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	Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" (arr. E. Becht) - Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 56, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau"
	Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 - Un Bal
	A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 - Wedding March
	Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" - Minute Waltz
	Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38, "Spring" - Larghetto
	Die Walkure - Ride Of The Valkyries
	La traviata - Prelude
	21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (version for orchestra) - Hungarian Dance No. 3, WoO 1, No. 3
	Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a - Scene
	Slavonic Dances, Series 1, Op. 46, B. 78 - Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C major, Op. 46, No. 1
	Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma" - Nimrod
	Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. A. Reed) - Clair de Lune
	Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Introduction
	Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 - Prelude In C Sharp Minor
	Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome), P. 106 - Fountain Of The Villa Medici At Sunset
	Simple Symphony, Op. 4 - Playful Pizzicato
	Pulcinella Suite - Overture
	Carmina Burana - O Fortuna from Carmina Burana
	Violin Concerto - Violin Concerto (1st Movement)

Album Summary

Performers

• Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
• Takako Nishizaki (Violin)
• Miroslav Kejmar (Trumpet)
• Jenö Jandó (Piano)
• Ernst Ottensamer (Clarinet)
• Idil Biret (Piano)
• Balazs Szkolay (Piano)
• Adele Anthony (Violin)

Conductors

• Batiz, Enrique
• Bogar, Istvan
• Bychkov, Semyon
• Clark, Keith
• Dvorak, Jaroslav
• Edlinger, Richard
• Grodd, Uwe
• Gunzenhauser, Stephen
• Hayman, Richard
• Hurst, George
• Kosler, Zdenek
• Kovacs, Laszlo
• Krcek, Jaroslav
• Lenard, Ondrej
• Morandi, Pier G.
• Mund, Uwe
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Sanderling, Stefan
• Skvor, Petr
• Sobotka, Wolfgang
• Steinberg, Pinchas
• Studt, Richard
• Summerly, Jeremy
• Wildner, Johannes
• Wordsworth, Barry
• Yuasa, Takuo

Ensembles

• 
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Camerata Budapest
• Capella Istropolitana
• Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
• Failoni Orchestra Budapest
• Hungarian State Opera Chorus
• Oxford Camerata
• Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Slovak Philharmonic Choir
• Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
• Ulster Orchestra

Composers

• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Gregorian Chant
• Philip Glass (1937 - )
• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
• François Couperin (1668 - 1733)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 - 1799)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)

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Works Details

Chant, Gregorian : De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388)

• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Hildegard of Bingen : O virga mediatrix

• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: circa 1140-1180

Palestrina, Giovanni : Gloria :: Gloria

• Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
• Ensemble: Oxford Camerata
• Running Time: 5 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1567

Byrd, William : Pavan and Galliard a 6 in C major

• Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
• Notes: Composition written: Circa 1590.
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1590

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

• Conductor: Richard Edlinger
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Vivace - Grave

• Conductor: Jaroslav Krcek
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral

François Couperin (1668 - 1733) : Pièces de clavecin, Book 4

• Performer: Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord] (Harpsichord)
• Running Time: 2 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"

• Performer: Takako Nishizaki (Violin)
• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Telemann, Georg Philipp : Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7 :: D7

• Performer: Miroslav Kejmar (Trumpet)
• Conductor: Petr Skvor
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1708-1714

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

• Conductor: Jaroslav Dvorak
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Ensemble: Scholars Baroque Ensemble
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London" :: Allegretto

• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1795

Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von : Sinfonia in F major, Grave F7 :: Andante

• Conductor: Uwe Grodd
• Ensemble: Failoni Orchestra Budapest
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1762-1765

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: Allegro

• Conductor: Wolfgang Sobotka
• Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

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

• Performer: Jenö Jandó (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Weber, Carl Maria von : Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major, J. 118 (Op. 74) :: Andante

• Performer: Ernst Ottensamer (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1811

Rossini, Gioachino : Stabat mater :: Quis est homo

• Conductor: Pier Morandi
• Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Chorus
• Running Time: 6 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1841

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Conductor: László Kovács
• Ensemble: Camerata Budapest
• Running Time: 4 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Berlioz, Hector : Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

• Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 04/1830

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

• Conductor: Richard Hayman
• Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

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

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Schumann, Robert : Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38 :: Largo

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1841

Wagner, Richard : Die Walküre :: Ride of the Valkyries

• Conductor: Uwe Mund
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856

Verdi, Giuseppe : La traviata :: Prelude

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1853.
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1853

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: Hungarian Dance no 3

• Conductor: István Bogár
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Swan Lake :: Scène

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1875-1876

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83

• Performer: Balazs Szkolay (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Nimrod

• Conductor: George Hurst
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

• Conductor: Keith Clark
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Opening

• Conductor: Zdenek Kosler
• Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Respighi, Ottorino : Fountains of Rome :: Fountain of the Villa Medici at Sun

• Conductor: Enrique Bátiz
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1915

Stravinsky, Igor : Pulcinella, suite for orchestra :: Overture

• Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1922

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Britten, Benjamin : Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4 :: Playful Pizzicato

• Conductor: Richard Studt
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1934

Glass, Philip : Concerto for Violin :: 1st Movement

• Performer: Adele Anthony (Violin)
• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1987