Valentine’s Day - 50 Classical Love Songs (2013)
Valentine’s Day - 50 Classical Love Songs (2013)
CD1 01/50. Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 8 in C Minor for Piano, Op. 13, “Pathetique”: II. Adagio cantabile 02/50. Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen (Childhood Scenes), Op. 15: VII. Traumerei (Dreaming) 03/50. George Frideric Handel – Xerxes, Act 1: “Ombra mai fu” 04/50. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto No. 21 in C Major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467: Andante 05/50. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Song of an Indian Merchant (From Sadko) 06/50. Max Bruch – Double Concerto in E Minor for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra, Op. 88: II. Allegro moderato 07/50. Sir Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour, Op. 12 08/50. Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata in E-Flat Major for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano 09/50. Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, “Emperor”: II. Adagio un poco mosso (attacca) 10/50. Antonin Dvorak – Waldesruhe (Silent Woods) for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68: Lento e molto cantabile 11/50. Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air 12/50. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade in C Major for Strings, Op. 48: III. Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco 13/50. Franz Joseph Haydn – Concerto No. 2 in D Major for Cello and Orchestra, Hob. VIIb/2: II. Adagio 14/50. Johannes Brahms – Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120: I. Allegro amabile 15/50. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261 CD2 16/50. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a: VI. Pas de Quatre 17/50. Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor for Piano, Op. 27:2, “Moonlight Sonata”: Adagio sostenuto 18/50. Ferdinando Carulli – Adagio and Variations after Hummel, Op. 160 19/50. Felix Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61: II. Notturno 20/50. Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto in G Major for Viola and Orchestra, TWV 51:G9: I. Largo 21/50. Antonin Dvorak – Serenade in E Major for Strings, Op. 22: IV. Larghetto 22/50. Johann Strauss II – A Night in Venice – Ouverture: Andante Maestoso 23/50. Edvard Grieg – Romances, Op. 15: I. Margretes Vuggesang (Margrete’s Cradle Song) 24/50. Johann Sebastian Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 25/50. Felix Mendelssohn – Concerto in E Minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64: II. Andante 26/50. Sir Edward Elgar – Sonata in E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 82: II. Romance 27/50. Jean Paul Egide Martini – Plaisir d’Amour 28/50. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sonata No. 12 in F Major for Piano, K. 332: II. Adagio 29/50. Antonio Vivaldi – Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8 – Concerto No. 1 in E Major, RV 269, “La primavera” (Spring): I. Allegro 30/50. George Frideric Handel – Concerto No. 10 in D Minor for Organ and Orchestra, HWV 309, Op. 7: I. Adagio CD3 31/50. Ludwig van Beethoven – Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59, “Fur Elise” 32/50. Frederic Chopin – Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major 33/50. Felix Mendelssohn – Songs Without Words, Op. 62: Spring Song in A Major: Allegro grazioso 34/50. Fritz Kreisler – Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (Old Viennese Melodies): II. Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) 35/50. Claude Debussy – Preludes, Book I, L 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair): Tres calme et doucement expressif 36/50. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”: II. Romance: Andante 37/50. Franz Schubert – Wiegenlied (Lullaby) No. 2 38/50. Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24, “Spring”: II. Adagio molto espressivo 39/50. Edvard Grieg – Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16: II. Adagio 40/50. Johann Strauss II – Tausendandeine Nacht – Ouverture: Instrum. Einlagen 41/50. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Concerto No. 20 in D Minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 466: II. Romance 42/50. Antonio Vivaldi – Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8 – Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297, “L’inverno” (Winter): II. Largo 43/50. Pietro Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana: Symphonic Intermezzo 44/50. Frederic Chopin – Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57: Lullaby 45/50. George Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1: III. Intermezzo 46/50. Franz Schubert – Ellen’s Chants, D. 839: Ave Maria 47/50. Giuseppe Verdi – Nabucco: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, “Va pensiero, sull’ali dorate” 48/50. George Frideric Handel – Concerto No. 3 in G Minor for Oboe and Orchestra, HWV 287: III. Sarabande: Largo 49/50. Cesar Franck – Panis Angelicus, Op. 12 50/50. Charles Gounod – Ave Maria (after J.S. Bach)
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