Best of the Millennium - Top 40 Classical Hits

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Album Summary

Performers

• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Mischa Maisky (Cello)
• Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Eduard Kaufmann (Organ)
• Emil Gilels (Piano)
• Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano)
• Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
• Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
• James Levine (Piano)
• Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Simon Preston (Organ)
• Hannes Wolfgang (Trumpet)
• Norbert Schmitt (Timpani)
• Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet)
• Michel Schwalbé (Violin)
• Tamás Vásáry (Piano)

Conductors

• Abbado, Claudio
• Ahronovitch, Yuri
• Bychkov, Semyon
• del Mar, Norman
• Giulini, Carlo Maria
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Levine, James
• Marin, Ion
• Pletnev, Mikhail

Ensembles

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• Bolshoi Theater Violin Ensemble
• Lucerne Festival Strings
• The English Concert

Composers

• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682 - 1738)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

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Works Details

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

• Performer: Eduard Kaufmann (Organ)
• Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1st movement (Adagio sostenuto)

• Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: March of the Toreadors

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovtsian Dance no 1 (Excerpt)

• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Brahms, Johannes : Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49 :: no 4, Wiegenlied

• Performers: Anne von Otter (Mezzo Soprano); Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1864-1868

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

• Performer: Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: 2nd mo

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Elgar, Edward : Coronation Ode, Op. 44

• Conductor: Norman del Mar
• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1901

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue :: Andante

• Performer: James Levine (Piano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue :: Finale

• Performer: James Levine (Piano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Prelude ("Morning")

• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

• Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

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

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Wedding March

• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Mouret, Jean-Joseph : Sinfonies de Fanfares

• Performers: Simon Preston (Organ); Hannes Wolfgang (Trumpet); Bernhard Läubin (Trumpet); Norbert Schmitt (Timpani)
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1729

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition :: The Great Ga

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1922

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: 1st movement (Allegro)

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Cancan

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: no 1, O Fortuna

• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major :: Canon

• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Prokofiev, Sergei : Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 :: Troika

• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1933-1934

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun dorma!

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini

• Performer: Tamás Vásáry (Piano)
• Conductor: Yuri Ahronovitch
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Ravel, Maurice : Boléro :: Finale

• Conductor: Claudio Abbado
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Flight of the Bumblebee

• Ensemble: Bolshoi Theater Violin Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1901

Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell :: Finale

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1829

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

• Performer: Mischa Maisky (Cello)
• Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopedie for piano no 3

• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performer: Cheryl Studer (Soprano)
• Conductor: Ion Marin
• Running Time: 10 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

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

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Sunrise

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird :: Finale

• Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture, Op. 49 :: Finale

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Verdi, Giuseppe : Il Trovatore :: Vedi! le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus)

• Conductor: Carlo Giulini
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performer: Michel Schwalbé (Violin)
• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725