Sounds Of Excellence: 200 Greatest Classics, Volume 6

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Overture: "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"Richard Wagner9:48
2Moonlight Sonata (2nd Movement)Ludwig van Beethoven5:35
3Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan"
piano:
Svetlana Stanceva (pianist, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
orchestra:
Mozart Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1785-03-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:38
4Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's DreamFelix Mendelssohn3:33
5Symphony No. 9
orchestra:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Katz (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
premiered at:
Second Concert in the Fifty Second Season (1893-12-16) (on 1893-12-16)
premiered at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1893-12-16)
part of:
Works of Antonín Dvořák by opus number (number: op. 95) and Antonín Dvořák: Thematický katalog (Burghauser [B.]) (number: B. 178)
music quoted on:
In eternum
Antonín Dvořák13:37
6Double Violin Concerto (2nd Movement)
violin:
Quido Hölbling (violinist) and Bohdan Warchal (violinist, conductor)
orchestra:
Slovenský komorný orchester Bohdana Warchala
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach7:27
7Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" (1st Movement, Extract)Ludwig van Beethoven4:54
8Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
piano:
Anthony Goldstone (British classical pianist and broadcaster)
recording of:
Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1831 until 1835)
dedicated to:
Nathaniel von Stockhausen (Hanover ambassador to France)
part of:
Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 23)
Frédéric Chopin8:09
9"And the Glory of the Lord" from The Messiah
engineer:
Antony Howell (engineer)
executive producer:
Christopher Todd Landor (producer / found of label Musical Concepts)
producer:
Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
chamber organ:
Andrew Lucas (organist) (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
choir vocals:
Regent Chamber Choir (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra) (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
conductor:
Gary Cole (conductor) (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
recorded at:
St. Jude-on-the-Hill in Barnet, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the Glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel3:11
10Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 (2nd Movement)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky14:15
11"Winter" from The Four Seasons (1st Movement)Antonio Vivaldi3:32