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Australia’s top 100 moments of musical bliss

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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
6▶CD: Volume II CD2
7▶CD: Volume II CD3
8▼CD: Volume II CD4
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1Gnossienne No. 4
piano:
Stephanie McCallum (pianist)
recording of:
Gnossienne no. 4
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1891)
Erik Satie4:09
2Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral': II. Szene Am Bach (Scene by the Brook): Andante Molto Moto (excerpt)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Porcelijn (composer and conductor)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”: II. Andante molto mosso “Scene at the brook” (Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral": II. Andante molto mosso "Scene at the brook")
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in F major, op. 68 “Pastorale”
Ludwig van Beethoven4:23
3Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11: II. Romanze (Larghetto)
piano:
Roger Woodward (pianist)
orchestra:
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Werner Andreas Albert (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: II. Romance. Larghetto
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830-04 until 1830-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
Fryderyk Chopin10:07
4Ave Maria D839 (Ellen's Third Song From the Lady of the Lake)
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert3:55
5Left Bank Waltz From Little Suite for Strings
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Porcelijn (composer and conductor)
recording of:
Little Suite for Strings, W169: II. Left Bank Waltz
composer:
Peter Sculthorpe (composer) (in 1983)
part of:
Little Suite for Strings, W169
Peter Sculthorpe2:44
6Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
cello:
Li-Wei Qin (cellist)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Stanhope (Australian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist)
recording of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1894-11-08 until 1895-02-09)
part of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
Antonín Dvořák12:10
7Stabat Mater: XII. Quando Corpus Morietur (When My Body Dies)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Sally-Anne Russell (Australian mezzo-soprano vocalist)
soprano vocals:
Sara Macliver (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Antipodes
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Stabat mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo: XII. Duo: Quando corpus morietur - Amen
composer:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (composer)
part of:
Stabat Mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi4:18
8Song for Athene
choir vocals:
Cantillation
conductor:
Antony Walker (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Song for Athene
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
John Tavener (20th century composer) (in 1993)
publisher:
Chester Music Ltd.
John Tavener6:59
9Oboe Concerto in D Minor, Op. 9 No. 2: II. Adagio
oboe:
Diana Doherty (oboist)
orchestra:
Sinfonia Australis
recording of:
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, op. 9 no. 2: II. Adagio
composer:
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (Italian Baroque composer)
part of:
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, op. 9 no. 2
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni4:39
10Casta Diva (Chaste Goddess) From Norma
bass vocals:
Clifford Grant (operatic bass and actor)
choir vocals:
Australian Opera Chorus
soprano vocals:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
orchestra:
Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Bonynge (conductor and pianist)
live recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini6:09
11Morgen! (Tomorrow!) Op. 27 No. 4
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Queensland Symphony Orchestra (aka The Queensland Orchestra between 2001–2010)
conductor:
Johannes Fritzsch (conductor)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1897)
arrangement of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss4:03
12Ave Maria
violin:
Jun Yi Ma (violinist)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Andrew Greene (Australian pianist / conductor)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach2:59
13Air ('Air on the G String') From Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV1068
harpsichord:
Geoffrey Lancaster (pianist / conductor)
orchestra:
Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players
conductor:
Geoffrey Lancaster (pianist / conductor)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:01
14O Mió Babbino Caro (Papa Dearest) From Gianni Schicchi
soprano vocals:
Yvonne Kenny (Australian soprano)
orchestra:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vladimir Kamirski (conductor)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd. (UK division)
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:19

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