The History Of Classical Music On 100 CD's

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This is my review for this huge collection of CD's.



I'm giving points for the pieces, and total value comes from the amount of points for the cd. Average value means the average quality of a piece on the cd.



CD 1: Gregorian Chant - Feast Of Stephen / Marchaut: Chansons



Total value: 40,5 (Low)

Average value: 4,05 (Low)



No highlights or super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 2: Dufay / Josquin Des Pres: Motets



Total value: 48 (Low)

Average value: 4,36 (Low)



No highlights or super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 3: Wind Music From Renaissance Italy



Total value: 109,5 (Moderate)

Average value: 3,91 (Low)



No highlights or super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 4: Tallis: Spem in alium / Byrd: Mass For Three Voices / De Victoria: Gardanum / Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli / Allegri: Miserere



Total value: 106 (Moderate)

Average value: 7,54 (Moderate)



Highlights: "Missa Papae Marcelli -Kyrie"

No super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 5: Monteverdi: Vespers (Highlights), Madrigals



Total value: 76,5 (Low)

Average value: 3,64 (Low)



No highlights or super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 6: Schütz / Buxtehude / Pachelbel: Chamber Music



Total value: 237,5 (High)

Average value: 10,33 (Moderate)



Highlights: "Partie (Suite) In G Major -Sonatina", "Partie (Suite) In E Minor-Sonata. Adagio - Aria", "Canon And Gigue In D Major-1. Canon (Excerpt)"

No super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 7: Purcell: Dido And Aeneas (Highlights); The Fairy Queen (Highlights), Te Deum And Jubilate



Total value: 120 (Moderate)

Average value: 7,06 (Moderate)



No highlights or super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 8: Charpentier: Te Deum / Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire



Total value: 408 (High)

Average value: 15,11 (High)



The first cd to include a super highlight... which is nowadays used as the theme music for Eurovision. So:



Highlights: "Te Deum For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, H 146 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)-Te aeternum Patrem (Chorus, Soprano I/II, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor)", "Te Deum For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, H 146 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)-Tu devicto mortis aculeo (Chorus, Bass)", "Te Deum For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, H 146 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)-In te, Domine, speravi (Chorus, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass)", "Zaïs (Jean-Philippe Rameau)-Overture (Live At Theatre, Salle Molière, Poissy / 2003)", "Les Boréades / Act 4-Gavottes pour les Heures et les Zéphirs (Live At Theatre, Salle Molière, Poissy / 2003)"

Super highlights: "Te Deum For Soloists, Chorus And Orchestra, H 146 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)-Prélude . Rondeau"

No disasters.



CD 9: Telemann: Concertos



Total value: 207,5 (Moderate)

Average value: 8,64 (Moderate)



Highlights: "Concerto In A Major For Two Violins In Scordatura And Continuo (Georg Philipp Telemann)-4. Bourrée", "Sonata (Concerto) In C Major For 4 Violins Without Basso Continuo-4. Allegro"

No super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 10: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons R.269, R.315, R.293, R.297; Gloria In D Major R. 589



Total value: 613 (Very high)

Average value: 25,54 (Very high)



Highlights: "Concerto For Violin And Strings In E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera" (Antonio Vivaldi)-3. Allegro (Danza pastorale)", "Concerto For Violin And Strings In G Minor, Op.8, No.2, R.315 "L'estate"-3. Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)", "Concerto For Violin And Strings In F, Op.8, No.3, R.293 "L'autunno"-3. Allegro (La caccia)", "Gloria In D, R.589 - G.Ricordi 1970, Ed. Malipiero-3. Laudamus te", "Gloria In D, R.589 - G.Ricordi 1970, Ed. Malipiero-7. Domine Fili Unigenite", "Gloria In D, R.589 - G.Ricordi 1970, Ed. Malipiero-11. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus"

Super highlights: "Concerto For Violin And Strings In E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera" (Antonio Vivaldi)-1. Allegro", "Concerto For Violin And Strings In F Minor, Op.8, No.4, R.297 "L'inverno"-2. Largo"



