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Table of Contents:

• 3 mazurkas opus 63 / Chopin (5:45)
• Uthal (scène 6, duo) : "Uthal! Ô ciel" / Méhul (3:36)
• Sonate et suite BuxWV 273 / Buxtehude (4:59)
• "Ach, daß ich hören sollte" / Theile (5:55)
• Variations Goldberg. Variations no. 16, 17 et 18 / Bach (6:50)
• Préludes, livre II. Feux d'artifice / Debussy (4:14)
• 5 Stücke im Volkston. Mit humor / Schumann (3:28)
• Aïda (acte III, extrait) : "Qui Radamès verrà!... O patria mia" / Verdi (6:42)
• Concerto pour violoncelle. Finale / Lalo (7:23)
• Impromptu D. 899 no. 2 / Schubert (4:17)
• Concerto pour piano no. 3. Finale / Beethoven (8:38)
• L'Orfeo (acte III, extrait) : "Possente spirto" / Monteverdi (4:30).

Contributors:

Pollini, Maurizio, 1942-2024 , instrumentalist

Deshayes, Karine , singer

Beuron, Yann , singer

Foccroulle, Alice, 1985- , singer

Rana, Beatrice, 1993- , instrumentalist

Egorov, Youri , instrumentalist

Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007 , instrumentalist

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 , instrumentalist

Price, Leontyne , singer

Schippers, Thomas , conductor

Fournier, Pierre, 1906-1986 , instrumentalist

Lipatti, Dinu, 1917-1950 , instrumentalist

Gilels, Emil , instrumentalist

Szell, George, 1897-1970 , conductor

Torres, Victor (Baritone) , singer

Garrido, Gabriel, 1950- , conductor

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

Méhul, Etienne Nicolas, 1763-1817

Buxtehude, Dietrich, 1637-1707

Theile, Johann, 1646-1724

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Lalo, Édouard, 1823-1892

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643

Rêveuse (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

InAlto (Musical group) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

French
German
Italian

Language Notes:

Vocal selections in French, German, and Italian.

Included Works:

Mazurkas, piano [by Chopin, F.] > Op. 63

Uthal [by Méhul, E.N.] > Uthal! Ô ciel

Trio sonatas, violin, viola da gamba, continuo [by Buxtehude, D.] > BuxWV 273, B♭ major > Allegro

Ach dass ich hören sollte [by Theile, J.]

Goldberg-Variationen [by Bach, J.S.] > Variatio, no. 16

Goldberg-Variationen [by Bach, J.S.] > Variatio, no. 17

Goldberg-Variationen [by Bach, J.S.] > Variatio, no. 18

Preludes, piano [by Debussy, C.] > Book 2 > Feux d'artifice

Stücke im Volkston [by Schumann, R.] > Nr. 1, Vanitas vanitatum

Aïda [by Verdi, G.] > O patria mia

Concertos, cello, orchestra [by Lalo, É.] > D minor > Introduction

Impromptus, piano [by Schubert, F.] > D. 899 > No. 2

Concertos, piano, orchestra [by Beethoven, L.v.] > No. 3, op. 37, C minor > Rondo

Orfeo [by Monteverdi, C.] > Possente spirto

Alternate Titles:

Additional title on container: Choc de classica: les extraits des meilleurs CD du mois

Subjects:

Mazurkas

Operas — Excerpts

Sonatas — Excerpts

Suites — Excerpts

Songs

Variations — Excerpts

Concertos (Cello) — Excerpts

Concertos (Piano) — Excerpts

Operas

Sonatas

Suites

Variations

Concertos (Cello)

Concertos (Piano)

Genres:

Mazurkas (Music)

Operas

Sonatas

Suites

Songs

Variations (Music)

Preludes (Music)

Concertos

Excerpts

Performers:

Maurizio Pollini, piano (1st work) ; Karine Deshayes and Yann Beuron, voice (2nd work) ; La Rêveuse (3rd work) ; Alice Foccroulle, voice, with InAlto (4th work) ; Beatrice Rana, piano (5th work) ; Yuri Egorov, piano (6th work) ; Mstislav Rostropovitch, cello, and Benjamin Britten, piano (7th work) ; Lontyne Price, voice, with ensemble conducted by Thomas Schippers (8th work) ; Pierre Fournier, cello (9th work) ; Dinu Lipatti, piano (10th work) ; Emil Gilels, piano, with ensemble conducted by George Szell (11th work) ; Victor Torres, voice, with ensemble conducted by Gabriel Garrido (12th work).

Performance Medium:

1 performer: piano
3 performers: violin; viola da gamba; continuo
1 performer and 1 ensemble: cello; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: piano; orchestra

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Issued with Classica, no. 190, March 2017.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 63
BuxWV 273
no. 16
no. 17
no. 18
D. 899 No. 2.
no. 3, op. 37

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 154,416

OCLC Numbers:

1031467555