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Title: The Essential Classics Collection
Composer: Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907); Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706); (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921); Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924); Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750); Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911); Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934); Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751); Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Main Performer: Wolfgang Herzer (Cello); Göran Söllscher (Guitar); Pierre Fournier (Cello); Simon Standage (Violin); Siegfried Stöckigt (Piano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Strings Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Date of Release: 15/11/1999
Recomended Retail Price: 10.99 GBP
Label / Distributor: DG / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set: 6
Genre(s): Stage works, Orchestral, Vocal and choral, Instrumental
EAN: 28946348529
Catalogue Number: 463
Work 1
Work Title: Peer Gynt, Opp. 46 & 55
Excerpt(s): 1. Prelude_Morning
2. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Composer: Edvard (Hagerup) Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Genre: Stage works
Date Recorded: 1987(1a)
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title: Canon and Gigue in D
Excerpt(s): 1. Canon
Composer: Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Recorded: 1968
Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
Orchestra / Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title: (Le) Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals'
Excerpt(s): 1. The swan
Composer: (Charles) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1886
Date Recorded: 1975
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Wolfgang Herzer (Cello)
Opera Part(s): Wolfgang Herzer
Work 4
Work Title: Pavane, Op. 50
Excerpt(s): 1. Pavane, Op. 50
Composer: Gabriel (Urbain) Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1887
Date Recorded: 1987
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title: Concierto de Aranjuez
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio
Composer: Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1939
Date Recorded: 1990
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Main Performer: Göran Söllscher (Guitar)
Opera Part(s): Göran Söllscher
Work 6
Work Title: (4) Orchestral Suites, BWV1066-9
Excerpt(s): 1. Air ('Air on a G String')
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: c1717-23
Date Recorded: 1990
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title: Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagietto
Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1901-02
Date Recorded: 1971
Conductor: Rafael Kubelík
Orchestra / Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 85
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio_Moderato
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1919
Date Recorded: 1967
Conductor: Alfred Wallenstein
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Pierre Fournier (Cello)
Opera Part(s): Pierre Fournier
Work 9
Work Title: Adagio in G minor
Excerpt(s): 1. arr Cameron as 'Amore perduto'
Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Recorded: 1968
Conductor: Rudolf Baumgartner
Orchestra / Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings Orchestra
Work 10
Work Title: Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World' in E minor, B178 (Op. 95)
Excerpt(s): 1. Largo
Composer: Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1893
Date Recorded: 1973
Conductor: Rafael Kubelík
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 11
Work Title: (Les) Contes d'Hoffmann, '(The) Tales of Hoffmann'
Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 2 - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle)
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1881
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Work 12
Work Title: Carmen
Excerpt(s): 1. SUITE NO 1 - Prelude, Act 1 (Les toréadors)
Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Genre: Stage works
Date Recorded: 1991
Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestra of the Opéra-Bastille (Paris)
Work 13
Work Title: Carmina Burana
Excerpt(s): 1. Fortuna imperatrix mundi - O Fortuna
Composer: Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1936
Date Recorded: 1968
Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Opera Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Opera Orchestra
Work 14
Work Title: (12) Concerti for Violin and Strings, '(Il) cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione', Op. 8
Excerpt(s): 1. No. 4 in F minor, 'Winter', RV297
Composer: Antonio (Lucio) Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: Published 1725
Date Recorded: 1982
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra / Ensemble: (The) English Concert Orchestra
Main Performer: Simon Standage (Violin)
Opera Part(s): Simon Standage
Work 15
Work Title: Pictures at an Exhibition
Excerpt(s): 1. Promenade
Composer: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1874
Date Recorded: 1976
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra / Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Work 16
Work Title: 1812, Op. 49
Excerpt(s): 1. 1812, Op. 49
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1880
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Work 17
Work Title: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Excerpt(s): 1. Dance of the Knights
Composer: Sergey (Sergeyevich) Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1938
Date Recorded: 1987
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 18
Work Title: Messa da Requiem
Excerpt(s): 1. Dies irae
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1874
Date Recorded: 1989
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Ernest) Senff Chamber Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 19
Work Title: (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre'
Excerpt(s): 1. Ride of the Valkyries (concert version)
Composer: (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1850
Date Recorded: 1984
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra / Ensemble: Paris National Orchestra
Work 20
Work Title: Also sprach Zarathustra, 'Thus spake Zarathustra', Op. 30
Excerpt(s): 1. Opening
Composer: Richard (Georg) Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1895-96
Date Recorded: 1971
Conductor: William Steinberg
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 21
Work Title: Rhapsody in Blue
Excerpt(s): 1. Opening
2. Andantino moderato (theme)
Composer: George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1924
