Absolute Classics: 500 Years of the Hits: Volume 1

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1Four Seasons: Spring
Vivaldi3:19
2Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Mascagni3:30
3Piano Concerto no. 3: 1st Movement
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
Rachmaninov2:59
4Canon
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
Pachelbel6:26
5The Planets: Jupiter
Holst8:01
6Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Allegro
Mozart6:12
7Air on a G String
Bach6:54
8Lieutenant Kije: Troika
Prokofiev2:44
9William Tell: Finale
Rossini3:14
10Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
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
Orff2:37
11Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers
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
Chopin6:09
13Bolero
Ravel8:24
14Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Puccini3:24
15Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture: Finale
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!)
Tchaikovsky4:13

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included in:Absolute Classics - 500 Years of Hits - Part 1
part of:Absolute Classics - 500 Years of Hits (CD series of classical music in 10 volumes) (number: 1) (order: 2)