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Album Summary

Performers

• Gabriela Montero (Guitar)
• Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
• Gautier Capuçon (Cello)
• Valery Gergiev (Piano)
• David Fray (Piano)
• Vivica Genaux (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Emmanuel Pahud (Flute)
• Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Xue Yang (Guitar)
• Paul Potts (Tenor)
• Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
• Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Evgeni Kissin (Piano)
• Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Mauricio Vallina (Piano)
• Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Kate Royal (Voice)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Alexandre Tharaud (Piano)
• Karl Jenkins (Piano)
• Russell Watson (Tenor)
• Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Simon O'Neill (Tenor)
• Geoffrey Parsons (Piano)
• Roberto Alagna (Tenor)
• Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Ingrid Fliter (Piano)
• Yundi Li (Piano)
• Fabio Capitanucci (Baritone)
• James Threadgill (Voice)
• Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor)
• Stefan Leadbeater (Voice)
• Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Samuel Moriarty (Voice)
• Núria Rial (Voice)
• Robert Prizeman (Piano)
• Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Robert Prizeman (Keyboards)
• Mirella Freni (Soprano)
• Ian Tilley (Piano)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Ian Tilley (Keyboards)
• Cyndia Sieden (Soprano)
• Alison Balsom (Violin)
• Thomas Adès (Voice)

Conductors

• Ades, Thomas
• Armstrong, Richard
• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
• Ettinger, Dan
• Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
• Gergiev, Valery
• Haim, Emmanuelle
• Inkinen, Pietari
• Jenkins, Karl [Composer]
• Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
• Kohn, Eugene
• Masur, Kurt
• Muller, Eduardo
• Nezet-Seguin, Yannick
• Oue, Eiji
• Pappano, Antonio
• Plasson, Michel
• Pluhar, Christina
• Prizeman, Robert
• Rattle, Simon, Sir
• Serafin, Tullio
• Snell, David [Light Clas]
• Viotti, Marcello

Ensembles

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• Scottish Ensemble
• Quatuor Ebene

Composers

• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
• Karl Jenkins (Composer) (1944 - )
• English Traditional
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Emanuele Krakamp
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Thomas Adès (Conductor/Composer) (1971 - )
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Ernesto Lecuona (Composer) (1895 - 1963)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Nicholas Roubanis
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Ary Barroso (1903 - 1964)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• John Rutter (1945 - )
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)

Notes & Reviews:

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from present day superstars to classical legends. Classical 2011 features spectacular performances from classical music's brightest stars.

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Works Details

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: L'amour est un enfant Bohème (Habanera, original version)

• Performer: Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Michel Plasson
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Puccini, Giacomo : Tosca :: Rocondita armonia

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Eugene Kohn
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900

Jenkins, Karl [Composer] : Gloria :: in excelsis Deo

• Performer: Karl Jenkins (Piano)
• Conductor: Karl Jenkins
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral

Rossini, Gioachino : Semiramide :: Bel raggio lusinghier

• Performer: Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Eduardo Müller
• Notes: Composition written: 1823.
• Running Time: 6 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1823

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041 :: 1. [Allegro]

• Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Nigel Kennedy
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1730

Traditional, English : O Waly, Waly, folk song

• Performers: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano); Sarah Brightman (Soprano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1765

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

• Performer: Yundi Li (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

Rutter, John : A Gaelic Blessing

• Performers: James Threadgill (Voice); Stefan Leadbeater (Voice); Samuel Moriarty (Voice); Robert Prizeman (Piano); Robert Prizeman (Keyboards); Ian Tilley (Piano); Ian Tilley (Keyboards)
• Conductor: Robert Prizeman
• Notes: Composition written: 1978.
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1978

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto in A minor, RV356 :: 3. Presto

• Performer: Alison Balsom (Violin)
• Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1711

Lecuona, Ernesto : Malagueña, song for voice & piano

• Performer: Gabriela Montero (Guitar)
• Notes: Composition written: 1928.
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Variations on a Rococo Theme :: Variation 7 & Coda

