Classical Destinations: An Armchair Guide to Classical Music
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Performer: Bernd WeiklComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer: Alexander Borodin
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Composer: Edvard Grieg
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Composer: Jean Sibelius
Composer: Bedrich Smetana
Composer: Johann II Strauss
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Composer: Paul Terracini
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Alberto Erede
Conductor: Antal Dorati
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Classical Destinations - Theme, for violin & orchestra: Theme
- Fr?hlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), waltz for orchestra (with voice ad lib), Op. 410 (RV 410)
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ('Elvira Madigan') K. 467: 2. Andante
- Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618
- Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626: 8. Communio: Lux aeterna
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor ('From the New World'), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): 2. Largo
- Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (M? Vlast No. 2), JB 1:112/2
- Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,' BWV 140 (BC A166): 1. Chorus: Wachet auf
- Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Part 2. Sinfonia
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: 2. Air
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: 4. Finale [Excerpt]
- Vespro della beata vergine, for chorus & instruments, SV 206: Psalmus 126: Nisi dominus
- The Four Seasons (Il quattro stagione), concertos (4) for violin, strings & continuo ('Il cimento' Nos. 1-4) , Op. 8/1 - 4: Concerto
- Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
- Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma
- Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor): Va, pensiero (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
- Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 1. In the Christmas Tree
- Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37: Bogoroditse Devo
- Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov): Act 2. Polovstian Dances
- Symphony No. 7 in C major (Leningrad), Op. 60: 2. Moderato. Poco allegretto
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16: 2. Adagio
- Efterklang (Remembrances), lyric piece for piano, Op. 71/7
- Peer Gynt Suite for orchestra (or piano or piano, 4 hands) No. 1, Op. 46: Morning Mood
- Lemmink?inen Suite: Four Legends from the Kalevala, for orchestra, Op. 22: 2. The Swan of Tuonela
- Finlandia, tone poem for orchestra, Op. 26
Music reviews of Classical Destinations: An Armchair Guide to Classical Music
Music Review: INSPIRATIONAL MUSICAL/VISUAL/NATURE/ART/ARCHITECTURAL SMORGASBORD
Rating: 5 Stars
PHOTOGRAPHY MAGNIFICENT, COLOR WONDERFUL!.MUSIC UPLIFTING, INSPIRATIONAL, GOOD DIGITAL QUALITY
SIMON'S VOICE IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES OVER THE MUSIC, BUT HE IS WONDERFUL, AS USUAL!
NIKI IS GORGEOUS, VOLUPTUOUS, SENSUAL, HAPPY AND UPLIFTING WITH A DASH OF PERKINESS...OH YEAH, SHE'S A GREAT, PASSIONATE VIOLIN PLAYER!
MATT WILLS HAS A GREAT VOICE AND IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER.
GREAT PERSONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS AND THEIR ENVIRONS.
THIS IS THE GREATEST TELEVISION PRODUCT OF THE MODERN ERA AND SHOULD BE A REQUIRED COURSE, WITH THE COMPANION TEXT, IN ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS. I AND MY WIFE AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE INSPIRED TO TRAVEL TO THESE "CLASSICAL DESTINATIONS," IN SEARCH OF TOURS AND CONCERTS OF THESE GREAT MEN!
P.S.CHECK OUT NIKI'S "SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME" DVD. AMAZON ALSO LED ME TO THE WORKS OF THE GREAT, FUN ANDRE RIEU! THANX TO ALL PREVIOUS REVIEWERS AND THESE GREAT ARTISTS OF THE MODERN ERA!
General CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Ballets & Dances > Ballets
- Waltzes
- Chamber Music > General
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( B ) > Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- Borodin, Alexander
- ( D ) > Dvor?k, Anton?n
- ( G ) > Grieg, Edvard
- ( M ) > Monteverdi, Claudio
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
- ( P ) > Puccini, Giacomo
- ( R ) > Rachmaninov, Sergei > All Works by Rachmaninov
- ( S ) > Shostakovich, Dmitri
- Sibelius, Jean
- Smetana, Bedrich
- Strauss Jr., Johann
- ( T ) > Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > All Works by Tchaikovsky
- ( V ) > Verdi, Giuseppe
- Vivaldi, Antonio
- Forms & Genres > Concertos > General
- Short Forms > Character Pieces
- Suites
- Symphonies > Romantic
- Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Tone Poems
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Classical (c.1770-1830) > Forms & Genres > Chamber Music
- General
- Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Forms & Genres > Symphonies
- General Modern
- Romantic (c.1820-1910) > Ballets & Dances
- Instruments > Keyboard > Piano
- General
- Strings > Violin
- Symphonies > Modern & 20th Century
- General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Historical Periods > Classical (c.1770-1830)
- Modern & 20th Century
- Romantic (c.1820-1910)
- Languages > Russian
- Oratorios
- Vocal Non-Opera > Cantatas
- Motets
- Oratorios
- Requiems
- Bach, Johann Sebastian - Works by J.S. Bach
- Beethoven, Ludwig van - Works by Beethoven
- Borodin, Alexander - Works by Borodin
- Monteverdi, Claudio - Works by Monteverdi
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Puccini, Giacomo - Works by Puccini
- Classical - Featured Composers, A-Z - ( D ) - Dvor?k, Anton?n - General
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