The Classic 100 - Swoon

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Australia’s top 100 moments of musical bliss

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume I CD1
2▶CD: Volume I CD2
3▶CD: Volume I CD3
4▶CD: Volume I CD4
5▼CD: Volume II CD1
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1Schindler's List: Main Theme
orchestra:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Paul Bateman (conductor)
recording of:
Main Theme (Schindler’s List)
composer:
John Williams (American score composer and conductor) (in 1993)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd., MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
part of:
Schindler's List
part of:
Three Pieces from Schindler’s List
John Williams4:01
2Dawn Mantras
recording engineer:
Allan Maclean (engineer/editor)
producer and editor:
Virginia Read (engineer/editor/producer)
cor anglais [cor anglais]:
Rixon Thomas
didgeridoo [didjeridoo] and didgeridoo [didjeridu]:
Matthew Doyle
percussion:
Ian Cleworth (percussion) and Brian Nixon (percussionist)
shakuhachi:
Jim Franklin (shakahuchi master)
choir vocals:
Cantillation and The Sydney Children's Choir
soprano vocals:
Jane Sheldon (Australian-American soprano)
conductor:
Lyn Williams (Australian composer / choir master)
recorded at:
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre (ABC Studio 200) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (on 2001-10-01)
recording of:
Dawn Mantras
composer:
Ross Edwards (Australian composer)
Ross Edwards7:15
3Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight': 1. Adagio Sostenuto
piano:
Gerard Willems (Australian pianist)
live recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
Ludwig van Beethoven7:05
4Largo (Ombra Mai Fù) From Xerxes, HWV40
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Nicolette Fraillon
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (“largo”; catch‐all for arrangements)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
arrangement of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
George Frideric Handel6:08
5Prélude À 'l'Après-Midi D'Un Faune'
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Jorge Mester (conductor)
recording of:
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune, L. 86, CD 87 (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87, original version for orchestra)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1891 until 1894-09)
dedicated to:
Raymond Bonheur (composer, 1861-1939)
premiered at:
[concert] (1894-12-22)
publisher:
Eugène Fromont (in 1895-10)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 6), Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version de 1977 “L.”) (number: L. 86) and Catalogue François Lesure des œuvres de Claude Debussy (Version révisée en 2001 “CD”) (number: CD 87)
Claude Debussy9:52
6Small Town
oboe:
Guy Henderson (oboist)
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Stuart Challender (conductor)
recording of:
Small Town, W136 (for orchestra)
composer:
Peter Sculthorpe (composer) (in 1976)
part of:
Peter Sculthorpe's Worklist (number: W136)
Peter Sculthorpe6:12
7Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Ola Rudner (conductor)
recording of:
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
composer:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer) (in 1977)
revised by:
Arvo Pärt (Estonian composer) (in 1980)
premiered at:
[concert] (1977-04-07)
Arvo Pärt7:39
8Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: II. Larghetto
violin:
Richard Tognetti (violinist & conductor)
orchestra:
Australian Chamber Orchestra (Australian orchestra founded in 1975)
conductor:
Anthony Halstead (horn soloist, conductor and director)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: II. Larghetto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
Ludwig van Beethoven9:39
9The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Op. 26
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Stuart Challender (conductor)
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26 (The Hebrides, op. 26 “Fingal’s Cave”, Fingal's Cave)
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn9:59
10Slava V Vyshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest) From All-Night Vigil, Op. 37
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Всенощное бдение, op. 37: 7. Шестопсалмие. Слава в вышних Богу (All-Night Vigil, op. 37: VII. The Six Psalms. Glory to God in the Highest)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1915)
part of:
Всенощное бдение, op. 37 (All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, All-Night Vigil by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff2:51
6▶CD: Volume II CD2
7▶CD: Volume II CD3
8▶CD: Volume II CD4

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part of:Classic 100 (number: 2015) (order: 13)