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 4 Elements - Classical Music Of Fire, Water, Air And Earth
Release Date: 09/09/2008 
Label:  Berlin Classics   Catalog #: 184592   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi,  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Hector Berlioz,  Georges Bizet,  Claude Debussy, 
Modest Mussorgsky,  Johannes Brahms,  Igor Stravinsky,  Richard Wagner, 
Bedrich Smetana,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Frédéric Chopin,  Maurice Ravel, 
Jean Sibelius,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 
Gustav Mahler,  Franz Liszt,  Robert Schumann,  Alexander Borodin, 
Johann Strauss Jr.,  Georg Philipp Telemann,  George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Thomas Zehetmair,  Peter Rösel,  Cécile Ousset,  Marc Laforet,  Gustav Schmahl, 
Günter Kootz,  Dieter Zechlin,  Ute Priew,  Jutta Zoff, 
Andreas Pistorius
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe,  Herbert Kegel,  Kurt Sanderling,  Hartmut Haenchen,  Jörg Peter Weigle, 
Václav Neumann,  Otmar Suitner,  Heinz Rögner,  Paavo Berglund, 
Helmut Koch,  Herbert Blomstedt,  Gerhart Wiesenhütter,  Günther Herbig, 
Carl von Garaguly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle,  Berne Camerata,  Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra,  C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra, 
Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, 
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus,  Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Includes work(s) by various composers. Ensembles: Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductors: Herbert Kegel, Rudolf Kempe, Kurt Sanderling. Soloists: Peter Rösel, Thomas Zehetmair.
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1.  Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate": 3rd movement, Presto by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Thomas Zehetmair (Violin), Peter Rösel (Piano)
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe,  Herbert Kegel,  Kurt Sanderling
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle,  Berne Camerata,  Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1725; Venice, Italy 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 30 Secs. 
2.  Symphony no 59 in A major, H 1 no 59 "Fire": 2nd movement, Andante piu tosto allegretto by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:  Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: by 1769; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 9 Secs. 
3.  Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: 5th movement, Witch's Sabbath by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:  Herbert Kegel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1830; France 
 		Length: 10 Minutes 46 Secs. 
4.  Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:  Herbert Kegel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs. 
5.  Préludes, Book 2: no 12, Feux d'artifice by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Cécile Ousset (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1912-1913; France 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 42 Secs. 
6.  Night on the Bare Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Jörg Peter Weigle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Russia 
 		Length: 11 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Notes: Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. 
7.  Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 6 in D major by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  Václav Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868-1880; Austria 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs. 
8.  Firebird: Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subjects by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Russia 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1909 - 1910). 
9.  Die Walküre: Leb' wohl..."Farewell and Magic Fire music" by Richard Wagner
Conductor:  Otmar Suitner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
 		Length: 15 Minutes 11 Secs. 
10.  Má vlast: no 2, Moldau, T 111 by Bedrich Smetana
Conductor:  Václav Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Czech Republic 
 		Length: 12 Minutes 53 Secs. 
11.  Swan Lake, Op. 20: no 2, Act 1 - Valse by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Heinz Rögner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1876; Russia 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 3 Secs. 
12.  Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28: no 15 in D flat major "Raindrop" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Marc Laforet (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838-1839; Paris, France 
 		Length: 5 Minutes 12 Secs. 
13.  Miroirs: Une barque sur l'océan by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Cécile Ousset (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904-1905; France 
 		Length: 7 Minutes 57 Secs. 
14.  Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22: no 3, Swan of Tuonela by Jean Sibelius
Conductor:  Paavo Berglund
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893/1895; Finland 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 3 Secs. 
15.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78: 1st movement, Vivace ma non troppo by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Gustav Schmahl (Violin), Günter Kootz (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878-1879; Austria 
 		Length: 11 Minutes 4 Secs. 
16.  Meerestille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Helmut Koch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus
Period: Classical 
Written: 1814-1815; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
17.  Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 4th movement, Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Herbert Blomstedt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs. 
18.  Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 5th movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Herbert Blomstedt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 57 Secs. 
19.  Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:  Gerhart Wiesenhütter
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
20.  Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter": 2nd movement, Andante cantabile by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:  Otmar Suitner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical 
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 14 Secs. 
21.  Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no 2 "Tempest": 3rd movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Dieter Zechlin (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 6 Minutes 24 Secs. 
22.  Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection": 4th movement, Urlicht by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Ute Priew (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Otmar Suitner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888/1896; Germany 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 
23.  Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Peter Rösel (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1890/1905; France 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
24.  Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Jutta Zoff (Harp)
Period: Romantic 
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany 
 		Length: 5 Minutes 16 Secs. 
25.  Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 7, Träumerei by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Andreas Pistorius (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs. 
26.  Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:  Günther Herbig
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 10 Minutes 1 Secs. 
27.  Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Herbert Blomstedt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 35 Secs. 
28.  L'arlésienne: Suite no 2 - 1st movement, Pastorale by Georges Bizet
Conductor:  Heinz Rögner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
 		Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs. 
29.  Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:  Otmar Suitner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1892-1894; France 
 		Length: 9 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: France (1892 - 1894). 
30.  Rapsodie espagnole: 1st movement, Prélude ŕ la nuit by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:  Jörg Peter Weigle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1907-1908; France 
 		Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs. 
31.  Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan": 1st movement, Langsam schleppend by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:  Otmar Suitner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
 		Length: 13 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Notes: Composition written: Leipzig, Germany (1888).
Composition revised: Germany (1896). 
32.  In the steppes of central Asia by Alexander Borodin
Conductor:  Kurt Sanderling
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Russia 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 2 Secs. 
33.  Má vlast: no 4, From Bohemian fields and groves, T 114 by Bedrich Smetana
Conductor:  Václav Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872-1879; Czech Republic 
 		Length: 13 Minutes 11 Secs. 
34.  Das Spitzentuch der Königin: Rosen aus dem Süden Waltzes, Op. 388 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Carl von Garaguly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Vienna, Austria 
 		Length: 8 Minutes 29 Secs. 
35.  Overture-Suite for 4 Horns, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo in F major, TV 55 no F 11 "Alster" by Georg Philipp Telemann
Conductor:  Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs. 
36.  Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: Overture by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 		Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. 
37.  Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: no 2, Adagio e staccato by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Hartmut Haenchen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England 
 		Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs. 
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