Treasury of the World’s Most Beautiful Music

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12 disk box set

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Tracklist

1▶CD: The Romantic Piano
2▶CD: Classics for Meditation
3▶CD: Classics for Relaxation
4▶CD: The Romantic Violin
5▼CD: Moonlight Classics
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1Swan Lake, Ballet Suite op. 20
orchestra:
Symphonic Orchestra Munich (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the former Symphonie‐Orchester Graunke)
conductor:
Henry Adolph (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
partial recording of:
The Swan Lake (suite from the ballet), op. 20a (Version A - 6 movements)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 20a)
is based on:
Swan Lake, op. 20 (Лебединое озеро)
Peter I. Tchaikovsky11:28
2Piano Sonata no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
piano:
Josef Bulva (pianist)
partial 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 Beethoven6:20
3Notturno
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
recording of:
Nocturne in B major, op. 40, B. 47 (for string orchestra)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1882 until 1883)
part of:
Antonín Dvořák: Thematický katalog (Antonín Dvořák: Thematic Catalogue, Burghauser [B.]) (number: B. 47) and Works of Antonín Dvořák by opus number (number: op. 40)
Antonín Dvořák6:52
4Dance of the Elves op. 12
piano:
Isabel Mourao (Brazilian pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte I, op. 12: 4. Elverdans
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte I, op. 12 (Lyric pieces, book I, op. 12)
Edvard Grieg0:50
5Sylphide op. 62
piano:
Isabel Mourao (Brazilian pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VII, op. 62: No. 1: Sylfide
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VII, op. 62 (Lyric pieces, book VII, op. 62)
Edvard Grieg1:40
6Face in a Dream op. 62
piano:
Isabel Mourao (Brazilian pianist)
recording of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VII, op. 62: No. 5: Drømmesyn
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer)
part of:
Lyriske stykker, hefte VII, op. 62 (Lyric pieces, book VII, op. 62)
Edvard Grieg3:24
7String Trio no. 5 in D major, op. 70 no. 1 “Ghost”
instruments:
String-Trio Bell' Arte (German 1960–80s string trio)
recording of:
Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello no. 5 in D major, op. 70 no. 1 “Ghost”
composed in:
Heiligenstadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1808)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1808)
dedicated to:
Marie von Erdődy
publisher:
Breitkopf & Härtel (in 1809-08)
part of:
Biamonti Catalogue (chronological catalogue of Beethoven's works) (number: Bia 455/1)
part of:
Piano Trios nos. 5 & 6, op. 70
Ludwig van Beethoven10:26
8Nocturne in B‐flat minor
piano:
Vitalij Margulis and Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 9 no. 1: Larghetto (ended)
composer:
Frédéric Chopin (composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Frédéric Chopin5:27
9A Midsummer Night’s Dream
orchestra:
Münchner Symphoniker (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the former Symphonie‐Orchester Graunke) and Süddeutsche Philharmonie (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Alberto Lizzio (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alexander von Pitamic (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn5:01
10Romance
orchestra:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Bernhard Güller (German conductor)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 1, TN ii/30: II. Romance in G minor
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1889)
part of:
String Quartet no. 1, TN ii/30
Sergei Rachmaninoff5:32
11Nocturne in E‐flat major
piano:
Peter Schmalfuss (pianist)
recording of:
Nocturne no. 2 in E‐flat major, op. 9 no. 2: Andante
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830 until 1832)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 3) and Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 18)
part of:
Nocturnes, op. 9 (original for piano)
Frédéric Chopin24:40
6▶CD: Beautiful Classical Melodies
7▶CD: Classics for Romance
8▶CD: Classics From the Movies
9▶CD: Sunday Morning Classics
10▶CD: Classics by Candlelight
11▶CD: Classical Moods
12▶CD: Dinner Classics