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Works on This Recording
1.
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
2.
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances - Excerpt(s) by Alexander Borodin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869-1887; Russia
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs.
3.
Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
Performer:
Jack Wellbaum (Piccolo)
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cincinnati Pops
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
4.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Conductor:
Alfred Scholz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Festival Orchestra
Written: 1873-1874
Length: 2 Minutes 12 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
5.
Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a) "Gran Partita": 3rd movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1781; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 46 Secs.
6.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; France
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
8.
Greensleeves by Traditional
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs.
9.
Suite española, Op. 47: no 1, Granada by Isaac Albeniz
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; Madrid, Spain
Length: 4 Minutes 2 Secs.
10.
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction by Richard Strauss
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs.
11.
The Planets, Op. 32/H 125: Mars by Gustav Holst
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1916; England
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
12.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12e, Act 2 - Dance of the Flutes "Toy Trumpets" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs.
13.
Waltzes (3) for Piano, B 164/Op. 64: no 1 in D flat major "Minute Waltz" by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847; Paris, France
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs.
14.
Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888; France
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
15.
Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275: 3rd movement, Minuet in A by Luigi Boccherini
Period: Classical
Written: 1771; Spain
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
16.
Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Nocturne by Felix Mendelssohn
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
17.
Boléro by Maurice Ravel
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
Length: 5 Minutes 15 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
18.
Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1st movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Philip Gibson
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 56 Secs.
19.
Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 12d, Act 2 - Russian Dance "Trepak" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Jonel Perlea
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891-1892; Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 11 Secs.
20.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Alexander Pervomaisky (Violin)
Conductor:
Alberto Lizzio
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Baroque Festival Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 28 Secs.
21.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (6) for Orchestra, S 359: no 4 in D minor by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
22.
Concerto for Oboe in D minor: 2nd movement, Adagio by Alessandro Marcello
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1717; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs.
23.
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: Toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1708; Arnstadt, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
24.
Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Alfred Scholz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs.
25.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 3, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 36 Secs.
26.
Nocturnes (3) for Piano, B 54/Op. 9: no 2 in E flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830-1831; Poland
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs.
27.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring": 1st movement, Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
28.
Symphony no 50 in D major, K 161/163 (141a): 3rd movement, Presto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1773-1774; Salzburg, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs.
29.
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Vienna, Austria
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs.
Notes: This selection is presented in excerpted form.
30.
Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048: 3rd movement, Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Karel Brazda
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Slavonica
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711-1713; ?Weimar, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 24 Secs.
31.
Swan Lake, Op. 20: no 13d, Act 2 - Danses des cygnes no 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Edouard Van Remoortel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875-1876; Russia
Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs.
32.
Messiah, HWV 56: Overture by George Frideric Handel
Period: Baroque
Written: 1742; London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs.
33.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
34.
Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 12 no 1/RV 317: Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Period: Baroque
Written: 1729; Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 44 Secs.
35.
Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348: no 1, Overture by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Dieter Kober
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
36.
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66: no 18, Act 2 - Panorama by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Lawrence Siegel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888-1889; Russia
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs.
37.
Symphony no 26 in E flat major, K 184 (161a): 3rd movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Günter Kehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mainz Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1773; Salzburg, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
38.
Waltzes (2) for Piano, Op. 69: no 2 in B minor, B 35 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Ingrid Haebler (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Poland
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
39.
Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: 1st movement, Allegro moderato by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:
Suzanne Lautenbacher (Violin)
Conductor:
Günter Kehr
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mainz Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1723; Cöthen, Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 27 Secs.
40.
Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349: no 4, Lentemente by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Dieter Kober
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1715-1717; London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 16 Secs.
41.
Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049: 2nd movement, Andante by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Karel Brazda
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Slavonica
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; ?Cöthen, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs.
42.
Pièce en forme de Habañera by Maurice Ravel
Performer:
Susan Jolles (Harp),
Humbert Lucarelli (Oboe),
Frank Morelli (Bassoon)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
43.
Concerto for Horn no 3 in E flat major, K 447: 2nd movement, Romance - Larghetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Ernst Mühlbacher (French Horn)
Conductor:
Franz Bauer-Theussl
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1784-1787; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
44.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Dubravka Tomsic (Piano)
Conductor:
Anton Nanut
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1934; USA
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
45.
Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Carl Michalski
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Volksoper Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
46.
Guillaume Tell: Overture - Finale by Gioachino Rossini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 40 Secs.
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