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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]
Many classical compositions belong to a numbered series of works of a similar type by the same composer. For example, Beethoven wrote 9 symphonies, 10 violin sonatas, 32 piano sonatas, 5 piano concertos, 16 string quartets, 7 piano trios and other works, all of which are numbered sequentially within their genres and generally referred to by their sequence numbers, keys and opus numbers.
Adventures in Good Music, hosted by Karl Haas, was radio's most widely listened-to classical music program, [1] [2] and aired nationally in the U.S. from 1970 to 2007. The program was also syndicated to commercial and public radio stations around the world. [3]
Symphony No. 8: F major Op. 93 1812 25 36 Mahler Symphony No. 8 Symphony of a Thousand: E flat major 1907 80 35 Brahms Symphony No. 2: D major Op. 73 1877 41 34 Bizet Symphony in C: C major 1855 28 33 Mahler Symphony No. 4: G major 1901 58 32 Dvořák Symphony No. 8: G major Op. 88, B. 163 1890 36 31 Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 Leningrad: C ...
Work Nominees Ref. 2003: Bramwell Tovey: Requiem for a Charred Skull: John Estacio, "Test Run" Christos Hatzis, "Orbiting Garden" Alexina Louie, "Music for a Thousand Autumns" Heather Schmidt, "Concerto for Cello" 2004: R. Murray Schafer: String Quartet No. 8: Norma Beecroft, "Amplified String Quartet with Tape" Christos Hatzis, "Everlasting Light"
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Terezín: The Music 1941–44 is a 2-CD set with music written by inmates at the Terezín concentration camp during World War II. [1] [2] [3] The collection features music by Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, and Viktor Ullmann. Haas, Krása, and Ullmann died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, and Klein died in Fürstengrube in 1945. [4]
The Mozart effect is the theory that listening to the music of Mozart may temporarily boost scores on one portion of an IQ test. Popular science versions of the theory make the claim that "listening to Mozart makes you smarter" or that early childhood exposure to classical music has a beneficial effect on mental development.