Discover The Classics Volume 2

Composers |

Conductors |

Performers |

New Releases Recommendations Top Sellers On Sale CDs Under $10 Broadway Reissues Super Audio CDs MP3s Blu-ray Discs Listen Magazine

Home > Ensembles > Composers >

Discover The Classics Volume 2

Release Date: 09/29/1998
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8554246-47 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Aram Khachaturian,
Mily Balakirev, Manuel de Falla, Georges Bizet, Camille Saint-Saëns,
Léo Delibes, Giuseppe Verdi, Ottorino Respighi, Frédéric Chopin,
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Jean Sibelius, Leos Janácek,
Antonín Dvorák, Bedrich Smetana, Gustav Mahler, Béla Bartók,
Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst, Jacques Offenbach, Erik Satie,
Emmanuel Chabrier, Sir Edward Elgar, Gioachino Rossini, Malcolm Arnold,
Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Maria Kliegel, Benjamin Frith
Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia, Theodore Kuchar, Ondrej Lenárd, Anthony Bramall, Andrei Anikhanov,
Igor Golovchin, Kenneth Jean, Donald Johanos, Jean-François Monnard,
Enrique Bátiz, Stephen Gunzenhauser, István Bogár, Kenneth Schermerhorn,
Antoni Wit, Barry Wordsworth, Alexander Rahbari, Myer Fredman,
Adrian Leaper, Alfred Walter, Michael Halász, Andrew Penny,
Prionnsias O'Duinn
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava, St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra,
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra,
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice, Capella Istropolitana, Zagreb Festival Orchestra,
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, RTE Sinfonietta

Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 37 Mins.

CD $8.99

In Stock

MP3 $15.99

In Stock: Usually ships in 24 hours.


Notes & Reviews	Back to Top

This set also comes with a sixty-page booklet. It provides an introduction to classical music and the various national styles, complete texts for all vocal pieces, and recommended listening grouped by country and composer.


Works on This Recording		Back to Top

1.	Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Act 1 - Dance of the Knights by Sergei Prokofiev
	Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia Orchestra/Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1935-1936; Paris, France


2.	Gadfly, Op. 97: Romance by Dmitri Shostakovich
	Conductor: Theodore Kuchar Orchestra/Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1955; USSR


3.	Swan Lake, Op. 20: no 21, Act 3 - Danse espagnole by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1875-1876; Russia


4.	Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
	Conductor: Anthony Bramall Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1903; Russia


5.	Masquerade: Waltz by Aram Khachaturian
	Conductor: Andrei Anikhanov Orchestra/Ensemble: St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1941; USSR


6.	Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey" by Mily Balakirev
	Conductor: Igor Golovchin Orchestra/Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1869/1902; Russia

	Notes: Orchestrated: Sergey Liapunov


7.	El sombrero de tres picos: Miller's Dance "Farruca" by Manuel de Falla
	Conductor: Kenneth Jean Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: 20th Century Written: 1919; Spain


8.	Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22: no 11, Petit mari, petite femme by Georges Bizet
	Conductor: Donald Johanos Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1871; France

	Notes: Orchestrated: Georges Bizet


9.	Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
	Performer: Maria Kliegel (Cello) Conductor: Jean-François Monnard Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1886; France

	Notes: Orchestrated: Paul Vidal


10.	Coppélia: Valse lente by Léo Delibes
	Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1870; France


11.	La traviata: Act 3 Prelude by Giuseppe Verdi
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1853; Italy


12.	Pines of Rome: no 4, Pines of the Appian way by Ottorino Respighi
	Conductor: Enrique Bátiz Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1923-1924; Italy


13.	Polonaises (2) for Piano, Op. 40: no 1 in A major, B 120 "Military" by Frédéric Chopin
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1838; Poland

	Notes: Orchestrated: Alexander Glazunov (1907)


14.	Egmont, Op. 84: Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Classical Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria


15.	Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 1 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
	Conductor: István Bogár Orchestra/Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1868-1880; Austria


16.	Finlandia, Op. 26 by Jean Sibelius
	Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: Finland

	Notes: Composition written: Finland (1899 - 1900).


