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 The Tsar - Greatest Hits
Release Date: 10/29/1996 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 62683   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovModest MussorgskyLev KnipperPeter Ilyich TchaikovskyAlexander Borodin
Mikhail GlinkaReinhold GliereAram KhachaturianMikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
AnonymousAlexander Glazunov
Performer:  Allen RogersJennie TourelGary Karr
Conductor:  Eugene OrmandyEmil TchakarovClaudio AbbadoAndré KostelanetzJohannes Somary
Sir Andrew DavisZubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia OrchestraSofia National Opera OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraAndré Kostelanetz Orchestra
Polish Radio Symphony OrchestraToronto Symphony OrchestraToronto Mendelssohn Choir
New York Philharmonic

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 18 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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1.  Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
Date of Recording: 05/01/1965 
Venue:  Town Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
Notes: Arranged: Arthur Harris 
2.  Khovanshchina: Act 1 Prelude "Dawn on the Moscow River" by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Emil Tchakarov
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Sofia National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872-1880; Russia 
3.  Symphony no 4 in D major, Op. 41 "Poem of the Komsomol Fighter": Meadowland by Lev Knipper
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USSR 
Date of Recording: 05/21/1963 
Venue:  Salt Lake City, Utah 
4.  Songs (6), Op. 6: no 6, None but the lonely heart by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Allen Rogers (Piano), Jennie Tourel (Mezzo Soprano), Gary Karr (Double Bass)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869; Russia 
Date of Recording: 01/22/1965 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
5.  Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major: 3rd movement, Andante "Nocturne" by Alexander Borodin
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Russia 
Date of Recording: 04/14/1957 
Venue:  Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 
6.  Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian": 4th movement, Finale - Moderato assai by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
7.  Tsar's Bride: Overture by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  André Kostelanetz Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898; Russia 
Date of Recording: 10/10/1967 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
8.  Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture by Mikhail Glinka
Conductor:  Johannes Somary
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837-1842; Russia 
9.  The Red Poppy, Op. 70: Russian Sailors' Dance by Reinhold Gliere
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926-1927; USSR 
Date of Recording: 10/06/1957 
Venue:  Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia, PA 
10.  Snow Maiden: Suite - Dance of the Tumblers by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880/1895; Russia 
Date of Recording: 03/12/1964 
Venue:  Town Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
11.  Gayaneh: Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942/1957; USSR 
Date of Recording: 10/09/1959 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
12.  Caucasian Sketches Suite no 1, Op. 10: Procession of Sardar by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; Russia 
Date of Recording: 12/07/1966 
Venue:  Philadephia Hotel, Pennsylvania 
13.  Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance no 2 by Alexander Borodin
Conductor:  Sir Andrew Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Toronto Symphony Orchestra,  Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1869-1887; Russia 
Date of Recording: 11/25/1976 
Venue:  Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario 
14.  Pictures at an exhibition: no 16, The Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New York Philharmonic
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Russia 
Date of Recording: 01/27/1979 
Venue:  Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC 
15.  Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Tsar's farewell and departure by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1903; Russia 
16.  Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 4, Trépak by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
Date of Recording: 03/13/1991 
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois 
17.  Sorochintsy fair: Hopak by Modest Mussorgsky
Conductor:  Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
Date of Recording: 04/13/1966 
Venue:  Philadelphia Hotel, Pennsylvania 
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1874 - 1880). 
18.  1812 Overture, Op. 49: Finale by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Russia 
Date of Recording: 03/1991 
Venue:  Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois 
19.  Two Guitars by Anonymous
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  André Kostelanetz Orchestra
Written: Russia 
Date of Recording: 10/05/1959 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
20.  Dark Eyes by Anonymous
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  André Kostelanetz Orchestra
Written: Russia 
Date of Recording: 10/05/1959 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
21.  The Seasons, Op. 67: no 13, Coda de l'Été [Autumn] by Alexander Glazunov
Conductor:  André Kostelanetz
Orchestra/Ensemble:  André Kostelanetz Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1899; Russia 
Date of Recording: 08/13/1971 
Venue:  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC 
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