Various - Great Music's Greatest Hits
Musician: VariousAlbum title: Great Music's Greatest Hits
Style: Baroque, Modern, Romantic, Classical
Released: 1977
Country: UK
Size MP3 version: 1266 mb
Size APE version: 1535 mb
Size WMA version: 1655 mb
Rating ✫: 4.4
Votes: 431
Format: FLAC MP2 AHX MP1 AU MPC AC3
Genre: Classical
Various - Great Music's Greatest Hits mp3 album
Tracklist
| A1 | Tritsch-Tratsch Polka |
| A2 | The Beautiful Blue Danube |
| A3 | Thunder And Lightning Polka |
| A4 | Vienna Blood Waltz |
| B1 | Overture To 'The Gypsy Baron' |
| B2 | Tales From The Vienna Woods Waltz |
| B3 | Emperor Waltz |
| C1 | Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor - Theme From The First Movement |
| C2 | Waltz From 'The Sleeping Beauty' |
| C3 | Andante Cantabile From String Quartet No. 1 In D, Op. 11 |
| C4 | Marche Slave, Op. 31 |
| D1 | Pas De Deux From Act II Of 'The Nutcracker' |
| D2 | Cossack Dance From 'Mazeppa' |
| D3 | Overture '1812' |
| The Water Music - Suite | |
| E1 | Allegro |
| E2 | Air |
| E3 | Bourée; Hornpipe |
| E4 | Andante Espressivo; Allegro Diciso |
| — | |
| E5 | Hallelujah Chorus From 'Messiah' |
| F1 | Where'er You Walk From 'Semele' |
| F2 | Largo From 'Xerxes' |
| The Royal Fireworks - Suite | |
| F3 | Overture |
| F4 | Alla Siciliana |
| F5 | Bourée; Minuet |
| — | |
| G1 | Overture: 'Egmont', Op. 84 |
| G2 | Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 - First Movement - Allegro Con Brio |
| G3 | Symphony No. 6 In F, Op. 68 ('Pastoral') - First Movement - Cheerful Impressions On Arriving In The Country |
| H1 | Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 ('Choral') - Fourth Movement - 'Ode To Joy' (Sung In German) |
| I1 | Etude In E, Op. 10, No. 3 |
| I2 | Polonaise In A Flat, Op. 53 |
| I3 | Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9, No. 2 |
| I4 | Ballade No. 3 In A Flat, Op. 47 |
| I5 | Etude In C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 ('Revolutionary') |
| J1 | Etude In A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 ('Winter Wind') |
| J2 | Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1 ('Minute') |
| J3 | Prelude In D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24 |
| J4 | Scherzo No. 2 In B Flat Minor, Op. 31 |
| J5 | Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21 - Third Movement |
| K1 | Toccata And Fugue In D Minor |
| Suite No. 3 In D (For Orchestra) | |
| K2 | Ouverture |
| K3 | Air |
| K4 | Gavotte ( 1 & 2) |
| K5 | Bourée |
| K6 | Gigue |
| — | |
| L1 | Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring |
| L2 | Ave, Maria |
| L3 | Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor |
| M1 | Overture To 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' |
| M2 | Overture 'The Herbrides' (Fingal's Cave) |
| N1 | Spinning Song, Op. 67, No. 4 |
| Violin Concerto In E Minor, Op. 64 | |
| N2 | First Movement - Allegro Molto Appassionato |
| N3 | Second Movement - Andante |
| N4 | Third Movement - Allegretto - Allegro Molto Vivace |
| — | |
| O1 | Piano Concerto In A Minor - First Movement |
| O2 | Eros |
| O3 | Springtime |
| P1 | Solveig's Song From 'Peer Gynt' |
| P2 | Cow-Keeper's Tune And Peasant Dance |
| Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 | |
| P3 | Morning Mood |
| P4 | The Death Of Ase |
| P5 | Anitra's Dance |
| P6 | In The Hall Of The Mountain King |
Credits
- Arranged By – Reinhard* (tracks: F2), Ed Herbage (tracks: E5), Szell* (tracks: E1 to E4), Hess* (tracks: L1), Knight* (tracks: L2), Harty* (tracks: E1 to E4, F3 to F5), Camarata* (tracks: K1)
- Bass Vocals – Ludwig Weber (tracks: H1)
- Chorus – The Beecham Choral Society (tracks: H1)
- Chorus Master – John McCarthy (tracks: E5)
- Composed By – Gounod* (tracks: L2), Grieg* (tracks: O1 to P6), Mendelssohn* (tracks: M1 to N4), Chopin* (tracks: I1 to J5), Handel* (tracks: E1 to F5), Bach* (tracks: K1 to L3), J. Strauss II* (tracks: A1 to B3), Beethoven* (tracks: G1 to H1), Tchaikovsky* (tracks: C1 to D3)
- Conductor – Alexander Gibson (tracks: P3 to P6), Anton Paulik (tracks: A4), Douglas Gamley (tracks: D2, G1), Eric Hammerstein (tracks: O2, O3), Eric Robinson (tracks: A1, P2), George Szell (tracks: E1 to E4, F2 to F5), George Weldon (tracks: O1), Jascha Horenstein (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B3), Karl Münchinger (tracks: K2 to K6), Massimo Freccia (tracks: C2 to C4, D3), René Leibowitz (tracks: G2 to H1, M1, N2 to N4, P1), Robert Mandell (tracks: D1), Rudolf Kempe (tracks: J5), Russell Stranger (tracks: C1), Sir Adrian Boult (tracks: E5, F1, M2), Camarata* (tracks: K1)
- Contralto Vocals – Ruth Siewert (tracks: H1)
- Orchestra – National Philharmonic Orchestra, The* (tracks: A1, D2, G1), Vienna State Opera Orchestra* (tracks: A2 to B3), Filarmonica di Roma* (tracks: C2), Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (tracks: F1), RCA Italiana Symphony Orchestra (tracks: P1), The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra* (tracks: K2 to K6), The Kingsway Symphony Orchestra (tracks: K1), The London Festival Orchestra (tracks: P3 to P6), The London Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: C3, C4, D3), The London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: E1 to E5, F2 to F5), The New Symphony Orchestra Of London (tracks: M2), The New Symphony Orchestra* (tracks: O2, O3, P2), The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: C1, D1, G2 to H1, J5, M1, N2 to O1)
- Organ – Leslie Pearson (tracks: K1)
- Organ [Of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London] – Jiří Ropek (tracks: L3)
- Piano – Abbey Simon (tracks: I1, I4, J2, J4), Anna Steiner (tracks: N1), Moura Lympany* (tracks: J1), Earl Wild (tracks: C1, I2, J3), Julius Katchen (tracks: L1), Michel Block (tracks: I5), Ralph Votapek (tracks: I3), Raymond Lewenthal (tracks: O1), Shura Cherkassky (tracks: J5)
- Soprano Vocals – Inge Borkh (tracks: H1)
- Tenor Vocals – Kenneth McKellar (tracks: F1, L3), Richard Lewis (tracks: H1)
- Violin – Hyman Bress (tracks: N2 to N4)
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMGH-8A | Various | Great Music's Greatest Hits (9xLP, Comp + Box) | Reader's Digest | GMGH-8A | UK | Unknown |
| CMGH-4A | Various | Great Music's Greatest Hits (4xCass, Album + Box) | Reader's Digest | CMGH-4A | UK | Unknown |