17.	Sinfonietta: 4th movement by Leos Janácek
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1926; Brno, Czech Republic


18.	Czech Suite in D major, Op. 39/B 93: 2nd movement, Polka by Antonín Dvorák
	Conductor: Antoni Wit Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice Period: Romantic Written: 1879; Bohemia


19.	Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93: Dance of the Comedians by Bedrich Smetana
	Conductor: Barry Wordsworth Orchestra/Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1863/1870; Bohemia


20.	Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
	Conductor: Antoni Wit Orchestra/Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria


21.	Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: 4th movement, Intermezzo interrotto by Béla Bartók
	Conductor: Alexander Rahbari Orchestra/Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1943; USA


22.	Koanga: La Calinda by Frederick Delius
	Conductor: Myer Fredman Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1895-1897; Paris, France


23.	The Planets, Op. 32/H 125: Mars by Gustav Holst
	Conductor: Adrian Leaper Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: 20th Century Written: 1914-1916; England


24.	Orphée aux enfers: Overture by Jacques Offenbach
	Conductor: Alfred Walter Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice Period: Romantic Written: Paris, France

	Notes: Composition written: Paris, France (1858). Composition revised: Paris, France (1874).


25.	Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 2, Lent et triste by Erik Satie
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: 20th Century Written: 1888; France

	Notes: Orchestrated: Claude Debussy


26.	Joyeuse marche "Marche française" by Emmanuel Chabrier
	Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Orchestra/Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava Period: Romantic Written: 1888; France


27.	Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Sir Edward Elgar
	Conductor: Adrian Leaper Orchestra/Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana Period: Romantic Written: 1892; England


28.	La Cenerentola: Overture by Gioachino Rossini
	Conductor: Michael Halász Orchestra/Ensemble: Zagreb Festival Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1817; Italy


29.	English Dances (4), Op. 33: no 3 by Malcolm Arnold
	Conductor: Andrew Penny Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1951; England


30.	Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 11: 2nd, movement, Adagio by Carl Maria von Weber
	Performer: Benjamin Frith (Piano) Conductor: Prionnsias O'Duinn Orchestra/Ensemble: RTE Sinfonietta Period: Romantic Written: 1810; Germany


Sound Samples				Back to Top

Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 Dance of the Knights
The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a The Gadfly, Op. 97a: Romance
Swan Lake, Op. 20 Spanish Dance
Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Masquerade Waltz
Islamey (orch. Liapunov) Islamey - Oriental Fantasy (orch. S. Liapunov)
El sombrero de 3 picos (The 3 Cornered Hat): Suite No. 2 The Three-Cornered Hat (El sombrero de tres picos): Miller's Dance
Jeux d'enfants (Children Games) Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite): IV. Duo
Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) Orphee aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld): Overture
Carnival of the Animals XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) (arr. for cello and orchestra)
Coppelia Valse
3 Gymnopedies (orch. C. Debussy) Gymnopedie No. 2 (orch. Debussy)
Joyeuse marche
La Cenerentola (Cinderella) La Cenerentola (Cinderella): Overture
La traviata Act III: Prelude
Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P. 141 Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome): IV. The Pines of the Appian Way
Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" (orch. Glazunov) Les Sylphides: Polonaise No. 3 in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, "Military" (orch. Glazunov)
Egmont, Op. 84 Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11, J. 98 Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 11: II. Adagio
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 No. 1 in G minor
Finlandia, Op. 26
Sinfonietta, JW VI/18 IV. Allegretto
Czech Suite, Op. 39 Czech Suite in D major, B. 93, Op. 39: II. Polka
Prodana nevesta (The Bartered Bride) The Bartered Bride, B. 143, Act III: Dance of the Comedians
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor IV. Adagietto
Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116: IV. Intermezzo interrotto, Allegretto
English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33 No. 3. Grazioso
Koanga Act II: La Calinda (arr. E. Fenby)
Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 II. Larghetto
The Planets, Op. 32 I. Mars, the Bringer of War

About ArkivMusic Contact Us Partner Program Institutional Sales Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy Help Your Account Shortcuts

ArkivMusic - The Source for Classical Music!

	Copyright ArkivMusic LLC, 2009.
	Data supplied by Muze, Inc. Copyright 1948-2009. For personal use only. All rights reserved.