The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music: 1685-1928

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Individual cat#s run from 15 676 through 15 685.

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Volume 1: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1685-1730
▶ CD 2: Volume 2: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1731-1775
▶ CD 3: Volume 3: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1776-1787
▶ CD 4: Volume 4: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1788-1810
▶ CD 5: Volume 5: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1811-1841
▼ CD 6: Volume 6: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1842-1853
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1A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wedding March
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61
Felix Mendelssohn5:01
2Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat
piano:
Donatella Failoni
recording of:
Liebesträume, S. 541: No. 3 Liebestraum As-Dur “Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst”
composer:
Franz Liszt (in 1850)
piano arranger:
Franz Liszt
arrangement of:
O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst, S. 298/2 (second version)
part of:
Liebesträume, S. 541
Franz Liszt4:17
3Nabucco: Overture
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Budapest State Opera (Hungarian State Opera Orchestra)
conductor:
Josif Conta (conductor)
recording of:
Nabucco: Sinfonia (Overture)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi7:53
4The Merry Peasant
piano:
Evelyne Dubourg (pianist)
recording of:
Album für die Jugend, op. 68: X. Fröhlicher Landmann
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Album für die Jugend, op. 68
Robert Schumann0:54
5Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
recording of:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244 no. 2 (original piano solo version)
composer:
Franz Liszt
part of:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106
Franz Liszt10:20
6Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Vorspiel
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner3:12
7La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
recording of:
La traviata: Preludio
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata (german lyrics)
part of:
La traviata (english lyrics)
part of:
La traviata (french lyrics)
part of:
La traviata
Giuseppe Verdi3:47
8Tannhäuser: Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg
orchestra:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra (unspecified orchestra, probably Alfred Scholz related)
conductor:
György Lehel (conductor)
partial recording of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II, Scene IV. "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle" (Einzug der Gäste)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1843 until 1845-04-13)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1842-06 until 1843-04)
part of:
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, WWV 70: Aufzug II
Richard Wagner6:37
9Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: II. Andante
violin:
Emmy Verhey (violinist)
orchestra:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra (unspecified orchestra, probably Alfred Scholz related)
conductor:
Árpád Joó (conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: II. Andante
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64
Felix Mendelssohn8:16
10Poet and Peasant: Overture
recording of:
Dichter und Bauer: Ouvertüre
composer:
Franz von Suppè (composer)
part of:
Dichter und Bauer
Franz von Suppé9:57
▶ CD 7: Volume 7: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1854-1866
▶ CD 8: Volume 8: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1867-1876
▶ CD 9: Volume 9: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1877-1893
▶ CD 10: Volume 10: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1894-1928