Date Recorded: 1981
Conductor: Kurt Masur
Orchestra / Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Main Performer: Siegfried Stöckigt (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Siegfried Stöckigt
Work 22
Work Title: Boléro
Excerpt(s): 1. Boléro
Composer: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1928
Date Recorded: 1974
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 23
Work Title: Invitation to the Dance, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze', J260 (Op. 65)
Excerpt(s): 1. Invitation to the Dance, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze', J260 (Op. 65)
Composer: Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber (1786 - 1826)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1819
Date Recorded: 1961
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Work 24
Work Title: (21) Hungarian Dances, WoO 1
Excerpt(s): 1. G minor (orch Brahms)
2. F (orch Brahms)
3. D (orch Schmeling)
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1852-69
Date Recorded: 1982
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 25
Work Title: (The) Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Excerpt(s): 1. Dance of the sugar-plum fairy (Danse de la fée dragée)
2. Waltz of the flowers (Valse des fleurs)
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1892
Date Recorded: 1960
Conductor: Ferdinand Leitner
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 26
Work Title: Gaîté Parisienne
Excerpt(s): 1. Can-Can Scčne 2_Polka (Orphée aux enfers)
Composer: Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1938
Date Recorded: 1988
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 27
Work Title: Water Music, HWV348-50
Excerpt(s): 1. Alla Hornpipe
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: c1715-17 rev 1736
Date Recorded: 1983
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra / Ensemble: (The) English Concert Orchestra
Work 28
Work Title: (4) Concertos for Horn and Orchestra
Excerpt(s): 1. Rondo (Allegro vivace)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Recorded: 1988
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Main Performer: David Jolley (Horn)
Opera Part(s): David Jolley
Work 29
Work Title: An der schönen, blauen Donau, 'Blue Danube', Op. 314
Excerpt(s): 1. An der schönen, blauen Donau, 'Blue Danube', Op. 314
Composer: Johann (Baptist) II Strauss (1825 - 1899)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1867
Date Recorded: 1961
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Work 30
Work Title: (The) Bartered Bride, B143
Excerpt(s): 1. Polka
2. Furiant
3. Dance of the Comedians (Skocná)
Composer: Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1866
Date Recorded: 1987
Conductor: James Levine
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 31
Work Title: Prince Igor
Excerpt(s): 1. Polovtsian Dances
Composer: Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (1833 - 1887)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1890
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
Work 32
Work Title: Radetzky March, Op. 228
Excerpt(s): 1. Radetzky March, Op. 228
Composer: Johann (Baptist) I Strauss (1804 - 1849)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1848
Date Recorded: 1961
Conductor: Ferenc Fricsay
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Work 33
Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' in C, K467
Excerpt(s): 1. Andante
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1785
Date Recorded: 1962
Orchestra / Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica Orchestra
Main Performer: Géza Anda (Director), Géza Anda (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Géza Anda, Géza Anda
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Work 34
Work Title: Nocturnes
Excerpt(s): 1. No. 5 in F sharp, Op. 15/2
Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Recorded: 1982
Main Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Daniel Barenboim
Work 35
Work Title: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Excerpt(s): 1. Träumerei
Composer: Robert (Alexander) Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1838
Date Recorded: 1984
Main Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Martha Argerich
Work 36
Work Title: (26) Bagatelles
Excerpt(s): 1. WoO59 (1808-10) - A minor (Für Elise)
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Recorded: 1991
Main Performer: Anatol Ugorski (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Anatol Ugorski
Work 37
Work Title: Suite bergamasque
Excerpt(s): 1. Clair de lune
Composer: (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1905
Date Recorded: 1985
Main Performer: Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Alexis Weissenberg
Work 38
Work Title: Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio sostenuto
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1801
Date Recorded: 1981
Main Performer: Emil Gilels (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Emil Gilels
Work 39
Work Title: (24) Preludes
Excerpt(s): 1. B minor, Op. 32/10
2. G sharp minor, Op. 32/12
Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Recorded: 1989
Main Performer: Lilya Zilberstein (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Lilya Zilberstein
Work 40
Work Title: (Der) Fliegende Holländer (Wagner)_Ballad, S441
Excerpt(s): 1. (Der) Fliegende Holländer (Wagner)_Ballad, S441
Composer: Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1872
Date Recorded: 1983
Main Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Daniel Barenboim
Work 41
Work Title: (26) Preludes
Excerpt(s): 1. No. 15 in D flat
Composer: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Recorded: 1972
Main Performer: Christoph Eschenbach (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Christoph Eschenbach
Work 42
Work Title: (24) Préludes
Excerpt(s): 1. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Composer: (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1910: Book 1 and 1913: Book 2
Date Recorded: 1985
Main Performer: Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Alexis Weissenberg
Work 43
Work Title: (6) Moments musicaux, D780
Excerpt(s): 1. No. 2 in A flat
Composer: Franz (Peter) Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1823-28
Date Recorded: 1968
Main Performer: Wilhelm Kempff (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Wilhelm Kempff
Work 44
Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A, K488
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1786
Date Recorded: 1964
Orchestra / Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica Orchestra
Main Performer: Géza Anda (Director), Géza Anda (Piano)
Opera Part(s): Géza Anda, Géza Anda
Work 45
Work Title: Messiah, HWV56
Excerpt(s): 1. Hallelujah
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1742
