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• Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (opening) / R. Strauss (Berlin Philharmonic) (1:39)
• William Tell overture (finale) / Rossini (Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano) (3:13)
• Morning mood, Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Grieg (Vienna Philharmonic) (4:00)
• 'O sole mio / Di Capua (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; National Philharmonic Orchestra) (3:25)
• Air, Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (3:41) ; Badinerie, Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (1:27) / J.S. Bach (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra)
• Piano concerto No. 21 in C major, K467, Andante / Mozart (András Schiff, piano ; Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg) (6:40)
• Radetzky march, Op. 28 / Johann Strauss (Vienna Philharmonic) (2:56)
• Violin concert No. 1 in G minor, Adagio / Bruch (Kyung Wha Chung, violin ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (8:42)
• Eine kleine nachtmusik, Allegro / Mozart (Vienna Philharmonic) (5:35)
• Baïlèro, Chants d'Auvergne / Canteloube (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; English Chamber Orchestra) (6:40)
• Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute" / Chopin (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) (1:54)
• Sheep may safely graze, Cantata No. 208 / J.S. Bach (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) (4:27)
• The flight of the bumblebee / Rimsky-Korsakov (Philharmonia Orchestra) (1:15)
• Bolero (finale) / Ravel (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal) (5:21)
• Barcarolle, Les contes d'Hoffman / Offenbach (L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) (4:01)
• Adagio in G minor / Albinoni (Martin Haselböck, organ ; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) (6:34)
• Pizzicato polka / J. Strauss & Josef Strauss (Vienna Philharmonic) (2:35)
• Dein ist mein ganzes herz, Das land des Lachelns / Lehar (Plácido Domingo, tenor ; Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino ; Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma) (3:36)
• O fortuna, Carmina Burana / Orff (Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin und Chor) (2:31)

• Jazz suite no. 2 (Waltz II) / Shostakovich (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (3:41)
• Adagio for strings / Barber (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra) (8:41)
• Fantasia on greensleeves / Vaughan Williams (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields) (4:20)
• Spring (I Allegro) The four seasons / Vivaldi (Alan Loveday, violin ; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (3:11)
• Trumpet voluntary / Clarke (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble) (2:45)
• Canon / Pachelbel (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra) (4:31)
• Nuns' chorus, Casanova / J. Strauss II (Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; Mormon Tabernacle Choir ; Utah Symphony Orchestra) (3:33)
• Piano sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" (I Adagio sostenuto) / Beethoven (Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano) (5:24)
• Romeo & Juliet fantasy (love theme) / Tchaikovsky (Vienna Philharmonic) (3:12)
• Warsaw concerto / Addinsell (Cristina Ortiz, piano ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (9:04)
• Symphony No. 9 "From the new world" (II Largo
• excerpt) / Dvorak (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) (5:34)
• Dance of the sugar plum fairy, The nutcracker / Tchaikovsky (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) (1:34)
• Concierto de Aranjuez (II Adagio
• excerpt) / Rodrigo (Carlos Bonell, guitar ; Orchestre Symphonique de Montreál) (5:28)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Solomon / Handel (Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields) (3:15)
• Hungarian dance no. 5 in G minor / Brahms (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (2:12)
• Meditation, Thais / Massenet (Nigel Kennedy, violin ; National Philharmonic Orchestra) (5:36)
• Nessun dorma, Turandot / Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti, tenor ; John Alldis Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra) (2:57).

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Contributors:

Pavarotti, Luciano , performer

Schiff, András , instrumentalist

Chung, Kyung-Wha, 1948- , instrumentalist

Te Kanawa, Kiri , performer

Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937- , instrumentalist

Haselböck, Martin, 1954- , performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- , performer

Loveday, Alan , performer

Ortiz, Cristina , performer

Bonell, Carlos , performer

Kennedy, Nigel , performer

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907

Di Capua, Eduardo, 1864-1917

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Strauss, Johann, 1804-1849

Bruch, Max, 1838-1920

Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937

Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880

Giazotto, Remo

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899

Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948

Orff, Carl, 1895-1982

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741

Clarke, Jeremiah, 1669?-1707

Pachelbel, Johann, 1653-1706

Benatzky, Ralph, 1884-1957

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Addinsell, Richard, 1904-1977

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Rodrigo, Joaquín

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Berliner Philharmoniker , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Teatro alla Scala > Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

