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 Sounds Of Excellence - 200 Greatest Classics Vol 13
Release Date: 07/21/2000 
Label:  Platinum Disc   Catalog #: 528   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Sir Edward ElgarEdvard GriegGeorges BizetLudwig van BeethovenJohannes Brahms
Frédéric ChopinJohann Strauss Jr.Roman HoffstetterFelix Mendelssohn
Robert SchumannWolfgang Amadeus MozartKenneth AlfordJohann Strauss Sr.

Performer:  Hans-Jurgen DietrichAllan SchillerMartin JonesRichard Tilling
Conductor:  Sir Malcolm SargentRudolf KempeRudolf KraussKurt GraunkeClifford Bunford
H. Glenn OstrovskyRichard Kraus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic OrchestraSpitfields Sinfonietta of LondonMunich Philharmonic OrchestraDresden Staatskapelle
Vienna State Opera OrchestraGraunke Symphony OrchestraCardiff Symphony Orchestra
Marine Concert BandVienna Volksoper Orchestra

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 11 Mins. 

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Includes polka(s) by ? Strauss. Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Kraus.
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1.  Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39: no 4 in G major by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:  Sir Malcolm Sargent
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1907; England 
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 
2.  Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34: no 2, Last spring by Edvard Grieg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Spitfields Sinfonietta of London
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Norway 
Length: 5 Minutes 20 Secs. 
3.  L'arlésienne: Suite no 1 - 4th movement, Carillon by Georges Bizet
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs. 
4.  Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Hans-Jurgen Dietrich (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 22 Secs. 
5.  Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80 by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 58 Secs. 
6.  Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Allan Schiller (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France 
Length: 6 Minutes 0 Secs. 
7.  Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Rudolf Krauss
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
8.  Quartets (6) for Strings, Op. 3: no 5 in F major - Andante cantabile "Serenade" by Roman Hoffstetter
Conductor:  Kurt Graunke
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Graunke Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: by 1777; Germany 
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. 
Notes: This work was previously attributed to Franz Joseph Haydn.  
9.  Capriccio brillant for Piano and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 22 by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:  Martin Jones (Piano)
Conductor:  Clifford Bunford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cardiff Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: ?1825-26; Germany 
Length: 11 Minutes 25 Secs. 
10.  Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Richard Tilling (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs. 
11.  Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Rudolf Krauss
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1889; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 11 Minutes 53 Secs. 
12.  Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 17 in D major, K 334 (320b): Minuet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Kurt Graunke
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Graunke Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1779-1780; Salzburg, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 5 Secs. 
13.  Colonel Bogey by Kenneth Alford
Conductor:  H. Glenn Ostrovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Marine Concert Band
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1913; England 
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs. 
14.  Polka by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:  Richard Kraus
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs. 
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