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Table of Contents:

• Cantigas de Santa Maria. Santa Maria, strela do dia (2:13) / Alfonso X El Sabio (La Tempête ; Simon-Pierre Bestion, conductor)
• Concerto italien. [Allegro] (3:53) / Bach (Rafal Blechacz, piano)
• Le songe d'une nuit d'été. Allegro appassionato (4:20) / Mendelssohn (John Eliot Gardiner, conductor)
• Trio "Dumky" op. 90. Andante-Vivace non troppo (5:44) / Dvorák (Trio Wanderer)
• Souvenances (3:36) / Saint-Saëns (Yann Beuron, tenor)
• Sonate pour alto et piano op. 36. Finale scherzando: allegretto (4:05) / Vieuxtemps (Antoine Tamestit, viola ; Cédric Tiberghien, piano)
• Le coq d'or. Hymne au soleil (4:38) / Rimski-Korsakov (Aida Garifullina, soprano)
• Préludes nos. 22 à 24 (4:30) / Chopin (Julien Brocal, piano)
• Concerto pour flûte no 6. Polonaise (4:44) / Devienne (patrick Gallois, flute)
• Ascendo ad Patrem meum (3:39) / Scheidt (Vox Luminis ; Lionel Meunier, conductor)
• L'estro armonico op. 3: Concerto pour violon RV 310 (6:58) / Vivaldi (Fabio Biondi, violin ; Europa Galante)
• Sonate no. 7, op. 10 no. 3. Presto (6:30) / Beethoven (Sviatoslav Richter, piano)
• Variations sur un thème rococo. Variations nos 6 et 7-coda (4:42) / Tchaïkovski (Mstislav Rostropovitch, cello).

Contributors:

Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, 1221-1284

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921

Vieuxtemps, Henri, 1820-1881

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

Devienne, François, 1759-1803

Scheidt, Samuel, 1587-1654

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Bestion, Simon-Pierre , conductor

Blechacz, Rafał, 1985- , instrumentalist

Gardiner, John Eliot , conductor

Beuron, Yann , singer

Tamestit, Antoine, 1979- , instrumentalist

Tiberghien, Cédric, 1975- , instrumentalist

Garifullina, Aida , singer

Brocal, Julien, 1987- , instrumentalist

Gallois, Patrick , instrumentalist

Meunier, Lionel , conductor

Biondi, Fabio , instrumentalist

Richter, Sviatoslav, 1915-1997 , instrumentalist

Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007 , instrumentalist

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

Trio Wanderer , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

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

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

Languages:

French
Russian
Latin

Language Notes:

5th work sung in French, 7th work sung in Russian, 10th work in Latin.

Included Works:

Cantigas de Santa María [by Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon] > Santa Maria, strela do dia

Italienisches Konzert [by Bach, J.S.] > Nr. 1

Sommernachtstraum [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.] > Intermezzo

Trios, piano, violin, cello [by Dvořák, A.] > Op. 90, E minor > Andante

Souvenances [by Saint-Saëns, C.]

Sonatas, viola, piano [by Vieuxtemps, H.] > Op. 36, B♭ major > Finale scherzando

Zolotoĭ petushok [by Rimsky-Korsakov, N.] > Otvetʹ mne

Preludes, piano [by Chopin, F.] > Op. 28 > No. 22

Preludes, piano [by Chopin, F.] > Op. 28 > No. 24

Concertos, flute, orchestra [by Devienne, F.] > No. 6, D major > Polonaise

Cantiones sacrae [by Scheidt, S.] > Ascendo ad patrem meum

Estro armonico [by Vivaldi, A.] > N. 3

Sonatas, piano [by Beethoven, L.v.] > No. 7, op. 10, no. 3, D major > Presto

Variations sur un thème rococo [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] (Selections)

Alternate Titles:

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

Subjects:

Sacred songs

Piano music

Incidental music

Piano trios

Sonatas (Viola and piano)

Operas — Excerpts

Songs (High voice) with orchestra

Concertos (Flute)

Motets

Concertos (Violin with string orchestra)

Variations (Cello with orchestra)

Operas

Genres:

Sacred music

Incidental music

Songs

Sonatas

Operas

Excerpts

Concertos

Motets

Variations (Music)

Preludes (Music)

Chamber music

Art music

Performers:

Various performers.

Performance Medium:

2 ensembles: mixed chorus; instrumental ensemble
1 performer: piano
1 performer: orchestra
3 performers: piano; violin; cello
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo tenor voice; orchestra
2 performers: viola; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo flute; orchestra
1 ensemble: vocal ensemble
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo violin; string orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo cello; orchestra
2 ensembles: mixed chorus; instrumental ensemble
1 performer: piano
1 ensemble: orchestra
3 performers: piano; violin; cello
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo tenor voice; orchestra
2 performers: viola; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo flute; orchestra
1 ensemble: mixed chorus
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo violin; string orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo cello; orchestra

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Issued with Classica, no. 191, April 2017.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 90
op. 36
op. 28 No. 22.
op. 28 No. 24.
no. 6
no. 7, op. 10, no. 3

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 155,503

OCLC Numbers:

1089109359