62/10
  • Performers: Cord Garben (Piano); Brigitte Fassbaender
  • Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 4 :: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
  • Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
  • Conductor: Fritz Lehmann
  • Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: by 1708

>César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Sonata for Violin in A major :: 1. Allegretto ben moderato
  • Performers: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano); Augustin Dumay (Violin)
  • Notes: Composition written: 1886.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1886

>Thomson, Virgil : Ragtime Bass, etude for piano (10 Etudes, no 10)
  • Performer: Andor Foldes (Piano)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1943-1944

>Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee
  • Performers: Pierre Fournier (Cello); Lamar Crowson (Piano)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1901

>Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
  • Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
  • Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1858

>Schubert, Franz : Rosamunde, D 797 :: 2. Ballett. Allegro moderato
  • Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1823

>Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Bachianas brasilieras no 5 :: Aria
  • Performer: Elina Garanca (Mezzo Soprano)
  • Conductor: Fabio Luisi
  • Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1938

>Haydn, Franz Joseph : Die Schöpfung, Hob. 21 :: 2
  • Performers: Sylvia McNair (Soprano); Michael Schade (Tenor); Gerald Finley (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: John Gardiner
  • Notes: Composition written: 1798.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Cantata/Oratorio
  • Written: 1798

>Brahms, Johannes : Capriccio for piano in D minor, Op. 116/7
  • Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1892

>Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Requiem, Op. 48 :: In paradisum
  • Conductor: Carlo Giulini
  • Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1887-1900

>Golijov, Osvaldo : Ayre :: Una madre comió asado
  • Performer: Dawn Upshaw
  • Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 2004

>Denver, John : Annie's Song
  • Performer: James Galway (Flute)
  • Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel
  • Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1974

>Marais, Marin : Sonate à la Marésienne :: 5. Très vivement
  • Conductor: Reinhard Goebel
  • Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38 :: 2. Allegretto
  • Performers: Hélène Grimaud (Piano); Truls Truls Mork (Cello)
  • Running Time: 5 min. 29 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1862-1865

>Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat Mater :: Cujus animam
  • Performer: Ernst Vocals] (Tenor)
  • Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
  • Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1841

>Ravel, Maurice : Sonatine for Piano :: 2. Mouvement de menuet
  • Performer: Monique Haas (Piano)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 3 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1903-1905

>Schubert, Franz : Quartet for Strings in D minor "Death and the Maiden", D 810 :: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
  • Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1824

>Sibelius, Jean : Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47 :: 3. Allegro ma non tanto
  • Performer: Hilary Hahn (Violin)
  • Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Running Time: 7 min. 17 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1903-1904

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata for Piano in F major, K. 280 :: 2. Adagio
  • Performer: Clara Haskil (Piano)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1775

>Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le Prophète :: Roi du Ciel
  • Performer: Ben Heppner
  • Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
  • Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta

>Leclair, Jean-Marie : Tambourin, for ensemble
  • Performer: Daniel Hope (Violin)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque

>Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94
  • Performer: Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1823

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Vado, ma dove?, K 583
  • Performer: Gundula Janowitz (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Wolfgang Bottcher
  • Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1789

>Massenet, Jules : La Vierge
  • Performer: Leo Winland (Cello)
  • Conductor: Neeme Järvi
  • Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic

>Bruckner, Anton : Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C major, WAB 23
  • Conductor: Eugen Jochum
  • Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: circa 1869

>Brahms, Johannes : Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 :: Theme - Var. 1-4
  • Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1861

>Scarlatti, Domenico : Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, K 525/L 188
  • Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1756-1757

>Brahms, Johannes : German Requiem, Op. 45 :: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
  • Conductor: Herbert Karajan
  • Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1857-1868

>Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Walkürenritt
  • Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1854-1856

>Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Act 3. Prelude
  • Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
  • Notes: Composition written: 1853.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1853

>Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 46/B 78
  • Performers: Aloys Kontarsky (Piano); Alfons Kontarsky (Piano)
  • Notes: Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche (09/??/1980-09/10/1980)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Non so più
  • Performer: Magdalena Kozená (Voice)
  • Conductor: Simon Rattle
  • Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1786

>Glass, Philip : Concerto for Violin :: 1. Quarter note = 104 - Quarter note = 120
  • Performer: Gidon Kremer (Violin)
  • Conductor: Christoph Dohnányi
  • Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1987

>Stravinsky, Igor : Circus Polka
  • Conductor: Rafael Kubelik
  • Notes: Composition written: 1944.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1944

>Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 :: Variation 18
  • Performer: Lang Lang (Piano)
  • Conductor: Valery Gergiev
  • Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1934

>Handel, George Frideric : Water Music :: Air
  • Conductor: Fritz Lehmann
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1717

>Mendelssohn, Felix : Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
  • Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 7 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 03/08/1839

>Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess Suite :: Oh, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  • Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner
  • Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1935

>Falla, Manuel de : El amor brujo :: Danza ritual del fuego
  • Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1917

>Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1
  • Performers: Daria Hovora (Piano); Mischa Maisky (Cello)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1877

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
  • Conductor: Igor Markevitch
  • Running Time: 9 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1809-1810

>Ravel, Maurice : Berceuse sur le nom de Fauré
  • Performers: Jean Antonietti (Piano); Johanna Martzy (Violin)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1922

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Mass in C minor, K. 427 :: Laudamus te
  • Performer: Sarah Connolly
  • Conductor: Paul McCreesh
  • Notes: Composition written: 1783.
  • Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 1783

>Mendelssohn, Felix : Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 44/1 :: 2. Menuetto
  • Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Chamber Music
  • Written: 07/24/1838

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Violin solo in E major, BWV 1006 :: 1. Preludio
  • Performer: Nathan Milstein (Violin)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Written: 1720

>Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36 :: 3. Scherzo
  • Conductor: Yevgeny Mravinsky
  • Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1878

>Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16
  • Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1879

>Machaut, Guillaume de : Qui es promesses de Fortune/Ha, Fortune! trop suis mis loing/Et non est qui adjuvet
  • Conductor: David Munrow
  • Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London
  • Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Medieval
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: 13th Century

>Torroba, Federico Moreno : Luisa Fernanda :: Cállate, corazón!
  • Performers: Rolando Villazón (Tenor); Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Nicola Luisotti
  • Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1932

>Brahms, Johannes : Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1
  • Performers: Daniel Barenboim (Piano); Jessye Norman (Soprano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1852-1853

>Sarasate, Pablo de : Navarra for 2 Violins and Piano, Op. 33
  • Performers: Igor Oistrakh (Violin); David Oistrakh (Violin)
  • Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1889

>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. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1846-1847

>Weill, Kurt [Composer] : Schickelgruber, song for voice & piano (Propaganda Songs no 2)
  • Performers: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano); Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: circa 02/1942-04/1

>Respighi, Ottorino : Antiche danze ed arie, Suite no 3 :: Italiana
  • Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
  • Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1931

>Gounod, Charles : Faust :: Le veau d'or
  • Performer: René Pape (Bass)
  • Conductor: Sebastian Weigle
  • Running Time: 2 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1856-1859

>Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Lunge da lei...De' miei bollenti spiriti
  • Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Notes: Composition written: 1853.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1853

>Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 :: 3. Allegro assai
  • Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
  • Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
  • Period Time: Baroque
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 03/24/1721

>Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94
  • Performer: Maria-Joao Pires (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1823

>Webern, Anton : Variations for piano, Op. 27
  • Performer: Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
  • Running Time: 6 min. sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1935-1936

>Sarasate, Pablo de : Ziegeunerweisen
  • Performers: Otto Graef (Piano); Vasa Prihoda (Violin)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 6 min. 56 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1878

