This 2015 box set from Deutsche Grammophon is a five-CD collection of short excerpts and single movements from the best-known classical works. Like most labels' greatest-hits compilations, perennial favorites are included, such as the Allegro from Vivaldi's "Spring" Concerto, Bach's Air on the G string, Pachelbel's Canon, Beethoven's "Für Elise" and the Adagio sostenuto from the "Moonlight" Sonata, Orff's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, Handel's Largo from Serse, the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony, and many more of ...
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This 2015 box set from Deutsche Grammophon is a five-CD collection of short excerpts and single movements from the best-known classical works. Like most labels' greatest-hits compilations, perennial favorites are included, such as the Allegro from Vivaldi's "Spring" Concerto, Bach's Air on the G string, Pachelbel's Canon, Beethoven's "Für Elise" and the Adagio sostenuto from the "Moonlight" Sonata, Orff's "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana, Handel's Largo from Serse, the Adagietto from Mahler's Fifth Symphony, and many more of the most popular pieces, in performances drawn from Deutsche Grammophon's extensive catalog. While this package can help listeners identify familiar melodies in a relatively short span of time, it may actually be more helpful in acquainting them with the great artists who have recorded for Deutsche Grammophon over the decades, including Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim, Plácido Domingo, Carlo Maria Giulini, James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, Maria João Pires, Sviatoslav...
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