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 Sacd - The Ultimate Audio Experience - The Classics Sampler
Release Date: 06/15/2004 
Label:  Universal   Catalog #: 000262236   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Gustav MahlerAntonín DvorákLudwig van BeethovenGiacomo PucciniFrancesco Gasparini
Vincenzo BelliniHeinrich Ignaz BiberModest MussorgskyFrédéric Chopin
Gaetano DonizettiRichard WagnerOlivier Messiaen
Performer:  Anna NetrebkoAnne-Sophie MutterRoberto AlagnaAngela GheorghiuAndreas Scholl
Renée FlemingLatonia MooreNadja MichaelVladimir Ashkenazy
Andrea MenafraGianluigi PetraruloRossella PerroneGiulio Patara
Juan Diego FlórezJean-Yves ThibaudetTakashi Harada
Conductor:  Pierre BoulezIván FischerGianandrea NosedaKurt MasurRiccardo Chailly
Ottavio DantonePatrick SummersReinhard GoebelPaul McCreesh
Valery GergievGilbert KaplanRiccardo FrizzaClaudio Abbado

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraBudapest Festival OrchestraNew York PhilharmonicMilan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Accademia BizantinaOrchestra of St. Luke'sFlorence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Musica Antiqua CologneGabrieli ConsortGabrieli Players
Vienna SingvereinVerdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra MilanVerdi Chorus Milan
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 10 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Symphony no 3 in D minor: 1st movement, Kräftig by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:  Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893-1896; Hamburg, Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 30 Secs. 
Notes: This work is presented in excerpted form. 
2.  Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147: no 1 in B flat major, Odzemek by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  Iván Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Budapest Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886-1887; Bohemia 
Length: 4 Minutes 13 Secs. 
3.  Rusalka, Op 114/B 203: O moon high up "Song to the moon" by Antonín Dvorák
Performer:  Anna Netrebko (Soprano)
Conductor:  Gianandrea Noseda
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Bohemia 
Length: 5 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Language: Czech 
4.  Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Anne-Sophie Mutter (Violin)
Conductor:  Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New York Philharmonic
Period: Classical 
Written: ?1798; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs. 
5.  La Bohème: O soave fanciulla by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Roberto Alagna (Tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 3 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
6.  Ecco, che al fin ritorno: Il nocchier nella procella by Francesco Gasparini
Performer:  Andreas Scholl (Countertenor)
Conductor:  Ottavio Dantone
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Accademia Bizantina
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1716; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
7.  La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:  Renée Fleming (Soprano)
Conductor:  Patrick Summers
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra of St. Luke's,  Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
8.  Missa Salisburgensis: Kyrie by Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Conductor:  Reinhard Goebel,  Paul McCreesh
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Musica Antiqua Cologne,  Gabrieli Consort,  Gabrieli Players
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1682; Salzburg, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
9.  Pictures at an exhibition: Promenade by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is part of a medley which also includes "Pictures at an exhibition: The Gnome."
Arranger: Maurice Ravel. 
10.  Pictures at an exhibition: no 2, The Gnome by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Valery Gergiev
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is part of a medley which also includes "Pictures at an exhibition: Promenade."
Arranger: Maurice Ravel. 
11.  Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection": 1st movement, Todtenfeier by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Latonia Moore (Soprano), Nadja Michael (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Gilbert Kaplan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna Singverein
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888/1896; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Language: German 
12.  Waltzes (3) for Piano, B 164/Op. 64: no 3 in A flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1846-1847; Paris, France 
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 
13.  Don Pasquale: Com' è gentil by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:  Andrea Menafra (Guitar), Gianluigi Petrarulo (Trumpet), Rossella Perrone (Guitar),
Giulio Patara (Tambourine), Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
Conductor:  Riccardo Frizza
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan,  Verdi Chorus Milan
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
14.  Tannhäuser: O, du mein holder Abendstern by Richard Wagner
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1845/1861; Germany 
Length: 5 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: German 
15.  Turangalîla-Symphonie: 5th movement, Joie du sang des étoiles by Olivier Messiaen
Performer:  Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano), Takashi Harada (Ondes Martenot)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1946-1948; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 20 Secs. 
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