Audio Network launches Classical Collection; the greatest classical music reimagined for media

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image006.jpgFor the first time, the world’s greatest and most recognisable classical music has been carefully arranged, recorded and mixed with editors and content creators in mind.

 

Audio Network, the international music company for the media industry, are set to bring the Classics to life with the launch of their brand new Classical Collection including 44 of the world’s most iconic classical music tracks, reworked specifically for media use.

The collection includes famous works from the 1700s to early 1900s, everything from the symphonic works of Beethoven and Wagner to the favourite chamber music of Vivaldi and Bach, all with utility of production music built in to them.

 

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios using over 100 of the UK’s finest musicians from the English Session Orchestra and the Britten Sinfonia Choir, the project was grand in scale and took almost 18 months to complete. The Classical Collection project was led by Audio Network co-founder Andrew Sunnucks along with its in-house orchestrating team, David Tobin, Jeff Meedan and Julian Gallant, who also conducted the sessions.

 

Says Sunnucks: “The collection is artistically and virtuosically some of the best classical recordings available for media use today.”

 

Traditionally, almost all classical music recordings available to the media industry have been recorded for home listening and don’t have the same dynamic qualities or editing capabilities an editor requires.

Audio Network set out to record the classics at the same production standard expected of a major Hollywood soundtrack but with the formats and editing capabilities required by media content creators.

 

In arranging the music, Audio Network has carefully selected key segments while maintaining the flow of the compositions, meaning that for the first time editors can easily access the key sections of melody, themes and builds they want for their production. They have also created alternate versions and endings to make the music as usable as possible in the media context.

 

For listeners, many of the arrangements actually sound bigger than the original scores with additional harmonies and a focus on the big tunes. This had to be done especially carefully as the essence of the original works is what makes this some of the greatest music in the first place. In many cases, the production team consulted the original 18th and 19th century hand-written scores.

 

All tracks have been pre-cleared for worldwide, multiplatform use and can be licensed direct through Audio Network.

 

The stunning Classical Collection is available to listen for free on audionetwork.com.au.

Track Listing:

 

Symphonic 1

1. Ride Of The Valkyries – Wagner (1851)

2. Night On A Bare Mountain – Mussorgsky (1858)

3. Ode To Joy – Beethoven (1824)

4. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor – Mozart (1788)

5. In The Hall Of The Mountain King – Greig (1867)

6. Hallelujah Chorus – Handel (1741)

7. William Tell Overture – Rossini

8. Flight Of The Bumble Bee – Rimsky-Korsakov (1899)

 

Symphonic 2

1. Pastoral Symphony Mvt One – Beethoven (1808)

2. Morning – Greig

3. Blue Danube – J Strauss (1866)

4. Danse Macabre – Saint-Saens (1874)

5. Jerusalem – Blake/Parry (1916)

6. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy – Tchaikovsky (1892)

7. Wedding March – Mendelssohn

 

Chamber Music

1. Air On A G String – J S Bach (c. 1720)

2. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Allegro – Mozart (1787)

3. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Romanze – Mozart (1787)

4. Four Seasons Spring – Vivaldi (1720)

5. Four Seasons Summer – Vivaldi (1720)

6. Four Seasons Autumn – Vivaldi (1720)

7. Four Seasons Winter – Vivaldi (1720)

8. Pizzicati – Delibes (1876)

9. Pizzicato Polka – J Strauss (1892)

10. Celebrated Minuet – Boccherini (1771)

11. Lullaby – Brahms (1868)

12. Prince Of Denmark’s March – Clarke

13. Trumpet Tune – Purcell

14. Trout – Schubert

15. Bridal Chorus – Wagner

 

Opera & Oratorio

1. Un Bel Di – Puccini

2. Largo Al Factotum – Rossini

3. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves – Verdi

4. Prelude to Carmen – Bizet

5. Habanera – Bizet (1875)

6. Toreador – Bizet (1875)

7. Dido’s Lament – Purcell (c. 1688)

8. Liebestraume – Liszt

9. Ave Maria – Schubert (1825)

10. Ave Maria – JS Bach/Gounod

11. Barcarolle – Offenbach (1880)

12. Brindisi – Verdi (1852)

13. Flower Duet – Delibes (1883)

14. La Donna E Mobile – Verdi (1851)