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Ultimate Classics / Various

Artist: Various Artists
$18.79
Format: CD
Themes: Compilations
SKU: DEC758085  |  Barcode: 028947580850
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Description

The best of the best: 5 CDs of essential masterpieces that ought to be in every collection. World-renowned orchestras from London, Montreal, Chicago, Vienna, Israel and elsewhere perform Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring Bach; Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E Flat Major "Emperor" Beethoven; Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" Dvorak; Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Prelude "Morning" Grieg; Serenade in G "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" Mozart; Bolero Ravel; Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov; Nutcracker Suite; Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B Flat Minor Tchaikovsky; Ave Maria, Ellens Gesang III Schubert; Rigoletto: La Donna¨ Mobile Verdi, and more!

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Specifications
  • Format
    CD
  • Composers
    Jeremiah Clarke, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Benjamin Godard, Claude Debussy, Charles Gounod, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Henry Monk, Hugh S. Roberton, Irish Traditional, Jules Massenet, André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, Maurice Ravel, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giacomo Puccini, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Franz Schubert, Joaquín Rodrigo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Albert W. Ketèlbey, Albert Hay Malotte, Joseph Canteloube, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Jessie Seymour Irvine, Arthur Sullivan, Pietro Mascagni, Jean Sibelius, Hubert Parry, Jacques Offenbach, Antonin Dvorák, Stephen Adams (Michael Maybrick), English Traditional, Edward Elgar, Johann Strauss II, John Stainer, Sergey Rachmaninov, Michael William Balfe
  • Orchestra
    Philharmonia Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra, Richard Hickox & His Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montr al, English Chamber Orchestra, Boyd Neel Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, National Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
  • Brand
    Decca
  • Number of Pieces
    5
  • Theme
    Compilations
  • Attributes
    Boxed Set, Slipsleeve/Digsleeve Packaging
  • Available Date
    11/14/2006

Tracks

  • Disc 1
  • 1 The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
  • 2 Ave Maria
  • 3 Choral: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • 4 Canon in D
  • 5 The Lord's Prayer
  • 6 Allegro
  • 7 Andante
  • 8 Un Bel DÌ Vedremo
  • 9 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy... Waltz of the Flowers
  • 10 Allegro Moderato Molto E Marcato - Quasi Presto - Andante Maestoso
  • 11 Va, Pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
  • 12 "Pomp and Circumstance," Op.39: March, No.1 in D
  • Disc 2
  • 1 Overture
  • 2 Nuns' Chorus
  • 3 Sheep May Safely Graze
  • 4 FÜR Elise
  • 5 The Lost Chord
  • 6 Pantomine and Finale
  • 7 La Donna È Mobile
  • 8 Intermezzo
  • 9 Trumpet Voluntary
  • 10 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  • 11 Jerusalem
  • 12 Prelude
  • 13 Rondo (Allegro)
  • 14 Fantasia on Greensleeves
  • 15 Boléro - Excerpt (Finale)
  • Disc 3
  • 1 Morning Mood
  • 2 All in the April Evening
  • 3 Gloria All'egitto, Ad Iside
  • 4 Meditation
  • 5 The Holy City
  • 6 Oh Rest in the Lord, Wait Patiently for Him
  • 7 God So Loved the World
  • 8 Moderato
  • 9 Angels Guard Thee
  • 10 Largo
  • 11 In the Depths of the Temple
  • Disc 4
  • 1 The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave)
  • 2 Che Gelida Manina
  • 3 Adagio
  • 4 I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls
  • 5 Andante Cantabile
  • 6 Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes
  • 7 Sanctuary of the Heart
  • 8 Ave Maria
  • 9 The Lord's My Shepherd
  • 10 Blow the Wind Southerly
  • 11 The Londonderry Air - Arr. John Iveson
  • 12 Alla Marcia (Moderato)
  • 13 Clair de Lune
  • 14 Presto - Allegro Assai
  • Disc 5
  • 2 Largo: 'Ombra Mai Fu'
  • 3 Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
  • 4 Judex
  • 5 Silent Worship
  • 6 Violin Romance No.2 in F Major, Op.50
  • 7 Bailero
  • 8 The Young Prince and the Young Princess
  • 9 Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso (Excerpt)
  • 10 Wiegenlied, Op.49, No.4
  • 11 Abide with Me
  • 12 Rondo (Allegro Vivace)
  • 13 Hallelujah