Classical Masterpieces Volume 02

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1Zadok the Priest
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 Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1989-02-25 until 1989-02-26)
recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel5:28
2The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
recording of:
Le Carnaval des animaux : XIII. Le Cygne (The Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan, two pianos and cello)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1886-02)
arranger:
Pege Aladár
part of:
Le Carnaval des animaux (The Carnival of the Animals, Grande fantaisie zoologique, R 125)
Camille Saint‐Saëns3:02
3Concerto de Aranjuez (2nd Movement, Adagio)
recording of:
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio
composer:
Joaquín Rodrigo (Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist) (in 1939)
part of:
Concierto de Aranjuez
Joaquín Rodrigo10:29
4Trout Quintet (Scherzo)
recording of:
Quintett A-Dur, D. 667 „Forellenquintett“: III. Scherzo. Presto
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1819)
part of:
Quintett A-Dur, D. 667 „Forellenquintett“ (Piano quintet in A, "Trout Quintet")
Franz Schubert4:07
5Death and the Maiden (2nd Movement, Extract)
Franz Schubert4:57
6Hungarian Dance no. 1
orchestra:
Berliner Symphoniker (known as Symphonisches Orchester Berlin since 1967, renamed Berliner Symphoniker in 1990), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Orchestre Symphonique de Dresde (Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra), Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Prague Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Julian Armstrong (conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Edvard Kronau (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz and Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1: No. 1 in G minor (Allegro molto) (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
orchestrator:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1873)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1858 until 1868)
orchestration of:
Hungarian Dances for piano, 4 hands, WoO 1, Book 1, no. 1 in G minor: Allegro molto
part of:
21 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra, WoO 1 (catch-all for unknown and one-off orchestrations)
Johannes Brahms3:29
7Polonaise in A-flat, op. 53
recording of:
Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1842)
dedicated to:
Auguste Léo
part of:
List of numbered polonaises by Fryderyk Chopin (in composition date order) (number: 6), Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 16), Works of Fryderyk Chopin by opus number (number: op. 53), Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 155) and Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 147)
Fryderyk Chopin6:28
8Piano Concerto no. 1 (1st Movement)
Edvard Grieg13:43
9Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 (1st Movement)
Johann Sebastian Bach10:07
10Pathetique Sonata (3rd Movement, Rondo)
Ludwig van Beethoven4:09
11Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (18th Variation)
Sergei Rachmaninov2:40
12Pearl Fishers Duet
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 7)
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
Georges Bizet4:39