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JACQUES OFFENBACH

Also sprach Zarathustra

1 Introduction
Wiener Philharmoniker Lorin Maazel

Orpheus in the Underworld

2:02

EDVARD GRIEG

6 Air
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

String Quintet No. 5

11 Minuet

Serenade in G major
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
3 Allegro

Kinderszenen
7 Trumerei

5:24

Orchestra e Coro dellAccademia Nazionale

di Santa Cecilia Carlo Maria Giulini

2:57

3:55

2:09

1:38

Salvatore Accardo violin

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit

JOHANNES BRAHMS

ALEXIS EMANUEL CHABRIER

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

Symphony No. 9 From the New World

NICCOL PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 2
16 Rondo La campanella (excerpt)

Isaac Stern violin

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta

Symphony No. 3
13 Poco allegretto

ANTONN DVOK
9 Allegro con fuoco (excerpt)
Berliner Philharmoniker Rafael Kubelik

1:14

arr. G. Feygin

Irina Saizewa piano

Violin Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Yuli Reyentovich

The Four Seasons:

Violin Concerto in E major Spring
12 Allegro
3:29

M vlast (My Country)

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Il trovatore
4 Vedi! le fosche notturne spoglie
(Anvil Chorus)

15 The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

ANTONIO VIVALDI
2:43

BEDICH SMETANA
8 The Moldau (excerpt)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik

3:26

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Daniel Barenboim piano

Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

arr. Tibor Kov

ROBERT SCHUMANN
WOLFGANG AMADEUS
MOZART

6:04

NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

LUIGI BOCCHERINI
4:41

Piano Sonata No. 14 Moonlight

14 Adagio sostenuto
Wilhelm Kempff piano

NDR-Sinfonieorchester
John Eliot Gardiner

Orchestral Suite No. 3

4:16

2:35

orch. Martin Schmeling

2:09

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Peer Gynt
2 Morning
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jrvi

5 Can-Can
Wiener Philharmoniker Lorin Maazel

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

JOHANNES BRAHMS
10 Hungarian Dance No. 5

5:56

17 Espaa Rhapsody for Orchestra

Wiener Philharmoniker
John Eliot Gardiner

6:04

FRDRIC CHOPIN

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Piano Sonata No. 2

18 Funeral March
Martha Argerich piano

Symphony No. 5
8:41

GEORGE GERSHWIN
19 An American in Paris (excerpt)

5:43

5:26

JOAQUN RODRIGO

MAURICE RAVEL

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Romeo and Juliet

22 Dance of the Knights
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

James Levine piano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Levine

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SERGE PROKOFIEV

rev. Frank Campbell-Watson

20 Bolro (excerpt)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

21 Allegro con brio (excerpt)

Berliner Philharmoniker Lorin Maazel

Concierto de Aranjuez
5:16

23 Adagio (excerpt)
Narciso Yepes guitar
Orquesta Sinfnica R.T.V. Espaola
Odn Alonso

3:07

GEORGES BIZET
Carmen
24 Lamour est un oiseau rebelle
(Habanera)

4:26

Teresa Berganza (Carmen)

The Ambrosian Singers
London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado
Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Rigoletto
25 La donna mobile
Plcido Domingo (Duke of Mantua)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini

Il barbiere di Siviglia
3:09

29 Largo al factotum
4:52
Hermann Prey (Figaro)
London Symphony Orchestra Claudio Abbado

HECTOR BERLIOZ
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Gat Parisienne
26 Barcarolle

La Damnation de Faust
3:51

arr. Manuel Rosenthal

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Seiji Ozawa
Giuseppe Verdi

JOHANNES BRAHMS
1:54

Christer Thorvaldsson violin

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Neeme Jrvi

Ludwig van Beethoven

31 Radetzky March
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Ferenc Fricsay

4:55

4:29

Berliner Philharmoniker Rafael Kubelik

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Nutcracker Suite
33 Waltz of the Flowers
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

