-------------------------------------------------- EMI 1000 经典杰作 2012 (61CD)
EMI 1000 Classical Masterpieces 2012
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CD 1-3: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
CD 4-6: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
CD 7-9: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
CD 10-12: RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE
CD 13-14: BAROQUE
CD 15: CLASSIC & ROMANTIC
CD 16-19: ROMANTIC & 20th CENTURY
CD 20-24: 20th CENTURY
CD 25-30: OPERA
CD 31-33: CHORUSES
CD 34-35: OVERTURES
CD 36-37: OPERETTA
CD 38-43: SACRED MUSIC
CD 44-45: PIANO
CD 46-47: VIOLIN
CD 48-49: CELLO
CD 50: GUITAR
CD 51-52: PIANO CONCERTOS
CD 53: VIOLIN CONCERTOS
CD 54: VARIOUS CONCERTOS
CD 55-56: WALTZES
CD 57: POLKAS
CD 58-60: BALLET
CD 61: TANGO
What's On Them:
CD 1-3: (3CD’s – 50 Tracks) From Johann Sebastian Bach: Includes selections from Brandenburg’s 2, 3, 4 and 5; Mass in B; a selection of other Concertos and Cantatas
CD 4-6: (3CD’s – 41 Tracks) From Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Including selections from his symphonies, concertos, sonatas and “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” – CD 5 has selections from Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Giovanni.
CD 7-9: (3CD’s – 50 Tracks) From Ludwig Van Beethoven – Extracts from his Symphonies, Concertos and Sonatas, String Quartets, the Kyrie from Mass in C and two pieces from Missa Solemnis in D, and the almost compulsory Für Elise.
So far so good but that’s not the whole story – other composers don’t get a single disc to themselves after this: (well almost, but more of that later):
CD 10-12: Renaissance & Baroque: (3CD’s - 42 Tracks) - Covers Vivaldi (5 tracks inc. 2 pieces from Four Seasons), Handel (8 tracks inc. 2 selections from Messiah); Purcell (5tracks inc. 2 from Dido and Aeneas); Monteverdi (4 tracks inc. piece from Orfeo).
CD 13-14: Baroque (2CD’s - 39 Tracks) – Includes J. S. Bach (7 Tracks), CPE Bach (2) Telemann (2) and pieces from Charpentier (3), Rameau (3) and Philidor (2)
CD 15: Classic & Romantic (1CD- 17 Tracks) - Includes Mahler, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others
CD 16-19: Romantic & 20th Century (4CD’s 69 Tracks) – This selection covers a lot of composers and many styles – It starts with tracks from the likes of Sibelius, Elgar and Saint-Saëns and then by way of Fauré, Grieg, Chopin, Liszt, Dvorak, Holst and Gershwin it arrives at “Michelle” by Lennon & McCartney.
CD 20-24: 20th Century (5CD’s - 85 Tracks): Starts with Janáček, this selection covers a wide variety of composers and styles as you would expect, there are tracks from Ravel, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, Debussy, Delius, Turnage, Takemitsu, Cage, Adams and Carl Orff to name a few.
CD 25-30: Opera (6CD’s - 98 Tracks) – Covers Mozart (Die Zauberflöte, Cosi Fan Tutte, La Clemeza di Tito etc.); Verdi (Aida, La Traviata, Otello, etc.); Puccini (Tosca, La Bohème, Turandot etc.); Wagner (Lohengrin, Tannäuser, Siegfried etc.) Bizet (Carmen, Les Pêcheurs de Perles) as you would expect. It also includes Gounod “Faust” and “Romeo et Juliette; Berlioz “La Damnation de Faust” Massenet “Manon”; Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys; and Rameau’s “Castor et Pollux, among the others.
CD 31-33: Choruses (3CD’s – 50 Tracks) Gounod (5) and Bizet (7) take most of the first CD with Faust and Mireille from Gounod and Carmen and Les Pêcheurs de Perles from Bizet. CD 32 is all Verdi, with choruses from Il Trovatore, Nabucco, La Traviata, Attila and some of his others operas. The final disc has Puccini’s Madama Butterfly and Turandot, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Iris, among others.
CD 34-35: Overtures (2CD’s – 33 Tracks) Mozart, Rossini and Verdi are again well represented over the two CD’s with the likes of Offenbach, Bellini and Wolf-Ferrari making up the rest.
CD 36-37: Operetta (2CD’s – 34 Tracks) La Vie Parisienne, La Belle Hélène, and La Périchole are among Offenbach’s operettas included along with Franz Lehár’s Merry Widow, Johan Strauss II includes Die Fledermaus and Casanova and his father’s Der Zigeunerbaron is also included.
