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The Essential Classics Collection [Box set]

Trevor Pinnock, Neeme Järvi | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (3 July 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 6
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: DG
  • ASIN: B000038I67
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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Disc 1:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Peer Gynt, Op.23 - Incidental Music - No.13. Morning moodGothenburg Symphony Orchestra 4:17£0.79
Listen  2. Canon and Gigue in D major - 1. CanonFestival Strings Lucerne 6:24£0.79
Listen  3. Le Carnaval des Animaux - Le CygneWolfgang Herzer 2:52£0.89
Listen  4. Pavane, Op.50Boston Symphony Orchestra 6:49£0.79
Listen  5. Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra - 2. AdagioGöran Söllscher10:53£1.49
Listen  6. Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068 - 2. AirOrpheus Chamber Orchestra 4:40£0.79
Listen  7. Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam)Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks 9:47£1.09
Listen  8. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 - 1. Adagio - ModeratoPierre Fournier 7:05£1.09
Listen  9. Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor - Arr. Remo Giazotto/ Transcr. A. LagoyaEduard Kaufmann 6:54£0.79
Listen10. Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World" - 2. LargoBerliner Philharmoniker 5:12£0.79
Listen11. Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 4 - Entr'acte (Barcarolle)Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra 4:41£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Carmen Suite (excerpts from suites nos. 1 & 2) - Les toréadorsOrchestre de l'Opéra Bastille 2:05£0.79
Listen  2. Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi - "O Fortuna"Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin 2:36£0.79
Listen  3. Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - 4. In the Hall of the Mountain KingGothenburg Symphony Orchestra 2:58£0.79
Listen  4. Concerto for Violin and Strings in F minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 "L'inverno" - 1. Allegro non molto - 2. Largo - 3. AllegroTrevor Pinnock 7:53£1.09
Listen  5. Pictures at an Exhibition - Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel - PromenadeChicago Symphony Orchestra 1:50£0.79
Listen  6. Ouverture solennelle "1812," Op.49 - Overture 1812 - BeginningChurchbells of Gothenburg 4:12£0.79
Listen  7. Romeo and Juliet, Op.64 / Act 1 - 13. Dance of the knightsBoston Symphony Orchestra 5:24£0.89
Listen  8. Messa da Requiem - 2. Dies iraeBerliner Philharmoniker 2:45£0.79
Listen  9. Die Walküre - Concert version / Dritter Aufzug - The Ride of the WalkyresOrchestre De Paris 4:55£0.79
Listen10. Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 - EinleitungBoston Symphony Orchestra 1:58£0.79
Listen11. Rhapsody in BlueSiegfried Stockigt15:54£1.89
Listen12. BoléroBoston Symphony Orchestra15:02£0.79


Disc 3:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Invitation to the Dance, Op.65 (Aufforderung zum Tanze) - Orchestrated by H. Berlioz (1803-1869)Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin10:25£1.49
Listen  2. Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 - 21 - No. 1 in G minor, No. 3 in F and No. 6 in D flatWiener Philharmoniker 8:21£1.09
Listen  3. Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy...Waltz of the FlowersBerliner Philharmoniker 8:51£1.09
Listen  4. Gaîté parisienne - Allegro - CancanBoston Symphony Orchestra 1:40£0.39
Listen  5. Water Music, Suites II & III in D/G (HWV 349/350) - 2. Alla HornpipeThe English Concert 4:15£0.79
Listen  6. Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat, K.495 - 3. Rondo (Allegro vivace)David Jolley 3:40£0.79
Listen  7. An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 9:43£1.09
Listen  8. The Bartered Bride - Polka, Furiant and Dance of the ComediansWiener Philharmoniker13:13£1.89
Listen  9. Polovtsian Dances, from: Prince IgorTorgny Sporsen11:30£1.49
Listen10. Radetzky-Marsch, Op.228 - Arr. ErtlRadio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 2:19£0.79


Disc 4:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467 - 2. AndanteGéza Anda 7:15£0.89
Listen  2. Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2Daniel Barenboim 3:58£0.79
Listen  3. Kinderszenen, Op.15 - 7. TräumereiMartha Argerich 2:59£0.89
Listen  4. Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59 -"Für Elise" - Poco motoAnatol Ugorski 4:03£0.89
Listen  5. Suite bergamasque - 3. Clair de luneAlexis Weissenberg 5:08£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight" - 1. Adagio sostenutoEmil Gilels 6:06£0.79
Listen  7. 13 Préludes op.32 - No.10 in B minor: LentoLilya Zilberstein 5:03£0.79
Listen  8. The Flying Dutchman/Wagner: Ballade, Transcription S. 441Daniel Barenboim 5:49£0.79
Listen  9. 24 Préludes, Op.28 - 15. in D flat major ("Raindrop")Christoph Eschenbach 5:33£0.79
Listen10. Préludes - Book 1 - 8. La fille aux cheveux de linAlexis Weissenberg 2:39£0.79
Listen11. 13 Préludes op.32 - No.12 in g sharp minor: AllegroLilya Zilberstein 2:26£0.79
Listen12. 6 Moments musicaux, Op.94 D.780 - No.2 in A flat (Andantino)Wilhelm Kempff 5:44£0.79
Listen13. Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488 - 2. AdagioGéza Anda 6:58£0.79


