100 Hits: Classical

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Annotation

I suspect this release contains Alred Sholz budget recordings. As well as a few credited to known but exclusive pseudonyms, some of the others are credited to real artists whose names he sometimes used dishonestly. There are AcoustID matches on some recordings to other recordings with different artist credits. See https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/Budget_recordings_of_Alfred_Scholz

Annotation last modified on 2021-12-25 16:59 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Ultimate Classics
▶ CD 2: Screen Classics
▼ CD 3: Opera & Vocal Classics
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1Rigoletto: “La Donna è mobile”
tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Duca]:
Willem Verkerk (tenor)
orchestra:
Nürnberger Symphoniker (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (real orchestra, not the Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alexander Pitanic (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:14
2The Barber of Seville: "Largo al factotum”
baritone vocals and baritone vocals [Figaro]:
Rudolf Knoll (baritone)
orchestra:
The European Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, NOT the Austrian orchestra of the same name), Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (real orchestra, not the Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Nürnberger Symphoniker (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Hans-Peter Gmur (conductor (used as Alfred Scholz pseudonym))
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
arrangement of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I
Gioachino Rossini5:01
3Carmen: Toreadors Song
baritone vocals [Escamillo]:
Leonard Warren (baritone)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
recording of:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Escamillo, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d'hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer)
librettist:
Ludovic Halévy (french librettist) and Henri Meilhac
part of:
Carmen : Acte II
Georges Bizet4:02
4La Traviata: Brindisi - Drinking Song
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Violetta]:
Ute Herbert (soprano)
tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Alfredo]:
Willem Verkerk (tenor)
orchestra:
The Nurenberg Symphony Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alexander Pitamic (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Brindisi “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” (Alfredo, Coro, Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi3:05
5Madame Butterfly: The Humming Chorus
vocals:
Chorus of the Munich State Opera
recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini3:00
6Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
choir vocals:
Bulgarian National Choir, Bulgarian National Choir “Svetoslav Obretenov” and Chorus of the Munich State Opera
choir vocals [Coro]:
Bulgarian National Choir
orchestra:
Nürnberger Symphoniker (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Emil Tabakov (conductor), Georgi Robev (conductor) and Hanspeter Gmür (conductor (used as Alfred Scholz pseudonym))
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
Giuseppe Verdi5:17
7Lakmé: The Flower Duet
mezzo-soprano vocals and mezzo-soprano vocals [Mallika]:
Agnès Disney (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals and soprano vocals [Lakmé]:
Mado Robin
orchestra:
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique
conductor:
Georges Sébastian (conductor)
partial recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs … Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika) (in 1955)
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
recording of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs … Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
composer:
Léo Delibes (composer)
librettist:
Philippe Gille and Edmond Gondinet
publisher:
Jenkinsongs Ltd.
part of:
Lakmé : Acte I
Léo Delibes2:38
8Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
sound engineer, engineer and balance engineer:
Robert Beckett (classical recording engineer, EMI mainly)
producer:
Walter Jellinek (British classical producer) and Walter Legge (British classical record producer, 1906-1979)
soprano vocals [Lauretta]:
Maria Callas (soprano) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-21)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-21)
conductor:
Tullio Serafin (conductor) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1954)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (municipal building that includes the Assembly Rooms that are today the Watford Colosseum) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-18)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta) (from 1954-09-15 until 1954-09-21)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:33
9The Pearl Fishers: “Au fond du temple saint”
recording engineer:
Lewis Layton (engineer)
producer:
Richard Mohr (producer)
baritone vocals [Zurga]:
Robert Merrill (American operatic baritone) (on 1951-01-03)
tenor vocals [Nadir]:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (on 1951-01-03)
orchestra:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra (on 1951-01-03) and Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm (The Royal Court Orchestra) (on 1951-01-03)
conductor:
Renato Cellini (conductor) (on 1951-01-03) and Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (on 1951-01-03)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Midtown New York (A,B,C,D,E,F)) in New York, New York, United States (on 1951-01-03)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir) (on 1951-01-03)
composer:
Georges Bizet (composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
Georges Bizet4:37
10Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Romanza “Se quel guerrier io fossi! ... Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm (The Royal Court Orchestra)
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Se quel guerriero io fossi!” … Romanza “Celeste Aida” (Radamès)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1871)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni (in 1870)
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:56
11La Bohème: “Che gelida manina”
tenor vocals and tenor vocals [Rodolfo]:
Jussi Björling (tenor)
orchestra:
RCA Orchestra, Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm (The Royal Court Orchestra) and The Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) and Renata Cellini (conductor)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I, no. 6. “Che gelida manina!” (Rodolfo)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1896)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
La bohème: Atto I. In soffitta (Puccini)
Giacomo Puccini5:04
12Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
producer:
Inger Forsblom and Lars Tocklin
tenor vocals:
Jussi Björling (tenor) (in 1944)
orchestra:
Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm (The Royal Court Orchestra) and The Stockholm Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nils Grevillius (Swedish conductor and violinist) (in 1944)
recording of:
Turandot: Atto III, scena 1. Aria “Nessun dorma” (Calaf)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (from 1921-03 until 1924-03)
librettist:
Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA
part of:
Turandot: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini3:21
13Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
choir vocals:
The Choir of the Salzburg Mozarteum
orchestra:
The Orchestra of the Salzburg Mozarteum
conductor:
Kurt Prestel (conductor, chorus master)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1972)
partial recording of:
Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
premiered at:
Alte Oper in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany (on 1937-06-08)
is based on:
Carmina Burana (original manuscript of poetry, ca. 1230)
part of:
Trionfi
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:50
14Waltz & Chorus
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky6:12
15Zadok the Priest
choir vocals:
Crouch End Festival Chorus
orchestra:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
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 Handel5:10
16Hallelujah From Exultate Jubilate
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:46
17Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
orchestra:
The London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Adrian Leaper (conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring; catch-all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement 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)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:27
18Hallelujah Chorus
George Frideric Handel4:35
19Requiem: Dies irae
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:54
20Ode to Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven3:58
▶ CD 4: Relaxing Classics
▶ CD 5: Classic Film Scores

Credits

Release

copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Demon Music Group Ltd. (for release labels, use "Demon Music Group"; subsidiary of BBC Studios Distribution) (from 2008 to present)
ASIN:UK: B001CZ5MH8 [info]
US: B001CZ5MH8 [info]

Release Group

part of:100 Hits (UK Demon Music Group) (number: 23) (order: 74)