I recently downloaded this collection. What do you guys think about the track listings?



───disc 1
01 - Tchaikovsky_ Piano Concerto In B flat minor, Allegro non troppo.mp3
02 - Mendelssohn_ A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dance of the Clowns.mp3
03 - Godard_ Berceuse.mp3
04 - Mozart Turkish March.mp3
05 - Mendelssohn_ Spring Song.mp3
06 - Leoncavallo_ Pagliacci, Intermezzo.mp3
07 - Tchaikovsky_ Swan Lake, Tanz der Schwane.mp3
08 - Rimsky-Korsakoff_ Flight of the Bumble Bee.mp3
09 - Schumann_ Kinderszenen, Von fremden Landern und Menschen.mp3
10 - Dvorak_ Waltz.mp3
11 - Rossini_ La scala di seta, Overture.mp3
12 - Tchaikovsky_ The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers.mp3
13 - Schumann_ Frohlicher Landmann.mp3
14 - Mozart_ The Abduction from Seraglio, Overture.mp3
15 - Tchaikovsky_ Swan Lake, Waltz.mp3
16 - Strauss_ Eljen a Magyar.mp3
17 - Sibelius_ Valse triste.mp3
18 - Wagner_ Die Meistersinger, Dance of the Prentices.mp3
19 - Grieg_ Peer Gynt, Morning.mp3
20 - Tchaikovsky_ Swan Lake, Mazurka.mp3

───disc 2
01 - Bizet - Carmen, Les tóreadors.mp3
02 - Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana, Intermezzo infonico.mp3
03 - Mozart -Eine kleine nachtmusik, Menuetto allegro.mp3
04 - Vivaldi -Four seasons, Spring, Allegro.mp3
05 - Bach - Overture_Suite No. 2, Menuett & badinerie.mp3
06 - Schubert - Ave Maria.mp3
07 - Beethoven - Für Elise.mp3
08 - Lortzing - Zar und zimmermann, Holzschuhtanz.mp3
09 - Mozart - The marriage of Figaro, March.mp3
10 - Grieg - Solveig's song.mp3
11 - Bach - Air.mp3
12 - Massenet - Thais, Meditation.mp3
13 - Strauss - Thunter and lightning.mp3
14 - Schubert - Rosamunde, Intermezzo.mp3
15 - Tschaikowsky - Eugen Onegin, Polonaise.mp3
16 - Bach - Toccata in D minor.mp3
17 - Mendelssohn - Wedding march.mp3
18 - Verdi - Un ballo in maschera, Prelude, Act #2.mp3
19 - Suppé - Light cavalry.mp3
20 - Strauss - Radetzky, Marsch.mp3

───disc 3
01 - R. Strauss _ Also sprack Zarathustra.mp3
02 - Dvorak _ From the New World, Largo.mp3
03 - Grieg _ Peer Gynt, Anitras Tanz.mp3
04 - Wagner _ Die Meistersinger, Aufzug der Meistersinger.mp3
05 - Verdi _ La forza del destino, Overture.mp3
06 - Tchaikovsky _ Swan Lake, Dance napolitaine.mp3
07 - Schmidt _ Notre Dame, Intermezzo.mp3
08 - Strauss _ The Gypsy Baron, Overture.mp3
09 - Verdi _ Rigoletto, Preludio.mp3
10 - Tchaikovsky _ The Nutcracker, Marsch.mp3
11 - Grieg _ Last Spring.mp3
12 - Stauss _ Persian March.mp3
13 - Verdi _ Otello, Preludio.mp3
14 - Saint _ Saens.mp3
15 - Tchaikovsky _ The Sleeping Beauty, Panorama.mp3
16 - Dvorak _ Slavonic Dance No. 2.mp3
17 - Tchaikovsky _ The Sleeping Beauty, Walzer, Variation I.mp3
18 - De Falla _ Love the Magician, Ritual Fire Dance.mp3
19 - Rimsky _ Korsakoff.mp3
20 - Wagner _ Ride of the Valkyries.mp3

