Classic Classics, Volume 2

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CD 1

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Overture from 'The Marriage of Figaro' (Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta)
2. Johann Sebastian Bach : Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Cantata BWV 147) (Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp)
3. Giuseppe Verdi : March and Ballet (from 'Aida') (The Metropolitan Orchestra/James Levine)
4. Antonio Vivaldi : Allegro (from 'Spring', The Four Seasons) (John Holloway, La Grande Ecurie et la Chamber du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire)
5. Ludwig van Beethoven : Storm (from Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral') (Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)
6. George Frideric Handel : And the Trumpet shall Sound (from 'Messiah') (Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
7. Peter I. Tchaikovsky : Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (from Piano Concerto No. 1) (Emil Gilels, New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta)
8. Camille Saint-Saens : The Swan (from 'Carnival of the Animals') (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
9. Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov : Flight of the Bumble Bee (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
10. Ottorino Resphighi : The Appian Way (from 'The Pines of Rome') (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
11. George Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue (Leonard Bernstein, piano, Columbia Symphony Orchestra)

CD 2

1. Erik Satie : Gymnopedie No. 1 (Daniel Varsano, piano)
2. Handel : Largo (Ombra mai fu, from 'Xerxes') (Carolyn Watkinson, La Grande Ecurie et la Chamber du Roy/Jean-Claude Malgoire)
3. Luigi Boccherini : Minuet (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
4. Christoph Gluck : Ballet (from 'Orfeo ed Euridice') (Tafelmusik/Frieder Bernius)
5. Johann Strauss II : Radetzky March (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
6. Alexander Borodin : Polovestsian Dances (from 'Prince Igor') (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
7. Hector Berlioz : March to the Scaffold (from 'Symphonie Fantastique') (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
8. Claude Debussy : Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
9. Edvard Grieg : Morning (from 'Peer Gynt' Suite No. 1) (New Philharmonia Orchestra/Andrew Davis)
10. Mozart : Allegro (from 'Eine Kleine Machtmusik') (Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)
11. Johannes Brahms : Hungarian Dance No. 5 (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
12. Georges Bizet : Habanera (from 'Carmen Suite' No. 1) (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
13. Maurice Ravel : Bolero (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)

CD 3

1. Gioacchino Rossini : Overture (from 'The Barber of Seville') (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
2. Ravel : Dawn (from 'Daphnis et Chloe' Suite No. 2) (Schola Cantorum, New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
3. Sergeo Rachmaninov : Vocalise (Nellytree, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra/Arnold Kaz)
4. Jeremiah Clarke : Trumpet Voluntary (Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy)
5. Handel : Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from 'Solomon')(English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard)
6. Mozart : Dies Irae (from 'Requiem') (La Grande Ecurie et la Chamber du Roy/Jean-Claude Maggiore)
7. Beethoven : Overture (from 'Fidelio') (Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)
8. Debussy : The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Paul Crossley, piano)
9. Edward Elgar : Variation 8 (from 'Enigma Variations') (London Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel Barenboim)
10. Tchaikovsky : Fantasy Overture (from 'Romeo & Juliet') (New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein)
11. Richard Wagner : Vorspiel & Liebestod (from 'Tristan & Isolde') (Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell)

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Tracklist

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1Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1963-03-27)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (on 1963-03-27)
recorded at:
David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts) in Upper West Side, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-03-27)
recording of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia (on 1963-03-27)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Cesare Sterbini
part of:
Der Barbier von Sevilla (german lyrics)
part of:
Il barbiere di Siviglia
part of:
Le Barbier de Séville (french lyrics)
part of:
The Barber of Seville (english lyrics)
Gioachino Rossini7:36
2Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2: Dawn
choir vocals:
Schola Cantorum (New York, fka the MacDowell Chorus, renamed in 1912) (on 1961-03-13)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1961-03-13)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (on 1961-03-13)
recorded at:
Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1961-03-13)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2: I. Lever du jour (on 1961-03-13)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
Maurice Ravel5:44
3Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14
orchestra:
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Arnold Kaz
recording of:
Vocalise, op. 34 no. 14 (arr. by composer for orchestra)
orchestrator:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (in 1919)
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer) (in 1912)
orchestration of:
14 Romances, op. 34 no. 14: Vocalise (for voice and piano, original version)
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов7:53
4Trumpet Voluntary
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
recording of:
The Prince of Denmark’s March (erroneously called “Trumpet Voluntary”)
composer:
Jeremiah Clarke (in 1700)
Jeremiah Clarke2:18
5Solomon, HWV 67: "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
recording of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III. Sinfonia “The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1748)
publisher:
Hallische Händel‐Ausgabe der Georg‐Friedrich‐Händel‐Gesellschaft
part of:
Solomon, HWV 67: Act III
Georg Friedrich Händel3:07
6Dies Irae
orchestra:
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
conductor:
Jean‐Claude Malgoire (conductor and oboist)
recording of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626: III. Sequenz: a. Dies irae (catch-all for unknown editions)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (catch-all for unknown editions)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:50
7Fidelio, op. 72: Overture
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Fidelio, op. 72: Overture (1814 version, sometimes op. 72b or op. 72c)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1814)
part of:
Fidelio, op. 72 (1814 version)
Ludwig van Beethoven6:15
8Préludes, Livre I, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif
piano:
Paul Crossley (pianist) (from 1992-04-21 until 1992-04-25)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (from 1992-04-21 until 1992-04-25)
recording of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin. Très calme et doucement expressif (from 1992-04-21 until 1992-04-25)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1909-12 until 1910-02)
premiered at:
[concert] (1910-06-02)
part of:
Préludes, Livre I, L. 117, CD 125
Claude Debussy2:46
9Variations on an Original Theme (’Enigma’), op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Allegretto)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Allegretto)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Winifred Norbury
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Sir Edward Elgar2:02
10Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
producer:
Howard Scott (classical music producer)
orchestra:
New York Philharmonic (on 1957-01-28)
conductor:
Leonard Bernstein (on 1957-01-28)
recorded at:
Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-01-28)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed) (on 1957-01-28)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1869)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1870, in 1880)
dedicated to:
Милий Алексеевич Балакирев (composer, pianist, conductor)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 42) and Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 39)
revision of:
Romeo and Juliet (1870, rarely performed)
Пётр Ильич Чайковский19:26
11Tristan and Isolde: Vorspiel and Liebestod
orchestra:
The Cleveland Orchestra
conductor:
George Szell (conductor, pianist, composer)
recording of:
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (concert piece)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer)
arrangement of:
Excerpt from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt III, Szene III. Liebestod. “Mild und leise wie er lächelt”
arrangement of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt I, Vorspiel
Richard Wagner16:54