Felix 1 Mendelssohn Franz Liszt Giuseppe Verdi - The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music Vol 610 (50 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi
The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music, Vol. 6-10
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61: Wedding March
2. Liebesträume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ('O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst'), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)
3. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Overture
4. Album für die Jugend (Album for the Young) for piano, Op. 68: No 10, The Merry Peasant
5. Hungarian Rhapsody, for orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor, S. 359/2 (LW G21/2)
6. Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Prelude to Act 03
7. La Traviata, opera: Preklude to Act I
8. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Arrival of the Guests at Wartburg
9. Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: Second Movement
10. Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture for orchestra
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
1. Orphée aux enfers, operetta: Overture
2. Melody in F, instrumental arrangement, Op. 3/1
3. Les Préludes, symphonic poem for orchestra, S. 97 (LW G3)
4. Waltzes (16) for piano, 4 hands (or piano), Op. 39: Waltz in A flat
5. La forza del destino, opera: Overture
6. Jeg elsker dig (I Love Thee), song transcription for piano, Op. 41/3
7. Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), overture to the opera
8. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Barcarolle
9. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), for orchestra, Op. 214 (RV 214)
10. Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), operetta: Overture
Track Listings (10) - Disc #3
1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: First Movement
2. Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49: No 4, Cradle Song
3. Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast No. 2), JB 1:112/2
4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries
5. Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morning
6. Carmen, opera: Les Toréadors
7. Coppélia, ou La fille aux yeux d'émail, ballet: Notturno
8. Slavonic March, for orchestra, Op. 31
9. L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 2, from the incidental music (arranged by Ernest Guirard): Intermezzo
10. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314)
Track Listings (10) - Disc #4
1. Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Polonaise
2. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ('From the New World'), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): Second Movement
3. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Waltz of the Flowers
4. Capriccio espagnol (Kaprichchio na ispankskiye temï), for orchestra, Op. 34: Alborado
5. Våren (Last Spring), elegiac melody for orchestra (or piano) No. 2, Op. 34/2
6. Slavonic Dance No. 2 for orchestra in E minor, B. 83/2 (Op. 46/2)
7. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Introduction
8. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
9. Songs my mother taught me (Als die alte Mutter), song for voice & piano (Gypsy Melodies), B. 104/4 (Op. 55/4)
10. Kaiser-Walzer (Emperor Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 437 (RV 437)
Track Listings (10) - Disc #5
1. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Fanfare
2. Adagietto, for orchestra (from the Symphony No. 5): Adagietto
3. Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26
4. The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), opera in 4 acts with a prologue: Dance of the Bumble Bee
5. Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera 'Thaïs')
6. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1
7. Humoresque No. 7 for piano in G flat major, B. 187/7 (Op. 101/7)
8. Valse Triste, for orchestra (from Kuolema), Op. 44/1
9. Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), waltz for orchestra, Op. 354 (RV 354): Waltz
10. Boléro, ballet for orchestra

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CD Details

All Artists: Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Giuseppe Verdi, Robert Schumann, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Franz von Suppe, Jacques Offenbach, Anton Rubinstein, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Bedrich Smetana, Johann II [Junior] Strauss, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Georges Bizet, Leo Delibes, Antonin Dvorak, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Richard [1] Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius
Title: The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music, Vol. 6-10
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Delta
Release Date: 11/1/1995
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Marches, Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Polkas, Waltzes, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Short Forms, Suites, Symphonies, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Romantic (c.1820-1910), Instruments, Keyboard, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 5
SwapaCD Credits: 5
UPC: 018111381628

CD Reviews

Somewhat lacking

Ryan Xie | Berkeley, CA | 03/28/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"(referring to the entire collection)The collection is well designed for introducing the listener to a large variety of music, with its broad range of composers and types of music. However, the interpretation of the music is hardly existant, and many of the pieces sound rather dull and uninteresting. Some lively pieces are played too slowly, and nearly all of them without emotion, keeping the set out of reach from being included in a true classical collection. Despite all that, the sheer number and range of pieces (along with the low price) make this a collection well suited for the new classical listener."

Great collections, with poor quality sound

E. Jeffrie | 01/08/2003

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I expected to listen to great professional classical orchestra ...for this classical music collection, but the quality of the music is not too good.There are a lot of great music collections, but they will sound better when they record it right.It is good when you just want to have more classical music, but for a CD, the sound quality is like a [poorley made] CD.I give 3 stars for this product."

The Greatest Collection Of Romantic Era Music

Rudy Avila | Lennox, Ca United States | 09/04/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Top 100 Classical Music series is a must have for novices of classical music, or someone already into the classics but wishes to amassa an "essentials" collection. This particular cd's span the Romantic Era, and although the 19th century saw much more music than what is covered on these recordings, this is nevertheless a brilliant and essential body of works. The Wedding March of Mendelsshon's Midsummer Night's Dream (played in weddings all over the world I'm assuming), Franz Lizst Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (The Looney Tunes Theme Music by the way) and other jewels of the era, such as the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss, the operetta overtures of Franz Von Suppe, Verdi's preludes to such operas as Nabucco and La Traviata, Wagner's intense, dramatic music for his Ring of the Nibelung operas, regarded as the epitome and the zenith of Romantic Era opera, and the music of other composers such as Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Sibelius, Rimsky Korsakov and many others. I highly recommend this cd to anyone wanting to sample and taste what Romantic Era music was all about. Five stars all the way."