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The A to Z of Classical Music (2nd Expanded Edition, 2000)




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A-Z of Classical Music is a remarkable 562-page, illustrated book, detailing the lives of all the great composers as well as many less known, but equally...

Disc 1


    Gregorian Chant: De Profundis (more info)
    Composed by: Anonymous
    Conducted by: Alberto Turco

  1.   Gregorian Chant: De Profundis - 3:21


  2. Alleluia, O virga mediatrix (more info)
    Composed by: Hildegard of Bingen
    Conducted by: Jeremy Summerly
    Recording date: 14-15 December 1993

  3.   Alleluia - O virga mediatrix - 3:35


  4. Masses, Book 2: Missa Papae Marcelli (more info)
  5.   Gloria - 5:32


  6. Pavane for 6 Viols (more info)
    Composed by: William Byrd
    Red Byrd, harpsichord

  7.   Pavane For 6 Viols - 3:09


  8. Canon and Gigue in D major (more info)
  9.   Canon in D major - 4:49


  10. Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (more info)
  11.   Vivace - Grave - 1:21


  12. Concerts royaux: Concerto No. 1 in G major (more info)
    Composed by: Francois Couperin
    Reiko Ichise, viola da gamba
    Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

  13.   Prelude - 2:47


  14. The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring) (more info)
  15.   Allegro - 3:33


  16. Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D7 (more info)
  17.   Adagio - 2:07


  18. Overture (Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (more info)
  19.   II. Air - 5:21


  20. Messiah, HWV 56 (more info)
    Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
    Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
    Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
    Nathalie Paulin, soprano
    Kay Stiefermann, baritone
    Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
    William Sharp, baritone
    Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
    Arnold Grier, organ
    Sara Macliver, soprano
    Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
    Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
    David Bachmann, organ
    Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
    Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
    Nathan Berg,
    Kym Amps, soprano
    Stephen Alltop, piano
    Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
    Matthew White, counter-tenor
    Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
    Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
    Philip Langridge, tenor
    Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
    Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
    Carolyn Sinclair,
    John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
    Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
    Ivan Sharpe,
    Bruce Ford, tenor
    Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
    Joan Rodgers, soprano
    Helen Parker, soprano
    David Price,
    Brett Polegato, baritone
    Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
    Alexander Young,
    Jan Kobow, tenor
    William Hite, tenor
    Maria Jette, soprano
    Patrice Djerejian, contralto
    Basil Lam, harpsichord
    Bejun Mehta,
    Hubert Eisdell, tenor
    Arleen Auger, soprano
    Thomas Quasthoff, bass
    Sibylla Rubens, soprano
    Ingeborg Danz, alto
    Arianna Zukerman, soprano
    Norma Procter, contralto
    Steven Tharp, tenor
    Michael Erxleben, violin
    Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
    Charles Humphries, tenor
    Robert Torday, bass-baritone
    Martin Wolfel, alto
    Rufus Muller, tenor
    Benjamin Butterfield, tenor

  21.   Hallelujah - 3:40


  22. Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104, "London" (more info)
  23.   Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104, "London": III. Menuetto: Allegro - 5:26


  24. Symphony in F major, Grave F7 (more info)
    Performed by: Failoni Orchestra, Budapest
    Composed by: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
    Conducted by: Uwe Grodd

  25.   Andante - 2:12


  26. Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"  (more info)
  27.   Allegro - 5:53


  28. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" (more info)
    Composed by: Alain Lefevre Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ludwig van Beethoven
    Silvia Capova, piano
    Gerhard Oppitz, piano
    Mari Kodama, piano
    Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
    Artur Schnabel, piano
    Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
    Eva Sukova, piano
    Ignaz Friedman, narrator
    Jeno Jando, piano
    Louis Lortie, piano
    Israela Margalit, piano
    Peter Nagy, piano
    Michael Korstick, piano
    Anton Kuerti, piano
    Idil Biret, piano
    Istvan Szekely, piano
    Eugene Mursky, piano
    Timothy Ehlen, piano
    Martin Souter, piano
    Recording date: 7 September 1926

  29.   I. Adagio sostenuto - 5:20


  30. Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74, J. 155 (more info)
  31.   Andante - 6:51


  32. Stabat mater (more info)
  33.   Quis est homo from Stabat Mater - 6:54

Disc 2


    Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. E. Becht) (more info)
  1.   Ave Maria, D. 839 (arr. for soprano and orchestra) - 4:53


  2. Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (more info)
  3.   Un Bal - 6:32


