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The Essential Classics Collection
by Myung-Whun Chung Géza Anda Rudolf Baumgartner Trevor Pinnock Karl Böhm Eugen Jochum Ferdinand Leitner Ferenc Fricsay Neeme Järvi Claudio Abbado
from DG

Features:

• Box set

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Bought it as a gift
  I bought this as a gift for my niece, since I wanted her to be educated about classical music as she was on her way to college. Ended up buying two copies as I found I loved it so much. Normally I like to pick and choose my orchestras, composers, and conductors, but this collection has jujst about everything. Also, I'd never bought some of the more "popular" items (Strauss and Grieg) as I'd heard them a million times, but now I have them and the performances are all great. This truly has a smattering of it... more info

• Good value collection... but...
  This 6 CD collection contains most of the popular classical music you could every want and is priced competitively. However many of the recordings are very old and the sound quality is at best adequate. A lot of the performances although technically excellent are dull and uninspiring. The packaging is bland with minimal information about the music or performers. If you want quality rather than quantity look elsewhere.

• The ultimate classical album
  Yes I know lots of people have said this before but if you want a box set to add to your collection then this has to be it. Quite simply it has everything you will need to cover any mood you might be in. An essential purchase. 5 stars!

• Good beginner's collection
  A very wide selection of pieces, organised into themes, although rather loosely if you ask me!! Some of them just didn't fit the theme. Mostly a good selection, but a few pieces that let the collection down.

  A very good collection for someone new to classical music, but most classical fans will have the best pieces on this collection already and would do better buying something like the fantastic Tchaikovsky box set they have here.

Tracks:

1. No.13. Morning mood - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
2. 1. Canon - Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
3. Le Cygne - Wolfgang Herzer, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
4. Pavane, Op.50 - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver
5. 2. Adagio - Göran Söllscher, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
6. 2. Air - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7. 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam) - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik
8. 1. Adagio - Moderato - Pierre Fournier, Berliner Philharmoniker, Alfred Wallenstein
9. Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor - Arr. Remo Giazotto/ Transcr. A. Lagoya - Eduard Kaufmann, Walter Prystawski, Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner
10. 2. Largo - Berliner Philharmoniker, Rafael Kubelik
11. Entr'acte (Barcarolle) - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
12. Les toréadors - Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
13. "O Fortuna" - Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Walter Hagen-Groll
14. 4. In the Hall of the Mountain King - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
15. 1. Allegro non molto - 2. Largo - 3. Allegro - Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, Simon Standage
16. Promenade - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

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