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Classical Music Digest exclusively offers musical summaries of a great number of works from the classical music repertoire. This unique method uses the best existing recordings and aims at promoting this repertoire to a vast, international, non-initiated audience. This project, which covers 70 years of international production, concerns 320 hours of music at present (that will come out progressively over several years), 110 labels, 200 composers, 240 lyrical works, etc.
N.B. Most of the used recordings are under licences (neighbouring rights) and our summaries are universally protected by author’s rights on derivative works.
Abbreviations : baritone(br)/ bass(b)/ contralto(c)/ mezzo-soprano(m)/ soprano(s)/ tenor(t)/ orchestra(orch.)/ chorus (ch.)/ philharmonic(phil.)/ symphonic(symph.)/ Deutsche Grammophon (D.G.)/ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (D.H.M.)/ Oiseau Lyre (O.L.)/ STR = extract available on some streaming platforms.
With the label’s name, year of the work’s recording. With the summary’s timing, percentage of complete work.
Colours of the composer’s name : red = opera, oratorio,…/ yellow = soloist chant/ green = orchestra, chamber music/ blue = piano only/ pink = organ only.
Format : mp3 (320 kb/s)
Giselle (ballet) | Karajan (von) |
1841 | Orch. Phil. Vienne |
Postillon de Longjumeau (1 air) | Prêtre // Gedda (t) |
1836 | Orch. Radiodiffusion Française |
Oeuvres piano | Baselga [piano] |
1870 → 1892 |
Suites espagnoles | Larrocha (de) [piano] |
1883 → 1894 |
Adagio | Marriner / Academy St-Martin in the Fields |
Arrangement: Giazotto R. |
2 Airs | Bonynge // Sutherland (s) |
1860 | Orch. Symph. Londres |
Ouverture + Symphonie | Lopez-Cobos |
1820/1825 | English Chamber Orch. |
Manon Lescaut | Marty |
1856 | Orch. + Ch. Radio France |
Muette de Portici | Fulton / Ch. J. Laforge |
1828 | Orch. Phil. Monte-Carlo |
Cantate BWV 140 (veilleur) | Richter K. // Schreier (t) |
1731 | Orch. + Ch. Bach Munich |
Cantate BWV 147 | Willcocks / Acad. St Martin Fields |
1723 | Ch. King's College Cambridge |
Cantate BWV 202 (mariage) | Németh // Zadori (s) |
1720 | Capella Savaria |
Cantate BWV 207 (fête) | Schreier |
1726 | Ch. + Orch. Chambre Berlin |
Oratorio de Noël | Richter K. // Crass (b) |
1734 | Orch. + Ch. Bach Munich |
Sonates + Partitas | Milstein [violon] |
1720 |
Suite française n°6 | Haebler [piano] |
1722 |
Oeuvres orgue | Isoir [orgue] |
1708 → 1748 |
Prière d’une jeune fille | Martin (Philip) [piano] |
1851 |
Oeuvres orgue 1 | Chapuis / Tchebourkina |
1770 | Orgue Saint - Roch (Paris) |
Oeuvres orgue 2 | Chapuis / Tchebourkina |
1749 → 1770 | Orgue Saint - Roch (Paris) |
2 Airs tyroliens | Watson J. (s) |
1816/1817 | Osostowicz [violon] / Martineau [piano] |
Concerto piano n°5 (Empereur) | Davis // Arrau [piano] |
1809 | Orch. Staatskapelle Dresde |
Concerto piano, violon, violoncelle | Fricsay |
1804 | Orch. Radio Berlin |
Concerto violon (opus 61) | Cluytens // Oïstrakh [violon] |
1806 | Orch. Radiodiffusion Française |
Fantaisie piano choeur orchestre | Ozawa // Serkin [piano] |
1808 | Orch. Boston - Ch. Festival Tanglewood |
Fidelio | Karajan (von) |
1814 | Orch. Phil. Berlin - Ch. Opera Berlin |
Musique chorale | Tilson-Thomas / Ambrosian Singers |
1811 → 1824 | Orch. Symph. Londres |
Symphonie n°5 | Karajan (von) |
1808 | Orch. Phil. Berlin |
Symphonie n°6 (pastorale) | Cluytens |
1808 | Orch. Phil. Berlin |
Symphonie n°9 | Fricsay / Orch. Phil. Berlin |
1824 | Ch. Cathédrale Ste Edwige |
Variations Diabelli | Brendel [piano] |
1823 |
Norma | Bonynge |
1831 | Ch. + Orch. Symph. Londres |
Puritains | Bonynge / Ch. Covent Garden |
1835 | Orch. Symph. Londres |
Somnambule | Bonynge / Ch. Opera Londres |
1831 | National Philharmonic Orch. |
Damnation de Faust | Davis / Ch. + Orch. Symph. Londres |
1846 | Ch. Ambrosian + Ch. Wandsworth |
Harold en Italie + Tristia | Davis |
1834/1854 | Orch. Symph. Londres |
Nuits d’été | Ansermet // Crespin (s) |
1841 → 1856 | Orch. Suisse Romande |
Roméo et Juliette (1 air) | Ozawa // Hamari (m) |
1839 | Orch. Boston |
Symphonie fantastique | Ansermet |
1830 | Orch. Suisse Romande |
Missa salisburgensis | Segarra / Collegium Aureum |
1682 | Escolania Montserrat / Tölzer Knabenchor |
Carmen | Abbado |
1875 | Orch. Symph. Londres - Ch. Ambrosian |
Oeuvres piano | Setrak [piano] |
1854 → 1865 |
Pêcheurs de perles | Dervaux |
1863 | Orch. + Ch. Opéra Comique |
Suites de l’ Arlésienne | Beecham |
1872 | Royal Phil. Orch. |
Symphonie en ut | Beecham |
1855 | Orch. Radiodiffusion Française |
Quintettes à cordes | Quinteto Boccherini |
1772 → 1795 |
Concerto harpe | Märzendorfer // Zabaleta [harpe] |
1800 | Orch. Radio Berlin |
Concerto piano + Ouverture | Griffiths // Veljkovic [piano] |
1792/1800 | Orch. Suisse Italienne |
Dame blanche | Stoll |
1825 | Orch. + Ch. Paris |
Mefistofele | de Fabritiis / National Phil. Orch. |
1875 | Ch. Opéra Londres + Trinity Boys |