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My First Classical Music Album

My First Classical Music Album / Various
Release Date: 11/15/2011 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8578203   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Antonio Vivaldi,  John Adams,  Gabriel Fauré,   ... 
Performer:  Takako Nishizaki,  Pascal Devoyon,  Dong-Suk Kang,  Jürgen Schuster,   ... 
Conductor:  Michael Halász,  Stephen Gunzenhauser,  Marin Alsop,  Mats Rondin,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 14 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Guillaume Tell: Overture - Finale by Gioachino Rossini
Conductor:  Michael Halász
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1829; Italy 
 Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
2.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera": 1st movement, Allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Takako Nishizaki (Violin)
Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy 
 Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs. 
3.
Fanfares (2) for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
Conductor:  Marin Alsop
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1986; USA 
 Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs. 
4.
Berceuse for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 16 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Pascal Devoyon (Piano), Dong-Suk Kang (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878-1879; France 
 Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
5.
Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46: no 4, Hall of the mountain king by Edvard Grieg
Conductor:  Mats Rondin
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875/1888; Norway 
 Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
6.
Trumpet Concerto: 3. Finale: Allegro by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Jürgen Schuster (Trumpet)
Conductor:  Helmut Müller-Brühl
Period: Classical 
Written: 1796; Austria 
 Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs. 
7.
Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 5 in F sharp minor by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:  István Bogár
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
 Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs. 
8.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor:  Ondrej Lenárd
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
 Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs. 
9.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 9 in G flat major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Idil Biret (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1832-1834; Paris, France 
 Length: 1 Minutes 11 Secs. 
10.
Children's Corner: no 6, Golliwogg's Cake-walk by Claude Debussy
Performer:  François-Joël Thiollier (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1906-1908; France 
 Length: 3 Minutes 6 Secs. 
11.
L'apprenti sorcier: Excerpt(s) by Paul Dukas
Conductor:  Kenneth Jean
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1897; France 
 Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs. 
12.
Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83: no 8 in G minor, Furiant by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:  Zdenek Kosler
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Bohemia 
 Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
13.
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:  Ondrej Lenárd
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; USSR 
 Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs. 
14.
Pétrouchka: Danse russe by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Igor Stravinsky
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911/1947; Switzerland 
 Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs. 
15.
Carnival of the animals: no 5, Elephants by Camille Saint-Saëns
Conductor:  Ondrej Lenárd
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
 Length: 1 Minutes 36 Secs. 
16.
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: no 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Jénö Jandó (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1838; Germany 
 Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 
17.
Age of Gold Suite, Op. 22a: Polka by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1930; USSR 
 Length: 1 Minutes 54 Secs. 
18.
Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 2, Braul by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Jénö Jandó (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
 Length: 0 Minutes 34 Secs. 
19.
Romanian Folkdances (6) for Piano, Sz 56: no 3, Pe loc by Béla Bartók
Performer:  Jénö Jandó (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1915; Budapest, Hungary 
 Length: 0 Minutes 51 Secs. 
20.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Harry's Wondrous World by John T. Williams
Conductor:  Carl Davis
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 2001; United States of Ame 
 Length: 4 Minutes 41 Secs. 
21.
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Michael Halász
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875-1876; Russia 
 Length: 5 Minutes 49 Secs. 
22.
Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:  Jaroslav Dvorák
Period: Baroque 
Written: Leipzig, Germany 
 Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs. 
23.
Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1st movement, Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Béla Drahos
Period: Classical 
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria 
 Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs. 
24.
Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Georg Tichy ()
Conductor:  Michael Halász
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
 Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs. 
25.
Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (125c): Presto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical 
Written: 1772; Salzburg, Austria 
 Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. 

Sound Samples

Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture: Finale
Swan Lake, Op. 20: Swan Lake: Act I The terrace in front of the palace of Prince Siegfried: No. 2. Valse
The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 8, No. 1, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring): I. Allegro
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Berceuse, Op. 16 (version for violin and piano): Berceuse, Op. 16
Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Roman nepi tancok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68: No. 2. Braul
Roman nepi tancok (Romanian Folk Dances), BB 68: No. 3. Pe loc
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob.VIIe:1: III. Finale: Allegro
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra): 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 5 (orch. Schmeling)
Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan
12 Etudes, Op. 25: Etude No. 21 in G flat major, Op. 25, No. 9, "Butterfly's Wings"
Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): (excerpt)
Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 83: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor, Op. 46, No. 8
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Act I: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: The Cat
Divertimento in F major, K. 138, "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto
Petrushka (1948 version): Petrushka (1946 version): Tableau I: Russian Dance
Carnival of the Animals: V. The Elephant
Kinderszenen (Scenes of Childhood), Op. 15: Kinderszenen (Scenes of childhood), Op. 15: I. Von fremden Landern und Menschen (Of Foreign Lands and People)
The Golden Age Suite, Op. 22a: Polka
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Harry's Wondrous World

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