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Interview with Oscar Hammerstein II (more info)
Tony Thomas, fiddle


1.   Mars - 7:03


Gayane Suite No. 2 (arr. J. Heifetz) (more info)
Composed by: Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Rouben Aharonian, violin
Svetlana Safonova, piano


2.   Sabre Dance - 2:28


Why ask you? (more info)
Composed by: John Bull
Pierre Hantai, virginal
Colin Tilney, harpsichord


3.   Ride of the Valkyries - 5:28


Petit concerto de societe, Op. 140 (more info)
Composed by: Ferdinando Carulli
Pal Paulikovics, guitar


4.   Overture - 5:22


String Quartet in G major (more info)
Composed by: Arnold Bax
Recording date: 19-21 December 1999


5.   Rondo: Allegro vivace - 6:44


Messa da Requiem (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra South German Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Victor De Sabata Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi
Conducted by: Jesus Lopez-Cobos Walter B. Rogers Richard Hickox Pier Giorgio Morandi Tullio Serafin Helmuth Rilling
Cesar Hernandez, tenor
Alfred Kim, tenor
Oralia Dominguez, mezzo-soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Stefania Toczyska, mezzo-soprano
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Livia Budai-Batky, mezzo-soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Margaret Price, soprano
Robert Lloyd, bass
Elena Filipova, soprano
Franco de Grandis, bass
Carlo Colombara, bass
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Vittore Veneziani, choirmaster
Markella Hatziano, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Sade, tenor
Vincente Ombuena Valls, tenor
Giuseppe Giacomini,
Ezio Pinza, bass
Gloria Scalchi, mezzo-soprano
Michele Crider, soprano
Anke Vondung, alto
Olga Romanko, soprano
Cesare Siepi, bass
Luba Orgonasova, soprano


6.   Dies Irae - 2:19


El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Musici de Montreal, I Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Manuel De Falla
Conducted by: Edmon Colomer Kenneth Jean
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Angele Dubeau, violin
Recording date: 2-17 September 1988


7.   El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance - 4:21


Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Dmitri Kitayenko Andrew Davis Andrew Mogrelia Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Gerard Schwarz


8.   Act I: Dance of the Knights - 5:50


Des canyons aux etoiles … (more info)
Performed by: Asko Ensemble South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Olivier Messiaen
Conducted by: Sylvain Cambreling Reinbert de Leeuw
Marja Bon, piano
Hans Dullaert, horn
Ger de Zeeuw, xylophone
Wim Vos, glockenspiel


9.   V. Joie du sang des etoiles - 6:19


Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra CBC Radio Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: James DePreist Mario Bernardi Alexander Rahbari Ladislav Slovak Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky Bernard Haitink Andrew Litton
Angela Cheng, piano
Jens Lindemann, trumpet
Recording date: 20-26 June 1989


10.   Allegro - 4:20


The Firebird Suite (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Lorin Maazel Alexander Rahbari Neeme Jarvi


11.   Danse infernale du roi Kastchei / King Kastchei's Infernal Dance - 4:42


Carmina Burana (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Carl Orff
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Gunter Wand Richard Hickox Stephen Gunzenhauser Pavel Urbanek
Maria Venuti, soprano
Ulf Kenklies, tenor
Peter Binder, baritone
Greg Beardsell, choirmaster
Markus Eiche, baritone
Claire Rutter, soprano
Thomas Randle, tenor
Vladimir Dolezal, tenor
Pavol Prochazka, choirmaster
Eva Jenisova, soprano
Laura Claycomb, soprano
Ivan Kusnjer, baritone
Mary Denniss,
Andrew Knights,
Barry Banks, baritone
Christopher Maltman, baritone


12.   O Fortuna (Excalibur) - 2:39

100 Folk-tunes from Hardanger, Op. 151: Suite No. 1 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Geirr Tveitt
Conducted by: Bjarte Engeset
Recording date: 18-21 and 24-28 June 2002


