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Album Summary

Performers

• Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Nelson Freire (Piano)
• Federico Agostini (Violin)
• Bella Davidovich (Piano)
• Nikita Magaloff (Piano)
• Reinbert Leeuw (Piano)
• Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
• Daniel Chorzempa (Organ)
• Italo Colandrea (Violin)
• Antonio Perez (Violin)
• Michael Copley (Recorder)
• Guy Touvron (Trumpet)
• Pina Carmirelli (Violin)
• Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
• Neil Black (Oboe)
• Barry Rose (Oboe)
• Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
• Mischa Maisky (Cello)

Conductors

• Bauer-Theussl, Franz
• Beinum, Eduard Van
• Bruggen, Frans
• Bychkov, Semyon
• Davis, Colin
• Dorati, Antal
• Fournet, Jean
• Haitink, Bernard
• Kondrashin, Kirill
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Masur, Kurt
• Monteux, Pierre
• Schreier, Peter
• Szell, George
• Varviso, Silvio
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• I Musici

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Paul Dukas (Composer) (1865 - 1935)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Johann Strauss I (Senior) (1804 - 1849)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F :: Allegro

• Performers: Italo Colandrea (Violin); Antonio Perez (Violin); Michael Copley (Recorder); Guy Touvron (Trumpet); Pina Carmirelli (Violin); Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Symphony no 40 in G minor :: Molto allegro

• Conductor: Frans Brüggen
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1788

Boccherini, Luigi : Menuett

• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 :: Jesu joy of man's desiring

• Performers: Neil Black (Oboe); Barry Rose (Oboe)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Moonlight Sonata :: Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C :: Andante

• Performer: Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances :: no 5 in G minor

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Glory to Egypt

• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in E minor :: Allegro molto appassionato

• Performer: Henryk Szeryng (Violin)
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music :: Hornpipe

• Conductor: Eduard Beinum
• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the Animals :: The Swan

• Performers: Mischa Maisky (Cello); Martha Argerich (Piano); Nelson Freire (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor :: Adagietto

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1901-1902

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor :: Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 7 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1829

Dukas, Paul [Composer] : The Sorcerer's Apprentice :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 1 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1897

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Winter. Largo

• Performer: Federico Agostini (Violin)
• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite no 3 in D :: Air

• Conductor: Peter Schreier
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem in D minor, K.626 :: Dies irae

• Conductor: Peter Schreier
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1 :: The Toreadors

• Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
• Notes: Composition written: 1875.
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Serenade in G, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusk" :: Allegro

• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

Pachelbel, Johann : Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major

• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Piano Sonata, K. 331 :: Rondo alla Turca

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1783.
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Offenbach, Jacques : The Tales of Hoffman :: Barcarolle

• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Running Time: 3 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Wedding March

• Conductor: George Szell
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59

• Performer: Bella Davidovich (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Strauss I (Senior), Johann : Radetzky March, Op. 228

• Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1848

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212

• Performer: Nikita Magaloff (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Satie, Erik [Composer] : Gymnopedie for piano no 1

• Performer: Reinbert Leeuw (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Spring. Allegro

• Performer: Federico Agostini (Violin)
• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Verdi, Giuseppe : Nabucco :: Va, pensiero

• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1842

Ponchielli, Amilcare : La Gioconda :: Dance of the Hours

• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1876

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Pavane, Op. 50

• Conductor: Jean Fournet
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1887

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

• Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15

• Performer: Claudio Arrau (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: Waltz

• Conductor: Pierre Monteux
• Running Time: 5 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875-1876

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune

• Performer: Zoltan Kocsis (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Wedding March

• Conductor: Silvio Varviso
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor :: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

• Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano)
• Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1874

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 in E minor "From the New World" :: Largo

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : The Nutcracker :: Waltz of the Flowers

• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Liszt, Franz : Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 in D minor

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 4 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1860

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor :: Ode to Joy

• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

Smetana, Bedrich : The Moldau :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Antal Dorati
• Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1874

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 :: Toccata

• Performer: Daniel Chorzempa (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Quartet for Strings in F no 17, Op. 3 no 5 :: Andante cantabile

• Ensemble: I Musici
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1771

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Polonaise for piano no 3 in A major ("Military"), Op. 40/1, CT. 152

• Performer: Nikita Magaloff (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838