Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945

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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D. 960 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Schubert
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Florian Krumpock,
Michael Endres, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Recording date: 2-7 September 1991


1.   Piano Sonata, D. 960: Scherzo in B flat Major - 2:05


Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Aleksander Michalowski Sergei Rachmaninov Alain Lefevre Fryderyk Chopin
Janusz Olejniczak, piano
Alfred Cortot, piano
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Lidia Grychtolowna, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Richard Raymond, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Edna Stern, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Recording date: 18 November 1930


2.   Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 - 3:01


Lieder ohne Worte (Songs without Words), Book 8, Op. 102 (more info)
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Daniela Ruso, harpsichord
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Dana Protopopescu, piano
Recording date: 10 January / 16-17 June 1990


3.   Song Without Words, Op. 102, No. 5 - 1:04


Annees de pelerinage, 3rd year, S163/R10 (more info)
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Moura Lympany, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Recording date: 22 December 1947


4.   The Fountains Of The Villa d'Este - 1:00


Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44 (more info)
Composed by: Robert Schumann
Claire-Marie Le Guay, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Antonio de Secondi, violin
Igor Kamenz, piano
Clifford Curzon, piano


5.   Piano Quintet - 4:50


Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (more info)
Performed by: French National Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra San Diego Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra World Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Orchestre de Paris Studio orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Hector Berlioz
Conducted by: Charles Munch Pierre Monteux Adrian Leaper Yutaka Sado Pinchas Steinberg Yoav Talmi Roger Norrington Gary Bertini Marek Janowski Christoph Eschenbach Massimo Freccia Zdenek Macal Andreas Sporri
Recording date: 5-7 December, 1987


6.   March To The Scaffold - 2:01


Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Jean Sibelius John Barbirolli Arturo Toscanini Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: James DePreist Paavo Berglund Yuri Ahronovitch Adrian Leaper Petri Sakari Leif Segerstam Colin Davis Alexander Gibson


7.   Finale - 4:36


5 Military Marches, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance" (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Royal Albert Hall Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra New Symphony Orchestra of London Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward Elgar
Conducted by: James Judd Rossen Milanov Adrian Boult Klaus-Peter Hahn Andrew Davis Adrian Leaper Alexander Gibson Roy Newsome


8.   Military March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance" - 1:47


Ma vlast (My Fatherland) (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Moscow State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Bedrich Smetana
Conducted by: Klaus-Peter Hahn Vaclav Talich Joel Spiegelman Erich Kleiber Charles Gerhardt Andrew Mogrelia Libor Pesek Reinhard Seifried Neeme Jarvi Antoni Wit Barry Wordsworth
Recording date: 25-29 January 1993


9.   The Moldau - 4:18


Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World" (more info)
Performed by: Chambre Philharmonique, La Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Curtis Symphony Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Prague Festival Orchestra Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Yakov Kreizberg Bertrand de Billy Stephen Gunzenhauser Erich Kleiber Ondrej Lenard Libor Pesek Neeme Jarvi Roger Norrington Seiji Ozawa Emmanuel Krivine Christoph Eschenbach Ivan Anguelov John Axelrod Zdenek Macal Pavel Urbanek
George Szell,
Philip McCann,
Recording date: December 1987


10.   Symphony No. 9 'From The New World' - 3:58


Pictures at an Exhibition (more info)
Composed by: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Alain Lefevre
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Maria Ivanova,
Nikita Magaloff,
Michael Ponti, piano
John Browning, piano
Sa Chen, piano
Denes Varjon, piano
Henri Bonamy, piano
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Krzysztof Jablonski, piano
Recording date: 10-12 May, 1988


11.   Bydlo - 2:36


Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 (arr. for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Sequeira Costa, piano
Patrick Webb, organ
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Valerie Tryon, piano


12.   The Tale of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble-bee - 1:18


Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor) (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Moscow Symphony Orchestra Pierre Rameau Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Paris New Symphony Society Orchestra
Composed by: Bramwell Tovey Rene Leibowitz Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin
Conducted by: Pierre Rameau Anthony Bramall Charles Gerhardt Adrian Leaper Daniel Nazareth Andrew Mogrelia Antonio de Almeida Boris Hinchev
Recording date: 7-10 January 1991


