25 Ultimate Classics

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Album Summary

Performers

• Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
• David Zinman
• Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• Thomas Schippers
• Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Jerzy Semkov (Voice)
• Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Cincinnati Pops
• Erich Kunzel
• London Festival Orchestra
• Alfred Scholz
• Helmut Hucke (Oboe)
• Paul Angerer (Recorder)
• Julian Bigg (Tenor)
• Czech Symphony Orchestra (Tenor)
• John Oakman (Tenor)
• Elena Polonska (Harp)
• Konrad Ragossnig (Guitar)
• Walter Kraft (Organ)
• Walter Susskind
• Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
• Abbey Simon (Piano)
• Frank Glazer (Piano)
• Eileen Flissler (Piano)
• Aaron Rosand (Violin)
• Jörg Faerber

Conductors

• Angerer, Paul
• Bigg, Julian
• Faerber, Jorg
• Hollreiser, Heinrich
• Johnson, Robert
• Kunzel, Erich
• Perlea, Jonel
• Schippers, Thomas
• Scholz, Alfred
• Semkov, Jerzy
• Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw
• Susskind, Walter
• Zinman, David

Ensembles

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• Gunter Kehr Quintet
• New York Philomusica Winds

Composers

• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Erik Satie (Composer) (1866 - 1925)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)
• Alessandro Marcello (1669 - 1747)
• Anonymous
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887)
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: Konrad Ragossnig (guitar); Elena Polonska (harp); Aaron Rosand (violin); Eileen Flissler (piano); Walter Kraft (organ).

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Works Details

Rossini, Gioachino : Guillaume Tell :: Finale

• Performers: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Schippers
• Conductor: Thomas Schippers
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1829

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Prelude

• Performers: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Jerzy Semkov (Voice)
• Conductor: Jerzy Semkov
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1862-1867

Borodin, Alexander : Prince Igor :: Polovstian Dances

• Performer: Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser
• Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1869-1887

Liszt, Franz : Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244

• Performers: Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1847

Sousa, John Philip : Stars and Stripes Forever

• Performers: Cincinnati Pops; Erich Kunzel
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896

Bizet, Georges : Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2 :: Habanera

• Performers: London Festival Orchestra; Alfred Scholz
• Conductor: Alfred Scholz
• Notes: Composition written: 1875.
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1875

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Gran Partita :: Adagio

• Conductor: Robert Johnson
• Ensemble: New York Philomusica Winds
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1781

Marcello, Alessandro : Concerto for Oboe in D minor :: 2. Andante

• Performers: Helmut Hucke (Oboe); Paul Angerer (Recorder)
• Conductor: Paul Angerer
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1716

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Nessun Dorma

• Performers: Julian Bigg (Tenor); Czech Symphony Orchestra (Tenor); John Oakman (Tenor)
• Conductor: Julian Bigg
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

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

• Performer: Jörg Faerber
• Conductor: Jörg Faerber
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Anonymous : Greensleeves (Balcarres Lute Book)

• Performer: Elena Polonska (Harp)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Written: 1600

Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) : Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7 :: Granada

• Performer: Konrad Ragossnig (Guitar)
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

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

• Performer: Walter Kraft (Organ)
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Strauss, Richard : Also Sprach Zarathustra :: Opening

• Performers: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Walter Susskind
• Conductor: Walter Susskind
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1896

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32/H 125 :: Mars [Excerpt]

• Performers: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; Walter Susskind
• Conductor: Walter Susskind
• Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

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

• Performers: London Festival Orchestra; Alfred Scholz
• Conductor: Alfred Scholz
• Running Time: 2 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1858-1868

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

• Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Jonel Perlea
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a :: Dance of the Reed Flutes

• Performer: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Jonel Perlea
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1892

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

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

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Nocturne for piano no 3 in B major, Op. 9/3, CT. 110 :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Abbey Simon (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1830-1832

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

• Performer: Frank Glazer (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1888

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring" :: 1. Allegro [Excerpt]

• Performers: Eileen Flissler (Piano); Aaron Rosand (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1800-1801

Boccherini, Luigi : String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in E major, G. 275 (Op. 11/5) :: Minuet [Excerpt]

• Ensemble: Gunter Kehr Quintet
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1771

Mendelssohn, Felix : A Midsummer Night's Dream :: Nocturne [Excerpt]

• Performers: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; David Zinman
• Conductor: David Zinman
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1843

Ravel, Maurice : Boléro :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Conductor: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Running Time: 5 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928