2:24

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Water Music (Suite II)
32 Alla Hornpipe

JULES MASSENET
Thas
28 Mditation

4:32

JOHANN STRAUSS I

Gioacchino Rossini
27 Lullaby
Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano
Bengt Forsberg piano

30 Hungarian March
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Igor Markevitch

7:09

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

WOLFGANG AMADEUS
MOZART
Requiem
34 Lacrimosa

The Well-Tempered Clavier

3:31

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Friedemann Winklhofer organ
Mnchner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann

Requiem

2:43

Ernst Senff Chor

Berliner Philharmoniker
Carlo Maria Giulini

Turandot
40 Nessun dorma!
2:40

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
37 Prlude laprs-midi dun faune
Doriot Anthony Dwyer flute
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas

39 Pie Jesu
Kathleen Battle soprano
Timothy Farrell organ
Philharmonia Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini

4:06

GIACOMO PUCCINI

GABRIEL FAUR
36 Pavane op. 50 (excerpt)
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa

1:31

GABRIEL FAUR

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Messa da Requiem
35 Dies irae

38 Prelude No. 1
Wilhelm Kempff piano

9:38

Daniel Barenboim

Seiji Ozawa

Carlo Maria Giulini

James Levine

3:05

Sndor Knya (Calaf)

Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS
MOZART

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Toccata and Fugue in D minor
41 Toccata
Helmut Walcha organ

Cantata Herz und Mund

und Tat und Leben
42 Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring

2:42

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major

44 Andante

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Serse
47 Ombra mai fu
Randall Wolfgang oboe
Edward Brewer harpsichord
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

7:18

Gza Anda piano

Camerata Academica des
Mozarteums Salzburg

Messiah
48 Hallelujah

3:34

JOHANN STRAUSS II

Mnchener Bach-Chor
Solistengemeinschaft der
Bachwoche Ansbach Karl Richter

45 The Blue Danube (excerpt)

Wiener Philharmoniker
Karl Bhm

3:39

Tams Vsry piano

46 Bagatelle in A minor Fr Elise

Anatol Ugorski piano

4:00

Canon and Gigue in D major

49 Canon

4:04

Henk Bouman harpsichord

Musica Antiqua Kln Reinhard Goebel

50 Finale: Ode to Joy (excerpt)

Gwyneth Jones soprano
Tatiana Troyanos mezzo-soprano
Jess Thomas tenor
Karl Ridderbusch bass
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker Karl Bhm

3:00

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Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

JOHANN PACHELBEL

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

5:21

Symphony No. 9 Choral

2:57

The John Alldis Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Suite bergamasque
43 Clair de lune

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

3:17

Teresa Berganza

Plcido Domingo

Herbert von Karajan

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

50 CLASSICAL MASTERWORKS
ON DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON

Frdric Chopin

Antonio Vivaldi

You have at your fingertips some of the essential masterpieces of music. Here is a comprehensive sampling
of famous works by great composers. Weve gathered
the obligatory works all known and cherished by
classical music-lovers around the world into a single
collection. This is music that has become familiar to
everyone through its absorption into mass culture
adorning the movie soundtracks, TV shows and commercials that are part of our daily lives.
This compilation is thus a perfect introduction to
the world of classical music for everyone, including
those who cant yet put a name to some pieces they
already know and love. Weve drawn exclusively on the
unique treasure house of music, performances and artists that is the Deutsche Grammophon catalogue.
These acclaimed recordings assure new listeners and
longtime classic fans of experiencing ideal interpretations, reproduced to the highest prevailing technological standards.