CD 38-43: Sacred Music (6CD’s – 98 Tracks) – Starting with a Gregorian Chant and ending with a piece form Karl Jenkin’s the Armed Man – this covers a lot of ground: Bach, Mozart, Purcell, Haydn and Handel are also included. There are pieces’ form Requiem’s, Oratorio’s, Masses but for those who think because it’s called sacred music it is all heavy – the lightness of the Gregorian chants, and hymns more than make up for the one or two heavier pieces
CD 44-45: Piano (2CD’s – 32 Tracks) With one exception these 32 tracks are for solo piano so I’s no surprise that Chopin gets 8 tracks the rest are spread throughout different composers and styles, Liszt (4), Satie (4), Debussy (3) and Mendelssohn (3) and others make up the rest.
CD 46-47: Violin (2CD’s – 32 Tracks) The composers on the two violin CD’s are very diverse with only Vivaldi (Violin Sonata No.2) getting more than two pieces – The rest include Mozart, Kreisler, Paganini, Beethoven, Bach and Fauré to name some.
CD 48-49: Cello (2CD’s – 36 Tracks) – Bach makes up almost all CD48 with Cello Suite’s Nos. 1, 3 and 5 included along with Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor. CD49 is more diverse with Saint-Saëns, Elgar and Bruch represented.
CD 50: Guitar (1CD – 13 Tracks) Mainly compositions from Rodrigo, Manuel de Falla and Granados make up the disc.
CD 51-52: Piano Concertos (2CD’s – 27 Tracks) Mozart (Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 20, 22, 24 and 26); Beethoven (Piano Concertos No 1, 3, 4, Triple Concerto in C); Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 1 and 3); Liszt (Piano Concerto’s No 1 and 2 and Totentanz); Chopin (Piano Concerto No1 and 2) and Brahms (Piano Concertos No1 and 2) are all featured, with pieces from each but no complete Concerto as you would expect.
CD 53: Violin Concertos (1CD – 13 Tracks) The composers include Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Prokofiev all have pieces from various Violin Concertos.
CD 54: Concertos for various Instruments (1CD – 19 Tracks) Include are pieces from Vivaldi (Flute Concertos in F and G Minor, as well as his Mandolin Concerto in C). Bach (Brandenburg Concertos 1 4 5 and 6; Concerto for 2 harpsicords and Harpsichord Concertos 1, 3, 4, and 7) Debussy’s Danse Sacrée and Danse Profane are also included.
CD 55-56: Waltzes (2CD’s - 22 Tracks) – As you would expect this includes on CD55 Johan Strauss II – 8 Waltzes from the Blue Danube to Emperor Waltz, with 2 others from Offenbach making up the CD. CD56 is more spread out, there are waltzes from Wildteufel (Skaters Waltz) Khatchaturian (Masquerade) Andreyev and Chopin among them.
CD 57: Polkas (1CD – 24 Tracks) Polkas from Johan Strauss II (9), Josef Strauss (5) and Eduard Strauss (10) make up the CD.
CD 58-60: Ballet (3CD’s – 50 Tracks) CD 58 is given over to Tchaikovsky and music from Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and the Nutcracker. CD59 has selections from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella as well as Khatchaturian’s, Gayaneh and Spartacus. CD 60 has selections from La Fille Mal Gardée by Hérold arranged by John Lanchberry (3), Giselle by Adam (2), Coppélia (3) and Sylvia (3) by Delibes, as well as 3 tracks from Les Deux Pigeons by Messager.
CD 61: Tango (1CD – 17 Tracks) This is the remaining CD in the collection that is dedicated to a single composer and it is all tango music by Argentina’s foremost tango composer and bandoneon (a type of concertina) player Astor Piazolla.
WHO IS ON IT? This collection contains EMI’s vast array of classical talent such as
Pablo Casals on cello; Bob van Asperen on harpsichord; Paul Tortelier (cello); Kyung-Wha Chan (violin); Mistav Rostropovich (cello); Aldo Ciccolini (piano); Tasmin Little (violin); Mikhai; Pletnev (piano):
Orchestras and specialist musicians. The Academy of St. Martin in The Fields; Taverner Consort and Players; The Academy of Ancient Music; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Berliner Philharmoniker, La Simphonie du Marais
Conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, André Previn, Herbert von Karajan, Sir Andrew Davis, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Kurt Sanderling, Mariss Jansons.
Great voices – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Placido Domingo, Anna Moffo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Ruggero Raimondi, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda, Choir of King’s College, Hilliard Ensemble, David Daniels, Paul Esswood.