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CD 1: Volume One
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1The Ride of The Valkyries
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Goossens (composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
recording of:
Excerpt from Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I, Walkürenritt
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854 until 1856)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene I "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"
Richard Wagner4:57
2Anitra's Dance
orchestra:
Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Rouslan Raychev (conductor)
recording of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46: III. Anitras dans
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1875)
revised by:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1888)
version of:
Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Anitras dans
part of:
Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, op. 46
Edvard Grieg3:46
3Au clar de luneClaude Debussy4:05
4Un bel di (One Fine Day - Madame Butterfly)
recorded in:
Sofia, Sofia-Grad, Bulgaria (on 1982-12-02)
soprano vocals:
Raina Kabaivanska (soprano) (on 1982-12-02)
orchestra:
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra (on 1982-12-02)
conductor:
Gabriele Bellini (on 1982-12-02)
live recording of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II. “Un bel dì, vedremo” (Butterfly) (on 1982-12-02)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Madama Butterfly: Atto II (also: Atto II, parte 1)
Giacomo Puccini4:23
5Largo from Symphony No. 9
orchestra:
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Krauss (conductor)
partial recording of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“: II. Largo
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1893-01-10 until 1893-05-24)
part of:
Symfonie č. 9 e moll, op. 95 „Z Nového světa“
Antonín Dvořák3:20
6Waltz in A Flat
piano:
Martin Jones (pianist)
recording of:
Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A‐flat major (for solo piano)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1865)
arrangement of:
16 Waltzes, op. 39: No. 15 in A-flat major (for piano four hands)
part of:
16 Waltzes, op. 39 (for solo piano)
Johannes Brahms1:14
7Gopak from Sorotchinsky FairModest Mussorgsky2:50
8Traumerei from Kinderszenen
orchestra:
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Krauss (conductor)
recording of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: Träumerei (orchestrated by R. Tilling)
orchestrator:
Richard Tilling
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1838)
orchestration of:
Kinderszenen, op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei (for piano)
Robert Schumann3:15
9Spring From The Four Seasons 1st movementAntonio Vivaldi3:24
10Overture : The Marriage of Figaro
orchestra:
Sofia Sinfonietta
conductor:
Emil Tchakarov (conductor)
recording of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sinfonia
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1786)
part of:
Die Hochzeit des Figaro (German translation)
part of:
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart4:19
11Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
choir vocals:
Hamburg State Opera Chorus
orchestra:
Hamburg State Opera Orchestra (aka Philharmoniker Hamburg)
conductor:
Leopold Ludwig (conductor)
recording of:
Nabucco: Parte III, scena 2. Coro “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate” (Coro) (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (in 1841)
librettist:
Temistocle Solera
part of:
Nabucco: Parte III. La profezia
Giuseppe Verdi3:54
12Prelude in E minor Op.28/4
cello:
Felix Schmidt (cellist)
piano:
Annette Cole (pianist)
violin:
Elizabeth Layton (violinist)
recording of:
Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer)
arrangement of:
Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo
Frédéric Chopin2:40
13Waltz from The Sleeping BeautyPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky4:13
14La donna e mobile (Woman is fickle) from Rigoletto
tenor vocals:
Nikola Nikolov (operatic tenor)
orchestra:
Bulgarian Radio Orchestra
conductor:
Васил Стефанов (Bulgarian conductor)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (until 1851-03-11)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave (until 1851-03-11)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi2:10
15Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
orchestra:
Vienna Opera Orchestra
conductor:
Richard Krauss (conductor)
recording of:
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, op. 214 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
arrangement of:
Tritsch–Tratsch Polka, op. 214
Johann Strauss Jr.3:00
16Liebestraum No.3Franz Liszt4:22
17Norweigen Dance No.2
orchestra:
Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Rouslan Raychev (conductor)
recording of:
Four Norwegian Dances, op. 35: No. 2 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1880)
arrangement of:
Four Norwegian Dances, op. 35: No. 2 (for piano, four hands)
Edvard Grieg2:49
18Slow movement from Concerto for two violins in D minor
violin:
Georgi Badev (Bulgarian violinist) and Stoika Milanova (violinist)
orchestra:
Sofia Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Vassil Kazandjiev
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Johann Sebastian Bach7:00
19'Minute' Waltz
piano:
Martin Jones (pianist)
recording of:
Waltz no. 6 in D-flat major, op. 64 no. 1 “Minute Waltz”
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Frédéric Chopin1:45
20Overture : The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
orchestra:
Munich Symphony Orchestra (German symphonic orchestra pka “Symphonie-Orchester Graunke”; not related to Alfred Scholz)
conductor:
Hans‐Jürgen Walther
recording of:
Die Hebriden, op. 26
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1832-05-14)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1830)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 26) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 7)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy10:00
CD 2: Volume Two
CD 3: Volume Three
CD 4: Volume Four
CD 5: Volume Five

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