The Best 11 of '99

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1Concerto Grosso, No. 5, Op. 6 (excerpt)
orchestra:
Academy of Ancient Music
conductor:
Andrew Manze (violinist and conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto grosso in D major, op. 6 no. 5, HWV 323
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1739-09 until 1739-10-10)
part of:
Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: HWV 323)
part of:
12 concerti grossi, op. 6
Georg Friedrich Händel3:44
2An die Musik
piano:
Julius Drake (pianist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
recording of:
An die Musik, D. 547 (original, for solo voice and piano)
lyricist:
Franz von Schober (Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, actor)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-03)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 547)
Franz Schubert2:46
3Italian Concerto (excerpt)
piano:
Fazıl Say (Turkish pianist and composer)
recorded at:
Théâtre des Quatre Saisons in Gradignan, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (New Aquitaine), France
recording of:
Italienisches Konzert F-Dur, BWV 971: I. [Allegro] (Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971: I. [Allegro]) (in 1998-03)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1735)
part of:
Italienisches Konzert F-Dur, BWV 971 (Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:48
4Serse: Ombra mai fu
countertenor vocals:
David Daniels (American countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)
recording of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I, no. 2. Arioso “Ombra mai fù” (Serse)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1737-12-26 until 1738-01-09)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Serse, HWV 40: Atto I
Georg Friedrich Händel3:13
5Canarios
performer:
Chatham Baroque
recording of:
Canarios
composer:
Gaspar Sanz
part of:
Instrucción de música sobre la guitarra española, volumen 1
Gaspar Sanz2:36
6Core 'ngrato
tenor vocals:
Ramón Vargas (tenor)
recording of:
Core ’ngrato (Catarì, Catarì) (Original for voice & orchestra)
lyricist:
Riccardo Cordiferro (in 1911)
composer:
Salvatore Cardillo (Italian-American composer) (in 1911)
publisher:
Ed. G. Ricordi & Cia. SpA (Italian publisher)
Salvatore Cardillo4:11
7Mazeppa: Hopak
orchestra:
Minnesota Orchestra
conductor:
Eiji Oue (conductor)
recording of:
Мазепа, TH 7: Действие I, картина 1, no. 4а. Гопак (Mazeppa: Act I: Scene 1: Hopak, Gopak, Cossack Dance)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Мазепа: Действие первое (Mazeppa: Act I)
Tchaikovsky4:21
8Rigoletto: Le donna è mobile
vocals:
Marcelo Álvarez (argentine tenor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:28
9Sextet: Fast and Driving
string quartet:
Lark Quartet
Peter Schickele3:46
10Vocalise
countertenor vocals:
Brian Asawa (countertenor)
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for soprano and orchestra)
orchestrator:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1916)
composer:
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (Vocalise, for voice and piano, original version)
Rachmaninov5:10
11Firebird: Disparition du Palace et des Sortilèges Animation des Chevaliers Pétrifiés; Allégresse Générale
orchestra:
Kirov Orchestra (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, fka Kirov Orchestra till 1992)
conductor:
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
recording of:
L’Oiseau de feu: no. 14: Tableau II, Disparition du palais et des sortilèges de Kastchei / Animation des chevaliers petrifiés / Allégresse générale (The Firebird: Act I, no. 14: Disappearance of Kastchei's Palace and Magical Creations, Return to Life of the Petrified Knights, General Rejoicing)
composer:
Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer) (in 1910)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
L’Oiseau de feu (The Firebird)
Stravinsky3:36