Reader's Digest: 700 Years of Classical Treasures: A Tapestry in Music and Words

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
▶ CD 2: The Baroque
▶ CD 3: Classicism
▶ CD 4: Romanticism, Part 1
▼ CD 5: Romanticism, Part 2
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1Panis Angelicus
recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
César Franck3:20
2Nuns' Chorus from Casanova
Johann Strauss Jr.4:29
3The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss Jr.4:52
4Tales from the Vienna Woods
Johann Strauss Jr.2:57
5Voices of Spring
Johann Strauss Jr.2:46
6Emperor Waltz
Johann Strauss Jr.3:09
7Czardas from Die Fledermaus
Johann Strauss Jr.2:45
8Radetzky March
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Peter Guth (violinist & conductor)
recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228 (Radetzky March, op. 228)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss Jr.2:34
9The Skaters Waltz
Émile Waldteufel3:24
10Melody in F
recording of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3: No. 1 in F major (for solo piano)
composer:
Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн (Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer Anton Rubinstein) (in 1852)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 3
Rubinstein2:06
11Romance from Soirees a Saint-Petersbourg
Rubinstein4:14
12The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
Camille Saint‐Saëns3:08
13Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor
Borodin3:15
14Lullaby
Johannes Brahms2:04
15Hungarian Dance No.5
Johannes Brahms2:19
16Danse Macabre
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (original for orchestra)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns2:13
17Gypsy Dance from Carmen
Georges Bizet4:34
18Duet Theme from The Pearl Fishers
Georges Bizet2:48
19Prelude to Carmen
Georges Bizet2:13
▶ CD 6: Romanticism, Part 3
▶ CD 7: The Modern Era, Part 1
▶ CD 8: The Modern Era, Part 2