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Album Summary

Performers

• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Philippe Entremont (Piano)
• Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
• Xavier De Maistre (Harp)
• Dick Hyman (Piano)
• Glenn Gould (Piano)
• Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• André Watts (Piano)
• Anthony Newman (Organ)
• Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
• Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Zdislawa Donat (Soprano)
• Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
• Marina Ulewicz (Soprano)
• Harry van der Kamp (Bass)
• Jorg Hering (Voice)
• Barbara Holzl (Voice)
• Gerhard Oppitz (Piano)
• Gary Graffman (Piano)

Conductors

• Beecham, Thomas, Sir
• Bernstein, Leonard
• Bruno, Weil
• Copland, Aaron
• Davis, Colin
• Ermler, Mark
• Fiedler, Arthur
• Glennie, Evelyn
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kitaenko, Dimitri
• Kuhn, Gustav
• Leinsdorf, Erich
• Leppard, Raymond
• Levine, James
• Monteux, Pierre
• Munch, Charles
• Newman, Anthony
• Ormandy, Eugene
• Ozawa, Seiji
• Perry, Douglas [Viola]
• Reiner, Fritz
• Salter, Robert
• Slatkin, Leonard
• Spivakov, Vladimir
• Stokowski, Leopold
• Szell, George
• Varon, Lorna Cooke de

Ensembles

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• Brandenburg Collegium
• Moscow Virtuosi
• Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Composers

• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• George Rochberg (Composer) (1918 - 2005)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Philip Glass (1937 - )
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006)

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : The Well Tempered Clavier :: Prelude no 1 in C major, BWV 846

• Performer: Glenn Gould (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonata no 11 in A major for Piano, K 331 :: 3. Rondo alla Turca. Allegretto

• Performer: Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1783.
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1783

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068 :: Air on the G-String

• Conductor: Vladimir Spivakov
• Ensemble: Moscow Virtuosi
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Handel, George Frideric : Messiah, HWV 56 :: Hallelujah!

• Conductor: Thomas Beecham
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/4 :: Adagio, Allegro

• Conductor: Robert Salter
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: 1. Allegro

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

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

• Performer: André Watts (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1810

Rochberg, George : Quartet for Strings no 6 :: Variations on Canon in D

• Running Time: 8 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1978

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565

• Performer: Anthony Newman (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Handel, George Frideric : Water Music Suite :: Alla Hornpipe

• Notes: Composition written: 1717.
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1717

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Gluck, Christoph Willibald : Orpheus and Eurydice :: Act 2. The Dance of the Blessed Spirits

• Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Purcell, Henry : Chacony for Strings in G minor, Z 730

• Running Time: 5 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1678

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: Adagio Sostenuto

• Performer: Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 :: 1. Allegro

• Conductor: Anthony Newman
• Ensemble: Brandenburg Collegium
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Spring

• Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Vivaldi, Antonio : The Four Seasons :: Summer

• Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620 :: Aria. Der Hölle Rache

• Performer: Zdislawa Donat (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1791

Handel, George Frideric : Solomon :: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

• Conductor: Raymond Leppard
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" :: 1. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio

• Performer: Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1797-1798

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 :: Overture

• Conductor: Colin Davis
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Handel, George Frideric : Music For The Royal Fireworks :: Overture

• Conductor: Leopold Stokowski
• Running Time: 10 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1749

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 94 in G major "Surprise" :: 2. Andante

• Conductor: George Szell
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1791

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67 :: Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Charles Munch
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Requiem Mass, K. 626 :: 2. Kyrie

• Performers: Marina Ulewicz (Soprano); Harry van der Kamp (Bass); Jorg Hering (Voice); Barbara Holzl (Voice)
• Conductor: Weil Bruno
• Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1791

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 :: 4. Presto [Excerpt]

• Conductor: George Szell
• Running Time: 6 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen, Op. 15 :: Von Fremden Ländern und Menschen

• Performer: Gerhard Oppitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838

Mendelssohn, Felix : Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 :: Wedding March

• Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46

• Performer: Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1834

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5

• Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46 :: Morning

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112/2

• Conductor: Gustav Kuhn
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1874

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 :: no 1 in C major (Presto)

• Conductor: George Szell
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an Exhibition :: The Great Gate of Kiev

• Performer: Gary Graffman (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Grand March

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871

Wagner, Richard : Parsifal :: En hüllet den Gral

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Running Time: 9 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1878-1882

Rossini, Gioachino : William Tell :: Overture (Excerpt)

• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1829

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun Dorma

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: no 29. Scène Finale

• Conductor: Mark Ermler
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Debussy, Claude : Deux Arabesques :: no 1. Andantino con moto

• Performer: Philippe Entremont (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888-1891

Brahms, Johannes : Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118 :: Intermezzo, Op. 118/2

• Performer: Gerhard Oppitz (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

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

• Conductor: Evelyn Glennie
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

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

• Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
• Running Time: 2 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 :: Sunrise

• Conductor: Fritz Reiner
• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32 :: Mars, the Bringer of War

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 6 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32 :: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 8 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Preludes (13) for Piano, Op. 32

• Performer: Vladimir Feltsman (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Valses Poéticos :: Preludio vivace

• Performer: Xavier De Maistre (Harp)
• Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: ?1886-87

Enriqué Granados (1867 - 1916) : Valses Poéticos :: no 1

• Performer: Xavier De Maistre (Harp)
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: ?1886-87

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîte Parisienne :: Cancan

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 2 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet

Joplin, Scott : Maple Leaf Rag

• Performer: Dick Hyman (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1899

Copland, Aaron : Fanfare for the common man

• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina Burana :: O Fortuna

• Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka :: Scene 1. The Shrove-Tide Fair. Vivace

• Conductor: Pierre Monteux
• Running Time: 5 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1947

Prokofiev, Sergei : Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 :: Peter's March and Finale (Excerpt)

• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Suite no 1 for Jazz Orchestra :: Waltz

• Conductor: Dimitri Kitaenko
• Notes: Composition written: 1934.
• Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1934

György Ligeti (Composer) (1923 - 2006) : Atmosphères, for large orchestra

• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Running Time: 6 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1961

Copland, Aaron : Our Town :: Grovers Corners

• Conductor: Aaron Copland
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Glass, Philip : Satyagraha :: Evening Song

• Conductor: Douglas Perry
• Notes: Composition written: 1980.
• Running Time: 4 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1980