The Greatest Classical Hits: The Butterfly Collection

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10 CD, each in a paper sleeve

Annotation last modified on 2024-05-12 09:20 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Ravel
2CD: Grieg
3CD: Bach
4CD: Beethoven
5CD: Strauss
6CD: Mozart
7CD: Vivaldi
8CD: Tchaikovsky
9CD: Chopin
10CD: Händel
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1From 'The Messiah' - Hallelujah Chorus
choir vocals:
Westminister Choir and Westminster Church Choir (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
orchestra:
Westminister Orchestra and Westminster Church Orchestra (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
conductor:
Kenneth Dowley (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
recording of:
The Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (for band, Longfield)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
arranger:
Robert Longfield (American composer)
arrangement of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
George Frideric Handel4:22
2From 'The Messiah' - Glory to God
choir vocals:
Westminister Choir and Westminster Church Choir (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
orchestra:
Westminister Orchestra and Westminster Church Orchestra (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
conductor:
Kenneth Dowley (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 17. Chorus “Glory to God in the highest”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel2:13
3From 'The Messiah' - And the Glory of the Lord
choir vocals:
Westminister Choir and Westminster Church Choir (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
orchestra:
Westminister Orchestra and Westminster Church Orchestra (connected to Kenneth Dowley)
conductor:
Kenneth Dowley (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
George Frideric Handel3:24
4Largo from 'Xerxes'
orchestra:
Salzburg Consort
recording of:
Largo from “Xerxes” (for violin, harp, organ and strings, arr. Hellmesberger)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arranger:
Josef Hellmesberger, Jr.
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
George Frideric Handel3:15
5Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, Ouverture
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Ouverture
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
George Frideric Handel9:53
6Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, Bourrée
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: II. Bourrée
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
George Frideric Handel2:03
7Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, La paix: Largo alla siciliana
orchestra:
Bratislava Chamber Orchestra, Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Vlastimil Horák (conductor), Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: III. La Paix: Largo alla siciliana
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
George Frideric Handel3:54
8Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, La réjouissance: Allegro
orchestra:
Berlin Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholtz pseudonym), Berliner Festspielorchester (likely another Alfred Scholz orchestra pseudonym), The European Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, NOT the Austrian orchestra of the same name), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La Réjouissance
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
George Frideric Handel2:27
9Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, Menuet
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: Va. Menuet I
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I and II
George Frideric Handel0:59
10Fireworks Music - Concerto No. 26 in D major, Menuet
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: Vb. Menuet II
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1749)
part of:
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuet I and II
George Frideric Handel1:29
11Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major, Allegro
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 11. Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel2:13
12Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major, Alla hornpipe
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 12. Alla hornpipe
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel4:52
13Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major, Menuet
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Norddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Süddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Suite no. 2 in D-major ex "Water Music": Coro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 13. Minuet
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel1:25
14Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major, Lentement
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Süddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Suite no. 2 in D-major ex "Water Music": Loure
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 14. Lentement
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel2:00
15Water Music - Suite No. 2 in D major, Bourrée
orchestra:
Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Süddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Luigi Varese (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Water Music, Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349: 15. Bourrée
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1717)
part of:
Water Music Suite no. 2 in D major, HWV 349
George Frideric Handel1:28
16Concerto Grosso Op. 6/12 in B minor, Largo
orchestra:
North German Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330: I. Largo
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330
George Frideric Handel2:33
17Concerto Grosso Op. 6/12 in B minor, Allegro
orchestra:
North German Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330: II. Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330
George Frideric Handel3:44
18Concerto Grosso Op. 6/12 in B minor, Aria: Larghetto e piano
orchestra:
North German Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330: III. Aria: larghetto e piano
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330
George Frideric Handel5:31
19Concerto Grosso Op. 6/12 in B minor, Largo
orchestra:
North German Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330: IV. Largo
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330
George Frideric Handel1:00
20Concerto Grosso Op. 6/12 in B minor, Allegro
orchestra:
North German Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans Zanotelli (German conductor, 1927–1993; also used as an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330: V. Allegro
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto grosso in B minor, op. 6 no. 12, HWV 330
George Frideric Handel2:27