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Works on This Recording
1.
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Introduction by Richard Strauss
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895-1896; Germany
Date of Recording: 1996
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs.
2.
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46: no 1, Prelude "Morning" by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875/1888; Norway
Date of Recording: 1961
Length: 3 Minutes 59 Secs.
3.
'O sole mio by Eduardo Di Capua
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Giancarlo Chiaramello
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; Italy
Date of Recording: 1979
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: Italian
4.
Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Karl Münchinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1729-1731; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 1985
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs.
5.
Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Karl Münchinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 1985
Length: 1 Minutes 29 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Leipzig, Germany (1738 - 1739).
6.
Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: 2nd movement, Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
András Schiff (Piano)
Conductor:
Sandor Végh
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1989
Length: 6 Minutes 42 Secs.
7.
Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26: 2nd movement, Adagio by Max Bruch
Performer:
Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
Conductor:
Rudolf Kempe
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Germany
Date of Recording: 1971
Length: 8 Minutes 42 Secs.
8.
Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1st movement, Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1968
Length: 5 Minutes 36 Secs.
9.
Chants d'Auvergne: Volume 1 - no 2, Baďlčro by Joseph Canteloube
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923-1930; France
Date of Recording: 1982
Length: 6 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: French
10.
Waltzes (3) for Piano, B 164/Op. 64: no 1 in D flat major "Minute Waltz" by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1976
Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs.
11.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Schafe können sicher weiden by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Karl Münchinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1713; Cöthen, Germany
Date of Recording: 1977
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs.
12.
Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903; Russia
Date of Recording: 1985
Length: 1 Minutes 17 Secs.
13.
Boléro: Finale by Maurice Ravel
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; France
Date of Recording: 1981
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs.
14.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 1971
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
15.
Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni
Performer:
Martin Haselböck (Organ)
Conductor:
Karl Münchinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 1984
Length: 6 Minutes 35 Secs.
Notes: This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni.
16.
Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz by Franz Lehár
Performer:
Placido Domingo (Tenor)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1929; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 07/07/1990
Venue: Live Caracalla's Baths, Rome, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs.
Language: German
17.
Carmina burana: no 1, O fortuna by Carl Orff
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Germany
Date of Recording: 1983
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Latin
18.
Suite for Jazz Orchestra no 2, Op. 50b: no 6, Waltz II by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938; USSR
Date of Recording: 1991
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs.
19.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber
Conductor:
David Zinman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 1991
Length: 8 Minutes 40 Secs.
20.
Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; England
Date of Recording: 1972
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
21.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Alan Loveday (Violin)
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 1970
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
22.
Suite in D major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary" by Jeremiah Clarke
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1700; England
Date of Recording: 1978
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs.
23.
Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major: Canon by Johann Pachelbel
Conductor:
Karl Münchinger
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 1984
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs.
24.
Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1989
Length: 5 Minutes 25 Secs.
25.
Romeo and Juliet Overture: Love Theme by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869/1880; Russia
Date of Recording: 1960
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs.
26.
Warsaw Concerto by Richard Addinsell
Performer:
Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
Conductor:
Moshe Atzmón
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1941; England
Date of Recording: 1984
Length: 8 Minutes 59 Secs.
27.
Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World": 2nd movement, Largo - Excerpt(s) by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; USA
Date of Recording: 1983
Length: 5 Minutes 34 Secs.
28.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 3, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
Date of Recording: 1961
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs.
29.
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar: 2nd movement, Adagio by Joaquin Rodrigo
Performer:
Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939; Spain
Date of Recording: 1980
Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs.
30.
Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1749; London, England
Date of Recording: 1964
Length: 3 Minutes 8 Secs.
31.
Hungarian Dances (21) for Orchestra, WoO 1: no 5 in G minor by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Walter Weller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 1982
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs.
32.
Thaďs: Meditation by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; France
Date of Recording: 1983
Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs.
33.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
John Alldis Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 1972
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: Italian
34.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1962
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs.
35.
Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh "Nuns' Chorus" by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:
Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Mormon Tabernacle Choir,
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 1989
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: German
36.
Pizzicato Polka by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1959
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Josef Strauss (1827 - 1870).
37.
Guillaume Tell: Overture - Finale by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Italy
Date of Recording: 1995
Length: 3 Minutes 13 Secs.
Sound Samples
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30: Prelude (Sonnenaufgang)
William Tell - Edition by: Fondazione Rossini, in coop. with G. Ricordi & Cie/ Ed. by M.E.C. Bartlet/Reconstr. of the Italian: P. Cattelan: Overture - Finale
Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46: 1. Morning mood
Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068: 2. Air
Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV 1067: 7. Badinerie
Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K.467: 2. Andante
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26: 2. Adagio
Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 1. Allegro
Chants d'Auvergne: 2. Bailero
Waltz No.6 in D flat, Op.64 No.1 -"Minute"
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208: Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Les Contes d'Hoffmann / Act 3: Intermčde-Entr'acte (Barcarolle)
Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor
Dein ist mein ganzes Herz! (You are my heart's delight) [Das Land des Lächelns / Act 2]
Carmina Burana / Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: "O Fortuna"
Jazz Suite No.2: 6. Waltz II
Adagio For Strings, Op.11
Concerto for Violin and Strings in E, Op.8, No.1, R.269 "La Primavera": 1. Allegro
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight": 1. Adagio sostenuto
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture: Love Theme
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World": 2. Largo
Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy
Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra: 2. Adagio (excerpt)
Solomon HWV 67 / Act 3: The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
Thaďs / Acte Deux: Méditation religieuse - Symphonie
Turandot / Act 3: Nessun Dorma!
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