This compilation honours the great masters of European Romanticism, focusing on Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and others. The whole range of nineteenth-century repertoire is covered, with every genre represented, in a thrilling listening experience that goes from the excitement of the symphony orchestra to the intimacy of chamber music. What better way to discover – or rediscover – the Romantic era than to revisit its greatest masterpieces, and in some of the finest versions available?
ANTON BRUCKNER [1824-1896] · Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 III. Scherzo. Bewegt (9'59) FRANZ SCHUBERT [1797-1828] · An Silvia (3'04) FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY [1809-1847] · A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 No. 1, Scherzo. Allegro vivo (4'59) FRANZ SCHUBERT [1797-1828] · Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929 II. Andante con moto (9'45) ROBERT SCHUMANN [1810-1856] · Frauenliebe und -Leben (L'Amour et la vie d'une femme) Er, der Herrlichste von allen (3'05) FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849] · Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28 - "Suffocation" (2'03) PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] · Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 II. Andantino semplice (7'58) FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849] · Waltz in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 - "Valse du petit chien", "Minute Waltz" (1'44) ROBERT SCHUMANN [1810-1856] · Dichterliebe (Les Amours du poète) V. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (1'23) JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897] · Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (7'38) MODEST MUSSORGSKY [1839-1881] · Hopak (arr. Rachmaninov) (1'43) ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK [1841-1904] · Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191 I. Allegro (15'24) FRANZ LISZT [1811-1886] · La Lugubre Gondole S. 134 (9'35) NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV [1844-1908] · Flight of the Bumblebee (Le Vol du bourdon) {arr. Rachmaninov} (1'13) FRANZ SCHUBERT [1797-1828] · Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 - "The Trout", "Die Forelle", "La Truite") IV. Theme & Variations I-IV (4'49) FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849] · Five Mazurkas, Op. 7 No. 1 in B-Flat Major (2'30) GUSTAV MAHLER [1860-1911] · Des Knaben Wunderhorn Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (2'09) FREDERIC CHOPIN [1810-1849] · Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 (5'54) GEORGES BIZET [1838-1875] · L'Arlésienne, Suite No. 1 IV. Carillon (4'18) JOHANNES BRAHMS [1833-1897] · Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 IV. Allegro energico e passionato (9'48)
