The DUO guide to Classics--An A to Z of classical music [Limited Edition]
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Here's an interesting concept: two CDs of great classical music excerpts combined with a nearly 250-page booklet featuring a glossary of all the major classical terms (from adagio to zarzuela), along with brief biographical notes for all the composers included. The excerpts are all generally superb, the price can't be beat, and the liner notes should be informative to any classical neophyte--not a bad introduction to classical music's greatest hits. The set might have been even more effective if the music was listed chronologically (rather than by composer's last name), but this is a minor qualm. --Edward Garabedian
The DUO guide to Classics--An A to Z of classical music, Music, Julian Lloyd Webber, Mischa Maisky, Tomaso Albinoni, Charles Avison, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Boccherini, Johannes Brahms, Fryderyk Chopin, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Edvard Grieg, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Leos Janacek, Fritz Kreisler, Orlande de Lassus, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Sergey Rachmaninov, Maurice Ravel, Joaquin Rodrigo, Camille Saint-Saens, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, Jean Sibelius, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner, Anatole Fistoulari, André Previn, Bernard Haitink, David Zinman, Karl Böhm, Neville Marriner, Peter Phillips, Raymond Leppard, Sir Colin Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Beaux Arts Trio, I Musici, Pepe Romero, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
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The DUO guide to Classics--An A to Z of classical music
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00000J9GW
Release Date: 1999-06-15 |
Tracks:
- Concerto Grosso No. 5 In D Minor: 2. Allegro
- Adagio In G Minor For Strings And Organ
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G: 3. Allegro
- Sonata For Violin Solo In G Minor: 2. Fuga
- Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Sharp Minor 'Moonlight': 1. Adagio Sostenuto
- Minuet In E From String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5
- Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat, Op. 83: 2. Allegro Appassionato
- Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64 No. 1
- Piano Trio In E Minor Op. 90 'Dumky': 6. Lento Maestoso - Vivace, quasi movimento - Lento Vivace
- Pomp & Circumstance: March No. 1
- Elegie, Op. 24: Molto Adagio
- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: 1. Morning Mood
- Symphony In G, 'Surprise': 2. Andante
- Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah
- Sinfonietta: 1. Allegretto - Allegro - Maestoso
- Liebesfreud
Tracks:
- Motet: Osculetur Me
- Liebestraum No 3 In A Flat
- Elias Op. 70: Her Gott Abrahams
- Piano Concerto No. 21 In C, K.467 (Elvira Madigan): 2. Andante
- TOSCA: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
- Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2
- Concerto de Aranjuez: 2. Adagio
- Pavane pour une infante defunte
- Le Carnaval des Animaux: 13. Le cygne
- Gymnopedie No. 1
- Finlandia
- Piano Trio In E Flat, D. 929: 2. Andante con moto
- The Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio
- The Four Seasons: Allegro
- Die Walkure: Hojotoho! Heiaha! (Walkurenritt)
Amazon.com
Here's an interesting concept: two CDs of great classical music excerpts combined with a nearly 250-page booklet featuring a glossary of all the major classical terms (from adagio to zarzuela), along with brief biographical notes for all the composers included. The excerpts are all generally superb, the price can't be beat, and the liner notes should be informative to any classical neophyte--not a bad introduction to classical music's greatest hits. The set might have been even more effective if the music was listed chronologically (rather than by composer's last name), but this is a minor qualm. --Edward Garabedian
Track Listings:
- The Eternal: Variations On Joy Division
- The Piano Music of Alexis Weissenberg
- Transit
- Very Best of Classical: Guitar
- Violin Music of Alfred Schnittke
- American Bach
- An Hour Out of Desert Center
- Arias, Duets & Songs, Vol. 2
- Bach: Organ Transcriptions; Chopin: Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3
- Bach Trio Sonatas
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