Les Plus Grands Moments Classiques Vol. 2 (Double Compact)

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1Les quatre saisons: Le Printemps, I. Mvt. Allegro
violin:
Isaac Stern (violinist)
orchestra:
Jerusalem Music Center Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Isaac Stern (violinist)
recording of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera”: I. Allegro
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1723)
part of:
Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “La primavera” (Concerto in E major, op. 8 no. 1, RV 269 “Spring”)
Antonio Vivaldi3:20
2Peer Gynt: Chanson de Solveig
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveigs sang (Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveig’s Song, do not use if there is a singer)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1891)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
Edvard Grieg5:15
3Requiem - Sanctus
choir vocals:
Musica Sacra (New York based choir & orchestra)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IV. Sanctus (a doppio coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem (Manzoni requiem)
Giuseppe Verdi2:34
4Le coucou
harpsichord:
Igor Kipnis
recording of:
Premier livre de clavecin: Troisième suite: I. Le coucou. Rondeau. Vif (The Cuckoo)
composer:
Louis‐Claude Daquin
part of:
Premier livre de clavecin: Troisième suite
Claude Daquin1:54
5Lohengrin - Marche nuptiale
choir vocals:
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Chorus)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra)
conductor:
Woldemar Nelsson (conductor)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Szene I. „Treulich geführt ziehet dahin“ (Chor) (Lohengrin: Act III, Scene I. Bridal Chorus (Choir))
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner4:44
6Songe d'une nuit d'été - Scherzo
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy4:12
7Les contes d'Hoffmann - Barcarolle
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach2:33
8Te Deum - Début
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist)
recording of:
Te Deum, H. 146: Prélude
composer:
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier (composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
Te Deum, H. 146
Marc-Antoine Charpentier1:47
9Prélude en sol mineur
piano:
Ruth Laredo (pianist)
recording of:
10 Preludes, op. 23: No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1901)
part of:
10 Preludes, op. 23
Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov3:38
10Marche militaire
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Marche militaire, op. 51, D. 733 no. 2 in G major
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
3 Marches militaires, op. 51, D. 733
Franz Schubert3:43
11Une petite musique de nuit - I. Mvt.
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“: I. Allegro (Serenade No. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1787)
part of:
Serenade no. 13 for Strings in G major, K. 525 „Eine kleine Nachtmusik“
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5:43
12Jésus que ma joie demeure
organ:
E. Power Biggs (English organist/harpsichordist)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:23
13Le vol du bourdon
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee, Flight of the Bumblebee; orchestral interlude between Tableaus 1 & 2 in Act III of The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (from 1899 until 1900)
part of:
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Act III
Nikolai Andreievitch Rimsky-Korsakov1:22
14Marche de "L'Amour des trois oranges"
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
L'Amour des trois oranges, op. 33: Acte II. Marche
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
L'Amour des trois oranges, op. 33: Acte II
Sergei Sergeievich Prokofiev1:49
15Le Messie - "Alleluia"
choir vocals:
Worcester Cathedral Choir
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Haendel3:42
16Boléro
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Boléro
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel15:29
17Polonaise en la, Op. 40 N°1 "Militaire"
piano:
Alexander Brailowsky
recording of:
Polonaise in A major, op. 40 no. 1 “Military”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1838)
part of:
List of numbered polonaises by Fryderyk Chopin (in composition date order) (number: 3), Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 120) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 152)
part of:
Polonaises, op. 40
Frédéric Chopin5:26
18Le bourgeois gentilhomme - Menuet
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist)
recording of:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme: Menuet 1 & 2 (Menuet pour les hautbois des Poitevins)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer) (in 1670)
part of:
Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Jean-Baptiste Lully (number: LWV 43/9)
part of:
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme : Ballet des Nations : Cinquième Entrée
Jean-Baptiste Lully1:52
19Sérénade pour cordes en ut, Op. 42: Valse
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: II. Waltz. Moderato - Tempo di valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky3:43
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1Aïda - Marche
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Aida: Atto II, scena 2. Marcia trionfale (orchestra) (Triumphal march, Triumphmarsch)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Akt II
part of:
Aida: Atto II
Giuseppe Verdi7:10
2Concerto pour piano et orchestre n° 21 en ut II, mvt. Andante (Thème de Elvira Madigan)
piano:
Robert Casadesus (French pianist/composer)
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
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 Mozart7:49
3La Moldau
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana12:50
4La sérénade de Haydn. Sérénade : Extrait du Quatuor de Haydn (sic) en fa, Op. 3 n° 5
orchestra:
Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Lazar Gosman (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
String Quartet in F major, op. 3 no. 5, Hob. III:17: II. Andante cantabile
composer:
Roman Hoffstetter
previously attributed to:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
String Quartet in F major, op. 3 no. 5, Hob. III:17
Roman Hoffstetter5:41
5Fantaisie Impromptu en ut # mineur, Op. 66
piano:
Alexander Brailowsky
recording of:
Fantaisie‐impromptu in C‐sharp minor, op. 66
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1834)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 13), Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 46), Chopin National Edition: WN Catalogue (number: WN 46), Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 66) and Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 87)
Frédéric Chopin4:58
6Minuetto - Extrait du Quintette à cordes en mi, Op.13 n°5
orchestra:
Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Lazar Gosman (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5: III. Minuetto (con un poco di moto)
composer:
Luigi Boccherini (Italian composer) (in 1771)
part of:
Quintet in E major, G. 275, op. 11 no. 5
Luigi Boccherini3:23
7Symphonie n° 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 "avec chœurs" IV. mvt. Presto - Allegro assai (Chœur final : Hymne à la joie de Schiller)
baritone vocals:
William Wildermann (German-born American bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Westminster Symphonic Choir (Princeton, USA)
contralto vocals:
Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals:
Emilia Cundari (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Albert Da Costa
conductor:
Bruno Walter (conductor)
chorus master:
Warren Martin (American composer)
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Ludwig van Beethoven26:11