The No. 1 Classical Collection: The Nation's 50 Favourite Works

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1▶CD: Hall of Fame Nos. 1-7
2▶CD: Hall of Fame Nos. 8-17
3▶CD: Hall of Fame Nos. 18-26
4▶CD: Hall of Fame Nos. 27-38
5▼CD: Hall of Fame Nos. 39-50
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1The Pearl Fishers Duet, Act 1
bass vocals:
Nicolaï Ghiaurov (operatic bass)
tenor vocals:
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
Robin Stapleton (conductor)
recording of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I. No. 2 Duo « Au fond du temple saint » (Zurga, Nadir)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (from 1863-04 until 1863-08)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist) and Eugène Cormon
part of:
ABC Classic 100 (2001) (number: 7)
part of:
Les Pêcheurs de perles : Acte I
Georges Bizet6:37
2Double Violin Concerto: II.
recorded in:
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel (Canton of Neuchâtel), Switzerland (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
producer and balance engineer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
violin:
Arthur Grumiaux (Belgian violinist) (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11) and Herman Krebbers (violinist) (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
orchestra:
Les Solistes Romands (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
conductor:
Arpad Gérecz (violinist/conductor) (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
recorded at:
Salle de Musique (La Chaux de Fonds) in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel (Canton of Neuchâtel), Switzerland (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (from 1978-11-06 until 1978-11-11)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach6:45
3Piano Concerto no. 3: I.
piano:
Rafael Orozco (pianist)
orchestra:
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Sergei Rachmaninov7:01
4Swan Lake I. Swan Theme
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:42
5Swan Lake III. Dance of the Cygnets
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:35
6Piano Concerto no. 1: I.
piano:
Rafael Orozco (pianist)
orchestra:
Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Edo de Waart (conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
revision of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:37
7Piano Concerto no. 21: II.
engineer and balance engineer:
John Pellowe (audio engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12)
orchestra:
Camerata Salzburg (Austrian chamber orchestra) (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12)
conductor:
Sándor Végh (violinist/conductor/teacher) (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1991)
recorded at:
Mozarteum: Großer Saal in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12) and Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467: II. Andante (from 1989-12-11 until 1989-12-12)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (from 1785 until 1785-03-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano no. 21 in C major, K. 467
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:46
8Symphony no. 5: IV. Adagietto
recording engineer:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1997-10) and Wolf‐Dieter Karwatky (in 1997-10)
engineer:
Graham Meek
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
editor:
Dagmar Birwe, Ingmar Haas (engineer) and Ian Watson (editor/engineer/producer)
orchestra:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (in 1997-10)
conductor:
Riccardo Chailly (conductor) (in 1997-10)
balance engineer:
Jonathan Stokes (engineer)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1997-10)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in C-sharp minor: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (in 1997-10)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (Austro‐Bohemian Romantic composer) (from 1901 until 1902)
part of:
Symphony no. 5
Gustav Mahler10:26
9Clair de lune
recording engineer:
Onno Scholtze (sound engineer) (from 1983-09-11 until 1983-09-15)
producer:
Wilhelm Hellweg (classical pianist, and sound engineer and producer of classical music recordings for Philips)
piano:
Kocsis Zoltán (pianist, conductor) (from 1983-09-11 until 1983-09-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Philips Classics Productions (not for release label use!—classical music division of Polygram, reorganized as Philips Music Group in 1997) (in 1984) and Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-09-11 until 1983-09-15)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano) (from 1983-09-11 until 1983-09-15)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
included in:
Granblue Fantasy (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy45:52
10Four Last Songs: "Im Abendrot"
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
conductor:
Sir Georg Solti (conductor) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Großer Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
recording of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150: IV. „Im Abendrot“ (Four Last Songs, AV 150: 4. “In the Afterglow”) (from 1990-06-08 until 1990-06-09)
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (on 1948-05-06)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
premiered at:
Royal Albert Hall in Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1950-05-22)
part of:
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150 (Four Last Songs, AV 150)
Richard Strauss6:23
11Symphony no. 5 "Pathetique": I.
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Russian‐Icelandic conductor and pianist)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”: I. Adagio – Allegro non troppo
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1893-02 until 1893-08)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky5:31
12Peer Gynt: Morning Mood
engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) and Michael Mailes (engineer)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer)
orchestra:
San Francisco Symphony (from 1989-06-02 until 1989-06-03)
conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) (from 1989-06-02 until 1989-06-03)
balance engineer:
John Pellowe (audio engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Music Group Limited (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) and Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1989)
recorded at:
Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1989-06-02 until 1989-06-03)
recording of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning (from 1989-06-02 until 1989-06-03)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
librettist:
Henrik Ibsen (in 1867)
part of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morgenstemning (Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: I. Morning Mood)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt, prelude: Morgenstemning
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg4:23
13Má vlast: Vltava
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer) (from 1874-11-20 until 1874-12-08)
part of:
B. number catalogue by František Bartoš (number: B. 111)
is based on:
La Mantovana
part of:
Má vlast, JB 1:112 (My Country / My Fatherland)
Bedřich Smetana12:02

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