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The Essential Classics Collection [Box set]

~ Myung-Whun Chung (Artist), Géza Anda (Artist), Rudolf Baumgartner (Artist), Trevor Pinnock (Artist), Karl Böhm (Artist), et al.
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  • Audio CD (3 Jul 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 6
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: DG
  • ASIN: B000038I67
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,855 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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On this CD:
  1. Peer Gynt
    Composed by Edvard Grieg
    Conducted by Neeme Järvi

  2. Canon and Gigue in D
    Composed by Johann Pachelbel
    Performed by Lucerne Festival Strings
    Conducted by Rudolf Baumgartner

  3. Le carnaval des animaux
    Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
    with Wolfgang Herzer
    Conducted by Karl Böhm

  4. Pavane
    Composed by Gabriel Fauré
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  5. Concierto de Aranjuez
    Composed by Joaquín Rodrigo
    Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    with Göran Söllscher

  6. (4) Orchestral Suites
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

  7. Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor
    Composed by Gustav Mahler
    Performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Conducted by Rafael Kubelík

  8. Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Pierre Fournier
    Conducted by Alfred Wallenstein

  9. Adagio in G minor
    Composed by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
    Performed by Lucerne Festival Strings
    Conducted by Rudolf Baumgartner

  10. Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" in E minor
    Composed by Antonín Dvorák
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Rafael Kubelík

  11. Les contes d'Hoffmann
    Composed by Jacques Offenbach
    Conducted by Neeme Järvi

  12. Carmen
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by Orchestra of the Opéra-Bastille
    Conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

  13. Carmina Burana
    Composed by Carl Orff
    Performed by Berlin Opera Chorus, Berlin Opera Orchestra
    Conducted by Eugen Jochum

  14. 12 Concertos for Violin and Strings
    Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
    with Simon Standage
    Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

  15. Pictures at an Exhibition
    Composed by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  16. 1812
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Conducted by Neeme Järvi

  17. Romeo and Juliet
    Composed by Sergey Prokofiev
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  18. Messa da Requiem
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Senff Chamber Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  19. Die Walküre
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Paris National Orchestra
    Conducted by Daniel Barenboim

  20. Also sprach Zarathustra, 'Thus spake Zarathustra'
    Composed by Richard Strauss
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by William Steinberg

  21. Rhapsody in Blue
    Composed by George Gershwin
    Performed by Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
    with Siegfried Stöckigt
    Conducted by Kurt Masur

  22. Boléro
    Composed by Maurice Ravel
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  23. Invitation to the Dance, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze'
    Composed by Carl Maria von Weber
    Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

  24. (21) Hungarian Dances
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    Conducted by Claudio Abbado

  25. The Nutcracker - Suite
    Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
    Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conducted by Ferdinand Leitner

  26. Gaîté Parisienne
    Composed by Jacques Offenbach
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  27. Water Music
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

  28. (4) Concertos for Horn and Orchestra
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    with David Jolley

  29. An der schönen, blauen Donau, 'Blue Danube'
    Composed by Johann II Strauss
    Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

  30. The bartered bride
    Composed by Bedrich Smetana
    Conducted by James Levine

  31. Prince Igor
    Composed by Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin
    Performed by Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
    Conducted by Neeme Järvi

  32. Radetzky March
    Composed by Johann I Strauss
    Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

  33. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, "Elvira M in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica
    with Géza Anda

  34. Nocturnes
    Composed by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
    with Daniel Barenboim

  35. Kinderszenen
    Composed by Robert Schumann
    with Martha Argerich

  36. (26) Bagatelles
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Anatol Ugorski

  37. Suite bergamasque
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Alexis Weissenberg

  38. Sonata for Piano No. 14, 'Moonlight' in C sharp minor
    Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
    with Emil Gilels

  39. (24) Preludes
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Lilya Zilberstein

  40. (Der) Fliegende Holländer (Wagner)_Ballad
    Composed by Franz Liszt
    with Daniel Barenboim

  41. (26) Preludes
    Composed by Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
    with Christoph Eschenbach

  42. (24) Préludes
    Composed by Claude Debussy
    with Alexis Weissenberg

  43. Six Moments musicaux
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Wilhelm Kempff

  44. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica
    with Géza Anda

  45. Messiah
    Composed by George Frideric Handel
    Performed by English Concert Choir
    Conducted by Trevor Pinnock

  46. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performed by Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

  47. Má vlast
    Composed by Bedrich Smetana
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Rafael Kubelík

  48. Toccata and Fugue in D minor
    Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
    with Simon Preston

  49. Finlandia
    Composed by Jean Sibelius
    Conducted by Neeme Järvi

  50. (The) Planets
    Composed by Gustav Holst
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by William Steinberg

  51. West Side Story
    Composed by Leonard Bernstein
    Performed by San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  52. (The) Hebrides, 'Fingal's Cave'
    Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
    Conducted by Claudio Abbado

  53. Pomp and Circumstance
    Composed by Sir Edward Elgar
    Conducted by Norman Del Mar

  54. Turandot
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Vienna State Opera Chorus
    with Plácido Domingo, Gottfried Hornik, Heinz Zednik, Francisco Araiza
    Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

  55. (L')Elisir d'amore, 'Elixir of Love'
    Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
    Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Plácido Domingo
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  56. Nabucco
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Berlin Opera Chorus, Berlin Opera Orchestra
    Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

  57. (Il) trovatore
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Milan La Scala Chorus, Milan La Scala Orchestra
    with Carlo Bergonzi, Antonietta Stella, Kaatia Ricciardi
    Conducted by Tullio Serafin

  58. Carmen
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Plácido Domingo
    Conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

  59. Carmen
    Composed by Georges Bizet
    Performed by Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
    with Grace Bumbry
    Conducted by Janos Kulka

  60. La bohème
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    Performed by Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
    with Sándor Kónya
    Conducted by Antonino Votto

  61. Tristan und Isolde
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Staatskapelle Dresden
    with Dame Margaret Price
    Conducted by Carlos Kleiber

  62. Madama Butterfly
    Composed by Giacomo Puccini
    with Mirella Freni
    Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

  63. (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute'
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
    Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

  64. Cavalleria rusticana
    Composed by Pietro Mascagni
    Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

  65. Aida
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Milan La Scala Orchestra
    with Plácido Domingo
    Conducted by Claudio Abbado

  66. Aida
    Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
    Performed by Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra
    Conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli

  67. Guillaume Tell
    Composed by Gioachino Rossini
    Performed by Rome Opera Orchestra
    Conducted by Tullio Serafin

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95 of 100 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First class selection, excellent value for money, 6 Nov 2004
By Budge Burgess (Kilmarnock, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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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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94 of 99 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars First class introduction to classical music, 6 Mar 2002
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There is a glut of classical music compilations available and for the uninitiated it can be a bit of a stab in the dark as to which to pick out. Having listened to several, I would commend this selection above all others. Not only is it more extensive than most (all?), the six CD's are neatly arranged by theme. The recordings themselves are generally fairly good and will allow the listener to find composers or pieces that he or she will want to listen to further.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good value collection... but..., 31 Mar 2007
By John R. Murdoch (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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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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