───disc 4
01 - Beethoven_ Symphony No. 9 in D minor.mp3
02 - Bizet_ Carmen-Suite, Aragonaise.mp3
03 - Sinding_ Rustle of Spring.mp3
04 - Dvorak_ Slavonic Dance No. 1 Op. 46.mp3
05 - Tchaikovsky_ Suite No. 1 Op. 43, March miniature.mp3
06 - Liszt_ Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat Major.mp3
07 - Ravel_ Bolero (Excerpt).mp3
08 - Mozart_ Serenata Notturna, Marcia, Maestoso.mp3
09 - Telemann_ Concerto for Trumpet, Adagio.mp3
10 - Handel_ Concerto grosso No. 9 Op. 6, Menuett.mp3
11 - Rachmaninoff_ Variations on a Theme By Paganini (Excerpt).mp3
12 - Couperin_ Tic-Toc-Choc.mp3
13 - Tchaikovsky_ The Nutcraker, Chinesischer Tanz.mp3
14 - Strauss_ Tritsche-Tratsch-Polka.mp3
15 - Brahms_ Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F Major.mp3
16 - Offenbach_ The Grand-Duchess of Gerolstein, Overture.mp3
17 - Mozart_ The Marriage Of Figaro, Overture.mp3
18 - J; Strauss_ Wine, Women And Song.mp3
19 - Gounod_ Faust, Adagio.mp3
20 - Mozart_ Eike kleine Nactmusik, Allegro.mp3

───disc 5
01 - Beethoven_ Fidelio, Overture.mp3
02 - Mozart, Tchaikovsky_ Ave verum (Preghiera).mp3
03 - Haydn_ Emperor Quartet Poco Adagio, Cantablile.mp3
04 - Schumann_ Traumerei.mp3
05 - Dvorak_ Slavonic Dance No. 3.mp3
06 - Schubert_ Trout Quintet.mp3
07 - Beethoven_ Moonlight Sonata, 1. Satz.mp3
08 - Mozart_ Adagio (Violin Concerto, K216).mp3
09 - Brahms_ Waltz in A major.mp3
10 - Grieg_ Holberg Suite, Prelude.mp3
11 - Svendsen_ Romance op. 26.mp3
12 - Tchaikovsky_ San Lake, Szene No. 10.mp3
13 - Albinoni_ Adagio for Trumpet and Organ.mp3
14 - Fibich_ Poeme.mp3
15 - Scott Joplin_ Ragtime.mp3
16 - Toselli_ Serenade.mp3
17 - Mendelssohn_ Fairies' March (A Midsummer Night's Dream).mp3
18 - Khatchaturian_ Sabre Dance.mp3
19 - Tchaikovsky_ Danse espagnole (Swan Lake).mp3
20 - Offenbach_ Hollengalopp.mp3

Not exactly my top 100 or the order I would place those mentioned. Also, Scott Joplin just doesn't belong on there. He was the greatest Ragtime composer, but a Ragtime composition doesn't belong on that list.

For a beginner, it's fine. However, apparently those that put it together must not think much of the 20th centuries composers.

Also, unless I have suddenly gone blind....NOT ONE Chopin?

Joplin but no Chopin or Haydn for that matter?

These are "Top 100 Lollypops," not masterpieces (stuff the guy who made the list thought were "catchy"). Damn yuppies.

Hmmm that sucks.

Do you guys have a favorite classical masterpieces compilation album?

that would be nice for a classical rookie like myself.

Not really. You might actually have to buy more than two CDs, unfortunately. I know we've been real recording-performer oriented in our suggestions. I'm sure even a relatively mediocre piece by a great composer will be interesting enough to start with.

You can find mushy, shitty recordings on sampler CDs if you just want some backround music for bridge games. A movement from Beethoven's Ninth here and Vivaldi's Four Seasons there. I don't see the point in any of that, but I guess there are some great recordings around that feature a few composers at a time.

The Reiner Sound



Ravel (Rapsodie espagnole & Pavan For A Dead Princess)
Liszt (Totentanz with Byron Janis on piano)
Weber (Invitation For The Dance)
Rachmaninov (Isle Of The Dead)

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Suite No. 1, for military band in E flat major
Gustav Holst

Fantasia for organ in G major, BWV 572
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged for winds

Music for the Royal Fireworks
George Frideric Handel


Cleveland Symphonic Winds
Conducted by Frederick Fennell

Thanks Roivas

Sorry guys, I just don't listen to compilations.


However, here is a post with several Satchmo posts with much knowledge. It's concentrated stuff, so be careful.


http://www.radiomute.com/361853-post6.html


Seriously, you let me know which works interest you and I can easily recommmend a particular recording to get ahold of.

The packaging is shit but for under 20 bucks you cannot beat this 20 cd box set

http://www.amazon.com/Rendezvous-Ang...7275764&sr=1-9