50 Greatest Composers
This month there are two free CDs of music by the greatest composers of all time.
50 Great Composers Volume I
On the first CD, we bring you music from the earliest composers, exploring glorious and often lesser-known music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Bingen: Ordo virtutum: Procession
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
Taken from Heavenly Revelations
Naxos 8.550998
Léonin: Viderunt omnes (I) – Viderunt omnes
Tonus Peregrinus
Taken from Sacred Music from Notre-Dame Cathedral
Naxos 8.557340
Machaut: Codex Faenza: Hont paur
Unicorn Ensemble/Michael Posch
Taken from Codex Faenza
Naxos 8.553618
Dufay: Se la face ay pale
Ciaramella
Taken from Sacred and Secular Music from Renaissance Germany
Naxos 8.557627
Binchois: Deuil angoisseux
Joseph Payne (organ)
Taken from The Buxheim Organ Book
Naxos 8.553467
Josquin Desprez: Missa L’homme armé – Laeta Dies
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
Taken from Josquin: Missa l’homme armé
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Tallis: With all our heart
Oxford Camerata/Jeremy Summerly
Taken from Tallis: Spem in alium
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Palestrina: Missa sine nominee – Kyrie
San Petronio Cappella Musicale Soloists/Sergio Vartolo
Taken from Palestrina: Missa sine nominee, et al.
Naxos 8.553314
Dowland: Fine knacks for ladies
Steven Rickards (countertenor), Dorothy Linell (lute)
Taken from Dowland: Flow my tears, et al.
Naxos 8.553381
Monteverdi: O Mirtillo
Delitiae Musicae/Marco Longhini
Taken from Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 5
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Lully: Plaude Laetere Gallia – Symphonie
Le Concert Spirituel/Herve Niquet
Taken from Lully: Grand Motets, Vol.1
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Corelli: Concerto Gross in G minor Opus 6 No.8 ‘Christmas Concerto’ – Pastorale ad libitum: Largo
Capella Istropolitana/Krecek
Taken from Corelli: Concerto Grossi Opus 6
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas – When I am laid in earth
Kym Amps (soprano), Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Taken from Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
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Couperin: L’Enchanteresse
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
Taken from Couperin: Music for Harpsichord, Vol.1
Naxos 8.550961
Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 Violins in B minor, Opus 3 No.10 RV580 – Allegro
Capella Istropolitana/Kopelman
Taken from Vivaldi: L’estro Armonico
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Telemann: Musique de table Part I: Overture Suite in E minor – Passepied
Orchestra of the Golden Age
Taken from Telemann: Musique de Table Part I Vol.1
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Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin: Suite in A minor-major – Gigue
Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord)
Taken from Rameau: Harpsichord Music (Complete) Vol.1
Naxos 8.553047
Handel: Water Music: Suite No.2 in D – Alla Hornpipe
Capella Istropolitana/Warchal
Taken from Handel: Fireworks Music; Water Music
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Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in G – Presto quanto sia possible
Eteri Andjaparidze
Taken from Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas Vol.1
Naxos 8.553061
Bach: Mass in B minor – Gloria: Laudamus te
Sunhae Im (alto), Cologne Chamber Orchestra/Helmut Müller-Brühl
Taken from Bach: Mass in B minor
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CPE Bach: Flute Sonata in G – Andante
Béla Drahos (flute), Zsuzsa Pertis (harpsichord)
Taken from CPE Bach: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord
Naxos 8.550513
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice: Overture
Opera Lafayette Orchestra/Ryan Brown
Taken from Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
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Haydn: String Quartet No.60 in G, Op.76, No.1 – Menuetto: Presto
Kodály Quartet
Taken from Haydn: String Quartets Opus 76
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Boccherini: Cello Concerto in A – Rondo: Allegro
Tim Hugh (cello), Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Halstead
Taken from Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol.2
Naxos 8.553572
Mozart: Ave verum corpus
Kosice Teachers’ Choir, Camerata Cassovia/Wildner
Taken from Mozart: Coronation Mass, et al.
Naxos 8.550495
50 Great Composers Volume II
On the second CD, we celebrate music by the greatest Classical and Romantic composers, before embracing the diverse world of 20th-century composition.
Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in F minor Opus 95 ‘Serioso’ – Allegro con brio
Kodály Quartet
Taken from String Quartets (Complete) Vol.4
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Hummel: Fantasie in E flat Opus 18 – Presto
Modoka Inui (piano)
Taken from Hummel: Fantasies
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Weber: Abu Hassan – Overture
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Wit
Taken from Weber: Overtures
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Rossini: The Barber of Seville – Largo al factotum
Roberto Servile (baritone), Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra/Humburg
Taken from Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Naxos 8.660027-29
Franz Schubert: Moment musicaux Opus 94 - No.3 in F minor
Jenö Jandó (piano)
Taken from Schubert: Piano Works
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Paganini: 24 Caprices Opus 1 – No.1 in E
Ilya Kaler (violin)
Taken from Paganini: 24 Caprices Opus 1
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Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust – Hungarian March ‘Rakoczy’
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Antal
Taken from Famous Marches
Naxos 8.553596
Mendelssohn: Prelude and Fugue No.1 in E minor Opus 35 – Prelude
Benjamin Frith (piano)
Taken from Mendelssohn: Piano Works Vol.1
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Chopin: Prelude No.16 in B flat minor Opus 28 No.16
Idil Biret (piano)
Taken from Chopin: Preludes
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben Opus 42 – Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Uta Hielscher (piano)
Taken from Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben
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Liszt: 12 Etudes d’execution transcendante – No.5 in B flat ‘Feux follets’
Jenö Jandó (piano)
Taken from Liszt: Etudes d’execution transcendante
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Verdi: La traviata – Brindisi
Monika Krause (soprano), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rahbari
Taken from Verdi: La traviata
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Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mund
Taken from Wagner: The Ring (Orchestral Highlights)
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Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No.1 in B flat Opus 18 – Scherzo: Allegro molto
Stuttgart Soloists
Taken from Brahms: String Sextets
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Act II: Odette and the Swans return to the lake
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lenard
Taken from Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Naxos 8.550246-47
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Ging heut’ morgens ubers Feld
Hidenori Komatsu (baritone), Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra/Garben
Taken from Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
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Debussy: Images Book 1 – No.3 Movement
François-Joël Thiollier (piano)
Taken from Debussy: Piano Works Vol.3
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Vaughan Williams: Job – Satan’s Dance of Triumph
English Northern Philharmonia/Lloyd-Jones
Taken from Vaughan Williams: Job; The Lark Ascending
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Schoenberg: 5 Orchestral Pieces Opus 16 – I: Premonitions
London Symphony Orchestra/Craft
Taken from Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
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Bartók: Allegro barbaro
Balázs Szokolay (piano)
Taken from Bartók: Mikrokosmos (Selection)
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Stravinsky: Pulcinella – Overture
Philharmonia Orchestra/Craft
Taken from Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Naxos 8.557503
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.1 in C Opus 49 – Allegro molto
Eder Quartet
Taken from Shostakovich: String Quartets (Complete) Vol.2
Naxos 8.550973
Britten: Jubilate Deo
Iain Farrington (organ), Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/Robinson
Taken from Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, et al.
Naxos 8.554791
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story – Jet Song
Various artists, Nashville Symphony Orchestra/Schermerhorn
Taken from Bernstein: West Side Story
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Boulez: Piano Sonata No.2 – Modère, presque vif
Idil Biret (piano)
Taken from Boulez: Piano Sonatas Nos.1–3
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