1.   No. 15: Siste Farvel (The Last Farewell) - 4:05


La boheme (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt Brandenburg State Orchestra Berlin City Opera Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Symphony Orchestra Montreal Opera Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Eugene Goossens Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome Russian Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Cesare Sodero Enrico Caruso Giacomo Puccini
Conducted by: Will Humburg Gaetano Merola Gerhard Steeger Rudolf Kempe Alberto Erede Victor Trucco Izler Solomon Giuseppe Antonicelli Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Rosario Bourdon Umberto Berrettoni Renato Cellini Fritz Zweig Frieder Weissmann Jacques Lacombe Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Alexander Rahbari Robert Heger Tullio Serafin Joseph Rescigno Charles Rosekrans Antonino Votto Thomas Beecham Heribert Beissel Vincenzo Bellezza Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Constantine Orbelian David Parry Mikko Franck Gerhard Wiesenhutter Eugene Szenkar
Manon Feubel, soprano
John McCormack, tenor
Nellie Melba, soprano
Anna-Lisa Bjorling, soprano
Antoine Belanger, tenor
Etienne Dupuis, baritone
Gianna Corbisiero, soprano
Maria Cebotari, soprano
Lisa Otto, soprano
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Tatiana Menotti, mezzo-soprano
Afro Poli, baritone
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Leonard Warren, baritone
Erna Berger, soprano
Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Lucrezia Bori, soprano
Aurora Rettore, soprano
Robert Easton, bass
Titta Ruffo, baritone
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Tito Schipa, tenor
Landon Ronald, piano
Miriam Gauci, soprano
Hjordis Schymberg, soprano
Carlo Forti, bass
Fabio Previati, baritone
Carmen Gonzales, soprano
Ivan Urbas, bass
Boaz Senator, baritone
Maria Zamboni, soprano
Grace Moore, soprano
Thomas Harper, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass
George Cehanovsky, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Giacinto Prandelli, tenor
Giovanni Inghilleri, baritone
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Melchiorre Luise, bass
Ildebrando Santafe, bass
Patrice Munsel, soprano
Alan Opie, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
William Dazeley, baritone
Andrew Shore, bass
Robert Merrill, baritone
Dora Labbette,
Stella Andreva,
Robert Alva,
John Reardon, baritone
Giorgio Tozzi,
Lucine Amara,
William Nahr,
Thomas Powell,
George del Monte,
Stanislav Benacka, bass
Jiri Sulzenko, bass
Richard Novak, bass
Ladislav Hallon, tenor
Elfriede Trotschel, soprano
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Maria Callas, soprano
Rolando Panerai, baritone
Heddle Nash, tenor
Browning Mummery, tenor
Frederic Collier, bass
Edouard Cotreuil, bass
Valerian Ruminski, bass
Mario Sammarco, baritone
Diana Soviero, soprano
Edward Johnson, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Carmen Dragon,
Raffaele Arie, bass
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Manuel Spatafora, baritone
Carlo Badioli, bass
Anna Moffo, soprano
Eraldo Coda, bass
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Jonathon Welch, tenor
Agnieszka Piass, soprano
John Brownlee, baritone
Geraldine Farrar, soprano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano
Marianne Fiset, soprano
Recording date: 12 December 1942


2.   O soave fanciulla (Love Duet) - 3:41


Short Suite (more info)
Performed by: Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Composed by: David Lyon
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones


3.   Aria - 2:31


Idylle Printemps (more info)
Performed by: English Northern Philharmonia
Composed by: Frederick Delius
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones
Recording date: 22-23 August 1995


4.   Idylle Printemps - 8:02


Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 (more info)
Performed by: Canadian Opera Company Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Conducted by: Otto Dobrindt Leif Segerstam Richard Bradshaw David Parry Ivan Anguelov
Richard Tauber, tenor
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Ulrik Qvale, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Richard Bonelli, baritone
Anders Bergstrom, baritone
Ingrid Tobiasson, mezzo-soprano
Per-Arne Wahlgren, baritone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Timothy Robinson, tenor
Lars-Erik Jonsson, tenor
Hilde Leidland, soprano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Anna Tomson, mezzo-soprano
Brett Polegato, baritone
Thomas Sunnegardh, tenor
Katarina Dalayman, soprano
Recording date: 17 April 1924


5.   Gluck, das mir verblieb, Op. 12 - 10:39


Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Howard Hanson
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn


6.   Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns - 7:45


Sonatina (more info)
Composed by: Leo Sowerby
Todd Wilson, organ


7.   Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - 7:47

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