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Rhapsodies - Liszt, Enesco, Smetana, et al / Stokowski

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Richard Wagner: Tri...
Performers: Froelich, Ralph; Garnick, Arthur; Schuman, Henry; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Wright, Marilyn
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

The flash and fire of Liszt, the emotional surges of Smetana, the guts and glory of Wagner - all the colors in Stokowski's rhapsodic repertoire...continue...

Dvorák: New World Symphony; Smetana / Reiner, CSO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Jaromir Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Reiner and Chicago capture the passion and nobility of this popular symphony and make it seem newly-minted. In this new remastering, the strings soar, the...continue...

Smetana: Ma Vlast / Harnoncourt, Vienna Philharmonic

2 CD / RCA Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"The first things that struck me about Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 'Ma Vlast' were its leisurely gait and mellow demeanour. Then, as 'Vysehrad' started to build, the...continue...

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...

Dvorák: New World Symphony and other masterworks / Reiner

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-03-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Jaromir Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra