Sony Essential Classics Collection

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1String Quartet “Death & the Maiden” (1st movement)
cello:
Joel Krosnick (American cellist) (on 1979-01-04)
viola:
Samuel Rhodes (violist) (on 1979-01-04)
violin:
Earl Carlyss (violinist) (on 1979-01-04) and Robert Mann (US violinist) (on 1979-01-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1979-01-04)
recording of:
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”: I. Allegro (on 1979-01-04)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
String Quartet no. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden”
Franz Schubert12:06
2Spring Sonata, op. 24: I. Allegro
recorded in:
Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1961-10-02 until 1961-10-07)
piano:
Robert Casadesus (French pianist/composer) (from 1961-10-02 until 1961-10-07)
violin:
Zino Francescatti (violinist) (from 1961-10-02 until 1961-10-07)
recording of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5 in F major, op. 24 "Spring": I. Allegro (from 1961-10-02 until 1961-10-07)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1800 until 1801)
part of:
Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 5 in F major, op. 24 “Spring”
Ludwig van Beethoven7:04
3Premiere Gymnopedie
producer:
Georges Kadar
piano:
Daniel Varsano (pianist) (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
recorded at:
Église Notre‐Dame du Liban in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
recording of:
Première Gymnopédie : Lent et douloureux (Gymnopédie no. 1) (from 1979-03-21 until 1979-03-23)
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (from 1888-02 until 1888-04)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 4)
part of:
Gymnopédies
Erik Satie3:39
4Moonlight Sonata, op. 27 no. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto
piano:
Robert Casadesus (French pianist/composer)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 1) and Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 2)
part of:
Two Piano Sonatas, op. 27
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 Beethoven5:20
5Claire de Lune
piano:
Philippe Entremont (French pianist/conductor) (on 1959-12-01)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-01)
recording of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 : III. Clair de lune (for piano) (on 1959-12-01)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2004) (number: 3)
included in:
Granblue Fantasy (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82 (for piano)
Claude Debussy5:07
6Gregorian Chant “Rorate”, “Ave Maria”, “Ecce Virgo”
choir vocals:
Schola Cantorum Amsterdam
conductor:
Wim van Gerven
[anonymous]5:57
7Gloria RV589 (I: Gloria)
choir vocals:
Ensemble vocal Raphaël Passaquet
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist)
recording of:
Gloria in D major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Gloria in D major, RV 589
Antonio Vivaldi2:27
8Hallelujah Chorus
producer:
David Oppenheim (producer of classical recordings) and Howard H. Scott (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1959)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus “Hallelujah” (from 1958-11-02 until 1959-03-30)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel4:00
9Requiem K626 (Confutatis)
producer:
Georges Kadar
organ:
Odile Bailleux (organist) (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
choir vocals:
Chœur régional Nord‐Pas de Calais (Pas-de-Calais North Regional Choir) (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist) (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
recorded at:
La Clé d'Ut in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: e. Confutatis maledictis (Süßmayr Edition; choir) (from 1986-03-27 until 1986-03-29)
orchestrator:
Franz Xaver Süßmayr
additional composer:
Joseph Leopold Eybler (Austrian composer) and Franz Xaver Süßmayr
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz (Süßmayr Edition)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2:34
10Requiem (Das Irae)
choir vocals:
Westminster Choir (Princeton, USA)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae (coro)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Messa da requiem: II. Dies irae (quartetto solista, coro) (full sequenza)
Giuseppe Verdi2:19
11Ave Formosissima & Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (From Carmina Burana)
choir vocals:
Rutgers University Choir
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
Carmina Burana: Blanziflor et Helena: XXIV. Ave formosissima
composer:
Carl Orff (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
B. Schott’s Söhne (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanæ cantoribus et choris cantandæ comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis (Carmina Burana)
Carl Orff4:33
12Symphony no. 9, op. 125 “Choral” (5th movement)
baritone vocals:
Donald Bell (bass‐baritone) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
choir vocals:
Cleveland Orchestra Choir (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jane Hobson (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
soprano vocals:
Adele Addison (American soprano) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
tenor vocals:
Richard Lewis (Welsh tenor) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
chorus master:
Robert Shaw (conductor) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
recorded at:
Severance Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, United States (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
partial recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy) (from 1961-04-21 until 1961-04-22)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Ludwig van Beethoven17:54