CD 11: Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos No.2 In F, BWV 1047 & No.5 In D, BWV 1050; Suite No.2 In B Minor, BWV 1067



Total value: 278 (High)

Average value: 21,38 (Very high)



Highlights: "Suite No.2 In B Minor, BWV 1067-2. Rondeau"

Super highlights: "Brandenburg Concerto No.2 In F, BWV 1047 (Johann Sebastian Bach)-1. (Allegro)", "Suite No.2 In B Minor, BWV 1067-7. Badinerie"



CD 12: Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Fantasia In C Minor, BWV 906; Italian Concerrto In F, BWV 971; Fantasia And Fugue In A Minor, BWV 904



Total value: 223 (Moderate)

Average value: 5,87 (Low)



CD 13: Bach, J.S.: Organ Works



Total value: 72 (Low)

Average value: 5,54 (Low)



CD 14: Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion - Highlights



Total value: 121 (Low)

Average value: 7,56 (Low)



Highlights: "St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two-No.42 Aria (Bass): "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder""



CD 15: Bach, J.S.: Magnificat, BWV 243; Cantatas BWV 63 & 65



Total value: 286 (High)

Average value: 11,44 (Moderate)



CD 16: Handel: Music For The Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Concerto grosso In C, HWV 318; Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, HWV 67; Belshazzar - Overture, HWV 61, Sinfonia HWV 53 & 57



Total value: 421,5 (High)

Average value: 21,08 (Very high)



Highlights: "Music For The Royal Fireworks:



Suite HWV 351 (Georg Friedrich Händel)-3. La paix

Music For The Royal Fireworks: Suite HWV 351 (Georg Friedrich Händel)-4. La réjouissance

Music For The Royal Fireworks: Suite HWV 351 (Georg Friedrich Händel)-6. Menuet II

Concerto grosso In C, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"-3. Allegro - Adagio

Belshazzar, HWV 61-Overture

Alceste, HWV 45 / Act 1: Grand Entrée-Maestoso

From Samson (Act I): Sinfonia, HWV 57-2. Allegro



Super highlights:



Solomon, HWV 67-Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba



No disasters.



CD 17: Handel: Harp Concerto, Op. 4 No.6 In B Flat, HWV 294; Organ Concerto In F No.13, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo And The Nightingale"; Concerto No.3 In G Minor, HWV 287; Concerto a due cori No.2 In F, HWV 333



Total value: 316 (High)

Average value: 18,59 (High)



Highlights:



Organ Concerto No.6 In B Flat, Op.4 No.6 HWV 294 - Version For Harp-1. Andante Allegro

Organ Concerto No.6 In B Flat, Op.4 No.6 HWV 294 - Version For Harp-2. Larghetto

Organ Concerto No.6 In B Flat, Op.4 No.6 HWV 294 - Version For Harp-3. Allegro moderato

Organ Concerto No.13 In F -"Cuckoo And The Nightingale" HWV 295-Larghetto

Organ Concerto No.13 In F -"Cuckoo And The Nightingale" HWV 295-Allegro

Oboe Concerto No.3 In G Minor, HWV 287-2. Allegro

Oboe Concerto No.3 In G Minor, HWV 287-3. Sarabande (Largo)

Concerto a due cori No.2, HWV 333-2. Allegro

Concerto a due cori No.2, HWV 333-5. Allegro ma non troppo - Adagio

Concerto a due cori No.2, HWV 333-6. A tempo ordinario



No super higlights.

No disasters.



CD 18: Handel: Messiah - Arias And Choruses



Total value: 413 (Very high)

Average value: 19,67 (Very high)



Highlights:



Messiah / Part 1-2. Air: "Ev'ry Valley shall be exalted"

Messiah / Part 1-3. Chorus: "And The Glory Of The Lord"

Messiah / Part 1-6. Chorus: "And He shall purify the sons of Levi"

Messiah / Part 1-13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

Messiah / Part 2-24. Chorus: "All we like sheep have gone astray"

Messiah / Part 2-38. Air: "Why do the nations so furiously rage together?"

