Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

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Performers

• Georges Armand (Violin)
• Jean-Patrice Brosse (Harpsichord)
• Maxim Vengerov (Violin)
• Vag Papian (Piano)

Conductors

• Armand, Georges
• Barbirolli, John
• Barshai, Rudolf
• Brown, Iona
• Haitink, Bernard
• Hickox, Richard
• Jansons, Mariss
• Maksymiuk, Jerzy
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Menuhin, Yehudi
• Montgomery, Kenneth
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Stokowski, Leopold
• Tate, Jeffrey
• Warren-Green, Christopher

Ensembles

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• Berlin Philharmonic Cellists
• Virtuosi

Composers

• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Josef Suk (Composer) (1874 - 1935)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006 :: 1. Prelude

• Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon in D

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8 :: 4. pastorale

• Performers: Georges Armand (Violin); Jean-Patrice Brosse (Harpsichord)
• Conductor: Georges Armand
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 15 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Serenade no 6 in D 'Serenata notturna, K. 239' :: 1. Marcia

• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1776

Handel, George Frideric : Concerto grosso, Op. 6, no 6 :: 3. Musette

• Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin
• Running Time: 5 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068 :: Air on the G string

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 4 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Rossini, Gioachino : String Sonata no 1 in G :: 1. Moderato

• Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: circa 1804

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

• Performers: Maxim Vengerov (Violin); Vag Papian (Piano)
• Ensemble: Virtuosi
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 6 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1888

Grieg, Edvard : Holberg Suite, Op. 40 :: 1. Prelude

• Conductor: Iona Brown
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Sibelius, Jean : Andante festivo for Strings and Timpani

• Conductor: Mariss Jansons
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1938

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Serenade for strings in C :: 1. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 9 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Serenade for strings in C :: 2. Waltz

• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880

Suk, Josef : Serenade in E flat, Op. 6 :: 1. Andante con moto

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Serenade in E, Op. 22 :: 2. Tempo di valse

• Conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986) : Serenade for strings, Op. 11 :: 1. Allegro molto

• Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery
• Running Time: 3 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1937

Villa-Lobos, Heitor : Bachianas brasileiras no 1 :: 1. Introduçao (Embolada)

• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Cellists
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930

Elgar, Edward : Serenade in E minor :: 2. Larghetto

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 6 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Piazzolla, Astor : Adiós Nonino, tango

• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Cellists
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1959

Britten, Benjamin : Simple Symphony :: 2. Playful Pizzicato

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1934

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 6 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Tippett, Michael : Concerto for double string orchestra :: 1. Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Rudolf Barshai
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1938-1939

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 16 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910