Best-Loved Classics 3

Best-Loved Classics 3

On this CD:

1. Violin Concerto ("La Primavera", The Four Seasons) for violin, strings & continuo in E ("Il cimento" No. 1), Op.8/1, RV 269 Allegro
Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
Performed by Lysy Gstaad Camerata, Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted by Alberto Lysy

2. Cantata No. 208, "Was mir behagt," ("Hunting Cantata"), BWV 208 Sheep may safely graze
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Conducted by Neville Marriner

3. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56 I know that my Redeemer liveth
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra, Elizabeth Harwood
Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

4. Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 First Movement: Molto allegro
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Jeffrey Tate

5. Waltz for piano in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT 212
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Dmitri Alexeyev
Conducted by Alberto Lysy

6. The Hebrides, overture in B minor for orchestra ("Fingal's Cave," 4 versions), Op. 26
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan

7. Les Contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts Act 2: Barcarolle
Composed by Jacques Offenbach
Performed by Stuttgart SWR Radio-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Neville Marriner

8. Gold und Silber, waltz for orchestra, Op 79
Composed by Franz Lehar
Performed by Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Conducted by Willi Boskovsky

9. La Traviata, opera Act 1: Prelude
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Riccardo Muti

10. Tosca, opera Act 3: E lucevan le stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Placido Domingo
Conducted by James Levine

11. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute, & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera Sir John In Love)
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performed by London Sinfonia
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

12. Pavane pour une infante défunte, for piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Maurice Ravel
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with David Cripps
Conducted by Andre Previn

13. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1 act Easter Hymn (Regina coeli...Inneggiamo)
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden with Pauline Tinsley
Conducted by Lamberto Cardelli

Best-Loved Classics 3, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Fryderyk Chopin, George Frideric Handel, Franz Lehar, Pietro Mascagni, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini, Maurice Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Alberto Lysy, André Previn, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Jeffrey Tate, Lamberto Cardelli, Lamberto Gardelli, Neville Marriner, Riccardo Muti, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir John Barbirolli, Willi Boskovsky, Camerata Lysy Gstaad, English Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonia, Sinfonía of London, The City of London Sinfonia, David Cripps, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden, SWR Radio-sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, Dmitri Alexeyev, Elizabeth Harwood, Pauline Tinsley, Plácido Domingo, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music, Cantata, Choral, Classical

Best-Loved Classics 3

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