Messiah / Part 3-51. Chorus: "Worthy is the Lamb... Amen"



Super highlights:



Messiah / Part 2-"Hallelujah"



No disasters.



CD 19: Scarlatti, D: Sonatas



Total value: 303 (High)

Average value: 21,64 (Very high)



Highlights:



D. Scarlatti: Sonata In C Major, K.502

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In C, K.460

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In C, K.461

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In D Minor, K.517

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In D Major, K.479

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In F Major, K.518

D. Scarlatti: Sonata In B Flat Major, K.544



No super highlights.

No disasters.



CD 20: Bach, C.P.E.: Symphonies For Strings, Wq 182 No.1-6 / Bach, J.C.: Quintet In D Major Op.11 No.6



Total value: 349 (High)

Average value: 16,62 (High)



Highlights:



Sinfonia In G, Wq 182 No.1 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)-1. Allegro di molto

Sinfonia In B Flat, Wq 182 No.2-3. Presto

Sinfonia In B Minor Wq 182 No.5-2. Larghetto

Sinfonia In E Major Wq 182 No.6-1. Allegro di molto

Quintet In D For Flute,Oboe,Violin,Viola & Continuo, Op.11, No.6 (Johann Christian Bach)-1. Allegro

Quintet In D For Flute,Oboe,Violin,Viola & Continuo, Op.11, No.6 (Johann Christian Bach)-2. Andantino

Quintet In D For Flute,Oboe,Violin,Viola & Continuo, Op.11, No.6 (Johann Christian Bach)-3. Allegro assai



No super highlights.

No disasters.

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CD 21: Haydn: Symphonies No.45 "Farewell", No.88 & No.104 "London"



Total value: 208 (Moderate)

Average value: 17,33 (High)



Highlights:



Symphony In F Sharp Minor, H.I No.45 -"Farewell" (Franz Joseph Haydn)-1. Allegro assai

Symphony In G, H.I No.88-1. Adagio - Allegro

Symphony In G, H.I No.88-2. Largo

Symphony In D, H.I No.104 - "London"-3. Menuet (Allegro)



No super highlights.



CD 22: Haydn: String Quartets Nos.3, 5, 63, 74, 77



Total value: 612 (Very high)

Average value: 51 (Extremely high)



Highlights:



String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5 "The Lark" (Hob.III:63)-2. Adagio. Cantabile

String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5 "The Lark" (Hob.III:63)-3. Menuet. Allegretto

String Quartet In G Minor, HIII No.74, Op.74 No.3 "The Horseman"-1. Allegro

String Quartet In G Minor, HIII No.74, Op.74 No.3 "The Horseman"-2. Largo assai

String Quartet In G Minor, HIII No.74, Op.74 No.3 "The Horseman"-3. Menuetto. Allegretto. Trio

String Quartet In C, H.lll, Op.76, No.3 - "Emperor"-1. Allegro

String Quartet In C, H.lll, Op.76, No.3 - "Emperor"-3. Menuetto (Allegro)

String Quartet In C, H.lll, Op.76, No.3 - "Emperor"-4. Finale (Presto)



Super highlights:



String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5 "The Lark" (Hob.III:63)-1. Allegro moderato

String Quartet In C, H.lll, Op.76, No.3 - "Emperor"-2. Poco adagio, cantabile



CD 23: Haydn: The Creation (Highlights)



Total value: 156,5 (Moderate)

Average value: 11,18 (Moderate)



Highlights:



Symphony In F Sharp Minor, H.I No.45 -"Farewell" (Franz Joseph Haydn)-3. Menuet (Allegretto)

Symphony In G, H.I No.88-3. Menuetto (Allegretto)



CD 24: Mozart: "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", Symphonies Nos.40 & 41



Total value: 585 (Very high)

