The Greatest Classical Masterworks

~ Release by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Johann Sebastian Bach
2▶CD: Hector Berlioz
3▶CD: Leonard Bernstein
4▶CD: Johannes Brahms
5▶CD: Frédéric Chopin
6▶CD: Antonín Dvořák
7▶CD: Edward Elgar
8▶CD: Joseph Haydn
9▶CD: Gustav Holst
10▶CD: Gustav Mahler
11▶CD: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
12▶CD: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
13▶CD: Carl Orff
14▶CD: Sergey Prokofiev
15▶CD: Sergey Rachmaninov
16▶CD: Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov
17▶CD: Joaquín Rodrigo
18▶CD: Gioacchino Rossini: Overtures
19▶CD: Dmitry Shostakovich
20▶CD: Jean Sibelius
21▶CD: Richard Strauss
22▶CD: The Strauss Family
23▶CD: Igor Stravinsky
24▶CD: Peter I. Tchaikovsky
25▶CD: Richard Wagner
26▶CD: Beethoven / Schubert
27▶CD: Bizet / Grieg
28▼CD: Gershwin / Ravel / Debussy
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1An American in Paris
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1993-10)
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor) (in 1993-10)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-10)
recording of:
An American in Paris (in 1993-10)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
premiered at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-13)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
George Gershwin18:50
2Rhapsody in Blue
piano:
Christopher O’Riley (American pianist) (in 1993-10)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1993-10)
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor) (in 1993-10)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-10)
recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (standard 1942 orchestration) (in 1993-10)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1942)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Ferde Grofé Music Publishing (New York), New World Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
revision of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
George Gershwin17:30
3Boléro
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1993-10)
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor) (in 1993-10)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-10)
recording of:
Boléro (in 1993-10)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1928)
publisher:
Ed. Durand & Cie (1909–1947) and Soc. Arima (rights society?)
premiered at:
Palais Garnier in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1928-11-22)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 9) and Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 81)
Maurice Ravel13:21
4Pavane pour une infante défunte
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1993-10)
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor) (in 1993-10)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-10)
recording of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (orchestrated version) (in 1993-10)
orchestrator:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1910)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1899)
publisher:
Editions Max Eschig
part of:
Catalogue Marcel Marnat des œuvres de Maurice Ravel (number: M. 19a)
orchestration of:
Pavane pour une infante défunte (original version for solo piano)
Maurice Ravel5:59
5Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (in 1993-10)
conductor:
Barry Wordsworth (conductor) (in 1993-10)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-10)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra) (in 1993-10)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy9:20
29▶CD: Mussorgsky / Ravel
30▶CD: Vivaldi / Pachelbel / Bach