• Performers: Gautier Capuçon (Cello); Valery Gergiev (Piano)
• Conductor: Valery Gergiev
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1876

Schubert, Franz : Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94

• Performer: David Fray (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1823

Vivaldi, Antonio : Farnace :: Ricordate che sei

• Performer: Vivica Genaux (Mezzo-Soprano)
• Conductor: Fabio Biondi
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 02/10/1727

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Catalani, Alfredo : La Wally :: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana

• Performer: Maria Callas (Soprano)
• Conductor: Tullio Serafin
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1892

Krakamp, Emanuele : Fantasy on La Traviata :: (Opening)

• Performer: Emmanuel Pahud (Flute)
• Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
• Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Giulio Briccialdi (1818 - 1881).
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Roubanis, Nicholas : Pulp Fiction :: Misirlou

• Ensemble: Quatuor Ebène
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.

Donizetti, Gaetano : L' elisir d'amore, opera :: Quanto è bella

• Performer: Rolando Villazón (Tenor)
• Conductor: Marcello Viotti
• Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1832

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez :: 1. Allegro con spirito

• Performer: Xue Yang (Guitar)
• Conductor: Eiji Oue
• Running Time: 6 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma

• Performer: Paul Potts (Tenor)
• Conductor: David Snell
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat Mater :: Inflammatus et accensus

• Performer: Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841

Strauss, Richard : Amor

• Performer: Natalie Dessay (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918

Prokofiev, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor :: 3. Intermezzo

• Performer: Evgeni Kissin (Piano)
• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Notes: Composition written: 1912-13.
• Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1912-1913

Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor :: 3. Finale

• Performer: Sarah Chang (Violin)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 7 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

Barroso, Ary : Aquarela do Brasil (Brazil), song for voice & ensemble

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Liszt, Franz : Réminiscences de Don Juan :: 4. Presto

• Performers: Mauricio Vallina (Piano); Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: after 1843
• Studio/Live: Live

Handel, George Frideric : La Resurrezione :: Del ciglio dolente

• Performer: Kate Royal (Voice)
• Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1708

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Trois Écossaises, Op. 72/3 :: no 1 in D / no 2 in G / no 3 in D flat

• Performer: Alexandre Tharaud (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1826

Mascagni, Pietro : Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra

• Performer: Russell Watson (Tenor)
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor :: 2. Largo

• Performer: Leif Andsnes (Piano)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 6 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1926

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

• Performer: Simon O'Neill (Tenor)
• Conductor: Pietari Inkinen
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Puccini, Giacomo : La bohème :: O soave fanciulla

• Performers: Roberto Alagna (Tenor); Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
• Conductor: Richard Armstrong
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1896

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

• Performer: Ingrid Fliter (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Dovunque al mondo

• Performers: Fabio Capitanucci (Baritone); Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor)
• Conductor: Antonio Pappano
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Verdi, Giuseppe : Un ballo in maschera :: Super vorreste

• Performer: Diana Damrau (Soprano)
• Conductor: Dan Ettinger
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Monteverdi, Claudio : L'incoronazione di Poppea :: Pur ti miro

• Performers: Núria Rial (Voice); Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Christina Pluhar
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1642

Mascagni, Pietro : L'amico Fritz :: Suzel, bon dì

• Performers: Mirella Freni (Soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Schubert, Franz : Quartet for Strings no 14 in D minor, "Der Tod und das Mädchen", D 810 :: 3. Scherzo

• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1824

Thomas Adès (Conductor/Composer) (1971 - ) : The Tempest :: Who was here?

• Performers: Cyndia Sieden (Soprano); Thomas Adès (Voice); Ian Bostridge (Tenor)
• Conductor: Thomas Adès
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Pas de deux - Coda

• Conductor: Simon Rattle
• Running Time: 1 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892