Title:
Karajan forever [CD] : the greatest classical hits.
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Publication Date:
2003
Publication Information:
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p2003.
Physical Description:
2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
All selections previously released.
Performers:
Various soloists; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Contents:
Concerto for violin and strings in E, op. 8 no. 1, R. 269 : "La primavera" / Vivaldi (Michel Schwalbé, violin; Eberhard Finke, cello; Horst Göbel, harpsichord) (3:24) -- Adagio for strings and organ in G minor / Albinoni (David Bell, organ; Leon Spierer, violin) (11:46) -- Serenade for strings in C, op. 48. Valse / Tchaikovsky (4:10) -- Divertimento in D, K. 334. Menuetto / Mozart (5:20) -- Peer Gynt suite : no. 1, op. 46. Morning mood / Grieg (4:03) -- Valse triste : op. 44 / Sibelius (5:59) -- Symphony no. 40 in G minor, K. 550. Molto allegro / Mozart (7:23) -- Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 : "From the New World". Largo / Dvořák (4:55) -- Notre Dame. Intermezzo / Franz Schmidt (4:37) -- Carmen suite. Prélude / Bizet (2:14) -- Boléro. Conclusion (excerpt) / Ravel (5:38) -- The sleeping beauty suite : op. 66a. Valse / Tchaikovsky (4:20) -- La traviata. Act III prelude / Verdi (4:23) -- Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 : "Organ symphony". Maestoso/Più allegro/Molto allegro / Saint-Saëns (Pierre Cochereau, organ) (8:28) -- Also sprach Zarathustra : op. 30. Prelude (Sonnenaufgang) / R. Strauss (1:40) -- Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo sinfonico / Mascagni (Wolfgang Meyer, organ) (3:34) -- Serenade in G, K. 525 : "Eine kleine Nachtmusik". Allegro / Mozart (5:35) -- Swan lake suite : op. 20. Swan theme / Tchaikovsky (2:44) -- An der schönen blauen Donau : op. 314 / J. Strauss II (11:45) -- Brandenburg concerto : no. 3 in G, BWV 1048. Allegro / J.S. Bach (6:34) -- Thaïs. Méditation / Massenet (Michel Schwalbé, violin) (6:00) -- Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067. Badinerie / Bach (Karlheinz Zöller, flute) (1:24) -- Gaîté parisienne. Barcarolle / Offenbach (3:29) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso/Allegro con spirito / Tchaikovsky (Lazar Berman, piano) (3:50) -- Symphony no. 5 in C sharp minor. Adagietto (Sehr langsam) / Mahler (11:53) -- Symphony no. 1 in D, op. 25 : "Classical symphony". Molto vivace / Prokofiev (4:13) -- Orfeo ed Eurydice. Dance of the blessed spirits / Gluck (Karlheinz Zöller, flute) (6:43) -- Nutcracker suite : op. 71a. Dance of the sugar-plum fairy (1:36) ; Waltz of the flowers / Tchaikovsky (6:56).
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