Average value: 48,83 (Very high)



Highlights:



Serenade In G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)-2. Romance (Andante)

Serenade In G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)-3. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K.550-3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio

Symphony No.41 In C, K.551 - "Jupiter"-1. Allegro vivace

Symphony No.41 In C, K.551 - "Jupiter"-4. Molto allegro



Super highlights:



Serenade In G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)-1. Allegro

Serenade In G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)-4. Rondo (Allegro)

Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K.550-1. Molto allegro



CD 25: Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos.20 & 21, Fantasia In D Minor



Total value: 55,5 (Low)

Average value: 11,1 (Low)



No highlights.

No super highlights.



CD 26: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, String Quintet In G Minor, K516



Total value: 116 (Moderate)

Average value: 14,5 (Low)



Highlights:



Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581-2. Larghetto

Clarinet Quintet In A, K.581-3. Menuetto



No super highlights.



CD 27: Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro, K.492 (Highlights)



Total value: 559 (Very high)

Average value: 31 (High)



Highlights:



Le nozze di Figaro, K.492-Overture

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1-"Non più andrai"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2-"Venite... inginocchiatevi..."

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3-"Vedro mentr'io sospiro"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3-"Dove sono i bei momenti"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4-"L'ho perduta... me meschina!"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4-"Aprite un po' quegli occhi"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4-"Gente, gente, all'armi"



Super highlights:



Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2-"Porgi amor"

Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2-"Voi che sapete"



CD 28: Mozart: Requiem, Laudate Dominum, Exsultate, jubilate



Total value: 325 (High)

Average value: 17,1 (Moderate)



Highlights:



Requiem In D Minor, K.626 - Compl. By Franz Xaver Süssmayer-1. Introitus: Requiem

Requiem In D Minor, K.626 - Compl. By Franz Xaver Süssmayer-3. Sequentia: Rex tremendae

Requiem In D Minor, K.626 - Compl. By Franz Xaver Süssmayer-3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa

Requiem In D Minor, K.626 - Compl. By Franz Xaver Süssmayer-5. Sanctus

Exsultate, jubilate, K.165-1. Exsultate, jubilate



CD 29: Beethoven - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6



Total value: 330 (High)

Average value: 36,67 (High)



Highlights:



Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 (Ludwig van Beethoven)-1. Allegro con brio

Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 (Ludwig van Beethoven)-2. Andante con moto

Symphony No.6 In F, Op.68 -"Pastoral"-5. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm: Allegretto



Super highlights:



Symphony No.5 In C Minor, Op.67 (Ludwig van Beethoven)-4. Allegro

Symphony No.6 In F, Op.68 -"Pastoral"-1. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande: Allegro ma non troppo



CD 30: Beethoven - Symphony No.9 Choral



Total value: 50,5 (Low)

Average value: 10,1 (Low)



Highlights:



Symphony No.9 In D Minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4.-Presto- "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" -Allegro assai (Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 1979)



No super highlights.



CD 31: Beethoven - Piano Concerto Nos 4 & 5



Total value: 81,5 (Moderate)

Average value: 13,58 (Low)



Highlights:



Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"-1. Allegro

Piano Concerto No.5 In E Flat Major Op.73 -"Emperor"-3. Rondo (Allegro)



No super highlights.



CD 32: Beethoven - Sonata For Violin And Piano No.9 Kreutzer



Total value: 78 (Moderate)

Average value: 11,14 (Low)



No highlights.

No super highlights.



CD 33: Piano Sonata Nos.8, 23 & 31



Total value: 71,5

Average value: 7,64 (Very low)



Highlights:



Piano Sonata No.8 In C Minor, Op.13 -"Pathétique"-2. Adagio cantabile



No super highlights.



CD 34: Weber - Der Freischütz (Highlights)



Total value: 219 (Moderate)

Average value: 18,25 (Moderate)



Highlights:



Der Freischütz / Act 1-"Viktoria! Viktoria! ..." - Bauern-Marsch - "Schau der Herr mich an als König!"

