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A to Z of Classical Music | 
| Artist: Various
Creators: Various, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Benjamin Britten, Frederic Chopin, Arcangelo Corelli, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, Philip Glass, George Frederick Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Hildegard von Bingen
Label: Naxos
Category: Music
List Price: $12.99
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Seller: MovieMars-CDs
Sales Rank: 5647
Format: Box set, CD, Classical, Digital Sound, Double CD
Language: English (Unknown)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Running Time: 150 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.1 x 1.9
MPN: 747313531929
UPC: 747313531929
EAN: 0747313531929
ASIN: B00004YYRT
Publication Date: 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2 CD SET | | • | 562 PAGE BOOK |
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Adams: Short Ride in a Fast... - Nova Schola Gregoriana | | • | Bach: Double Violin Concerto - Oxford Camerata | | • | Bartok: 44 Duos for Two Violins - Oxford Camerata | | • | Beethoven: I. Grave - Red Byrd | | • | Berlioz: IV. Marche au supplice - Capella Istropolitana | | • | Brahms: III. Poco allegretto - Capella Istropolitana | | • | Britten: II. Playful Pizzicato - Laurence Cummings | | • | Chopin: Impromptu No. - Takako Nishizaki | | • | Debussy: No. 2: Fêtes - Miroslav Kejmar | | • | Dvorak: III. Allegretto grazioso - Capella Istropolitana | | • | Elgar: IV. Where Corals Lie - Scholars Baroque Ensemble | | • | Greig: II. Adagio - Capella Istropolitana | | • | Handel: For unto us a child is... - Failoni Orchestra | | • | Haydn: III. Finale: Allegro - Capella Istropolitana | | • | Janacek: IV. Allegretto - Jeno Jando | | • | Liszt: No. 2: Gnomenreigen - Ernst Ottensamer | | • | Mahler: Von der Jugend - Hungarian State Opera Chorus |
Disc 2
| • | Mendelssohn: Andante con moto... - Ingrid Kertesi | | • | Monteverdi: Occhi, un tempo mia. - Pinchas Steinberg | | • | Mozart: II. Larghetto - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra | | • | Palestrina: Hodie Christus ... - Idil Biret | | • | Prokoviev: IV. Vivace - Alexander Rahbari | | • | Schicchi: O mio babbino caro - Uwe Mund | | • | Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor, - Alexander Rahbari | | • | Rossini: Sinfonia - Budapest Symphony | | • | Schoenberg: II. Langsam - Ondrej Lenard | | • | Schubert: IV. Theme and Vari... - Balazs Szokolay | | • | Schumann: I. Allegro vivace - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | | • | Shostakovich: I. Waltz - Keith Clark | | • | Strauss: No. 1: Frühling - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra | | • | Stravinsky: Russian Dance - Idil Biret | | • | Tchaikovsky: Valse: Allegro - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | • | Telemann: IV. Presto - Bournemouth Sinfonietta | | • | Verdi: Act III. La donna è mobile - Slovak Philharmonic Chorus | | • | Vivaldi: III. Il sonno - Bournemouth Sinfonietta | | • | Vivaldi: IV. Sorge l aurora - Adele Anthony | | • | Wagner: Isolde s Liebestod |
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Product Description
A-Z of Classical Music is a remarkable 932-page, illustrated book, detailing the lives of all the great composers as well as many less known, but equally fascinating, musical masters. Like the Naxos range of recordings itself, A-Z of Classical Music is a rich source of inspiration for anyone either just embarking on a lifetime of musical enjoyment or for whom classical music has long been a way of life. Included within is an extensive glossary of musical terms plus a unique guide to classical music used in acclaimed films. Two-and-a-half hours of the finest music from across the centuries are contained on the accompanying CDs.
Amazon.com
Is it a two-CD set with a particularly thick booklet, or a 562-page book with a compilation album attached? Either way, the unpretentious text by Keith Anderson offers an introduction to the lives and works of dozens of composers, together with recommended recordings from the Naxos and Marco Polo catalogs. Anderson includes a useful 59-page glossary of musical terms and an extensive listing of classical pieces used in films. The odd thing about the 36 extracts and complete pieces on the CDs is that they do not form an A-to-Z at all. Rather, they are arranged chronologically, from 1,000-year-old Gregorian chant to the opening movement of contemporary composer Philip Glass's Violin Concerto. Between these two points is the early music of Palestrina and Byrd; the Baroque glories of Vivaldi and Bach; the 19th-century Romantic masters, from Beethoven to Tchaikovsky; and such 20th-century greats as Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. Opera, song, and chamber music are barely represented, but only so much can fit into 151 minutes. Essentially a deluxe sampler of the vast Naxos catalogue, the discs offer a good introduction to some of the most famous and melodic music ever composed, while the book will be very useful to newcomers to the potentially confusing world of classical music. --Gary S. Dalkin
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