The Classic 100 - Swoon

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Australia’s top 100 moments of musical bliss

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Tracklist

1CD: Volume I CD1
2CD: Volume I CD2
3CD: Volume I CD3
4CD: Volume I CD4
5CD: Volume II CD1
6CD: Volume II CD2
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1Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 64: II. Andante
violin:
Niki Vasilakis (violinist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sebastian Lang-Lessing
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: II. Andante (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn8:34
2Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
piano:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire, from BWV 147 (for piano, Myra Hess)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
piano arranger:
Dame Myra Hess (pianist)
arrangement 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)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:59
3Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor 'Für Elise'
piano:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”: Poco moto (Bagatelle for Piano in A minor “Für Elise”, WoO 59)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1808 until 1810)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 15), Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 17) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 59)
Ludwig van Beethoven2:49
4Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 'Choral': III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile - Andante ModeratoLudwig van Beethoven12:03
5Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jorge Mester (conductor)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Editions Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel6:45
6Nocturne From a Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music Op. 61
orchestra:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Jaime Laredo (violinist & conductor)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn6:34
7Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Willem van Otterloo (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92: II. Allegretto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1811 until 1812)
part of:
Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92
Ludwig van Beethoven8:53
8Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring)
choir vocals:
Cantillation
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Brett Weymark (music director/chorusmaster of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs)
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 Bach2:21
9Dance of the Blessed Spirits From Orphée Et EurydiceChristoph Willibald Von Gluck6:41
10Cinema Paradiso: Main Theme
piano:
Paul Bateman (conductor)
orchestra:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Bateman (conductor)
recording of:
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (Main theme)
orchestrator and composer:
Ennio Morricone (Italian classical and score composer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
part of:
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (soundtrack)
Ennio Morricone3:31
11Goldberg Variations BWV988: Aria
piano:
Ian Munro (Australian pianist)
live recording of:
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988: Aria (opening)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) (number: 26)
part of:
Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988 (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:18
12Impromptu in G-Flat Major, D899 No. 3
piano:
Sally Whitwell (Australian pianist)
recording of:
Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3. Andante
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1827)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 6)
part of:
4 Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899
Franz Schubert5:40
13Agnus Dei From Mass in B Minor, BWV232
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally Bruce-Payne
orchestra:
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
conductor:
Peter Seymour
recording of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232: IV. Osanna, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Dona nobis pacem: IV. Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IVe. Aria "Agnus Dei")
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1747 until 1749)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
h-Moll-Messe, BWV 232 (Mass in B minor, BWV 232, Mass in B minor)
Johann Sebastian Bach5:31
14Pie Jesu From Requiem
choir vocals:
Cantillation
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano) and Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Requiem: Pie Jesu
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Lloyd Webber (English composer and impresario of musical theatre)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., The Really Useful Company Limited and The Really Useful Music Co. Ltd. (not for release label use!)
part of:
Requiem
Andrew Lloyd Webber3:49
7CD: Volume II CD3
8CD: Volume II CD4

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part of:Classic 100 (number: 2015) (order: 13)