Date Recorded: 1988
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
Orchestra / Ensemble: (The) English Concert Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: (The) English Concert Orchestra
Work 46
Work Title: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Excerpt(s): 1. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1934
Date Recorded: 1986
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Work 47
Work Title: Má vlast
Excerpt(s): 1. Vltava, B111 (1874)
Composer: Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Recorded: 1971
Conductor: Rafael Kubelík
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 48
Work Title: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565
Excerpt(s): 1. Toccata
2. Fugue
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: Before 1708
Date Recorded: 1989
Main Performer: Simon Preston (Organ)
Opera Part(s): Simon Preston
Work 49
Work Title: Finlandia, Op. 26
Excerpt(s): 1. Finlandia, Op. 26
Composer: Jean (Julius Christian) Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1899 Revised 1900
Date Recorded: 1996
Conductor: Neeme Järvi
Orchestra / Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Work 50
Work Title: (The) Planets, H125 (Op. 32)
Excerpt(s): 1. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Composer: Gustav(us Theodore von) Holst (1874 - 1934)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1916
Date Recorded: 1971
Conductor: William Steinberg
Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Work 51
Work Title: West Side Story
Excerpt(s): 1. Prologue
2. Mambo
3. Finale
Composer: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1960
Date Recorded: 1973
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Orchestra / Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Work 52
Work Title: (The) Hebrides, 'Fingal's Cave', Op. 26
Excerpt(s): 1. (The) Hebrides, 'Fingal's Cave', Op. 26
Composer: (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1830
Date Recorded: 1985
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Work 53
Work Title: Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39
Excerpt(s): 1. No. 1 in D (1901)
Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1901-1930
Date Recorded: 1976
Conductor: Norman Del Mar
Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 54
Work Title: Turandot
Excerpt(s): 1. Nessun dorma!
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1926
Date Recorded: 1982
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Francisco Araiza (Tenor), Gottfried Hornik (Baritone), Heinz Zednik (Tenor), Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Francisco Araiza, Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Plácido Domingo
Work 55
Work Title: (L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love'
Excerpt(s): 1. Una furtiva lagrima
Composer: (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria) Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1832
Date Recorded: 1981
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra / Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Plácido Domingo
Work 56
Work Title: Nabucco
Excerpt(s): 1. Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1842
Date Recorded: 1983
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Opera Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Opera Orchestra
Work 57
Work Title: (Il) trovatore
Excerpt(s): 1. ACT 2 (The Gipsy) - Vedi! le fosche (Anvil Chorus)
2. Di quella pira
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1853
Date Recorded: 1963
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra
Main Performer: Antonietta Stella (Soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (Tenor), Kaatia Ricciardi (Singer)
Opera Part(s): Antonietta Stella, Carlo Bergonzi, Kaatia Ricciardi
Work 58
Work Title: Carmen
Excerpt(s): 1. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1875
Date Recorded: 1981
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Orchestra / Ensemble: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Main Performer: Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Plácido Domingo
Work 59
Work Title: Carmen
Excerpt(s): 1. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
Composer: Georges (Alexandre César Léopold) Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1875
Date Recorded: 1962
Conductor: Janos Kulka
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Main Performer: Grace Bumbry (Mezzo soprano)
Opera Part(s): Grace Bumbry
Work 60
Work Title: (La) Bohčme, 'Bohemian Life'
Excerpt(s): 1. Che gelida manina
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1896
Date Recorded: 1962
Conductor: Antonino Votto
Orchestra / Ensemble: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Main Performer: Sándor Kónya (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Sándor Kónya
Work 61
Work Title: Tristan und Isolde
Excerpt(s): 1. Mild und leise (Liebestod)
Composer: (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1865
Date Recorded: 1982
Conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Orchestra / Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra
Main Performer: Dame Margaret Price (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Dame Margaret Price
Work 62
Work Title: Madama Butterfly
Excerpt(s): 1. Un bel dě vedremo
Composer: Giacomo (Antonia Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1904
Date Recorded: 1988
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Main Performer: Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Mirella Freni
Work 63
Work Title: (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', K620
Excerpt(s): 1. O, Isis und Osiris (aria)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1791
Date Recorded: 1985
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
Work 64
Work Title: Cavalleria rusticana
Excerpt(s): 1. Intermezzo
Composer: Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1890
Date Recorded: 1990
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
Work 65
Work Title: Aida
Excerpt(s): 1. Celeste Aida
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1871
Date Recorded: 1982
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra / Ensemble: Milan La Scala Orchestra
Main Performer: Plácido Domingo (Tenor)
Opera Part(s): Plácido Domingo
Work 66
Work Title: Aida
Excerpt(s): 1. Gloria all' Egitto
Composer: Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1871
Date Recorded: 1985
Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
Work 67
Work Title: Guillaume Tell
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture
Composer: Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1829
Date Recorded: 1964
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Orchestra / Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra
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