Classical Essentials, with a Few Surprises (Beethoven to The Mikado)

Who is this collection for?

Best for a classical music and opera collector; the jazz/pop items here are clear misfits, not the draw.

Collection Overview

A genuine classical/opera collection — core orchestral repertoire (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bartók), Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado, and historic operatic vocal recordings — with a handful of light-orchestral "easy listening" pieces mixed in.

Titles in this Collection:

• In A Monastery Garden | Albert W. Ketelbey
• Beethoven Sonata No. 23 in F Minor & Sonata No. 8 in C Minor | Artur Rubinstein
• Fifty Years of Great Operatic Singing Vol. 1 | Francesco Tamagno/ Mattia Battistini/ Enrico Caruso/ Antonio Scotti
• Favourite Piano Classics | Frank Wibaut
• Love Themes by Tchaikovsky | Jesse Crawford
• Festival of the Hits for the Organ | Juan Cabanilles/ Louis Couperin/ Liszt/ Sweelinck/ Leo Janacek/ John Bull
• Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue, an American In Paris | Leonard Bernstein and The Columbia Symphoy Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic
• Piano Music in the Continuous Mode | Lubomyr Melnyk
• Beethoven Violin Concerto in D Minor | Manoug Parikian
• Bartok Concerto for Orchestra | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
• The Magnificent Liverpool Cathedral Organ | Noel Rawsthorne, Organist
• Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B Flat Minor | Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
• Brahms - Violin Concerto in D Major | The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• The Mikado (Record One) | The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
• The Mikado (Record Two) | The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
• Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor & Symphony No. 36 in C Minor | The Orchestra of the Paris Opera
• Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty | The Philharmonia Orchestra
• Brahms Symphony No. 1 In C Minor | The Vienna Festival Orchestra
• Popular Movements from the Symphonies | The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, with Andre Cluytens