The Colour of Classics: Sampler CD

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1Captain Blood (main title)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Overture (Captain Blood)
composer:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Austrian composer and conductor)
part of:
Captain Blood
Erich Wolfgang Korngold3:12
2L'Arlésienne: Suite no. 2 "Farandole"
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1998-12)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1998-12)
recording of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: IV. Farandole (for orchestra) (in 1998-12)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1872)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
part of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2 (for orchestra)
Georges Bizet3:31
3La Marseillaise (arr. Berlioz)
choir vocals:
London Voices
tenor vocals:
Ben Heppner (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
anthem of:
France (from 1795-07-14 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (composer) (in 1792)
Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle4:08
4Hercules: Act II, Scene 8 "Love and Hymen, hand in hand"
instruments:
Les Musiciens du Louvre
choir vocals:
Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre (Choir of the Musicians of the Louvre)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II, no. 41: Chorus "Love and Hymen, hand in hand"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act II
George Frideric Handel3:57
5L'Olympiade "Dunque Licida ingrato - Più non si trovano"
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Magdalena Kožená (Czech mezzo-soprano) (in 2001-09)
orchestra:
Pražská komorní filharmonie (Prague Philharmonia) (in 2001-09)
conductor:
Michel Swierczewski (in 2001-09)
recorded at:
Dvořákova síň Rudolfina (Dvořák Hall) in Praha (Prague), Czechia (in 2001-09)
recording of:
Notturno for 2 Sopranos, Bass & 3 Basset Horns, in B-flat major, K. 549 "Canzonetta": "Più non si trovano" (in 2001-09)
lyricist:
Pietro Trapassi
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: K. 549), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 549), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 549), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 549) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 549)
Josef Mysliveček4:41
6Viens! Mon bien-aimé!
piano:
Bengt Forsberg (pianist) (in 2000-09)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 2000-09)
recorded at:
Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall) in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 2000-09)
recording of:
Viens ! mon bien-aimé ! (in 2000-09)
lyricist:
Armand Lafrique
composer:
Cécile Chaminade (French composer and pianist)
Cécile Louise Chaminade1:54
7Fantasie-Impromptu
piano:
Yundi Li (pianist)
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)
Fryderyk Chopin5:00
8Piano Sonata, op 27 no. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
recording engineer:
Wolf‐Dieter Karwatky (in 2000-06)
executive producer:
Jan Burnett (classical music producer)
producer:
Helmut Burk
grand piano and piano:
Maria João Pires (pianist) (in 2000-06)
balance engineer:
Helmut Burk (in 2000-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Granja de Belgais (Belgais Center For Arts) in Portugal (in 2000-06)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (in 2000-06)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
included in:
end of starchild (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven6:56
9Kreisleriana: II. Sehr innig
piano:
Maurizio Pollini (pianist)
recording of:
Kreisleriana, op. 16: II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838-04)
part of:
Kreisleriana, op. 16
Robert Schumann7:23
10Andante cantabile
producer:
Cord Garben (pianist and conductor)
cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (in 1978-06)
orchestra:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1978-06)
conductor:
Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor) (in 1978-06)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Mitlehner
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (in 1978-06)
recording of:
Andante cantabile, TH 63, ČW 348 (for cello and string orchestra) (in 1978-06)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1888)
premiered at:
Home of Marie de Benardaky in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1888-02-28)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 63) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 348)
arrangement of:
String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
Tchaikovsky6:41
11Styx (conclusion)
instruments:
Yuri Bashmet (Russian conductor and violist)
choir vocals:
St. Petersburg Chamber Choir
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992)
conductor:
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
partial recording of:
Styx
composer:
გია ყანჩელი (Giya Kancheli, composer) (in 1999)
Kancheli9:22
12Tannhäuser "Wie Todesahnung - O, du mein holder Abendstern"
producer:
Christopher Alder (editor/engineer/producer) and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
bass-baritone vocals:
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) (in 2001-09)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin) (in 2001-09)
conductor:
Christian Thielemann (German conductor) (in 2001-09)
balance engineer:
Ulrich Vette (engineer) (in 2001-09)
recorded at:
Berliner Philharmonie: Grosser Saal in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (in 2001-09)
recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III, Scene II. „Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande … O du mein holder Abendstern” (in 2001-09)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug III
Richard Wagner5:34
13Die Walküre: Wotan’s Farewell (excerpt)
bass-baritone vocals:
Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer)
orchestra:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
partial recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene III, Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854-06-28 until 1856-03-23)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene III "War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach"
Richard Wagner9:21
14Symphony no. 3: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden (conclusion)
orchestra:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor, Part II: VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer) (from 1893 until 1896)
premiered at:
[concert] (1897)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in D minor
Gustav Mahler6:49