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

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
2▶CD: The Baroque
3▶CD: Classicism
4▼CD: Romanticism, Part 1
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1A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn2:49
2A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: no. 9. Wedding March: Allegro vivace)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn3:27
3On Wings of Song
Felix Mendelssohn2:58
4Minute Waltz
Fryderyk Chopin1:55
5Etude No.3 in E ("Tristesse")
recording of:
Étude in E major, op. 10 no. 3: Lento ma non troppo
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (in 1832)
part of:
Études, op. 10
Fryderyk Chopin3:13
6Nocturne in E Flat
Fryderyk Chopin4:41
7Traumerei (Dreaming)
Robert Schumann2:29
8Liebestraum No.3 in A flat
Franz Liszt3:08
9Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
recording of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle, catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
arrangement of:
Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Acte III. “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” (Nicklausse, Giulietta)
Jacques Offenbach4:11
10Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Richard Wagner4:33
11Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt (The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner4:40
12Rakoczy March
Hector Berlioz3:24
13Triumphal March from Aida
Giuseppe Verdi3:09
14Celeste Aida from Aida
Giuseppe Verdi2:21
15Va pensiero, from "Nabucco"
Giuseppe Verdi4:59
16Soldiers' Chorus from Foust
Charles‐François Gounod2:42
17Waltz from Foust
Charles‐François Gounod2:38
18Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld
recording of:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Scene 2. Galop Infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop, widely known as “Can-can”)
composer:
Jacques Offenbach (German-French composer, cellist and impresario)
part of:
Orphée aux Enfers: Acte II, Tableau 4 (Les Enfers)
Jacques Offenbach2:17
19Light Cavalry Overture
recording of:
Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre (Light Cavalry: Overture)
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer)
part of:
Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry)
Franz von Suppé2:50
5▶CD: Romanticism, Part 2
6▶CD: Romanticism, Part 3
7▶CD: The Modern Era, Part 1
8▶CD: The Modern Era, Part 2