Various Artists - Eternal Beethoven / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 5 - I. Allegro Con Brio - the Essential Beethoven 2. Minuet in G Major - the Essential Beethoven 3. 'Fur Elise' - the Essential Beethoven 4. 'Moonlight' Piano Sonata - I. Adagio Sostenuto (Mono) - the Essential Beethoven 5. Turkish March from Ruins of Athens - Philadelphia Orchestra 6. Violin Concerto in D Major - III. Rondo. Allegro - Zino Francescatti 7. 'Pathetique' Piano Sonata - II. Adagio Cantabile - Rudolf Serkin 8. 'Rasumovsky' String Quartet - IV. Allegro Molto - Budapest String Quartet 9. 'Emperor' Piano Concerto - III. Rondo. Allegro - Leon Fleisher 10. Fidelio Overture - Cleveland Orchestra 11. Symphony No. 9 'Choral' Presto - Recitativo 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Tone!' (Final Chorus on Schiller's 'Ode to Joy') - Richard Lewis

When I come back to this composer after months or years away from him I find his music rewarding. Some of it is also very attractive. I would recommend this sampler so you can get to know him. I suspect that you will end up, like me, with a handful of other Pärt discs. Album Tracks 1. Summa for Strings 2. Tabula Rasa Ludus 3. The Woman with the Alabaster Box 4. Berliner Messe Kyrie 5. Collage Uber Bach Toccata 6. Passio Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem 7. Fratres for Violin, Strings and Percussion 8. De Profundis 9. I Am the True Vine 10. Symphony No. 3 II. ? 11. Berliner Messe Agnus Dei 12. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

The best of instrumental Eternal Piano accompanied by Aurora Duo under the direction of Stepan Esipoff bring such classics as Chopin's Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 and Bach's, Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 to life. Album Tracks 1. 3 Gymnopedies Gymnopedie No. 1 2. 3 Gymnopedies Gymnopedie No. 2 3. 3 Gymnopedies Gymnopedie No. 3 4. Preludes, Book 1 No. 8. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) 5. 4 Piano Pieces, Woo 59-61A Bagatelle in a Minor, Woo 59, InchFur EliseInch. Bagatelle, Woo 60. Allegretto Quasi Andante, Woo 61A. Allegretto, Woo 61 6. Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 7. Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12 No. 1. Arietta 8. 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899 No. 4 in A-Flat Major 9. Lied Ohne Worte (Song Without Words), Book 6, Op. 67 No. 36 in E Major, Op. 67, No. 6 10. Invention No. 13 in a Minor, BWV 784 11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in a Major, K. 331 III. Rondo Alla Turca 12. Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.10/L.370/P.66 13. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 IV. Juliet As a Young Girl 14. The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A (Arr. for 2 Pianos) VII. Dance of the Reeds 15. Anna Magdalena's Notebook, Book 2, BWV Anh. II 113-132 (Fragments) (Excerpts) Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. II 114 16. Anna Magdalena's Notebook, Book 2, BWV Anh. II 113-132 (Fragments) (Excerpts) Minuet in G minor, BWV Anh. II 115 17. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in a Major, S464/R128 II. Allegretto 18. Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 19. Canco I Dansa No. 7 20. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, InchMoonlightInch I. Adagio Sostenuto