|
Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits | 
 enlarge | Creators: Mischa Maisky, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Edvard Grieg, George Frederick Handel, Franz Liszt, Pietro Mascagni, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean-joseph Mouret, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Utv Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.98
New (31) Used (22) from $2.79
Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 41950
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 463240
UPC: 028946324028
EAN: 0028946324028
ASIN: B00004GOZA
Release Date: February 8, 2000
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | | • | 1st movement (Adagio sostenuto) | | • | March of the Toreadors | | • | Polovtsian Dance No.1 (Excerpt) | | • | No.4, Wiegenlied | | • | 2nd movement, Largo | | • | Andante | | • | Finale | | • | Prelude ("Morning") | | • | Hallelujah Chorus | | • | Excerpt | | • | Intermezzo | | • | Wedding March |
Disc 2
| • | The Great Gate of Kiev | | • | 1st movement (Allegro) | | • | Cancan | | • | No.1, O Fortuna | | • | Canon | | • | Turandot: Nessun dorma | | • | Nessun dorma! | | • | Variation No.18 | | • | Finale | | • | Flight of the Bumblebee | | • | Finale | | • | Sunrise | | • | Finale | | • | Finale | | • | Vedi! le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus) | | • | Largo |
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. Of course, you only get one Bach sampling (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and one Mozart (A Little Night Music conducted by Herbert von Karajan), but this is still a nice collection--perhaps the starting point for a budding collection of classical music. This set's downfall? Unfortunately, though the liner notes discuss the evolution of classical music chronologically, the tracks are programmed in alphabetical order by composer's last name. This makes for some startling transitions! Emil Gilels's reflective performance of the Adagio from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is followed by the crashing cymbals and bombast of Carmen's "March of the Toreadors," a recipe for a heart attack if there ever was one. Still, there's something here for everyone and the liner notes even explain what movies this music can be found in. A nice touch. --Jason Verlinde
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 must have January 17, 2008
This set is really a must have for anyone who enjoys good music.
We are on our 3rd copy- we scratched the first and lost the second in a move.
 Waste of money January 12, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Watch out for the volume leveling mentioned in another review. Surely the compliers could have come up with a better sort order than by composer. The change in tempo/volume between pieces makes it impossible to enjoy. My two CD's ended up in the trash.
Ken
Great Music Compilation August 15, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great CD full of many songs that you will recognize and enjoy. If you are someone who likes classical music but doesn't necessarily know which songs or which composers you like, then this CD is for you. You will likely recognize many of the songs as the classical songs you would have picked out to be your favorites.
If you like classical music don't buy this CD. March 10, 2005
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Most of the tracks were chopped down to 3-4 minutes so some of the best parts of the compositions are missing. I don't know what I was thinking trying to buy 40 classical songs on two CD's. If you really want to enjoy the music you would do better to purchase a CD with fewer, but better quality tracks.
A must for anyone wanting the staples of classical music February 23, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
In my years of experience teaching Fine Arts to high school students, I know that the majority, if not all, of the music included on this album is commonly used in collge music appreciation courses. This is an excellent sample of truly all the "greatest hits" of classical music. My students enjoy listening to the music and have later told me when take their required music apreciation courses in college that they "already know it all" because of this CD! The recordings are clear, the selections are passionate, and the listener will gain a familiarity with all of the most commonly heard classical music used in tv commercials, movies, etc.
I recommend this album, along with the boxed set, "Age of the Classics" for anyone who is interested in becoming familiar with the most famous staples of classical music.
|
|
|
Copyright 2006 - CD Shopper | |
