200 Popular Classics The Finest Music By The Greatest Composers

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1O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
choir vocals:
University College Cardiff Choir
orchestra:
Cardiff Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Clifford Bunford
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 Orff2:45
2Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: 18th Variation
piano:
Anna Noteva (pianist) and Daniel Petrov (pianist)
orchestra:
Russian State Symphony Orchestra and Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России (“Evgeny Svetlanov” / GASO)
conductor:
Serge Tchaikov (conductor, unknown pseudonym, probably Alfred Scholz related)
recording of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43: Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1934-07-03 until 1934-08-18)
part of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (for piano and orchestra)
Sergei Rachmaninov2:51
3Linden Lea
piano:
Roger Steptoe
baritone vocals:
Peter Savidge
recording of:
Linden Lea
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:19
4Lullaby
piano:
Nicholas York (pianist)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (special purpose artist) and Georg Scherer
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1868)
dedicated to:
Bertha Faber
premiered at:
[concert] (1869-12-22)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 49
recording of:
Wiegenlied (for piano solo, Grainger)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
arranger:
Percy Grainger
arrangement of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied "Guten Abend, gute Nacht" (for voice and piano)
Johannes Brahms2:27
5Adagio for Strings
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Walter Süsskind (conductor)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer) (in 1936)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber8:43
6Slow movement from Piano Concerto no. 2 in F
piano:
Daniel Petrov (pianist)
orchestra:
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Eduard van Lindenberg
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102: II. Andante
composer:
Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович (composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, op. 102
Dmitri Shostakovich5:57
7Vocalise
piano:
Nicholas York (pianist)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. for piano by Richard Tilling)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Russian composer)
arranger:
Richard Tilling
Sergei Rachmaninov5:51
8Che gelida manina (Your tiny hand is frozen) from La Boheme
tenor vocals:
Nikola Nikolov (operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Balkan State Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Ivan Marinov (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 Puccini4:14
9Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Walter Süsskind (conductor)
recording of:
El amor brujo: VIII. Danza ritual del fuego
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
part of:
El amor brujo (for symphony orchestra)
Manuel de Falla4:15
10Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Goossens (composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter: I. Montagues and Capulets
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Russian composer)
part of:
Romeo and Juliet: Suite no. 2, op. 64ter
Sergei Prokofiev3:38
11Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3/2
piano:
Martin Jones (pianist)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-sharp minor
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov4:24
12Fanfare for the Common Man
orchestra:
Symphonic Brass Ensemble San Francisco
conductor:
Richard Chase Reside (conductor)
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
Aaron Copland3:28
13Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
orchestra:
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Krauss (conductor)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor) (in 1888)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana (german lyrics)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni3:55
14The Viennese Musical Clock from Hary Janos Suite
orchestra:
Hungarian Philharmonic Society Orchestra
conductor:
Laszlo Sandor (conductor)
recording of:
Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock: Allegretto
composer:
Zoltán Kodály (composer)
part of:
Háry János Suite (Suite from the opera)
Zoltán Kodály2:06
15Summertime from Porgy and Bess
choir vocals:
Bulgarian Radio Chorus
soprano vocals:
Alexandrina Milcheva (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Bulgarian Radio Orchestra
conductor:
Alexander Vladigerov (conductor)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
part of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I
George Gershwin3:05
16Piano Concerto no. 2: 1st movement
piano:
Ivan Drenikov (pianist)
orchestra:
Bulgarian Radio Orchestra
conductor:
Jean‐Pierre Wallez
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1900-12-15)
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (from 1900 until 1901-04)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18
Sergei Rachmaninov11:04
17March from Karelia Suite
orchestra:
Marine Concert Band
conductor:
H. Glenn Ostrovsky
recording of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11: III. Alla marcia (for orchestra)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1893)
part of:
Karelia-sarja, op. 11
Jean Sibelius4:07
18The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
instruments:
Nicholas York (pianist)
piano:
Nicholas York (pianist)
recording of:
Flight of the Bumblebee, TN iii/9 (for piano solo, Rachmaninov)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolaï Rimski-Korsakov) (from 1899 until 1900)
piano arranger:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (in 1929)
part of:
A Catalogue of the Compositions of S. Rachmaninoff (number: TN iii/9)
arrangement of:
Полёт шмеля (Flight of the Bumblebee; original for orchestra)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov1:17
19Sabre Dance from Gayanch
orchestra:
Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Rouslan Raychev (conductor)
recording of:
Sabre Dance, from the ballet Gayaneh (catch-all for unknown versions)
composer:
Aram Khachaturian (Soviet-Armenian composer, Aram Khachaturian) (in 1942)
arrangement of:
Gayaneh: Act III, Scene VII (Expiation). Sabre Dance
Aram Khachaturian2:39
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