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Contents: [3SHM-CD] A selection of 30 popular tracks from the "Classic Department Store" series! The CD booklet includes an essay by n-buna (Yorushika) titled "Classic and Me." This "Classic Department Store Best Selection" features 30 popular tracks from the "Classic Department Store" series, selected based on a popularity ranking derived from a survey of classical music lovers. The "Classic Department Store" series selects evergreen masterpieces of the highest quality and popularity from both the "Deutsche Grammophon" and "Decca" (including former Philips recordings) labels, categorized into genres such as "Instrumental Music," "Concertos," "Orchestral Music," "Chamber Music/Opera & Vocal Music," and "Symphonies." The CD booklet includes essays titled "Classic and Me" by popular novelists with deep knowledge of classical music, such as Keiichiro Hirano, Ira Ishida, Miri Yanagi, Shichiri Nakayama, and Jiro Akagawa, which have garnered much attention. The CD booklet for this release includes an essay titled "Me and Classical Music" by Yorushika's sound creator, n-buna. In it, he writes about his own encounter with classical music. Furthermore, the essay touches upon n-buna's favorite classical pieces, which are also included in this release, "Classical Music Department Store Best Selection." [Track Listing] Disc 1 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 "Fate" - 1st movement: Allegro con brio / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan 2. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 - 1st movement: Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato / Saito Kinen Orchestra, conductor: Seiji Ozawa 3. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, RV269 "Spring" - 1st movement: Allegro / Pina Carmirelli (violin), I Musici Ensemble 4. Smetana: Symphonic Poem Cycle "M? Vlast" - 2nd movement: Moldau / Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Rafael Kubel?k 5. 1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 - 1st movement: Poco sostenuto ? Vivace / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Carlos Kleiber 6. J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 - 1st movement: Pr?lude / Mischa Maisky (cello) 7. Mozart: Opera "The Magic Flute," K. 620 - "A vengeful heart burns in my chest like hell" (Queen of the Night's aria) / Roberta Peters (soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Karl B?hm 8. R. Strauss: Symphonic poem "Ein Hell," Op. 40 - Part 1: Hero / Rainer Honeck (solo violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Christian Thielemann 9. J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites Disc 2 1. D major, BWV 1068 - Movement 2: Air / Munich Bach Orchestra, Conductor: Karl Richter 10. Dvo??k: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" - Movement 4: Allegro con fuoco / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Herbert von Karajan 12. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" - Movement 1: Allegro / Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt 2. Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" 1. Movement 1: Allegro / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan 3. Puccini: Opera "Turandot" - Nessun Dorma / Placido Domingo (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan et al. 4. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D667 (Op. 114) "The Trout" - Movement 4: Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V ? Allegretto / Alfred Brendel (piano), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Richard Duven (cello), Peter Riegelbauer (double bass) 5. Mozart: Piano Sonata in A major, K.331 (300i) "Turkish March" [No. 11] ~Third Movement: Alla Turca. Allegretto / Maria Jo?o Pires (piano) 6 Sibelius: Symphonic Poem "Finlandia" Op. 26 / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Herbert von Karajan 7 Mussorgsky/Ravel arrangement: Suite "Pictures at an Exhibition" ~Promenade / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Herbert von Karajan 8 Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28 ~No. 7 in A major / Rafa? Blechacz (piano) 9 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 ~First Movement: Allegro moderato / Akiko Suwanai (violin), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy 10 Bizet: Opera "Carmen" ~Love is a disobedient little bird (Habanera)/Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan et al. Disc 3 1. J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565 ~Toccata/Helmut Walcha (organ) 2. J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV988 ~Aria/Karl Richter (harpsichord) 3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" ~2nd movement: Adagio cantabile/Emil Gilels (piano) 4. Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 ~1st movement: Allegro non troppo/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Carlos Kleiber 5. 6. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 - 1st movement: Moderato / Lang Lang (piano), Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conductor: Valery Gergiev 7. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major - 1st movement: Allegretto ben moderato / Augustin Dumay (violin), Maria Jo?o Pires (piano) 8. J.S. Bach: Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G minor, BWV 1001 - 4th movement: Presto / Henryk Szeryng (violin) 9. Debussy: Suite Bergamasque - 3rd movement: Clair de Lune / Seong-Jin Cho (piano) 10. Holst: The Planets - 4th movement: Jupiter, Bringer of Johannes / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" ~4th movement: Presto - "O friend, not like this!" - Allegro assai / Guinness Jones (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (alto), Ren? Kollo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Leonard Bernstein Media reviews and more This CD booklet features 30 popular tracks selected from the "Classic Department Store" series, based on a popularity ranking derived from a survey of classical music lovers! The booklet for this release includes an essay by Yorushika's sound creator, n-buna, titled "Me and Classical Music," in which he writes about his own encounter with classical music. Furthermore, the essay touches upon n-buna's favorite classical pieces, which are also included in this "Classic Department Store Best Selection." (C)RS