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Album Summary

Performers

• Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Andras Schiff (Piano)
• Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Alan Loveday (Violin)
• Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
• Martin Haselböck (Organ)

Conductors

• Ashkenazy, Vladimir
• Atzmon, Moshe
• Bonynge, Richard
• Boskovsky, Willi
• Chailly, Riccardo
• Chiaramello, Giancarlo
• Dutoit, Charles
• Karajan, Herbert von
• Kempe, Rudolf
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Mehta, Zubin
• Munchinger, Karl
• Rudel, Julius
• Solti, Sir Georg
• Tate, Jeffrey
• Vegh, Sandor
• Weller, Walter
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• English Chamber Orchestra
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Rome Opera House Orchestra
• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Suisse Romande Orchestra
• Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917)
• Johann Strauss I (Senior) (1804 - 1849)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Jeremiah Clarke (circa 1674 - 1707)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Johann Strauss II / Josef Strauss
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)

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Works Details

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Opening

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Rossini, Gioachino : Guglielmo Tell :: Overture, finale

• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1829

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Capua, Eduardo di : O sole mio

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1900

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 :: Air

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: Badinerie

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 :: Andante

• Performer: Andras Schiff (Piano)
• Conductor: Sándor Végh
• Running Time: 6 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1785

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

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1848

Bruch, Max : Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26 :: Adagio

• Performer: Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin)
• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1864-1867

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: Allegro

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Ensemble: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Canteloube, Joseph : Baïlèro

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Jeffrey Tate
• Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1923-1930

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

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3) :: Sheep may safely graze

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Tale of Tsar Saltan :: The Flight of the

• Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1900-1901

Ravel, Maurice : Boléro :: Finale

• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Barcarolle

• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Albinoni, Tomaso : Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor

• Performer: Martin Haselböck (Organ)
• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

Strauss, Johann II and Josef : Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234

• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1870

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns")

• Performer: Placido Domingo (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Ensemble: Rome Opera House Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Jazz Suite no 2 (as used in the film "Testimony") :: 2. Waltz

• Conductor: Riccardo Chailly
• Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1938.
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1938

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: David Zinman
• Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 8 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

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

• Performer: Alan Loveday (Violin)
• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

Clarke, Jeremiah : Prince of Denmark's March

• Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Notes: Composition written: 1697.
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: March
• Written: 1697

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

• Conductor: Karl Munchinger
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1700

Strauss II (Junior), Johann : Casanova :: Nuns' Chorus

• Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Ensemble: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1928

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight" :: 1. Adagio sostenuto

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1801

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Romeo & Juliet :: Love theme

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Addinsell, Richard : Warsaw Concerto

• Performer: Cristina Ortiz (Piano)
• Conductor: Moshe Atzmón
• Running Time: 9 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: circa 1941

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9, arranged for piano, 4 hands ("From the New World"), B. 521 :: 3. Largo - Excerpt

• Conductor: Sir Solti
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1894.
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1894

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

• Conductor: Herbert Karajan
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1892

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar :: 2. Adagio - Excerpt

• Performer: Carlos Bonell (Guitar)
• Conductor: Charles Dutoit
• Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

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

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
• Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1748

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 5 in G minor

• Conductor: Walter Weller
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Massenet, Jules : Meditation (from "Thaïs")

• Performer: Nigel Kennedy (Violin)
• Conductor: Richard Bonynge
• Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun Dorma

• Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926