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1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die - The Platinum Collection

SKU: 12463

Price:
AU $35.49

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 480 0319 Medium: CD No. Discs: 2

In its book form, 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die is a fascinating chronology of the history of classical music. From the twelfth century version of Carmina Burana to Julian Anderson's Book of Hours composed in 2004, this invaluable reference tool includes cover pictures, information on each recording and explanations as to why these works represent the pinnacle of recorded music.

Now, this companion double-CD features a highlights package of pieces from recordings featured in the book, including Jacqueline du Pre's unforgettable interpretation of Elgar's Cello Concerto and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's historic rendition of Schubert's Die schone Mullerin.

The book 1001 Classical Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die is not available from Buywell but can be purchased on-line from the ABC Shop

Artists:

Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano), Catherine Bott (soprano), Dennis Brain (horn), Regine Crespin (mezzo-soprano), Sir Clifford Curzon (piano), Jorg Demus (piano), Jacqueline Du Pre (cello), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Pierre Fournier (cello), Antony Gray (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Joel Marangella (oboe), Dene Olding (violin), Peter Pears (tenor), Members of the Vienna Octet, Synergy, Takacs Quartet, The Monteverdi Choir

Composers:

JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Britten, Dvorak, Edwards, Elgar, Goossens, Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Rachmaninov, Ravel, Schubert, Sculthorpe, Vine, Williamson.

Conductors:

Ernest Ansermet, Sir John Barbirolli, Benjamin Britten, Stuart Challender, John Eliot Gardiner, Vernon Handley, Christopher Hogwood, Carlos Kleiber, Ferdinand Leitner, Trevor Pinnock, George Szell, Edo de Waart.

Orchestras:

Academy of Ancient Music, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Boyd Neel Orchestra, English Baroque Soloists, English Concert, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Suisse Romande, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

Tracks:

CD 1
1	SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato Jacqueline du Pre cello London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli conductor EMI 5 62886 2
2	HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695) Dido and Aeneas: Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth... With drooping wings Catherine Bott soprano (Dido) Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood conductor L'Oiseau Lyre 475 7195
	GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV349
3 4	I. II.	Allegro Alla hornpipe
	English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner conductor Philips 464 706-2
5	JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) St John Passion, BWV245: Chorus 'Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine' (Rest well, you holy limbs) The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner conductor Archiv 469 769-2
6	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV550: I. Molto allegro The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock director Archiv 471 666-2
7	WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, KV488: II. Adagio Wilhelm Kempff piano Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner conductor DG 423 885-2
8	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio Takacs Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Karoly Schranz violins, Roger Tapping violaAndras Fejer cello) Decca 470 848-2
9	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C major, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio Vienna Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber conductor
10	FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 114 'Trout': IV. Theme (Andantino) and Variations (Allegretto) Clifford Curzon piano, Members of the Vienna Octet (Willi Boskovsky violin,Gunther Breitenbach viola, Nikolaus Hubner cello, Johann Krump double bass) Eloquence 467 417-2
11	FRANZ SCHUBERT Die schone Mullerin (The Fair Miller-Maid), D795: XIX. Der Muller und der Bach (The Miller and the Stream) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone, Jorg Demus piano DG 463 502-2
CD 2
1	JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98: IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Piu allegro Vienna Philharmonic, Carlos Kleiber conductor
2	SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 Vladimir Ashkenazy piano Decca 467 685-2
3	ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904) Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo Pierre Fournier cello Berlin Philharmonic, George Szell conductor DG 423 881-2
4	MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Sheherazade: II. La Flute enchantee Regine Crespin mezzo-soprano Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet conductor Decca 460 973-2
5	EUGENE GOOSSENS (1893-1962) Oboe Concerto, Op. 45 Joel Marangella oboe West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley conductor ABC Classics 476 7632
6	BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976) Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: IV. Elegy Peter Pears tenor, Dennis Brain horn The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Benjamin Britten conductor Decca 468 801-2 HISTORIC MONO RECORDING
	MALCOLM WILLIAMSON (1931-2003) The Bridge that Van Gogh painted and the French Camargue
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X.	The Tired Moon (Sunrise) Friendly Bulls on the Highway Timid Pink Flamingoes The Bridge that Van Gogh Painted Roman Amphitheatre at Arles Wild Horses in the Long Grass Parade - Cockarde Bullrushes Farandole The Tired Sun (Evening)
	Antony Gray piano ABC Classics 472 9022
17	PETER SCULTHORPE (b. 1929) Earch Cry Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor ABC Classics 426 4812
18	ROSS EDWARDS (b. 1943) Maninyas - Concerto for violin and orchestra: III. Maninya II (Ecstatic - Remote) Dene Olding violin Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender conductor ABC Classics 438 6102
19	CARL VINE (b. 1954) Symphony No. 5 'Percussion': Part I (excerpt) Synergy Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart conductor ABC Classics 476 7179