>Schubert, Franz : Die schöne Müllerin, D 795 :: Das Wandern
  • Performers: Thomas Quasthoff (Bass Baritone); Justus Zeyen (Piano)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Vocal
  • Written: 1823

>Reich, Steve : Drumming :: Part 4 (excerpt)
  • Performer: Steve Reich (Drums)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
  • Period Time: Contemporary
  • Written: 1971

>Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel : Sinfonia in D major, Wq. 183/1 :: 3. Presto
  • Conductor: Karl Richter
  • Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1775-1776

>Schumann, Robert : Fantasiestucke, Op. 12 :: Aufschwung
  • Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1837

>Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 92 in G major "Oxford", Hob. 1/92 :: 4. Presto
  • Conductor: Hans Rosbaud
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Orchestral
  • Written: 1789

>Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Dance of the Reed-Pipes
  • Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Ballet
  • Written: 1892

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Das Veilchen, K 476
  • Performers: Erik Werba (Piano); Irmgard Seefried (Soprano)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1785

>Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Libiamo ne' liete calici
  • Performers: Gianni Raimondi (Tenor); Renata Scotto (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Antonino Votto
  • Notes: Composition written: 1853.
  • Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1853

>Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109 :: 1. Vivace
  • Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
  • Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1820

>Strauss, Richard : Lieder (8), Op. 10
  • Performers: Heinrich Schlusnus (Baritone); Richard Strauss (Piano)
  • Notes: This selection is a mono recording.
  • Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1885

>Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla
  • Performers: Pierrette Alarie (Soprano); Léopold Simoneau
  • Conductor: Lee Schaenen
  • Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1896

>Weber, Carl Maria von : Der Freischütz :: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden
  • Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1817-1821

>Debussy, Claude : Mandoline
  • Performers: Dalton Baldwin (Piano); Gérard Souzay (Baritone)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Written: 1882

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 :: Laudate Dominum
  • Performer: Maria Stader (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Gustav Konig
  • Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Written: 1780

>Dowland, John : Second Booke of Songes or Ayres
  • Performers: Edin Karamazov (Lute); Sting (Spoken Vocals)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
  • Period Time: Renaissance
  • Form: Choral
  • Written: by 1600

>Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: Quando men vo
  • Performer: Rita Streich (Soprano)
  • Conductor: Ernst Marzendorfer
  • Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1896

>Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : The Merry Widow :: Lippen schweigen
  • Performers: Bo Skovhus; Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
  • Conductor: John Gardiner
  • Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1905

>Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Deh, vieni alla finestra
  • Performer: Bryn Terfel (Bass Baritone)
  • Conductor: James Levine
  • Running Time: 2 min. 8 sec.
  • Period Time: Classical
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1787

>Pfitzner, Hans : Palestrina
  • Conductor: Christian Thielemann
  • Notes: Composition written: 1911-15.
  • Running Time: 7 min. 30 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Opera/Operetta
  • Written: 1911-1915

>Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16
  • Performer: Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
  • Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1832

>Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" :: 4. Finale
  • Performer: Yuja Wang (Piano)
  • Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1837

>Schubert, Franz : An die Musik, D 547
  • Performers: Hubert Giesen (Piano); Fritz Wunderlich (Tenor)
  • Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1817

>Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Fantasía para un gentilhombre :: 1. Villano y ricercare
  • Performer: Narciso Yepes (Guitar)
  • Conductor: Luis Navarro
  • Running Time: 4 min. 55 sec.
  • Period Time: Modern
  • Written: 1954

>Reinecke, Carl : Harp Concerto in E minor, Op. 182 :: 2. Adagio
  • Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta (Harp)
  • Conductor: Ernst Marzendorfer
  • Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
  • Period Time: Post Romantic
  • Form: Concerto
  • Written: 1815

>Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47
  • Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
  • Running Time: 7 min. 27 sec.
  • Period Time: Romantic
  • Written: 1841