Compact discs (DDD).

Program notes (4 p.) inserted in plastic CD-ROM container. The A to Z of classical music : the great composers and their greatest works / Keith Anderson. 2nd expanded ed. [Germany] : HNH International, c2000 (562 p. : ill.) inserted in cardboard sleeve.

GMD: compact disc.

CD 1. De profundis (Gregorian chant) (Nova Schola Gregoriana, conducted by Alberto Turco) (3:17) -- O virga mediatrix. Alleluia / Hildegard von Bingen (Oxford Camerata, conducted by Jeremy Summerly) (3:33) -- Missa Papae Marcelli. Gloria / Palestrina (Oxford Camerata, conducted by Jeremy Summerly) (5:32) -- Pavane for 6 viols / Byrd (Rose Consort of Viols ; Red Byrd) (3:04) -- Canon / Pachelbel (Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Richard Edlinger) (4:45) -- Christmas concerto. Vivace-grave / Corelli (Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Jaroslav Krechek) (1:19) -- Premier concert. Prľude / F. Couperin (Laurence Cummings, harpsichord) (2:47) -- The four seasons. Spring. Allegro / Vivaldi (Takako Nishizaki, violin ; Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Stephen Gunzenhauser) (3:37) -- Trumpet concerto. Adagio / Telemann (Miroslav Kejmar, trumpet ; Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Peter Skvor) (2:05) -- Air on the G string / J.S. Bach (Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Jaroslav Dvork̀) (5:18) -- Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (Scholars Baroque Ensemble) (3:41) -- "London" symphony. Menuetto allegretto / Haydn (Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Barry Wordsworth) (5:24) -- Sinfonia in F major. Andante / von Dittersdorf (Failoni Orchestra, conducted by Uwe Grodd) (2:10) -- Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Allegro / Mozart (Capella Istropolitana, conducted by Wolfgang Sobotka) (5:50) -- Moonlight sonata. Adagio / Beethoven (Jeno Jand,̤ piano) (5:16) -- Clarinet concerto no. 2. Andante / Weber (Ernst Ottensamer, clarinet; CSSR State Philharmonic, conducted by Johannes Wildner) (6:49) -- Stabat Mater. Quis est homo / Rossini (soloists ; Hungarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Pier Georgio Morandi) (6:54)

CD 2. Ave Maria / Schubert (Ingrid Kertesi, soprano ; Camerata Budapest, conducted by Ls̀zl K̤ovc̀s) (4:50) --Symphonie fantastique. Un bal / Berlioz (Czecho-Slovak RSO, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg) (6:30) -- A midsummer night's dream. Wedding march / Mendelssohn (Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Richard Hayman) (6:23) -- Minute waltz / Chopin (Idil Biret, pianist) (1:45) -- Symphony no. 1 "Spring." Larghetto / Schumann (BRT Philharmonic, Brussels, conducted by Alexander Rahbari) (5:29) -- Ride of the Valkyries / Wagner (Czecho-Slovak RSO, conducted by Uwe Mund) (5:23) -- La traviata. Prelude / Verdi (Czecho-Slovak RSO, conducted by Alexander Rahbari) (3:51) -- Hungarian dance no. 3 / Brahms (Budapest Symphony, conducted by Istvǹ Bogr̀) (2:17) -- Swan Lake. Scn̈e / Tchaikovsky (Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), conducted by Ondrej Lenr̀d) (2:40) -- Slavonic dance no. 1 / Dvork̀ (Balz̀a Szokolay, piano) (3:48) -- Enigma variations. Nimrod / Elgar (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by George Hurst) (3:40) -- Clair de lune / Debussy (Czecho-Slovak RSO, conducted by Keith Clark) (4:25) -- Also sprach Zarathustra (opening) / R. Strauss (Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Kosler) (1:51) -- Prelude in C sharp minor / Rachmaninov (Idil Biret, piano) (4:41) -- The fountains of Rome. Fountain of the Villa Medici at sunset / Respighi (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Enrique Bt̀iz) (6:09) -- Pulcinella suite. Overture / Stravinsky (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Sanderling) (2:08) -- Carmina Burana. O Fortuna / Orff (Slovak Philharmonic Chorus ; Czecho-Slovak RSO, conducted by Stephen Gunzenhauser) (2:40) -- Simple symphony. Playful pizzicato / Britten (Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conducted by Richard Studt) (3:18) -- Violin concerto. 1st movement / Glass (Adele Anthony, violin ; Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Takuo Yuasa) (6:42)

Various vocalists, instrumentalists, and orchestras.

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Vocal works sung chiefly in Latin.