George Frideric Handel

THE MUSIC
The glories of the Baroque age are highlighted by the
Pachelbel Canon a favourite at weddings and the
ubiquitous Spring from Vivaldis Four Seasons, as
well as the rousing Hallelujah Chorus from Handels

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Messiah and the exhilarating Hornpipe from his

Water Music for King George I, first performed in 1717
on a royal barge on the River Thames. Bach is represented by the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, made
famous in Disneys Fantasia, the lovely choral movement known familiarly as Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring, and the haunting Air (nicknamed on the G String
after a famous violinist who claimed he could play the
melody on a single string), which was used in the 1967
Procol Harum hit A Whiter Shade of Pale, the movies
The Spy Who Loved Me, Se7en and Collateral, on TVs
The West Wing, and even in video games.
Moving to the Classical era: Boccherinis celebrated Minuet has been heard in famous films ranging
from The Ladykillers to The Blues Brothers, while
Mozarts death-haunted Lacrimosa will strike a powerful chord in anyone who has seen Amadeus. And we
havent forgotten the composers delightful serenade
Eine kleine Nachtmusik (also heard in Amadeus).
Beethovens heroic vision is represented by his Fifth
Symphony perhaps the most famous of all classics
and by the choral Ninth, with its uplifting setting of
Schillers Ode to Joy. His poetic side can be heard in
the evocative Moonlight piano sonata and the everpopular miniature Fr Elise.

From the Romantic 19th century there is the stirring Hungarian March from Berliozs Damnation of
Faust and the most famous of all funeral marches
from Chopins Second Piano Sonata. The Day of Judgement is evoked on a massive scale in the shattering
Dies irae from Verdis setting of the Requiem. Movements from symphonies by Brahms (his Third) and
Dvok (his New World) are included, as is the atmospheric tone painting commonly known as Morning
that Grieg composed for Ibsens drama Peer Gynt.
Youll find the delightful Waltz of the Flowers from
Tchaikovskys Nutcracker ballet also featured in Disneys Fantasia and Smetanas depiction of the river
Moldau, as well as the most famous Hungarian Dance
by Brahms, Offenbachs lilting Barcarolle, the elder
Johann Strausss Radetzky March and his even more
famous sons Blue Danube waltz.
Closer to our own day, there is the opening of Richard Strausss Also sprach Zarathustra, like the Blue
Danube now forever associated with Kubricks 2001:
A Space Odyssey. Debussys Clair de lune and Prlude
laprs-midi dun faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of
a Faun) epitomize French impressionism. One of the
most recognizable pieces of all is Ravels hypnotic
Bolro. Other modern favourites are Gershwins
charming, at times jazzy depiction of An American in
Paris, Prokofievs magnificent ballet treatment of
Romeo and Juliet, and the slow movement from Rodrigos Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar, whose poignant
theme is played by Miles Davis on his classic album

Sketches of Spain. That melody is so strong, said the

legendary jazz trumpeter, that the softer you play it,
the stronger it gets.
Opera is by no means neglected in this collection
of greatest hits. Rossinis feisty Figaro, the Barber of
Seville, introduces himself with his famous tonguetwisting aria Largo al factotum. There is Verdi, naturally: the faithless Dukes swaggering tribute to womens supposed fickleness, La donna mobile, from
his Rigoletto; and from Il trovatore, the clangorous
Anvil Chorus so memorably sent up by the Marx
Brothers. From Bizets Carmen, theres the heroines
sensual Habanera. And of course Puccini: the rapturous aria from Turandot Nessun dorma! that has
become a showpiece for every great tenor.
THE ARTISTS
The performers in this collection of classical highlights
are some of the finest musicians of the 20th century
instrumentalists and singers who have helped establish Deutsche Grammophons unmatched renown. In
1938 the first record by Herbert von Karajan was
released, and 21 years later, in 1959, Karajan renewed
his association with Deutsche Grammophon and went
on to become the most celebrated conductor in recording history. Beginning in 1949 with Ferenc Fricsay,
other podium giants have contributed mightily to the
labels image of excellence. The distinguished list featured in this set also includes Igor Markevitch, Karl
Bhm, Rafael Kubelik, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado,

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Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas, Carlo Maria