Disc 5:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Messiah / Part 2 - "Hallelujah"The English Concert 4:01£0.79
Listen  2. Fantasia on GreensleevesOrpheus Chamber Orchestra 4:29£0.79
Listen  3. Má Vlast (My Country) - 2. Vltava (The Moldau)Boston Symphony Orchestra11:58£1.49
Listen  4. Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565Simon Preston 8:26£1.09
Listen  5. Finlandia, Op.26, No.7 - Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato - AllegroGothenburg Symphony Orchestra 9:03£1.09
Listen  6. The Planets, op.32 - 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of JollityBoston Symphony Orchestra 7:59£1.09
Listen  7. "West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances - 1. Prologue - 4. Mambo - 9. FinaleSan Francisco Symphony Orchestra 9:38£1.09
Listen  8. The Hebrides, Op.26 (Fingal's Cave) - Allegro moderatoThe London Symphony Orchestra10:24£1.49
Listen  9. "Pomp and Circumstance," Op.39: March, No.1 in DRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra 5:53£0.79


Disc 6:

Samples
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma"Plácido Domingo 3:28£0.89
Listen  2. L'elisir d'amore / Act 2 - "Una furtiva lagrima"Plácido Domingo 4:38£0.79
Listen  3. Il Trovatore - Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano/Leonore Emanuele Bardare / Act 3 - "Di quella pira"Carlo Bergonzi 2:00£0.79
Listen  4. Nabucco / Act 3 - Coro: Introduzione - "Va pensiero, sull'ali dorate"Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin 5:02£0.79
Listen  5. Carmen / Act 2 - "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"Plácido Domingo 3:58£0.79
Listen  6. Carmen / Act 1 - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)Grace Bumbry 4:00£0.79
Listen  7. La Bohème / Act 1 - "Che gelida manina"Sándor Kónya 5:00£0.79
Listen  8. Il Trovatore - Libretto: Salvatore Cammarano/Leonore Emanuele Bardare / Act 2 - "Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie" (Anvil Chorus)Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano 2:57£0.79
Listen  9. Tristan und Isolde / Act 3 - "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)Margaret Price 7:28£1.09
Listen10. Madama Butterfly / Act 2 - Un bel dì vedremoMirella Freni 5:01£0.79
Listen11. Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 - "O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!"Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin 3:23£0.79
Listen12. Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonicoPhilharmonia Orchestra 4:19£0.79
Listen13. Aida / Act 1 - Se quel guerrier io fossi!..Celeste AidaPlácido Domingo 4:35£0.79
Listen14. Aida / Act 2 - "Gloria all'Egitto"Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin 5:10£0.89
Listen15. William Tell - OvertureRome Opera House Orchestra12:01£1.49

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good value collection... but..., 31 Mar 2007
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John R. Murdoch (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Classics Collection (Audio CD)
This 6 CD collection contains most of the popular classical music you could every want and is priced competitively. However many of the recordings are very old and the sound quality is at best adequate. A lot of the performances although technically excellent are dull and uninspiring. The packaging is bland with minimal information about the music or performers. If you want quality rather than quantity look elsewhere.
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105 of 112 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First class selection, excellent value for money, 6 Nov 2004
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Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Classics Collection (Audio CD)
There are plenty of classical music samplers on the market, some better than others. This is very much a case of don't just mind the quality, feel the width. The fact that this set offers you six CD's means that you get a broad, eclectic range of the more popular classics. Of course, what you also get is a selection of the highlights from classic works - one of Grieg's best loved melodies, one of Orff's more dramatic moments.

This sampler, however, is largely restricted to the more melodic tunes. As someone who does like to have some background music playing when I'm reading or writing, I can't complain about that. The six CD's will give you a lot of very enjoyable music which you can have playing while you relax or concentrate on some task. There is enough variety in the selection to reward your ears even when you're not concentrating on the sounds.

But the real joy of a selection like this is that it might give you the confidence to delve deeper into classical music. There is so much pretension in the music world, if you have little musical knowledge to begin with, it can be a bit daunting trying to explore the mysteries of the classics. Ignore all the hype and all the flowery language. Allow yourself to sit back and listen to some of these tracks, then take yourself out and listen to the longer, full versions of your favourites. Let your ear be your guide - have a listen to Radio 3 instead of Classic FM!

An entertaining selection which should stimulate your ears, and excellent value ... which should reward your pocket!

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Album of Brilliant Pieces, 12 July 2004
This review is from: The Essential Classics Collection (Audio CD)
I was feeling a bit suspicious about the CD Set of this Collection. Since similar types of the Collection always available everywhere, i thought it would be hocus pocus to order such a CD on net. But when i dispatched it, i explicitly did comprehend that not only was it cheapier than the domestic market price; but also it was a unique selection of Famous Classics.
I offer The Essential Classics Collection [BOX SET] to the Classical Music Fans, assuring them that they will enjoy with the recording, indeed.
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