Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

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Album Summary

Performers

• Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Giacomo Aragall (Tenor)
• Eduard Tumagian (Baritone)
• Dong-Suk Kang (Violin)
• Pascal Devoyon (Piano)
• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Piano)
• Joseph Banowetz (Piano)
• Idil Biret (Piano)
• Peter Hill (Piano)
• Lynda Russell (Soprano)
• Ewa Podles (Alto)
• Jenö Jandó (Piano)

Conductors

• Bramall, Anthony
• Dohnanyi, Oliver von
• Drahos, Bela
• Gunzenhauser, Stephen
• Halasz, Michael
• Humburg, Will
• Hurst, George
• Kosler, Zdenek
• Maksymiuk, Jerzy
• Morandi, Pier G.
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Talmi, Yoav
• Wildner, Johannes
• Wit, Antoni

Ensembles

• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
• Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
• Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
• Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
• San Diego Symphony Orchestra
• Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
• Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
• Kodaly Quartet

Composers

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Notes & Reviews:

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the exploration is both revealing and enjoyable. This release charts the course of music through these turbulent but exhilarating times.

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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" :: 1st Movement. Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Béla Drahos
• Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia
• Running Time: 17 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1803

Berlioz, Hector : Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

• Conductor: Yoav Talmi
• Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 04/1830

Liszt, Franz : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124 :: 1st Movement. Allegro maestoso - Tempo giusto

• Performer: Joseph Banowetz (Piano)
• Conductor: Oliver Dohnányi
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
• Running Time: 5 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1835-1856

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Polonaise for piano no 8 in D minor, Op. 71/1, CT. 157

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1827

Schubert, Franz : Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118

• Performers: Peter Hill (Piano); Lynda Russell (Soprano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 10/19/1814

Mendelssohn, Felix : Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"

• Conductor: Anthony Bramall
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 12/11/1830.
• Running Time: 10 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 12/11/1830

Schumann, Robert : Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 :: 4th Movement. Allegro, ma non troppo

• Performer: Jenö Jandó (Piano)
• Ensemble: Kodály Quartet
• Running Time: 7 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1842

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

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Rossini, Gioachino : La Cenerentola :: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto

• Performer: Ewa Podles (Alto)
• Conductor: Pier Morandi
• Ensemble: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Spargi d'amaro pianto

• Performer: Luba Orgonasova (Soprano)
• Conductor: Will Humburg
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Verdi, Giuseppe : Don Carlos :: E lui... Dio che nell'alma infondere

• Performers: Giacomo Aragall (Tenor); Eduard Tumagian (Baritone)
• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava
• Notes: Composition written: 1884.
• Running Time: 7 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1884

Wagner, Richard : Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 :: Prelude and Liebestod (excerpt)

• Conductor: Johannes Wildner
• Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
• Running Time: 8 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1857-1859

Glinka, Mikhail : Kamarinskaya (Russian scherzo), fantasy for orchestra, G. ii105

• Conductor: Anthony Bramall
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1848

Borodin, Alexander : Symphony no 2 in B minor :: 1st Movement. Allegro

• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Ensemble: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1869-1876

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74 :: 2nd Movement. Allegro con grazia

• Conductor: Antoni Wit
• Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
• Running Time: 8 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112/2

• Conductor: Antoni Wit
• Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
• Running Time: 13 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1874

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

• Conductor: Zdenek Kosler
• Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Romance for Violin and Piano in B flat major, Op. 28

• Performers: Dong-Suk Kang (Violin); Pascal Devoyon (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1877

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: In the Hall of the Mountai

• Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Piano)
• Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk
• Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan" :: 3rd Movement. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen (Solemn

• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Ensemble: Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
• Running Time: 10 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: ?/?1884-03/1888

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

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Elgar, Edward : Enigma Variations :: Variation 9. Nimrod

• Conductor: George Hurst
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1898-1899