Sony Classical - Great Performances, 1903-1998

VARIOUS ARTISTS

79 CANCIONES • 5 HORAS Y 5 MINUTOS • OCT 05 1999

1

Largo al factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia (Vocal)

Charles Adams Prince & Giuseppe Campanari

02:33

2

Mazurka No. 1 in G Major, "Obertass", Op. 19, No. 1 (Instrumental)

Camille DeCreus & Eugène Ysaÿe

02:08

3

II. Piheno (Relaxation) from Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (Instrumental)

Benny Goodman, Béla Bartók & Joseph Szigeti

04:32

4

IV. Allegro - Prestissimo from String Quartet in C minor, Op.18, No. 4

Budapest String Quartet

04:16

5

Aria - Cantilena from Bachiana brasileira No. 5

07:02

6

III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64 (Instrumental)

Bruno Walter & New York Philharmonic Orchestra

05:23

7

La donne è mobile from Rigoletto (Vocal)

Emil Cooper & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

01:57

8

II. Prestissimo, con sordino from String Quartet No. 4

Juilliard String Quartet

02:49

9

Fossils from Carnival of the Animals

André Kostelanetz, Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra & Noël Coward

01:56

10

III. Rondo: Allegro spirituoso from Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 6

Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra

05:43

11

I. Prélude from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Robert Casadesus

02:47

12

X. The Desire for Hermitage from Hermit Songs, Op. 29

Samuel Barber & Leontyne Price

03:19

13

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Variation 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. (1955 Version)

Glenn Gould & Johann Sebastian Bach

00:49

14

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria da capo (1955 Version)

Glenn Gould & Johann Sebastian Bach

02:11

15

The Threepenny Opera: Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife)

03:04

16

III. Menuetto - Trio from Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 "Linz"

Bruno Walter & Columbia Symphony Orchestra

04:25

17

III. Allegro vivace assai from Concerto No. 21 for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467

Alexander Schneider & Columbia Symphony Orchestra

06:26

18

V. Rondo (Allegro) from Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 (Instrumental)

Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra

06:48

19

Battle Hymn of the Republic

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

04:41

20

Madama Butterfly, Act II: "Un bel di vedremo"

04:43

21

Danse sacrale (L'Elue) from The Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra

04:35

22

VIII. Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo (Voice)

Leopold Stokowski & The Philadelphia Orchestra

03:24

23

Hoe-Down. Allegro from Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)

Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Orchestra

03:08

24

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578

E. Power Biggs & Johann Sebastian Bach

04:05

25

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846

02:22

26

II. Allegretto scherzando from Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Pablo Casals & Marlboro Festival Orchestra

03:43

27

No. 8 in G minor (Presto) from Slavonic Dances, Op. 46

George Szell & The Cleveland Orchestra

03:52

28

IV. "Urlicht" - Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht from Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" (Instrumental)

Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Orchestra

02:51

29

I. Psalm 108 (verse 2) & Psalm 100 (complete) from Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra

Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic Orchestra

03:31

30

III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo from Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

Marlboro Festival Octet

04:27

31

Étude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Vladimir Horowitz & Alexander Scriabin

03:11

32

Étude in A-flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11

Vladimir Horowitz

01:31

33

I. Allegro con spirito from Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra (Instrumental)

Eugene Ormandy & Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra

05:58

34

III. Alla marcia from Karelia Suite, Op. 11

Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra

04:35

35

Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2

The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble & The Chicago Brass Ensemble

02:49

36

Fanfare for the Common Man

London Symphony Orchestra & Aaron Copland

03:16

37

Beau Soir (Voice)

Barbra Streisand

02:38

38

Baroque and Blue from Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano

Jean-Pierre Rampal, Claude Bolling, Marcel Sabiani & Max Hediguer

05:15

39

III. Rondo. Allegro assai from Concerto No. 20 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 466 (Instrumental)

Murray Perahia & English Chamber Orchestra

07:09

40

Danse générale from "Daphnis et Chloê" (Voice)

Pierre Boulez & New York Philharmonic Orchestra

04:20

41

Eubie's Classical Rag

03:48

42

4 Klavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor. Adagio

04:23

43

III. Allegro from Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Hob.VIIb, 2 (Instrumental)

José-Luis Garcia & English Chamber Orchestra

04:23

44

John Denver & Plácido Domingo

02:58

45

Glassworks: V. Façades

Philip Glass Ensemble

07:22

46

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro

Kiri Te Kanawa & Sir John Pritchard

02:27

47

Passo pel prat (Folksong)

Antonio de Almeida & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

03:40

48

III. Allegro from Concerto in E-flat Major for Trumpet and Orchestra, H.VIIe, 1

Raymond Leppard & The National Philharmonic Orchestra

04:28

49

I. Allegro from Flute Concerto in D Major, RV 428 "Il gardellino" (Instrumental)

Claudio Scimone

03:54

50

Promenade: Walking the Dog

Michael Tilson Thomas & Los Angeles Philharmonic

02:54

51

III. Allegro fugato from Sonata No. 5 in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 (Instrumental)

Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma

04:45

52

VII. Turangalîla II - Un peu vif, bien modéré from Turangalîla-Symphonie

Esa-Pekka Salonen & The Philharmonia Orchestra

03:59

53

IV. Rondo alla zingarese. Presto from Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25

Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax & Johannes Brahms

08:03

54

Mazurka in C Minor, Op. 56, No. 3

Vladimir Horowitz

05:07

55

II. Vivace from String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae" (Instrumental)

Juilliard String Quartet

02:37

56

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano,... from La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West)

Mara Zampieri, Plácido Domingo & Juan Pons

02:07

57

Star Wars, Episode IV "A New Hope": Main Theme

05:50

58

Concerto in D Minor for 2 Mandolins, RV. 532: Andante (Arr. For Cello and Voice)

Yo-Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin

04:00

59

Salut d'amour, Op. 12 "Liebesgruss"

Midori & Robert McDonald

03:11

60

"Minuet" from String Quintet No. 1 in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5, G. 275

Bobby McFerrin & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

03:39

61

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

02:53

62

Appalachia Waltz

Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O'Connor & Edgar Meyer

05:48

63

Rhapsody in Blue -- Opening Section

Robert Sadin & Orchestra of St. Luke's

09:55

64

All the Delights of the Season (Instrumental)

Robert Ziegler, Tony Hymas & Patrick Doyle

01:15

65

Steam Engine (Instrumental)

Robert Ziegler, Tony Hymas & Patrick Doyle

01:20

66

Summon the Heroes (Radio Edit)

John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra

03:36

67

Prélude from Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Instrumental)

02:19

68

Die Walküre: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Voice)

02:16

69

Sonata in A Major, K 537

02:59

70

The Murder from Psycho: A Suite for Strings (Instrumental)

Esa-Pekka Salonen & Los Angeles Philharmonic

01:01

71

Flight of the Bumblebee (Interlude from The Tale of the Tsar Saltan)

Arcadi Volodos & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

01:33

72

I. Preludio from Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006

Hilary Hahn & Johann Sebastian Bach

03:30

73

Yo-Yo Ma & Astor Piazzolla

03:08

74

Angel (Lust) [Edited version]

Mary Rowell, Allison Cornell, Sue Hadjopoulos, Dawn Upshaw, Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson

04:29

75

Main Theme (From "Schindler's List")

Itzhak Perlman & John Williams

03:34

76

I. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso from Three Preludes (Instrumental)

John Williams, Joshua Bell & George Gershwin

01:40

77

Rigoletto: La donna è mobile (Voice)

Marcelo Alvarez

02:20

78

3 Gymnopédies: No. 3, Lent et grave (Arr. J. Williams for Guitar & Orchestra)

William Goodchild, John Williams & Erik Satie

02:28

79

Tan Dun & Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

04:02

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