Classical Essentials

The greatest selection of classical music.

TRACKLISTING

DISC 1

A1. I Musici / Felix Ayo, violin - The Four Seasons : Spring (Antonio Vivaldi)

A2. Dinu Lipatti, piano - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring BWV 147 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

A3. Toulouse Chamber Orchestra / Louis Auriacombe - Ochestral Suite No.2 In B Minor BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)

A4. Westminster Choir / New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: Leonard Bernstein – Messiah (Georg Friedrich Haendel)

A5. Dinu Lipatti, piano / Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Direction: Herbert von Karajan - Piano Concerto No.21 K.467 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

B1. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam / Direction: Karl Böhm - Symphony No.40 K.550 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

B2. Solomon, piano - Sonate No.14 "Moonlight" op.27 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

B3. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: André Cluytens - Symphony No.5 op.27 (Ludwig van Beethoven)

B4. Wilhelm Kempff, piano - A Letter To Elise (Ludwig van Beethoven)

B5. Gré Brouwenstijn, soprano . Kerstin Meyer, mezzo. Nicolaï Gedda, ténor . Frederick Curthrie, basse / Choirs of the St. Edwige Cathedral in Berlin / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: André Cluytens - Symphony No.9 "Ode To Joy" op.125 (extract) (Ludwig van Beethoven)        

DISC 2

A1. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: Herbert von Karajan    - Hungarian Dance No.1 (Johannes Brahms)

A2. Hephzibah Menuhin, piano / Quatuor Amadeus - Quintet for piano and strings "The Trout" op. 14 (Franz Schubert)

A3.     Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner - Symphony No.9 "New World" (Antonín Dvořák)

A4. Wilhelm Backhaus, piano - The Brilliant Grand Waltz (Frédéric Chopin)

A5. New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: Bruno Walter - Symphony No.5 (Gustav Mahler)

B1.     Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: Hans Knappertsbusch - Ride Of The Valkyries (Richard Wagner)

B2. Jascha Heifetz, violin / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Direction: Charles Münch - Concerto for violin op. 64 (Felix Mendelssohn)

B3. Philharmonia Orchestra / Direction: Herbert von Karajan - Swan Lake (Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky)

B4. Philharmonia Orchestra / Direction: Herbert von Karajan - The Nutcracker (Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky)            

DISC 3                

A1. Shura Cherkassky, piano / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Direction: Leopold Ludwig - Piano Concerto No.1 op.23 (Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky)

A2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner - On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Johann Strauss Jr)

A3. Boston Pops Orchestra / Direction: Arthur Fiedler - The Tales Of Hoffmann (Jacques Offenbach)        

B1. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Direction: Charles Münch - Fantastic Symphony (Herctor Berlioz)

B2. Boston Pops Orchestra / Direction: Arthur Fiedler - Guillaume Tell (Gioachino Rossini)                

DISC 4            

A1. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Direction: Ernest Ansermet - Carmen (Georges Bizet)

A2. French National Radio Orchestra  / Direction: André Cluytens - L'Arlésienne (Georges Bizet)

A3. Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra /  Direction: Constantin Silvestri - Dance Of Death (Camille Saint-Saëns)    

B1. RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Direction: Leoplod Stokowski - The Moldau (Bedrich Smetana)

B3. Aldo Ciccolini - Gymnopedie No.1 "Lent et Douloureux" (Aldo Ciccolini)

B2. Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra /  Direction: André Cluytens - Flight Of The Bumblebee (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)

DISC 5                

A1. Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Direction: Fritz Reiner    - Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)

A2. Gabriel Tacchino, piano / Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra /  Direction: André Cluytens - Piano Concerto No.2 op.18 (Sergei Rachmaninov)

A3. Boston Pops Orchestra / Direction: Arthur Fiedler - España (Emmanuel Chabrier)                

B1. Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra /  Director: Constantin Silvestri - The Wizard's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)

B2.     Boston Symphony Orchestra / Director: Charles Münch - Bolero (extract) (Maurice Ravel)