Essential Classics
Essential Classics
"It would be difficult to find better value for the money, or more durable performances at any price." -- Los Angeles Times
 

Essential Classics now adds 10 new "must-have" CDs to the most successful classical series ever. While continuing to introduce listeners to exemplary performances of the best of the great classics at a bargain price, the series also offers listeners who are less familiar with classical music a valuable starting point for exploring this rich repertoire.


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Orff: Carmina Burana
Janice Harsanyi, Rudolf Petrak, Harve Presnell, Rutgers University Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Bach: Toccata and Fugue; Preludes and Fugues
E. Power Biggs

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Capriccio espagnol
Anshel Brusilow, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4; 1812 Overture; Marche slave
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Valley Forge Military Academy Band, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Essential Beethoven
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, Bruno Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral"; Fidelio Overture
Cleveland Orchestra and Choir/George Szell

Bach: Cello Suites Nos.1, 2 and 3
Anner Bylsma

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor"; Triple Concerto
Leon Fleisher, Eugene Istomin, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 4; Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
Philippe Entremont, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Bach: Lute Suites
John Williams


 

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