Der Freischütz / Act 1-Walzer

Der Freischütz / Act 3-Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz

Der Freischütz / Act 3-"Was gleicht wohl auf Erden dem Jägervergnügen?"



No super highlights.



CD 35: Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Highlights)



Total value: 111 (Low)

Average value: 8,54 (Low)



No highlights or super highlights.



CD 36: Schubert - Symphony No.8 Unfinished; Symphony No.9 The Great



Total value: 149 (Moderate)

Average value: 24,83 (High)



Highlights:



Symphony No.8 In B Minor, D.759 - "Unfinished" (Franz Schubert)-1. Allegro moderato

Symphony No.8 In B Minor, D.759 - "Unfinished" (Franz Schubert)-2. Andante con moto

Symphony No.9 In C, D.944 - "The Great"-3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

Symphony No.9 In C, D.944 - "The Great"-4. Allegro vivace



No super highlights.



CD 37: Schubert - Piano Quintet - String Quartet No.14



Total value: 367 (Very High)

Average value: 40,77 (Very High)



Highlights:



Piano Quintet In A, D.667 - "The Trout"-3. Scherzo (Presto)

Piano Quintet In A, D.667 - "The Trout"-5. Finale (Allegro giusto)

String Quartet No.14 In D Minor, D.810 -"Death And The Maiden"-2. Andante con moto



Super highlights:



Piano Quintet In A, D.667 - "The Trout"-1. Allegro vivace

Piano Quintet In A, D.667 - "The Trout"-4. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto



CD 38: Schubert - Piano Sonata No.21, 3 Impromptus; 2 Moments musicaux



Total value: 109 (Low)

Average value: 12,11 (Low)



Highlights:



Piano Sonata No.21 In B Flat, D.960-3. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza)



No super highlights.



CD 39: Schubert - Winterreise



Total value: 210 (Moderate)

Average value: 8,75 (Very low)



Highlights:



Winterreise, D.911-5. Der Lindenbaum

Winterreise, D.911-11. Frühlingstraum



No super highlights.



CD 40: Paganini - Violin Concerto No.1; 10 Capricci



Total value: 105,5 (Low)

Average value: 8,11 (Very low)



Highlights:



Violin Concerto No.1 In D, Op.6 (Niccolo Paganini)-3. Rondo (Allegro spirituoso)

24 Caprices For Violin, Op.1-No. 9 In E

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CD 41: Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, Overtures



Total value: 123 (Moderate)

Average value: 15,38 (High)



Highlights:



Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 (Hector Berlioz)-4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo)

Benvenuto Cellini-Berlioz: Overture "Le corsaire", Op.21



CD 42: Chopin - Piano Concerto No.1; Barcarolle, Scherzo Nr. 3



Total value: 308 (High)

Average value: 20,53 (High)



Highlights:



Piano Concerto No.1 In E Minor, Op.11 (Frédéric Chopin) -1. Allegro maestoso

Piano Concerto No.1 In E Minor, Op.11 (Frédéric Chopin)-2. Romance (Larghetto)

24 Préludes, Op.28 -20. In C Minor



Super highlights:



24 Préludes, Op.28 -15. in D Flat Major ("Raindrop")



CD 43: Chopin - Nocturnes (Selection)



Total value: 79 (Low)

Average value: 6,08 (Low)



Highlights:



Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2



CD 44: Chopin - Ballade No.1, Berceuse, Polonaise No.6



Total value: 274 (High)

Average value: 17,13 (High)



Highlights:



Berceuse In D Flat, Op.57 -Andante

Waltz No.14 In E Minor, Op.Posth-Vivace

Waltz No.3 In A Minor, Op.34 No.2 -Chopin: Impromptu No.1 In A Flat, Op.29

12 Etudes, Op.10 -No. 5 In G Flat "Black Keys"

12 Etudes, Op.10 -No. 12 In C Minor "Revolutionary"

Mazurka No.49 In A Minor, Op.68 No.2 -Lento