Giulini, John Eliot Gardiner, James Levine, Neeme
Jrvi and Christian Thielemann.
Two of the worlds most celebrated orchestras, the
Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, continue to record for Deutsche Grammophon today. And
youll also hear other outstanding ensembles that have
burnished DGs image over the decades, including the
London, Boston and Chicago Symphony orchestras and
the conductorless Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
There are many legendary names among the
instrumentalists performing here: pianists such as
Wilhelm Kempff playing Bach and Beethoven, Martha
Argerich in Chopin, Tams Vsrys Debussy,
Schumanns dreamy Trumerei from Daniel Barenboim, and Gza Anda playing the Andante from
Mozarts Piano Concerto No. 21 the very recording
heard and immortalized on the soundtrack of the
tragic Swedish film Elvira Madigan. Celebrated violinist Isaac Stern is the soloist in Vivaldis Spring and
Salvatore Accardo masters Paganinis virtuosic Bell
Rondo from his B minor Violin Concerto. Youll also
discover famed Spanish guitarist Narciso Yepes and
Bach organ-music authority Helmut Walcha.
Then we come to the great vocal artists gracing
this collection: Plcido Domingo singing La donna
mobile, Hermann Prey as Rossinis Figaro, Teresa
Berganzas authoritative Carmen, Kathleen Battle
exquisite in the Pie Jesu from Faurs Requiem,
and the uniquely versatile Anne Sofie von Otter sing-

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ing the worlds most famous Lullaby by Brahms.

These are names that inspire adulation in admirers of
great voices.
THE LABEL
This selection of 50 classical masterworks is simultaneously an illustration of Deutsche Grammophons
prestigious history. It presents a panorama of more
than half a century of recording on the Yellow Label,
from 1958 to today. But this also reflects a much longer past. The DG story goes back to the birth of recording itself in 1898, when the company was founded in
Hanover along with the first record and gramophone
manufacturing works. Our anthology is above all an
image of the present and the future. Listeners wont
find older (mono) recordings here but you will discover
some of the greatest performances captured on disc
since the appearance of stereo.
Deutsche Grammophon has remained at the cutting
edge of sound recording technology, following in the
footsteps of its founder, Emil Berliner, whose invention
of the gramophone, both the player and the disc, triggered the mass production of sound recordings. Many
stages of development have led to the perfection we
take for granted from DG today. In 1946 it became the
first company to make all recordings using magnetic
tape. In 1950 records with up to nine minutes playing
time per side were introduced, based on the DG invention of variable grooves, and the next year the company released its first 33-rpm long-playing records

(also known as LPs), bringing sound reproduction

markedly superior to the old 78s.
Each of these technological advances stimulated
the re-recording of a vast repertoire, but perhaps the
most revolutionary developments were the advent of
stereophonic discs, first released by DG in the late
1950s, and that of digital recording and a new sound
carrier, the digital Compact Disc. The first CD to be
issued, recorded in 1981, featured Herbert von Karajan
conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. At a press conference introducing the new medium, the maestro famously declared: Everything else is gaslight. Karajan would
undoubtedly have been fascinated by the next stage in

technology represented by this digital release, and by

the potential of media players for bringing great music
to new audiences.
Deutsche Grammophon reached its centenary in
1998, still the largest and most successful classical
record company. In recognition of its remarkable
achievements, UKs prestigious Gramophone magazine
named it Label of the Year 2007, declaring:
Deutsche Grammophon stands for all that is best
about classical music. In this collection of 50 essential masterworks, the selection, the artists and the
engineering all combine to confirm that accolade.

Herbert von Karajan and Jan Timmer

at a press conference to introduce the CD

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This compilation  2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin

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Project Manager: Anja Rittmller
Booklet Editor: Jens Schnemeyer
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Tchaikovsky: painting by Nikolai Kutznetsov, 1893  akg-images/De Agostini Picture Library
Chopin: painting by Ivan Boxel, 19th century  akg-images/De Agostini Picture Library/A. Dagli Orti
Handel: painting by Thomas Hudson, 1749  akg-images
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Mozart: painting by Barbara Krafft, 1819  akg-images/Erich Lessing
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