Absolute Classics - 500 Years of Hits - Part 2

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1Toccata and Fugue in D minor
organ:
Helmut Walcha (German organist)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:43
2Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Citroen ZX ad)
orchestra:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (The Marriage of Figaro, K 492)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:20
3New Word Symphony: Largo (Hovis ad)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
part of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“ (Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”)
Antonín Dvořák4:48
4Marche Militaire no. 1
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor)
Franz Schubert5:24
5Organ Symphony: Maestoso (Theme from 'Babe')
organ:
Michael Matthes (organist)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille (alternate name of Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris between 1990–1994)
conductor:
정명훈 (Myung-Whun Chung, pianist and conductor)
Camille Saint‐Saëns3:10
6Night on Bare Mountain (Maxell tape ad)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic
conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
recording of:
A Night on the Bare Mountain (unknown version, use as last resort)
composer:
Модест Петрович Мусоргский (Modest Mussorgsky, composer)
is based on:
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
Modest Mussorgsky7:15
7Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Richard Wagner3:18
8Violin Concerto: Adagio
violin:
Shlomo Mintz (violinist, violist and conductor)
orchestra:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Max Bruch4:48
9Piano Concerto no. 2: Adagio Sostenuto (Theme from 'Brief Encounter')
piano:
Tamás Vásáry (Hungarian pianist and conductor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Юрий Аранович (Yuri Ahronovitch, conductor)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninov12:30
10Raindrop Prelude
piano:
Anda Géza (Geza Anda, pianist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1836 until 1839)
part of:
Chopin: An Index of His Works in Chronological Order (The Brown Catalogue) (number: B. 107) and Katalog Dzieł Fryderyka Chopina (Catalogue of the Works of Frédéric Chopin, Chomiński Catalogue) (number: C. 180)
part of:
24 Préludes pour le piano, op. 28
Fryderyk Chopin4:53
11Chorale: Jesu Joy of Man's Desire
orchestra:
Festival Strings Lucerne
conductor:
Rudolf Baumgartner (conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 15)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:16
12Minuet (Theme from 'The Ladykillers')
orchestra:
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (US orchestra)
Luigi Boccherini3:24
13Gloria (Theme used in 'Shine')
oboe:
David Reichenberg (oboist)
trumpet:
Crispian Steele‐Perkins (classical trumpeter and composer)
choir vocals:
The English Concert Choir
orchestra:
The English Concert
conductor:
Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
Antonio Vivaldi2:24
14The Nutcracker: Chinese Dance (Muticheerios ad)
conductor:
Boston Symphony Orchestra and 小澤征爾 (Seiji Ozawa, conductor and composer)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques: e) Danse chinoise. Allegro moderato
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: II. Danses caractéristiques
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:14
15Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture
clarinet:
Werner Meyer (wind instruments)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
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 Handel7:50
16Zadok the Priest (Theme from 'Madness of King George')
organ:
Trevor Pinnock (conductor / harpsichord)
choir vocals:
Choir of Westminster Abbey
orchestra:
The English Concert
conductor:
Simon Preston (organist, conductor, composer)
partial recording of:
The Four Coronation Anthems: “Zadok the Priest”, HWV 258
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1727)
premiered at:
Westminster Abbey in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1727-10-11)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 258)
part of:
The Four Coronation Anthems
George Frideric Handel5:18