London Philharmonic Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

John Alldis Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Chicago Symphony Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Utah Symphony Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Mormon Tabernacle Choir , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Concertgebouworkest , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Rundfunkchor Berlin , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy) > Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Association vaudoise des amis de l'Orchestre de la Suisse romande , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Philharmonia Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

English Chamber Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Camerata Academica Salzburg , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Stuttgarter Kammerorchester , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

National Philharmonic Orchestra (Great Britain) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Wiener Philharmoniker , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Maggio musicale fiorentino, Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Meetings:

Maggio musicale fiorentino

Languages:

Italian
French
German
Latin

Language Notes:

Vocal works sung in Italian, French, German, and Latin.

Included Works:

Also sprach Zarathustra [by Strauss, R.]

Guillaume Tell [by Rossini, G.]

Peer Gynt [by Grieg, E.] > Morgenstemning

O sole mio [by Di Capua, E.]

Suites, orchestra [by Bach, J.S.] > BWV 1068, D major > Air

Suites, orchestra [by Bach, J.S.] > BWV 1067, B minor > Badinerie

Concertos, piano, orchestra [by Mozart, W.A.] > K. 467, C major > Andante

Radetzky-Marsch [by Strauss, J.]

Concertos, violin, orchestra [by Bruch, M.] > No. 1, op. 26, G minor > Adagio

Kleine Nachtmusik [by Mozart, W.A.] > Allegro

Chants d'Auvergne [by Canteloube, J.] > Baïlèro

Waltzes, piano [by Chopin, F.] > Op. 64 > No. 1

Jagdkantate [by Bach, J.S.] > Schafe können sicher weiden

Skazka o t︠s︡are Saltane [by Rimsky-Korsakov, N.] > Nu, teperʹ, moĭ shmelʹ

Bolero, orchestra [by Ravel, M.]

Contes d'Hoffmann [by Offenbach, J.] > Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour

Adagio, string orchestra, G minor [by Giazotto, R.]

Pizzicato-Polka [by Strauss, J.]

Land des Lächelns [by Lehár, F.] > Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

Carmina Burana [by Orff, C.] > O Fortuna

Suites, jazz ensemble [by Shostakovich, D.D.] > No. 2 (1938) > Waltz

Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello [by Barber, S.] > No. 1, op. 11, B minor > Adagio

Fantasia on Greensleeves [by Vaughan Williams, R.]

Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione [by Vivaldi, A.] > N. 1 > Allegro (3rd movement)

Suites, orchestra [by Clarke, J.] > D major > Prince of Denmark's march

Canon und Gigue, violins (3), continuo, P. 37, D major [by Pachelbel, J.]

Casanova [by Benatzky, R.] > O Madonna, auf uns sieh

Sonatas, piano [by Beethoven, L.v.] > No. 14, op. 27, no. 2, C♯ minor

Romeo et Juliette (Fantasy-overture) [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] (Selections)

Dangerous moonlight [by Addinsell, R.] > Warsaw concerto

Symphonies [by Dvořák, A.] > No. 9, op. 95, E minor > Largo

Shchelkunchik [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.] > Pas de deux > Variat︠s︡ii︠a︡, no. 2

Concierto de Aranjuez [by Rodrigo, J.] > Adagio

Solomon [by Handel, G.F.] > Sinfonia

Ungarische Tänze [by Brahms, J.] > Nr. 5

Thaïs [by Massenet, J.] > Méditation

Turandot [by Puccini, G.] > Nessun dorma

Other Related Resources:

Source record: #1 classical album (New York : Decca, [2002] — ISBN 6307035021; LCCN 2004586205; OCLC Number 50020240)

Subjects:

Orchestral music — Excerpts

Operas — Excerpts

Orchestral music

Operas

Genres:

Music

Operas

Excerpts

Orchestral music

Performers:

Various artists.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: piano; orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: violin; orchestra
1 performer: piano
1 ensemble: string orchestra
1 ensemble: jazz ensemble
4 performers: violin (2); viola; cello
4 performers: violins (3); continuo

General Notes:

Recorded 1959-1996.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
BWV 1068
BWV 1067
K. 467
no. 1, op. 26
op. 64 No. 1.
no. 1, op. 11
P. 37
no. 14, op. 27, no. 2
no. 9, op. 95
no. 2

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

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