The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music: 1685-1928

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1▶CD: Volume 1: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1685-1730
2▶CD: Volume 2: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1731-1775
3▶CD: Volume 3: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1776-1787
4▶CD: Volume 4: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1788-1810
5▶CD: Volume 5: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1811-1841
6▶CD: Volume 6: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1842-1853
7▶CD: Volume 7: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1854-1866
8▼CD: Volume 8: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1867-1876
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1Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: 1st Movement (excerpt)
piano:
Jenő Jandó (pianist)
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
András Ligeti (violinist and 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)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский2.59:00
2Cradle Song
orchestra:
Budapest Strings (Budapest String Orchestra; Budapest Strings)
conductor:
Béla Bánfalvi (violinist, concert master of Budapest strings)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied (catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
arrangement of:
5 Lieder, op. 49: Nr. 4. Wiegenlied “Guten Abend, gute Nacht” (original for voice and piano)
Johannes Brahms1:50
3The Moldau
orchestra:
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg (Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the real LSO), Philharmonia Slavonica (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz related) and Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Pietro di la Corona (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Alfred Scholz, George Ralph Warren and Yuri Ahronovich (Yuri Ahronovitch, conductor)
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 Smetana12:59
4The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries
orchestra:
Budapest Symphony Orchestra (a.k.a. Budapest Symphony) and Budapest Symphony Orchestra (unspecified orchestra, probably Alfred Scholz related)
conductor:
György Lehel (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner55:26
5Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood
piano:
Daniel Gerrard
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
János Sándor
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 Grieg3:35
6Carmen: Les Toreadors
orchestra:
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar (Hungarian National Philharmonic), Orchester der Zagreber Oper (Alfred Scholz related), Orchestre radio symphonique de Paris, Orchestre radio‐symphonique (associated with the fake, Alfred Scholz related, conductor Loïc Betrand), Simfonični orkester RTV Slovenija (RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra) and Symphonic Orchestra of the Ljubljana Radio (name used by Alfred Scholz, may be incorrect)
conductor:
Loic Bertrand (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Cesare Cantieri (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Emil Edlinger, Jovan Šajnović (conductor, Alfred Scholz related), János Sándor and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 1: VI. Les Toréadors. Allegro giocoso (theme from Carmen: Prelude to Act I and Carmen: Act IV. « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! »)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte IV. No. 26 « Les voici ! Voici la quadrille ! » (Chœur, les gamins, Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
is based on:
Carmen : Prélude
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 1
Georges Bizet2:19
7Coppelia: Notturno
orchestra:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (East Berlin, 1923–)
conductor:
Heinz Fricke (conductor)
recording of:
Coppélia : Ballet Suite: Notturno
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
part of:
Coppélia : Ballet Suite
Léo Delibes2:30
8Marche Slave, Op. 31
orchestra:
Hungarian Concert Orchestra, Hungarian State Orchestra (Hungarian National Philharmonic) and Hungarian State Orchestra (probably fictitious, or Alfred Scholz related)
conductor:
Adam Fischer (Hungarian conductor) and Peter Janos (conductor (Scholz?))
recording of:
Marche slave in B-flat minor, op. 31
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1876-11-18)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1876-09 until 1876-10)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 45), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 42) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 31)
is based on:
Боже, Царя храни! (God Save the Tsar!)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский9:51
9L'Arlesienne - Intermezzo
orchestra:
Budapesti Filharmóniai Társaság Zenekara (Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra)
conductor:
János Sándor
recording of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2: II. Intermezzo (for orchestra)
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1872)
arranger:
Ernest Guiraud (French composer)
part of:
L’Arlésienne Suite no. 2 (for orchestra)
Georges Bizet4:07
10On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
orchestra:
Strauss-Orchestra Wien (Alfred Scholz pseudonym; also Vienna Strauss Orchestra)
conductor:
Joseph Francek (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
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 Strauss II10:54
9▶CD: Volume 9: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1877-1893
10▶CD: Volume 10: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1894-1928