13.   Polovtsian - 2:00


1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Queensland Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Oregon Symphony German Radio Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar James DePreist Stephen Gunzenhauser Adrian Leaper Johannes Wildner Andrew Litton Muhai Tang
David Christensen, carillons
Christoph Poppen, violin


14.   1812 Overture, Op. 49: Finale - 3:49


Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Lucerne Festival Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra Halle Orchestra Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Neville Marriner Johannes Brahms Sergey Koussevitzky
Conducted by: Carlos Kalmar Dmitry Sitkovetsky Franz Konwitschny John Barbirolli Paul van Kempen Yakov Kreizberg Hans Muller-Kray Stephen Gunzenhauser Cristian Mandeal Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Gerard Schwarz Pietari Inkinen Witold Rowicki
David Oistrakh, violin
Alex Klein, oboe
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Ilya Kaler, violin
Ian Hobson, piano
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Ida Haendel, violin
Julia Fischer, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Gioconda de Vito, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Andres Cardenes, violin
Recording date: 11 April 1939


15.   Finale - 8:34


Tristan und Isolde (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski James DePreist Yakov Kreizberg Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Charles Gerhardt Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Carl Schuricht Wilhelm Furtwangler
Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 4-9 december 1990


16.   Liesbestod - 7:14


Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan" (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Mahler
Conducted by: Rafael Kubelik Klaus Tennstedt Michael Halasz Zdenek Kosler Michael Gielen Roger Norrington Bernard Haitink Gerard Schwarz Gabriel Chmura Christoph Eschenbach


17.   Finale - 4:11


Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176 (more info)
Performed by: National Philharmonic Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic Rock Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Hayman Richard Strauss
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Zdenek Kosler Charles Gerhardt Alain Lombard Neeme Jarvi Gary Bertini Gerard Schwarz Andrew Litton
Mary Preston, organ


18.   Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Introduction - 1:53


The Planets, Op. 32 (more info)
Performed by: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Gustav Holst
Conducted by: Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper David Lloyd-Jones Roger Norrington Alexander Gibson Andrew Litton Nicholas Childs Jose Sebrier
Wayne Marshall, piano
Ernest Macmillan, piano
Len Vorster, piano
Robert Chamberlain, piano
Recording date: 2, 16 July 2007


19.   The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician - 1:51


La mer (more info)
Performed by: Polish Symphony Orchestra luventus French National Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Ulster Orchestra Budapest Camerata Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Lyon National Orchestra
Composed by: Arturo Toscanini Claude Debussy Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
Conducted by: Charles Munch Yan Pascal Tortelier Alexander Rahbari Neeme Jarvi Carlo Maria Giulini Gary Bertini Gabriel Chmura Guido Cantelli Evgeny Svetlanov Jun Markl Max Pommer
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,


20.   'Jeux de vagues' - 2:47


Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Maurice Ravel Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Yakov Kreizberg Kenneth Jean Gary Bertini Gerard Schwarz Jansug Kakhidze
Recording date: 26 November 1938


21.   "Sunrise" from Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2 - 5:34


Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Swiss Romande Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Oregon Symphony London Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Eugene Goossens Rene Leibowitz Igor Markevitch Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Sylvain Cambreling James DePreist Charles Dutoit Jonathan Nott Lorin Maazel Eduardo Mata Alexander Rahbari Alain Lombard Neeme Jarvi Robert Craft Simon Rattle Gerard Schwarz
Raynal Malsam, bassoon


22.   Adoration Of The Earth - 1:14


The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev Richard Hayman
Conducted by: Andrew Mogrelia Neeme Jarvi
Recording date: April-June 1989


23.   The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33bis: No. 3: March - 1:35


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


24.   Scherzo - 4:22


Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Basel Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari Neeme Jarvi Michael Gielen Walter Weller Christoph Eschenbach


25.   Finale - 0:58

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