Classical Music Library: The Essential Collection

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1O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
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 Orff2:40
2Oh, Lord Most Holy (Panis Angelicus)
César Franck3:13
3Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III, Szene I. „Treulich geführt ziehet dahin“ (Chor) (Lohengrin: Act III, Scene I. Bridal Chorus (Choir))
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Akt III
Richard Wagner4:32
4Gloria from "Coronation" Mass
recording of:
Missa in C, K. 317 “Krönungs-Messe”: II. Gloria (Mass in C, K. 317 "Coronation Mass": II. Gloria)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1779)
part of:
Missa in C, K. 317 “Krönungs-Messe” (Mass in C, K. 317 "Coronation Mass")
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:21
5Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
recording of:
Evening Prayer (english setting of "Abends, will ich schlafen gehn" (Abendsegen) from "Hänsel und Gretel")
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer)
is based on:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. “Abends, will ich schlafen gehn” (Hänsel, Gretel) (Hansel and Gretel: Evening Prayer, Nachtgebet / Evening Prayer / Prière du soir)
Engelbert Humperdinck5:39
6By the Beautiful Blue Danube
recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna) (on 1867-02-15)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314)
Johann Strauss7:10
7Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Eric Robinson (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Reader’s Digest Association Limited (not for release label use!) (in 1967)
instrumental recording 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; 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 Bach3:51
8Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel2:23
9Piano Concerto no.1 in B-flat minor: I. (excerpt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:30
10None But the Lonely Heart
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:25
11Serenade for Strings: Waltz
recording engineer:
James Locke (producer, percussionist and songwriter, The Chimes-member) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera) (in 1971-09)
conductor:
Charles Gerhardt (conductor, producer, arranger) (in 1971-09)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London) (in 1971-09)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: II. Waltz. Moderato - Tempo di valse (in 1971-09)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:46
12Andante Cantabile
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:19
13Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:06
141812 Overture
recording of:
The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E-flat major, op. 49
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1882-08-20)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1880-09 until 1880-11)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 49), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 46) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 49)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
quotes music from:
Troparion of the Holy Cross
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
quotes music from:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky15:26
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