The Classic 100 - Swoon

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Australia’s top 100 moments of musical bliss

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume I CD1

2▶CD: Volume I CD2

3▶CD: Volume I CD3

4▼CD: Volume I CD4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Va', Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) From Nabucco choir vocals: Opera Queensland Chorus orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010) conductor: Johannes Fritzsch (conductor) recording of: Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) composer: Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841) librettist: Temistocle Solera part of: Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia	Giuseppe Verdi		4:35
2	Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV1043: II. Largo Ma Non Tanto violin: Helena Rathbone (violinist) and Richard Tognetti (violinist & conductor) orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra (Australian orchestra founded in 1975) recording of: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731) part of: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043	Johann Sebastian Bach		6:27
3	Solveig's Song From Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Op. 55 orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing recording of: Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveigs sang (Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55: IV. Solveig’s Song, do not use if there is a singer) composer: Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875) revised by: Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1891) version of: Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang part of: Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, op. 55	Edvard Grieg		5:39
4	Clair de Lune (Moonlight) From Suite Bergamasque piano: John Chen (NZ classical pianist) recording of: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano) composer: Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905) part of: Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3) included in: Granblue Fantasy (video game soundtrack) part of: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)	Claude Debussy		4:42
5	Venus the Bringer of Peace From the Planets - Suite Op. 32 orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor: David Robertson (American conductor) live recording of: The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace composer: Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916) orchestration of: The Planets, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (for two pianos) part of: The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)	Gustav Holst		8:06
6	Pifa (Pastoral Symphony) From Messiah HWV56 orchestra: Orchestra of the Antipodes conductor: Antony Walker (Australian conductor) recording of: Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa) composer: George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741) part of: Messiah, HWV 56: Part I	George Frideric Handel		1:03
7	Spem in Alium choir vocals: Cantillation conductor: Antony Walker (Australian conductor) recording of: Spem in alium composer: Thomas Tallis (composer)	Thomas Tallis		9:32
8	Soave Sia Il Vento (May the Breeze Be Gentle) From Cosi Fan Tutte baritone vocals: David Brennan (baritone) mezzo-soprano vocals: Fiona Janes (mezzo-soprano) soprano vocals: Amanda Thane (soprano) orchestra: Opera Australia Orchestra conductor: Carlo Rizzi (conductor) recording of: Così fan tutte: Atto I. No. 10 Terzettino “Soave sia il vento” (Fiordligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) librettist: Lorenzo Da Ponte part of: Così fan tutte: Atto I	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart		2:38
9	Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 'From the New World': II. Largo (excerpt) orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra conductor: José Serebrier (Uruguayan conductor and composer) recording of: Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo) composer: Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24) part of: Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“ (Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”)	Antonín Dvořák		4:01
10	The Nutcracker: Pas de Deux (Sugar-Plum Fairy and the Prince) orchestra: Orchestra Victoria conductor: Richard Divall (conductor) recording of: Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 14a. Па-де-де: Танец Принца Оршада и Феи Драже (Dance of the Prince & the Sugar-Plum Fairy) composer: Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) part of: Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky		5:25
11	Benedictus From the Armed Man: A Mass for Peace soprano vocals: Laura Wright vocals: The Apollo Voices and Laura Wright orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conductor: Richard Hein recording of: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace: Benedictus composer: Karl Jenkins (Welsh composer, conductor and instrumentalist) part of: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace (the complete work)	Karl Jenkins		5:23
12	Baïlèro From Songs of the Auvergne, Book 1 soprano vocals: Sara Macliver (soprano) orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010) conductor: Brett Kelly (trombonist and conductor) recording of: Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série: No. 2. Baïlèro lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Joseph Canteloube part of: Chants d'Auvergne: Première Série	Joseph Canteloube		6:08
13	Eliza Aria From Wild Swans - Concert Suite soprano vocals: Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano) orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conductor: Ola Rudner (conductor) recording of: Wild Swans Concert Suite: II. Eliza Aria composer: Elena Kats‐Chernin (Uzbek-Australian composer) (in 2002) part of: Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 24) part of: Wild Swans Concert Suite	Elena Kats‐Chernin		3:15
14	Tristan Und Isolde: Prelude orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra conductor: Simone Young (Australian conductor) recording of: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I, Vorspiel composer: Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08) part of: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I	Richard Wagner		11:15

5▶CD: Volume II CD1

6▶CD: Volume II CD2

7▶CD: Volume II CD3

8▶CD: Volume II CD4

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purchase for mail-order:	https://www.abcmusic.com.au/discography/classic-—-100-swoon [info]

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

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Release information

Barcode:: 0028948232178
Format:: 8×CD
Length:: 10:02:53

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

ABC Classics
482 3217

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Australia
2015-06

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