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Works on This Recording
1.
Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth by Henry Purcell
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; England
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: English
2.
Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon by Johann Pachelbel
Performer:
Paul Nicholson (Harpsichord)
Conductor:
Robert Salter
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Guildhall String Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs.
3.
Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622: 2nd movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)
Conductor:
Alexander Schneider
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 35 Secs.
4.
Les pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor),
Robert Merrill (Baritone)
Conductor:
Renato Cellini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; France
Length: 4 Minutes 34 Secs.
5.
Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:
James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria
Length: 12 Minutes 1 Secs.
6.
The lark ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:
Anne Akiko Meyers (Violin)
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914/1920; England
Length: 14 Minutes 35 Secs.
7.
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation 9, Nimrod by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898-1899; England
Length: 5 Minutes 4 Secs.
8.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:
Robert Slater
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Guildhall String Ensemble
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Rome, Italy
Length: 8 Minutes 2 Secs.
9.
Requiem Mass: Tuba mirum by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Latin
Notes: This track shares timing with the next one.
10.
Requiem Mass: Dies irae by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra,
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Language: Latin
Notes: This track shares timing with the previous one.
11.
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (with voice) by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Leontyne Price (Soprano)
Conductor:
Henry Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 4 Secs.
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