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Title Statement | Absolute classics. Volume six [sound recording]. |
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Additional Contributors | Elgar, Edward,1857-1934 |
Wagner, Richard,1813-1883 | |
Stravinsky, Igor,1882-1971 | |
Bach, Johann Sebastian,1685-1750 | |
Barber, Samuel,1910- | |
Puccini, Giacomo,1858-1924 | |
Di Capua, Eduardo,1864-1917 | |
Dukas, Paul,1865-1935 | |
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich,1840-1893 | |
Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759 | |
Publication | [Hamburg]: Deutsche Grammophon, p1997. |
Extent of Item | 1 sound disc (73:42 min.) |
ISBN | (s.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 028945731629 |
Other Number | 1367736 |
General Notes | Compact disc (AAD/DDD). "500 years of hits"--Insert. Includes classical music used in motion pictures, advertisements, etc. Previously released material, p1958-1996. Program notes inserted in container. |
Performance Credits | Various artists. |
Languages | In Italian |
Contents | Pomp and circumstance march no. 1 (Land of hope and glory) / Elgar (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) (6:43) -- Tannhauser. Overture (extract) / Wagner (Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli) (4:35) -- The firebird. Finale (theme from "Shirley Valentine") / Stravinsky (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel) (3:23) -- Overture no. 2. Badinerie / Bach (Aurèle Nicolet, flute ; Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter) (1:28) -- Adagio for strings (theme from "Platoon") / Barber (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) (10:01) -- Madame Butterfly. One fine day (theme from "Fatal Attraction") / Puccini (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli) (4:59) -- O sole mio (Cornetto & Boddingtons ads) / Di Capua (Maria Del Monaco ; orchestra conducted by Ernesto Nicelli) (3:23) -- Sorcerors [i.e., Sorcerer's] apprentice (extract) (theme from "Fantasia") / Dukas (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine) (7:27) -- The nutcracker. Russian dance / Tchaikovsky (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa) (1:10) -- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Chanel No. 19 ad) / Handel (the English Concert, Trevor Pinnock) (3:07) -- Für Elise (IBM computers ad) / Beethoven (Anatol Ugorski, piano) (3:58) -- Peer Gynt. Solvejg's song / Grieg (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi) (5:07) -- Karelia suite. Alla marcia (World in Action theme) / Sibelius (Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi) (4:39) -- The Moldau (extract) (Peugeot 605 ad) / Smetana (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine) (5;05) -- Symphony no. 9 : "Choral." Ode to joy (extract) (European Football Championship theme) (Gwyneth Jones, Hanna Schwarz, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, vocalists ; Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein) (7:49) |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Operas--Excerpts |
Instrumental music | |
Orchestral music |