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Album Summary

Performers

• Jan Tomasow (Violin)
• Benita Valente (Soprano)
• Jerry Hadley (Tenor)
• John Cheek (Bass Baritone)
• Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
• Leon Fleisher (Piano)
• George Gershwin (Piano)
• George Feyer (Piano)
• Morley Meredith (Baritone)
• Sylvia Stahlman (Soprano)
• John Ferrante (Countertenor)
• Garrison Kent (Piano)
• Antonio Beltrami (Piano)

Conductors

• Abravanel, Maurice
• Comissiona, Sergiu
• Davies, Dennis R.
• Davis, Carl
• Ermler, Mark
• Friedman, Leonard
• Glover, Jane
• Handley, Vernon
• Janigro, Antonio
• Licata, Andrea
• Mahler, Fritz
• Mata, Eduardo
• Paavo, Jarvi
• Paulik, Anton
• Pido, Evelino
• Rossi, Mario
• Schifrin, Lalo [Composer]
• Schmidt, Ole
• Shaw, Robert
• Somary, Johannes
• Wordsworth, Barry

Ensembles

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• Camerate of St. Andrew
• I Solisti di Zagreb

Composers

• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
• Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956)
• George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Johann Strauss II (Junior) (1825 - 1899)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682 - 1738)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)

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Works Details

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

• Conductor: Johannes Somary
• Running Time: 8 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1945

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174) :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Conductor: Antonio Janigro
• Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Antonio Janigro
• Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Ode to Joy (An die Freude) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)

• Performers: Benita Valente (Soprano); Jerry Hadley (Tenor); John Cheek (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Robert Shaw
• Running Time: 6 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Choral

Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera :: March of the Toreadors

• Conductor: Mark Ermler
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovetsian Dance no 2

• Conductor: Ole Schmidt
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

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

• Conductor: Mario Rossi
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

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

• Performer: Jeanne-Marie Darré (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1846-1847

Copland, Aaron : Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring)

• Conductor: Dennis Davies
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967

Debussy, Claude : Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

• Performer: Leon Fleisher (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1890-1905

Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891) : Lakmé :: Flower Duet

• Conductor: Carl Davis
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1883

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World" :: Largo

• Conductor: Järvi Paavo
• Notes: Composition written: 01/10/1893-05/24/1893.
• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue :: Andante

• Performer: George Gershwin (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1925

Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956) : The Red Poppy, ballet, Op. 70 :: Russian Sailor's Dance

• Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
• Running Time: 3 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1928

Gounod, Charles : Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor

• Conductor: Lalo Schifrin
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: March

Grieg, Edvard : Peer Gynt :: Morning Mood

• Conductor: Mark Ermler
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1875

Handel, George Frideric : Der Messias :: Hallelujah Chorus

• Conductor: Johannes Somary
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1741

Khachaturian, Aram : Gayaneh :: Sabre Dance

• Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona
• Notes: Composition written: 1941-42.
• Running Time: 2 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1941-1942

Liszt, Franz : Liebesträume for Piano, S 541

• Performer: George Feyer (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843-1850

Mascagni, Pietro : Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act :: Intermezzo

• Conductor: Andrea Licata
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

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

• Conductor: Jane Glover
• Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Mouret, Jean-Joseph : Sinfonies de Fanfares

• Conductor: Leonard Friedman
• Ensemble: Camerate of St. Andrew
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1729

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik :: Allegro

• Conductor: Antonio Janigro
• Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1787

Offenbach, Jacques : Gaîté Parisienne :: Can-can

• Running Time: 1 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1858

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: O Fortuna

• Performers: Morley Meredith (Baritone); Sylvia Stahlman (Soprano); John Ferrante (Countertenor)
• Conductor: Fritz Mahler
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936

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

• Conductor: Johannes Somary
• Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1700

Prokofiev, Sergei : Love for three oranges :: March

• Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1919

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 :: Allegro Scherzando (excerpt)

• Performer: Garrison Kent (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Ravel, Maurice : Pavane pour une infante défunte

• Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1899

Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell :: Finale

• Conductor: Evelino Pidò
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1829

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

• Performer: Antonio Beltrami (Piano)
• Conductor: Antonio Janigro
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

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

• Conductor: Anton Paulik
• Running Time: 9 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Waltz
• Written: 1867

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Einleitun

• Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: Finale

• Conductor: Eduardo Mata
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : 1812 Overture, Op. 49 :: Finale

• Conductor: Eduardo Mata
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1880

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"

• Performer: Jan Tomasow (Violin)
• Conductor: Antonio Janigro
• Ensemble: I Solisti di Zagreb
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1725

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

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1854-1856