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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [3]
Chopin at 25, by Maria Wodzińska, 1835. Most of Frédéric Chopin's compositions were for solo piano, though he did compose several pieces for piano and orchestra (including two piano concertos) as well as some chamber works that include other instruments.
Mozart's sacred music is mainly vocal, though also instrumental examples exist, like the seventeen Sonate da chiesa, composed between 1772 and 1780. His sacred music presents a rich stylistic mosaic: Gregorian choral elements meet rigorous counterpoint, and even operatic elements can sometimes emerge. Stylistic unity and consistency is present ...
Any discussion of program music brings to mind Walt Disney's animated features Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 (1999), in which the Disney animators provided graphic visualisation of several famous pieces of program music. However, not all the pieces used in the films were particularly programmatic, and in most cases, the narratives ...
Amour, 5 pieces for clarinet, flute, or saxophone Nr. 44 (1976) Atmen gibt das Leben , choral opera with orchestra (or orchestra on tape), Nr. 39 (1974/76–77) Aus den sieben Tagen ("From the Seven Days"), 15 texts for intuitive music (performable separately), Nr. 26 (1968)
The two suites of music from Carmen were arranged by Ernest Guiraud, No. 1 in 1882 : Prélude—Aragonaise (Act IV Entr’acte)—Intermezzo (Act III Entr’acte)—Séguedille—Les dragons d’Alcalá (Act II Entr’acte)—Les toréadors, and No. 2 in 1887: Marche des contrebandiers—Habanera—Nocturne (Act III Air de Micaëla)—Chanson ...
Other purely orchestral pieces from the score that remain unpublished include: Overture to Shall We Dance, a propulsive, frenetic movement in Gershwin's urban music mode; Waltz of the Red Balloons, a waltz with unusual tonalities; Rehearsal Fragments; Rumba Sequence, music completely different from the Cuban Overture;
The following are pieces that are thought to be wrongly attributed to Bach: Eight Short Preludes and Fugues (BWV 553–560) possibly composed by Johann Tobias Krebs; Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) – possibly Bach's transcription of a violin work, or indeed a piece by another composer; Bairstow, Edward. Organ Sonata (1937) Beethoven ...