The Classical Collection, Volume 1: 50 of the World's Musical Masterpieces

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Baroque Era
2▶CD: The Classical Era
3▼CD: The Romantic Era
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1The Thieving Magpie: Overture (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
La gazza ladra: Ouverture (The Thieving Magpie: Overture)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer) (in 1817)
librettist:
Giovanni Gherardini
part of:
La gazza ladra
part of:
The Thieving Magpie (English version by Sams)
Gioachino Rossini9:06
2Symphonie Fantastique: Le bal (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Enrique Bátiz (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14: II. Un bal
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14 : Épisode de la vie d’un artiste … en cinq parties
Hector Berlioz6:34
3The Childhood of Christ: The Shepherds' Farewell (English Chamber Orchestra)
recording of:
L'Enfance du Christ, op. 25 : Deuxième partie no. 8. Adieu des bergers à la sainte famille « Il s'en va loin de la terre » (Les bergers) (“The Shepherds' Farewell”)
lyricist and composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
part of:
L'Enfance du Christ : Deuxième partie « La Fuite en Égypte »
Hector Berlioz4:46
4Barcarolle (Howard Shelley)
recording of:
Barcarolle in F‐sharp major, op. 60
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1845 until 1846)
dedicated to:
Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen
publisher:
Brandus & Cie. (Paris) (in 1846), Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1846) and Wessel & Co (London) (in 1846)
part of:
Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 6), Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 60) and Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 158)
Frédéric Chopin8:10
5Jane Parker-Smith
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély4:08
6A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture (Orchestra of St. John's, Smith Square)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1826)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 21) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 3)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn12:23
7O for the Wings of a Dove (Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford)
Felix Mendelssohn5:49
8Rigoletto: Concert Paraphrase (after Verdi) (Tamas Vasary)
Franz Liszt6:43
9Gotterdamerung: Seigfreid's Funeral March (Philharmonic Orchestra)
Richard Wagner10:58