The Top 100 Masterpieces of Classical Music: 1685-1928

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1▶CD: Volume 1: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1685-1730
2▶CD: Volume 2: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1731-1775
3▶CD: Volume 3: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1776-1787
4▶CD: Volume 4: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1788-1810
5▶CD: Volume 5: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1811-1841
6▶CD: Volume 6: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1842-1853
7▶CD: Volume 7: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1854-1866
8▶CD: Volume 8: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1867-1876
9▼CD: Volume 9: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1877-1893
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1Polonaise, From 'Eugene Onegin'
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Hans Vonk (conductor)
recording of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие III, картина 1, no. 19. Полонез (Polonaise)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Eugen Onegin: Akt III
part of:
Евгений Онегин, op. 24: Действие третье (Eugene Onegin, op. 24: Act III)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский24:48
2Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World": II. Largo
orchestra:
Prague Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
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)
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 Dvořák12:47
3Waltz of the Flowers, From 'The Nutcracker'
orchestra:
Dresden State Orchestra (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Hans Vonk (conductor)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
recording of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act II, Scene III. Waltz of the flowers, valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II (The Nutcracker, op. 71: Act 2)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский6:42
4Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34: Alborada
conductor:
János Sándor
partial recording of:
Каприччио на испанские темы, op. 34 (Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, Capriccio espagnol)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer) (in 1887)
dedicated to:
Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992)
part of:
Works of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov by opus number (number: op. 34)
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков1:24
5The Last Spring
orchestra:
Dresdner Philharmonie (Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra) and Festivalový orchestr Praha (Prague Festival Orchestra)
conductor:
Herbert Kegel (conductor) and Pavel Urbanek (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34: No. 2. The Last Spring, for strings)
orchestrator and composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
orchestration of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34: No. 2. Våren (for piano)
part of:
To elegiske melodier, op. 34 (Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for strings)
Edvard Grieg6:08
6Slavonic Dance No. 2
orchestra:
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra (Hungarian National Philharmonic)
conductor:
Ádám Fischer (Hungarian conductor)
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83: No. 2 in E minor (Dumka)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1878-04 until 1878-08-22)
part of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 46, B. 83 (for orchestra)
recording of:
Slavonic Dances, op. 72: No. 2 in E minor: Allegretto grazioso (for orchestra)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1886-11 until 1887-01-05)
premiered at:
[concert] (1887-01-06)
part of:
Slawische Tänze, op. 72, B. 147 (Slavonic Dances, op. 72, B. 147, for orchestra)
Antonín Dvořák5:31
7The Sleeping Beauty - Introduction
conductor:
Hans Vonk (conductor)
recording of:
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66: Introduction
composer:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Спящая красавица, op. 66 (The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский2:49
8Siegfried's Death and Funeral March, From 'Twilight of the Gods'
conductor:
Yuri Ahronovitch (conductor)
recording of:
Excerpt from Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II. Trauermusik beim Tode Siegfrieds (Funeral March)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1869 until 1874, from 1872-01-04 until 1874-11-21)
part of:
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Akt III, Scene II "Hoiho?" - "Hoiho!"
Richard Wagner7:00
9Songs My Mother Taught Me
orchestra:
Budapest Strings (Budapest String Orchestra; Budapest Strings)
conductor:
Béla Bánfalvi (violinist, concert master of Budapest strings)
recording of:
Gipsy Songs, op. 55: IV. Songs My Mother Taught Me (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1880-01 until 1880-02)
arrangement of:
Cigánské melodie, op. 55: IV. Když mne stará matka (Gypsy Songs: Songs My Mother Taught Me, for voice and piano)
Antonín Dvořák2:18
10Emperor Waltz
orchestra:
Orchester der Wiener Volksoper and Vienna Opera Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym; also Vienna Strauss Orchestra)
conductor:
Joseph Francek
recording of:
Kaiser‐Walzer, op. 437 (Emperor Waltz, op. 437)
premiered in:
Berlin, Germany (on 1889-10-21)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1889)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 437)
Johann Strauss II11:52
10▶CD: Volume 10: The Top 10 of Classical Music 1894-1928