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| Best of the Millennium: Top 40 Classical Hits | 
 enlarge | Creators: Mischa Maisky, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Alexander Borodin, Johannes Brahms, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar, George Gershwin, Edvard Grieg, George Frederick Handel, Franz Liszt, Pietro Mascagni, Felix Mendelssohn, Jean-joseph Mouret, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Utv Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy Used: $2.79
You Save: $11.19 (80%)
New (32) Used (22) from $2.79
Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 19022
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 463240
UPC: 028946324028
EAN: 0028946324028
ASIN: B00004GOZA
Release Date: February 8, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Used - Very Good; Gently played CD. Will be shipped promptly!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | | • | 1st movement (Adagio sostenuto) | | • | March of the Toreadors | | • | Polovtsian Dance No.1 (Excerpt) | | • | No.4, Wiegenlied | | • | 2nd movement, Largo | | • | Andante | | • | Finale | | • | Prelude ("Morning") | | • | Hallelujah Chorus | | • | Excerpt | | • | Intermezzo | | • | Wedding March |
Disc 2
| • | The Great Gate of Kiev | | • | 1st movement (Allegro) | | • | Cancan | | • | No.1, O Fortuna | | • | Canon | | • | Turandot: Nessun dorma | | • | Nessun dorma! | | • | Variation No.18 | | • | Finale | | • | Flight of the Bumblebee | | • | Finale | | • | Sunrise | | • | Finale | | • | Finale | | • | Vedi! le fosche notturne (Anvil Chorus) | | • | Largo |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
For those who want the most remembered passages of classical music's best-loved works, here's a package for you. On this bargain priced double-CD, you'll find music from 40 different classical composers; for the most part, the recordings excerpted here are some of the very best. Of course, you only get one Bach sampling (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, played by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra) and one Mozart (A Little Night Music conducted by Herbert von Karajan), but this is still a nice collection--perhaps the starting point for a budding collection of classical music. This set's downfall? Unfortunately, though the liner notes discuss the evolution of classical music chronologically, the tracks are programmed in alphabetical order by composer's last name. This makes for some startling transitions! Emil Gilels's reflective performance of the Adagio from Beethoven's "Moonlight" sonata is followed by the crashing cymbals and bombast of Carmen's "March of the Toreadors," a recipe for a heart attack if there ever was one. Still, there's something here for everyone and the liner notes even explain what movies this music can be found in. A nice touch. --Jason Verlinde
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 Classical must-have! February 28, 2000
53 out of 66 found this review helpful
This set is a must have for anyone who enjoys classical music. It is a fabulous collection of many famous classical works. Even those who are not familiar with classical are likely to recognize several of the songs; it is a good introductory to the genre. I recommend it to everyone!
 If you like classical music don't buy this CD. March 10, 2005
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Most of the tracks were chopped down to 3-4 minutes so some of the best parts of the compositions are missing. I don't know what I was thinking trying to buy 40 classical songs on two CD's. If you really want to enjoy the music you would do better to purchase a CD with fewer, but better quality tracks.
 Not that good. November 21, 2003
26 out of 30 found this review helpful
The only good thing I can say is that it includes about 10 songs I personally love.
But I can also say it includes at least 5 songs that are extremely cheesy.
The rest of the songs are in the so-so category :)
But what I find really dissappointing is the volume leveling, its terrible!
Just to mention a few, Monlight Sonata (Beethoven) and Clair De Lune (Debussy) are barely hearable, increasing the volume not only causes white noise but it will break your ears when playing one of the loud songs (like the March Of The Toreadors).
DONyT BUY IT! September 19, 2001
22 out of 29 found this review helpful
Like many of you, when I first bought this, I was new to classical music. Since it had a good customer rating, I thought it would be a good purchase. It was a waste of money. Half the songs on the CD are songs that have been worn out by commercials and other Hollywood productions (like the "Lone Ranger" song). The biggest problem with this CD set is that most of the songs are incomplete. And even those incomplete songs contain variations of the same worn out classical tunes. This CD set is definitely not worth the money.
A must for home-schoolers May 22, 2003
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
How do you do music education if you aren't musically trained? I have friends who home school, but they don't have the musical training I got as a kid.A good starter is this CD. It really is "the best of the best" and a wide sampling of everything from Baroque to Opera to classical with Jazz inspiration (Gershwin.) If you aren't a classical music buff and want to introduce yourself or your kids to the great music of the centuries, this is a very good starting point. The pieces are arranged alphabetically, which I find strange (I would have preferred chronologically) but for searching and replaying composers, this is a good thing. That's why I think this makes a good resource for home schoolers or for parents introducing their kids to music, especially if the music program at their school has been eliminated to save costs.
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