  4. A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (more info)
  5.   Wedding March - 6:25


  6. Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" (more info)
    Composed by: Alain Lefevre Fryderyk Chopin
    Janusz Olejniczak, piano
    Alfred Cortot, piano
    Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
    Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
    Eva Sukova, piano
    Ignaz Friedman, narrator
    Richard Raymond, piano
    Idil Biret, piano
    Istvan Szekely, piano
    Eugene Mursky, piano
    Recording date: 13-17 October 1987

  7.   Minute Waltz - 1:47


  8. Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, "Spring" (more info)
  9.   Larghetto - 5:34


  10. Die Walkure (more info)
  11.   Ride Of The Valkyries - 5:25


  12. La traviata (more info)
  13.   Prelude - 3:54


  14. 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra) (more info)
  15.   Hungarian Dance No. 3, WoO 1, No. 3 - 2:20


  16. Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a (more info)
  17.   Scene - 2:44


  18. Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 78 (more info)
    Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
    Christian Kohn, piano
    Silke-Thora Matthies, piano
    Peter Nagy, piano
    Balazs Szokolay, piano
    Recording date: September, 1987 and January, 1988

  19.   Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major, Op. 46, No. 1 - 3:52


  20. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma" (more info)
  21.   Nimrod - 3:43


  22. Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Reed) (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Composed by: Claude Debussy Alfred Reed
    Conducted by: Keith Clark
    Recording date: June, 1988

  23.   Clair de Lune - 4:29


  24. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 (more info)
  25.   Introduction (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) - 1:54


  26. Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 (more info)
  27.   Prelude In C Sharp Minor - 4:43


  28. Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome), P. 106 (more info)
  29.   Fountain Of The Villa Medici At Sunset - 6:10


  30. Pulcinella Suite (more info)
  31.   Overture - 2:12


  32. Carmina Burana (more info)
  33.   O Fortuna - 2:43


  34. Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (more info)
    Performed by: Trondheim Soloists Bournemouth Sinfonietta Northern Sinfonia
    Composed by: Benjamin Britten
    Conducted by: Richard Studt Oyvind Gimse Achim Fiedler
    Yuli Turovsky, cello
    Steuart Bedford, piano
    Ronald Thomas, cello
    Karoly Botvay, cello
    Recording date: 29-30 October 1993

  35.   Playful Pizzicato - 3:23


  36. Violin Concerto (more info)
    Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
    Composed by: Philip Glass
    Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
    Adele Anthony, violin
    Recording date: 19th to 21st May, 1999

  37.   Violin Concerto (1st Movement) - 6:47

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Composer(s):
Anonymous; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Becht, Erich; Beethoven, Ludwig van; Berlioz, Hector; Brahms, Johannes; Britten, Benjamin; Byrd, William; Chopin, Fryderyk; Corelli, Arcangelo; Couperin, Francois; Debussy, Claude; Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von; Dvorak, Antonin; Elgar, Edward; Glass, Philip; Handel, George Frideric; Haydn, Franz Joseph; Hayman, Richard; Hildegard of Bingen; Mendelssohn, Felix; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Orff, Carl; Pachelbel, Johann; Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Reed, Alfred; Respighi, Ottorino; Rossini, Gioachino; Schubert, Franz; Schumann, Robert; Strauss, Richard; Stravinsky, Igor; Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich; Telemann, Georg Philipp; Verdi, Giuseppe; Vivaldi, Antonio; Wagner, Richard; Weber, Carl Maria von

Conductor(s):
Batiz, Enrique; Bogar, Istvan; Clark, Keith; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Edlinger, Richard; Grodd, Uwe; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Hurst, George; Kosler, Zdenek; Kovacs, Laszlo; Krecek, Jaroslav; Lenard, Ondrej; Morandi, Pier Giorgio; Mund, Uwe; Rahbari, Alexander; Sanderling, Stefan; Skvor, Peter; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Steinberg, Pinchas; Studt, Richard; Summerly, Jeremy; Turco, Alberto; Wildner, Johannes; Wordsworth, Barry; Yuasa, Takuo

Orchestra(s):
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice; Failoni Orchestra, Budapest; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

Artist(s):
Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Byrd, Red; Cummings, Laurence; Jando, Jeno; Kejmar, Miroslav; Kertesi, Ingrid; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Pace, Patrizia; Scalchi, Gloria; Szokolay, Balazs

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 747313531929
Item Number: 8555319-20
Release Date: Oct 1, 2000

 
 
 

 
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