Absolute Classics - 500 Years of Hits - Part 1

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Tracklist

1▼CD: Volume One
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Four Seasons: Spring (Chanel No. 19 Ad)
Antonio Vivaldi3:19
2Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (Theme From 'Raging Bull')
Pietro Mascagni3:30
3Piano Concerto No.3: 1st Movement (Theme From 'Shine')
partial recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Sergei Rachmaninov2:59
4Canon (Pure Wool Ad)
recording of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337: I. Canon
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, T. 337
Johann Pachelbel6:26
5The Planets: Jupiter (Rugby World Cup Theme)
Gustav Holst8:01
6Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro ('Witches of Eastwick')
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:12
7Air on a G String (Hamlet Cigars Ad)
Johann Sebastian Bach6:54
8Lieutenant Kije: Troika (Theme for Greg Lake Hit 'i Believe in Father Christmas')
Sergei Prokofiev2:44
9William Tell: Finale (Theme From 'The Lone Ranger')
Gioachino Rossini3:14
10Carmina Burana - O Fortuna (Old Spice Ad)
partial recording of:
Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (Carmina Burana)
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
premiered at:
Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt), Hessen (Hesse), Germany (on 1937-06-08)
is based on:
Carmina Burana (original manuscript of poetry, ca. 1230)
part of:
Trionfi
Carl Orff2:37
11Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers (Hellman's Mayonnaise Ad)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky7:04
12Military Polonaise
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
Fryderyk Chopin6:09
13Bolero (theme used by Torville and Dean)
Maurice Ravel8:24
14Turandot: Nessun Dorma (Football Italia World Cup Theme)
Giacomo Puccini3:24
15Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture: Finale (Paxo Ad)
partial recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:13
2▶CD: Volume Two
3▶CD: Volume Three
4▶CD: Volume Four
5▶CD: Volume Five