Classic Classics: The Greatest Music From the Greatest Artists

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1O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
choir vocals:
Rutgers University Choir (on 1960-04-24)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1960-04-24)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1960-04-24)
chorus master:
F. Austin Walker (on 1960-04-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1960)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1960-04-24)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna imperatrix mundi: I. O Fortuna (on 1960-04-24)
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
version of:
O Fortuna (Poem, CB 17)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
Carl Orff2:48
2Prelude (Lohengrin, Act I)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1968-01-25)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist) (on 1968-01-25)
recorded at:
David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, New York, New York, United States (on 1968-01-25)
recording of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75: Vorspiel (prelude to Act I) (on 1968-01-25)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1846 until 1848)
part of:
Lohengrin, WWV 75
Richard Wagner10:58
3Adagio for Strings
orchestra:
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Australian orchestra founded in 1975)
conductor:
Richard Tognetti (violinist & conductor)
recording of:
Adagio for Strings
orchestrator:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Samuel Barber (American composer) (in 1936)
premiered by:
NBC Symphony Orchestra (on 1938-11-05) and Arturo Toscanini (conductor) (on 1938-11-05)
premiered at:
[radio broadcast] (1938-11-05)
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and G. Schirmer Inc.
arrangement of:
String Quartet, op. 11: II. Molto adagio
Samuel Barber9:23
4Adagio sostenuto ("Moonlight" Sonata)
piano:
Glenn Gould (pianist) (on 1967-05-15)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto (on 1967-05-15)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven4:15
5Nocturne, op. 9/2
piano:
Fou Ts'ong (Fou Ts’ong, pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 3) and Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 18)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Fryderyk Chopin3:44
6Casta Diva (Norma)
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical) and Paul Myers (classical record producer)
soprano vocals:
Renata Scotto (operatic soprano)
orchestra:
National Philharmonic Orchestra (fka the London Promenade Orchestra until 1971, mostly film music and opera)
conductor:
James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
recorded at:
Henry Wood Hall (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1979-06 until 1979-07)
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini5:30
7Finlandia
orchestra:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
conductor:
Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor and composer) (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
recorded at:
Berwald Hall in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra) (from 1990-09-24 until 1990-09-26)
premiered in:
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (on 1900-07-02)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1899)
revised by:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (in 1900)
premiered at:
Konsertti (1900-07-02)
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1905)
part of:
Works of Jean Sibelius by opus number (number: op. 26)
version of:
Sanomalehdistön päivien musiikki, op. 25/26: VII. Tableau 6. Finland Awakes
Jean Sibelius7:34
8Largo ("New World" Symphony)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1966-11)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (in 1966-11)
recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo (Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo) (in 1966-11)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
part of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“ (Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “From the New World”)
Antonín Dvořák13:24
9Nessun dorma (Turandot)
Giacomo Puccini3:39
10"Ode to Joy" ("Choral" Symphony)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:31