Best of the Classics: Romantic Classics

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1The Unfinished Symphony No. 8 in B minor: I. Allegro Moderato
orchestra:
Philharmonic Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Vladimir Petroschoff (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”: I. Allegro moderato
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822)
part of:
Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D. 759 “Unfinished”
Franz Schubert13:37
2Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym, not the real LSO)
conductor:
Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”: I. Allegro vivace
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1833)
part of:
Symphony no. 4 in A major, op. 90 “Italian”
Felix Mendelssohn11:32
3Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy - Overture
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra of London (bogus name used on budget releases)
conductor:
Laurence Siegel (conductor, possibly another pseudonym Alfred Scholz created)
recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy Overture, TH 42, ČW 39 (1880 version, commonly performed)
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)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky18:08
4William Tell: Overture
orchestra:
London Philharmonia Orchestra (name used on budget releases, not the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia or the New Philharmonia)
conductor:
Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Guillaume Tell : Ouverture
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Hippolyte Louis-Florent Bis (librettist) and Étienne de Jouy
music quoted on:
Symphony no. 15 in A major, op. 141: I. Allegretto
part of:
Guglielmo Tell (italian version by Calisto Bassi)
part of:
Guillaume Tell
Gioachino Rossini12:08
5Nutcracker Suite op. 71a: Ouverture Miniature
orchestra:
Tokyo Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Takao Matsumo (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: I. Ouverture miniature. Allegro giusto
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (until 1892)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky3:15
6Nutcracker Suite op. 71a: Dance of the Sugar Plum FairyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky2:09
7Nutcracker Suite op. 71a: Russian DancePyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:15
8Nutcracker Suite op. 71a: Flower Waltz
orchestra:
Tokyo Festival Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Takao Matsumo (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a: III. Valse des fleurs. Tempo di Valse
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Fantasia (Disney soundtrack)
part of:
The Nutcracker (suite from the ballet), op. 71a
revision of:
Щелкунчик, op. 71: Действие II, Картина III, no. 13. Вальс цветов (valse des fleurs; waltz of the flowers)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky7:06
9Wedding March: From "A Midsummer Night's Dream" op. 61Felix Mendelssohn4:51