专辑介绍：

关于DECCA的《Ultimate》系列：

DECCA 《Ultimate》系列包括多套5CD一组的主题选集，着重地介绍了各个时代的大师们最有影响力、最广为流传的古典音乐作品，其中包括贝多芬、巴赫、肖邦、柴可夫斯基、莫扎特、舒伯特等的必听之作。此外，该系列还以不同体裁作为类别划分，加入了古典小提琴、大提琴、钢琴、钢琴协奏曲、休闲古典、巴洛克、歌剧等主题选集。虽然这个系列中某些选曲的录音年份有些久远，但演绎者中不乏宗师级的人物，故欣赏价值也是颇高的。全系列由环球公司下属的德国EDC压片生产，品质优良，而封面设计则简约而不失典雅。该系列比较适合初涉古典音乐的朋友欣赏、收藏，通过这套入门级的CD能对古典音乐有一个基本的、初步的认知和了解。而已是古典音乐爱好者的乐友，或许也能从中找到一些自己可能还没有听过的演绎版本。

专辑曲目：

CD  1

Piano Concertos No. 1 ? Piano Concertos No. 2 『第一、第二钢琴协奏曲』

Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11: 『E小调第一钢琴协奏曲，作品11』

01. - i. Allegro maestoso

02. - ii. Romance: Larghetto

03. - iii. Rondo: Vivace

Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21: 『F小调第二钢琴协奏曲，作品21』

04. - i. Maestoso

05. - ii. Larghetto

06. - iii. Allegro vivace

CD  2

Nocturnes 1-14 『夜曲1－14』

01. No.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1

02. No.2 in E flat major, op.9 no.2 *

03. No.3 in B major, op.9 no.3

04. No.4 in F major, op.15 no.1

05. No.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2 *

06. No.6 in G minor, op.15 no.3

07. No.7 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.1 *

08. No.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2 *

09. No.9 in B major, op.32 no.1 *

10. No.10 in A flat major, op.32 no.2 *

11. No.11 in G minor, op.37 no.1

12. No.12 in G major, op.37 no.2

13. No.13 in C minor, op.48 no.1

14. No.14 in F sharp minor, op.48 no.2

CD  3

Nocturnes 15-20 ? The Ballades 『夜曲15－20、叙事曲』

Nocturnes 15-20: 『夜曲15－20』

01. No.15 in F minor, op.55 no.1

02. No.16 in E flat major, op.55 no.2

03. No.17 in B major, op.62 no.1

04. No.18 in E major, op.62 no.2

05. No.19 in E minor, op.72

06. No.20 in C sharp minor, op. posth. *

07. Nocturne in C minor (1837) *

The Ballades: 『第一至四号叙事曲』

08. No.1 in G minor, op.23 *

09. No.2 in F major, op.38

10. No.3 in A flat major, op.47

11. No.4 in F minor, op.52

CD  4

The Preludes ? The Impromptus 『前奏曲、即兴曲』

24 Preludes, op.28: 『二十四首前奏曲集，作品28；升C小调前奏曲；降A大调前奏曲』

01. No.1 in C major

02. No.2 in A minor

03. No.3 in G major

04. No.4 in E minor

05. No.5 in D major

06. No.6 in B minor

07. No.7 in A major

08. No.8 in F sharp minor

09. No.9 in E major

10. No.10 in C sharp minor

11. No.11 in B major

12. No.12 in G sharp minor

13. No.13 in F sharp major

14. No.14 in E flat minor

15. No.15 in D flat major

16. No.16 in B flat minor

17. No.17 in A flat major

18. No.18 in F minor

19. No.19 in E flat major

20. No.20 in C minor

21. No.21 in B flat major

22. No.22 in G minor

23. No.23 in F major

24. No.24 in D minor

25. Prelude in C sharp minor, op.45

26. Prelude in A flat major, op.posth.

The Impromptus 『即兴曲』

27. No.1 in A flat major, op.29

28. No.2 in F sharp minor, op.36

29. No.3 in G flat major, op.51

30. No.4 in C sharp minor, op.66 "Fantaisie-impromptu"

CD  5

The Waltzes 『十九首圆舞曲』

01. No.1 Grande valse brillante in E flat major, op.18

02. No.2 Valse brillante in A flat major, op.34 no.1

03. No.3 Valse brillante in A minor, op.34 no.2

04. No.4 Valse brillante in F major, op.34 no.3

05. No.5 Grande valse in A flat major, op.42

06. No.6 "Minute Waltz" in D flat major, op.64 no.1

07. No.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2

08. No.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3

09. No.9 "Farewell Waltz" in A flat major, op.69 no.1

10. No.10 in B minor, op.69 no.2

11. No.11 in G flat major, op.70 no.1

12. No.12 in F minor, op.70 no.2

13. No.13 in D flat major, op.70 no.3

14. No.14 in E minor, op. posth.

15. No.15 in E major, op. posth.

16. No.16 in A flat major, op. posth.

17. No.17 in E flat major, op. posth.

18. No.18 in E flat major, op. posth.

19. No.19 in A minor, op. posth.